This Thursday at the CCA, in collaboration with the Cities Programme of the London School of Economics, 2010-2011 James Stirling Memorial Lecturer on the City Gerald Frug speaks on the design of urban governance systems and its effects on the work of urbanists and architects. Click here for the Facebook event.
21 October 2010
Gerald Frug: The Architecture of Governance
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This Thursday at the CCA, in collaboration with the Cities Programme of the London School of Economics, 2010-2011 James Stirling Memorial Lecturer on the City Gerald Frug speaks on the design of urban governance systems and its effects on the work of urbanists and architects. Click here for the Facebook event.
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Bringing together Marc Angélil and Zahra Ebrahim, the discussion explores the relationships among architecture, urban development, housing, infrastructure, governance, and community agency. Drawing on their respective work and perspectives, they examine how cities are produced beyond the intentions of architects and planners through capitalism, public policy,(...)
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architecture, urban development, housing, infrastructure, governance, community agency
19 November 2026, 6pm to 7:30pm
Who Makes the City?
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Bringing together Marc Angélil and Zahra Ebrahim, the discussion explores the relationships among architecture, urban development, housing, infrastructure, governance, and community agency. Drawing on their respective work and perspectives, they examine how cities are produced beyond the intentions of architects and planners through capitalism, public policy,(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre Keyword(s):
architecture, urban development, housing, infrastructure, governance, community agency
How can construction be an instrument of peace? Post-conflict cities share many problems such as spontaneous construction and a lack of strong civil governance, thus even well-intended projects under these conditions risk fixing inequalities permanently or introducing new ones in the built environment. Can architecture, beyond solving a direct need or problem, add to(...)
Octagonal gallery
16 June 2011 to 4 September 2011
The Good Cause: Architecture of Peace
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How can construction be an instrument of peace? Post-conflict cities share many problems such as spontaneous construction and a lack of strong civil governance, thus even well-intended projects under these conditions risk fixing inequalities permanently or introducing new ones in the built environment. Can architecture, beyond solving a direct need or problem, add to(...)
Octagonal gallery
Learning from... Caracas
Venezuelan law allows for an entity called the consejo communal (communal council), which empowers citizens to initiate local development projects through neighbourhood-based elected councils. Dario Azzellini and Oliver Ressler’s film, Comuna under construction (2010), begins with the story of a poor hillside community in Caracas as its inhabitants decide whether they(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
8 May 2014 , 6pm
Learning from... Caracas
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Venezuelan law allows for an entity called the consejo communal (communal council), which empowers citizens to initiate local development projects through neighbourhood-based elected councils. Dario Azzellini and Oliver Ressler’s film, Comuna under construction (2010), begins with the story of a poor hillside community in Caracas as its inhabitants decide whether they(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
On New Year’s Eve 1987, the people of Gonaïves, an impoverished port town on Haiti’s west coast, awoke to 4,000 tons of toxic ash. Amidst political turmoil in Haiti, officials had approved the import of toxic waste from the United States classified as “fertilizer.” In this case, the ash came from Philadelphia, which was facing a waste management crisis brought on by the(...)
Canada, environment, Jodoin, Müller, It's all happening so fast, toxic, Haiti, voluntary exchange, garbage imperialism, Gonaives
16 March 2017
Here It Is Toxic, There It Is Not
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On New Year’s Eve 1987, the people of Gonaïves, an impoverished port town on Haiti’s west coast, awoke to 4,000 tons of toxic ash. Amidst political turmoil in Haiti, officials had approved the import of toxic waste from the United States classified as “fertilizer.” In this case, the ash came from Philadelphia, which was facing a waste management crisis brought on by the(...)
Canada, environment, Jodoin, Müller, It's all happening so fast, toxic, Haiti, voluntary exchange, garbage imperialism, Gonaives
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273 pages : maps ; 23 cm
Montréal : Les Presses de l'Université de Montréal, [2016], ©2016
Gouvernance et planification collaborative : cinq métropoles canadiennes / sous la direction de Michel Gariépy et Olivier Roy-Baillargeon.
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273 pages : maps ; 23 cm
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Montréal : Les Presses de l'Université de Montréal, [2016], ©2016
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168 pages ; 18 cm
Paris : Hermann, [2025], ©2025
La gouvernance de l'espace : l'architecture comme vecteur politique / Jean-Louis Cohen.
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168 pages ; 18 cm
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Paris : Hermann, [2025], ©2025
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Gouverner la ville par projet : urbanisme et gouvernance des villes européennes / Gilles Pinson.
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420 pages : maps ; 21 cm.
Paris : Presses de Sciences Po, ©2009.
Gouverner la ville par projet : urbanisme et gouvernance des villes européennes / Gilles Pinson.
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420 pages : maps ; 21 cm.
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Paris : Presses de Sciences Po, ©2009.
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viii, 471 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Lausanne : Presses Polytechniques et Universitaires Romandes, 2005.
Enjeux du developpement urbain durable : transformations urbaines, gestion des ressources et gouvernance / Antonio Da Cunha [and others].
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viii, 471 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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Lausanne : Presses Polytechniques et Universitaires Romandes, 2005.