Émilie Pinard

Biography

Emilie is an assistant professor at the McEwen School of Architecture where she teaches Integrated Design Studio and Cultural Sustainability courses. She holds a Master of Architecture Degree and a Doctorate in Architecture and Anthropology from Université Laval. She recently completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of the Witwatersrand, in Johannesburg. Emilie’s work and teaching experience focus on people-environment relationships, housing and collaborative architecture. She is currently conducting research on the role of local builders in the production of “popular architecture” in Maputo, Mozambique. Her experience in Africa also includes architecture practice and research in Senegal, with a particular focus on informality, house-building and gender dynamics. With the Habitats + Cultures Group from Université Laval, Emilie worked on different design and research initiatives conducted in collaboration with members of the Innu communities of Nitassinan. She is a co-researcher in the Living in Northern Quebec: Mobilizing, Understanding, Imagining Interdisciplinary Research Partnership (http://www.habiterlenordquebecois.org/), which has as its research subject the culturally appropriate and sustainable planning of Innu and Inuit habitats.

Research Interest

Housing, Gender and space, Collaborative research-design practices, Informality and urban planning in the Global South.