Meltem Al
BArch, Middle East Technical University (2010); MArch, Middle East Technical University (2013); MA in Architecture, University of California, Los Angeles (2015)
Research interests and specializations:
- neoliberal urbanism
- urban politics
- urban renewal
- housing
- fundamentalism in cities
- urban social movements
- architecture and social agency
- right to the city
Thesis title: Spaces of Capital, Religion, and Ideology: Fundamentalist Housing Enclaves in Istanbul
Supervisor: Ipek Türeli
Email: meltem.al [at] mail.mcgill.ca
Christopher Clarke
Supervisor: Annmarie Adams
Email: christopher.clarke2 [at] mail.mcgill.ca
Zoë Cope
BS, Architecture (The University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2015); M.Arch (The University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2017)
Research interests and specializations :
- Architectural Treatise Books
- Early Modern Art/Architectural History
- History of Science and Medicine
- History and Theory of the Body
- Classical Reception in the Renaissance
Thesis title: Excavating Polia: Architecture and the female body in the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili (1499)
Supervisors: Annmarie Adams
Email : zoe.cope [at] mail.mcgill.ca
Arièle Dionne-Krosnick
BFA Art History and Studio Arts, Concordia University (2012); MA Visual and Critical Studies, SAIC (2014)
Research interests and specializations:
- American Architecture
- Critical race studies
- Visual culture
- Civil protest and the built environment
Thesis title: Swimming Pools, Civil Rights, and the American City in the 1960s
Supervisor: Ipek Türeli
Email: ariele.dionne-krosnick [at] mail.mcgill.ca
Remy Fortin
B. Sc (Arch.) Université de Montréal (2017); MArch, McGill University (2020)
Research interests and specializations:
- Passive thermoregulation and ventilation
- Biogenic and regenerative materials
- Material efficiency
- Materials design
- Adaptive comfort and thermal resilience
Thesis title: Sub-ambient passive cooling inside naturally ventilated buildings made from bio-based materials
Supervisor: Salmaan Craig
Email: remy.fortin [at] mail.mcgill.ca
Kimberly Gultia
BSArch, University of San Carlos (2003); BFA, University of San Carlos (2007); MArch, University of San Carlos (2015)
Research interests and specializations:
- colonial and postcolonial cultural landscapes
- vernacular architecture
- domestic architecture and domesticity
- gender, sexuality, and space
- media, representation, and identity
- material culture
Thesis title: The Mestiza and the Morena: The Social Construction of the Filipina and Postcolonial Domestic Architecture in the Philippines (1946-1986)
Supervisor: Annmarie Adams
Email: kimberly.gultia [at] mail.mcgill.ca
Anna Halepaska
Supervisor: Salmaan Craig
Email: anna.halepaska [at] mail.mcgill.ca
Fiona Kenney
BA , Ryerson University (2018); MDes History and Philosophy of Design, Harvard University (2020)
Research Interests and Specializations:
- end-of-life architecture; death studies
- care, relationality, and care ethics
- medical architecture
- feminist theory
- moral philosophy
Thesis title (provisional): More to the Design Than Just Architecture”: Practices, Philosophies, and Architectures of Care, 1960-1995
Supervisor: Annmarie Adams
Email: fiona.kenney [at] mail.mcgill.ca
Destiny Kirumira
BA Mathematics & Physics, University of Alberta (2018); MArch, University of Calgary (2021)
Research interests and specializations:
- Black Canadian architecture
- Black diasporic studies
- colonial and postcolonial cultural landscapes
- vernacular architecture
- domestic architecture and domesticity
Thesis title: Rebuilding the Black Home: The Architecture of Black Settlements in Canada (1780-1930)
Supervisor: Ipek Türeli
Email: destiny.kirumira [at] mail.mcgill.ca
Maxime Leblanc
B.Sc.(Arch.) Université de Montréal (2018); M.Arch. McGill University (2020)
Research interests and specializations:
- Architectures of Simulation
- Virtual Environments
- History of Virtual Reality
- History of Computing
- Digital Media
Thesis title: Architectures of Simulation: the Dome, the CAVE, and the Headset
Supervisor: Theodora Vardouli
Email: max.leblanc [at] mail.mcgill.ca
Christos Montsenigos
MArch, National Technical University of Athens (2017), MSc, National Technical University of Athens (2021)
Research interests and specialization:
- Histories and Theories of Landscape Design – The English Landscape Garden
- Environmental Humanities
- Eighteenth-century Studies
- The British Empire and Histories of Conservation
Thesis title (provisional): On Frailty and Growth: Climate, Narrative, and Garden Design, 1750-1850
Supervisor: Martin Bressani
Email:christos.montsenigos [at] mail.mcgill.ca ( )christos.montsenigos [at] mail.mcgill.ca
Laura Josephine O’Brien
BFA (Art History, minor in English Literature), Concordia University (2014); MA (Art History), Concordia University (2016)
Research interests and specializations:
- gender, sexuality and space
- nineteenth-century urbanism
- spatial and feminist theory
- human geography
- feminist material culture
Thesis title: Reading Architectural Evidence through the Montreal WCTU Sheltering Home Register
Supervisor: Annmarie Adams
Email: laura.obrien [at] mail.mcgill.ca
Peter Osborne
BCom, Queen’s University (2008); MArch, University of Toronto (2014); MDes Energy & Environments, Harvard University (2019)
Research interests and specialization:
- Construction ecology
- Architecture & design theory
- Ecological economics
- Environmental assessment & development
- Uneven social & ecological exchange
Thesis title: Forest-Building: a new conceptual model for the integrated design of forests and building
Supervisor: Michael Jemtrud
Email: peter.osborne [at] mail.mcgill.ca
Elissavet Pertigkiozoglou
MArch, National Technical University of Athens (2016); MDes Technology, Harvard Graduate School of Design (2018)
Research interests and specialization:
- History of Architectural Practice
- History of Computing and Information Technologies
- Science and Technology Studies
- Digital Humanities
- Work Relationships, Labour, Collaboration
Thesis title: Programmed Collaboration: Work Relationships in Software for Building Design, 1970-2010
Supervisor: Theodora Vardouli
Email: eliza.pertigkiozoglou [at] mail.mcgill.ca
Brandon Poole
BFA, Visual Art, University of Victoria (2017); MVS, Studio, University of Toronto (2020)
Research interests and specializations:
- Science and Technology Studies
- History and Theory of Architecture
- Media Theory
- Corporate Architecture
- History and Theory of Simulation
Thesis title: Human-in-the-Loop: Architecture, Simulation, and the Image
Supervisor: Theodora Vardouli
Email: brandon.poole [at] mail.mcgill.ca
Daniel Rondinel
B.Arch. Universidad Ricardo Palma, Lima (2004); M.Arch. Cornell University (2011)
Research interests and specializations:
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Urban metabolism & the city as a system
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Entropy in architecture and urban development.
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Thermodynamics within the city
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Sustainable design & ecology
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Social and environmental impacts of the built environment
Thesis title (provisional): An urban metabolism study from a thermodynamic perspective. 2050 low entropy cities.
Supervisor: Naomi Keena
Email: daniel.rondinel [at] mail.mcgill.ca
Ali Reza Shahbazin
BS in Arch, Qazvin Azad University, QIAU, Iran (2013); MArch, Savannah College of Art and Design, SCAD, USA (2018)
Research interests and specializations:
- City Novels
- Imaginary Cities
- Architecture and Literature
- Fictive Space
- Middle Eastern Art and Architecture Studies
- Narrative Architecture
Thesis title: The Depiction of a ‘City’ as a ‘Protagonist’ in the Middle Eastern City Novels
Supervisors: Alberto Pérez-Gómez/Sandeep Banerjee
Email: ali.shahbazin [at] mail.mcgill.ca
Cigdem Talu
B.Arch, Politecnico di Milano (2012); M.Arch (Professional), Politecnico di Milano (2015); M.Arch (Post-Professional, History and Theory of Architecture), McGill University (2016)
Research Interests and Specializations:
- Nineteenth-century architecture and urban atmospheres in London
- Gender, sexuality, and space
- Late-Victorian women’s press and magazines
- Public space and social agency
Thesis title: Women writers in the metropolis: Urban atmospheres in late-Victorian London
Supervisor: Martin Bressani
Email: merve.talu [at] mail.mcgill.ca
Beatriz Takahashi
Supervisor: Ipek Türeli
Email: beatriz.takahashi [at] mail.mcgill.ca
Giacomo Valzania
M.Arch, University of Bologna (2013); M.Arch. Post-prof. Urban Design and Housing, McGill University (2017)
Research interests and specializations:
- Suburban landscapes
- Collectivehousing
- Urban space and right to the city
- Immigration
- Postmodernity
Thesis title: Of homes, domains, and boundaries : Immigration and the change of Toronto’s postwar suburbs since 1980.
Supervisor: Nik Luka
Email: giacomo.valzania [at] mail.mcgill.ca
Erica Vinson
Supervisor: Annmarie Adams
Email: erica.vinson [at] mail.mcgill.ca
Katrin Zavgorodny-Freedman
BA (Hons.) Art History, University of Toronto (2019), MA Art History, University of Toronto (2021)
Research interests and specializations:
- West coast and Canadian architectural history
- Collaborative and professional architectural networks
- Art history
Thesis title (provisional): Collaboration in the Offices of Erickson/Massey and Arthur Erickson Architects, 1963-1992
Supervisors: Annmarie Adams/David Theodore
Email: katrin.zavgorodny-freedman [at] mail.mcgill.ca
