Jean Therrien

Biography

Jean Therrien is an  Associate Professor and    Honorary Member of the Professional Association of Interior Designers of Quebec (APDIQ) Since 1998, Jean Therrien has been actively involved in the implementation of the interior design option of the Faculty of Planning as a lecturer until his appointment as a professor in 2002, from which he directed the work. reform of the first version of the interior design training whose implementation was completed in 2007. In parallel with his academic activities, he has been working since 1991 with various professional groups devoted to the dissemination of interior design and its promotion as a discipline claiming recognition. In 2007, he organized at the Faculty of Planning the  2007 Forum on Interior Design, a forum bringing together the major players in the field of planning to consult on the future challenges to which the professional development of the design of interior should be dedicated.  Active on the European scene, he taught in interior architecture at the École Supérieure des Arts in Brussels, institution attached to the Institutes Saint-Luc of Belgium and with which he organized in 2005 an international workshop on the universes of lust in the world. merchant space.   Education   DEI 1511 History of interior design DEI 1005 Methodologies and processes DIN 3010 Workshop 4 in environmental and communication design DEI 3003 Design Practices   Areas of expertise are  Commercial Architecture Interior design Design of work environments Public spaces History and Theory of Design Pedagogy of the project Creation process Recycling of buildings Techniques and materials Aesthetic theory.

Research Interest

Jean Therrien is interested in the generalization of communication technologies and in the new practices of interior interior design. He develops the notions of adaptability and flexibility through the evolution of the modes of occupation of the interiors, and studies the sensory processes and the characterization of the atmospheres in the commercial architecture. The seat of its research interests is now based on three areas of reflection: the professional development of interior design, design and materials as well as contemporary housing and interior design. In the field of materials, where he was particularly active in the 90s, he wrote a book on the alliance of aluminum and design. Also concerned about the disciplinary roots, he published a book retracing the history of interior design in Quebec.