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2025 Student Work Showcase Exposition de Projets Étudiants 2025
WINNERS


Masters | Roxanne Boulet | Université Laval | Renouer avec (chez)soi


3rd/4th Year | Nicole Cao | University of Waterloo | Four Membranes


1st/2nd Year | Charles-Antoine Lauzon | Université Laval | Collège de Nénet
FINALISTS


Masters | Thomas Biscaro, Thomas Laprise, Zian Charron | Université Laval | Pinguatigaq


Masters | Charlotte Audifax Gauthier | Université Laval | Prends ma main sorcière


Masters | Aeron Regalado | Dalhousie University | Three Modes Of Witnessing


3rd/4th Year | Jessica Jia, Jessica Wang | University of Waterloo | Vive ut Vivas


3rd/4th Year | Emma Chen, Sarah Cowan, Sean Murray, Tiffany Tan | University of Toronto | Ska̎fold


3rd/4th Year | Catherine Perreault | Université Laval | Habiter le jardin : un pavillon dans la banlieue milanaise


1st/2nd Year | Mariem Saad | University of Waterloo | Climate Choreography


1st/2nd Year | Cécilia Burlet, Flavie Belley, Sophie-Anne Lavoie | Université Laval | Pavillon acéricole adaptatif


1st/2nd Year | Alexander Volyk | Toronto Metropolitan University | The Synergy Hub
PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS


Winner: Aidan Evans | Laurentian University | Rippling Waters - Sauna Retreat


Finalists: Nasim Mollazadeh Sorkhabi, Abigail Wajszilber | McGill University | Adaptive Reuse of Fire Station No. 14


Finalist: Willem Girard | Carleton University | Plaza del Rio


Finalist: Kira Hubler | Dalhousie University | EcoFlow
SELECTED



Charilaos Georgakopoulos Tolis | Toronto Metropolitan University | “Stoepplantjes”// ”Roadside Flowers”: An Ode to Immigrant Resiliency and Embracing the Unexpected Presence of Cultures in a Locality
‘Stoepplantjes’ // ‘Roadside Flowers’ takes on a theoretical approach to designing systems and architectural elements within the Confuciusplein neighborhood that could potentially lead to multi-species co-habitation.
Beginning with an analysis of the existing site, its history, composition, and array of characteristics, it is recognized as a place of diverse narratives; the project takes on the task of enriching these stories, while introducing new ones, and facilitating their co-existence within the neighborhood. Starting with the idea of ‘wilderness taking over,’ embracing spontaneous flora, resilient and radicant, as a parallel to the site’s immigrant population, the project eventually shifts towards introducing a “new regime of plant maintenance,” as described by Nina-Marie Lister 2024, - “an urban (re)wilding act.” One that will potentially result in the migration of more non-human species to the site, to coexist among the present occupants.
In this manner, the project attempts to create a space where humans, non-humans, and plants can actively co-exist, interact, and exchange knowledge and memory, while learning to live within ‘liminality’ or a ‘state of suspension’ and to ‘stay with the trouble’ of the unraveling climate crisis.
‘Stoepplantjes’ // ‘Roadside Flowers’strives to create an ‘Other Space’ for ‘Othered Beings’ (Immigrants//Nature//Non-Humans).
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