On Relationality in Housing and Design

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Architect and academic David Fortin on how the limitations of design can be productively reframed to open up possibilities.

John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design

The Daniels Faculty's Fall 2023 Public Program

Topics addressed in our Program this semester include design and social justice, urbanization and housing, art and media, and ecology and landscape resilience.   All events are free and open to the public.

Understanding the limitations of design can be productively reframed of as a way of opening up possibilities. This talk by architect and academic David Fortin will offer a series of discussion points surrounding current housing challenges, how they are impacting both Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians, and why they beckon for reflection on what design is and who it serves. The talk will feature the Architects Against Housing Alienation project Not For Sale, currently on view in the Canada Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale. Fortin is a member of the AAHA, which curated the pavilion for 2023.Architect David Fortin is a Professor at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture and the first Indigenous person to direct a school of architecture in Canada. His research investigates the instrumentality of the design process in influencing how we see our futures, with a particular focus on Indigenous voices and agency. A member of the Métis Nation of Ontario and of the RAIC Indigenous Task Force that seeks ways to foster and promote Indigenous design in Canada, Fortin also leads a small design firm working closely with communities to realize their visions. In addition to this year’s Venice Biennale project, he was co-curator, with Gerald McMaster, of UNCEDED: Voices of the Land, Canada’s entry to the Venice Biennale in 2018. T﻿his event is part of the <a href="https://www.daniels.utoronto.ca/news/tue-aug-29-2023-all-day/daniels-facultys-fall-2023-public-program" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Daniels Faculty's Fall 2023 Public Program</a>.

Agenda

Lecture and Q&A

Reception in Daniels Commons

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