 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
|
|
Thursday, June 4 – College of Fellows Convocation Ceremony (Keynote Speaker)
Vassilis Sgoutas is an architect in Athens, Greece. A graduate of the University of Cape Town, Sgoutas’ work experience started in South Africa and Iraq. He has been in private practice in Greece since 1961 and is a senior partner of Sgoutas Architects. The firm has completed significant projects in Greece as well as in Cyprus, Saudi Arabia, Libya, Iraq, Bahrain, Germany, Italy and Tunisia. Among them are hospitals, industrial plants and office buildings. They include the Cerebral Palsy Greece Education and Rehabilitation Centre in Athens and designs for development (as part of an international team) around the ancient Archeological Site of Carthage in Tunisia. Sgoutas served as president of the International Union of Architects (UIA) from 1999-2002 and earlier as its Secretary General. The UIA represents about 1.3 million architects in more than 100 countries. As UIA president, he initiated the first Architecture for the Disabled program (now called Architecture for All) to share knowledge and good practice. During his tenure, the UIA also focused on poverty in the developing world, environmentally responsible design and fair opportunities for international trade. Sgoutas served on the European Economic Community Committee for the Disabled as well as the expert committees that produced the publications European Manual for an Accessible Built Environment and the European Concept for Accessibility. In 2008, the UIA inaugurated the Vassilis Sgoutas Prize in his honour. The prize is awarded every three years at the UIA Congress to architects contributing to the improvement of living conditions in areas below the level of poverty.
Thursday, June 4 – Plenary Session (Keynote Speaker)
Zita Cobb is the founding Innkeeper of Fogo Island Inn and President of Shorefast Foundation, a registered charity of Canada. Zita dedicates her full time and energies to economic and cultural resilience for Fogo Island, NL and to developing next generation business models that support the development of contemporary rural communities. She believes that the key to resilience for rural communities lies in the specificity and genius of place: re-discovering intellectual heritage and cultural wisdom, fostering the talent, knowledge, creativity and abundance that already exist naturally in each place. Shorefast’s most significant projects to date are the Fogo Island Inn and the creation of Fogo Island Arts. Zita is guided by her belief that nature and culture are the two great garments of human life and that business and technology are the two great tools that can and should serve them. She is excited by working with like-minded innovators to create socially and ecologically responsible business models for the 21st century.
Thursday, June 4 – Plenary Session (Keynote Speaker)
Todd Saunders was born in 1969 in Gander, Newfoundland (Canada). He obtained his M.Arch from McGill University (Montreal, Canada, 1993–95) and a Bachelor of Environmental Planning from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (1988–92). He has worked in Austria, Germany, Russia, and Norway (since 1996). He is a guest professor at Cornell University and he teaches part time at the Bergen School of Architecture. His work includes the Aurland Lookout (with Tommie Wilhelmsen, Aurland, 2006); Villa Storingavika (Bergen, 2004–07); Villa G (Hjellestad, Bergen, 2007–09); Sogn og Fjordane Summer Cabin (Rysjedalsvika, 2007–10); and Solberg Tower and Park (Sarpsborg, Østfold, 2010), all in Norway. He is currently realizing the Fogo Island Studios, four of which have been completed out of a program of six (Fogo Island, Newfoundland, Canada, 2010–11), and has also completed the Fogo Island Inn (2010–13) in the same location. Thursday, June 4 – Plenary Session (Keynote Speaker)
Nick was born and raised in St. John's, Newfoundland, studied architecture at Dalhousie University and was working in Brooklyn, NYC until 2009 when he moved to Fogo Island and worked as part of the Shorefast Foundation project design team. Nick worked on the design and construction of the Fogo Island Art Studios as well as the Fogo Island Inn and contributed several designs to the Fogo Island Shop furniture collection. He continues to live and develop his architecture and design work in Newfoundland, and is currently focused on completing the internship in architecture program. Thursday, June 4 – RAIC Foundation Luncheon (Presenter)
Bruce Lourie is president of the Ivey Foundation, a private charitable foundation in Canada dedicated to helping create a shared vision that fosters innovation and investment for a smarter, sustainable economy for Canada. He is also a Director of the Independent Electricity System Operator, Philanthropic Foundations Canada, Canadians for Clean Prosperity as well as of the San Francisco-based Consultative Group on Biological Diversity, and sits on the Advisory Board of Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission. Bruce is the co-author of two best-selling books (including the internationally acclaimed Slow Death by Rubber Duck), a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society of Canada and an honorary director of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment. In 2014 Bruce received Earth Day Canada’s Outstanding Commitment to the Environment Award and was named to Canada’s “Clean 50” group. Bruce is a founder of a number of for profit and non-profit organizations including Summerhill Group. Bruce holds a B.Sc. in Geology and a Master’s Degree in Environmental Studies. Abstract:Canada is one of the wealthiest nations in the world, measured in many ways, most notably our resource rich economic base. With that we have an obligation to manage our resources sustainably and demonstrate global resource stewardship. In some areas we have succeeded, others we have not. In his talk, Bruce will explore the challenges we face in achieving global resource leadership in the context of reframing our understanding of sustainable development drawing upon his 25 years of leadership in energy, toxins and forest sustainability. Friday, June 5 – RAIC Gold Medalist Presentation
Born and raised in the village of Arcadia in Southwestern Nova Scotia, Brian MacKay-Lyons received his Bachelor of Architecture from the Technical University of Nova Scotia in 1978, where he was awarded the RAIC’s Student Medal. He received his Master of Architecture and Urban Design at the University of California, Los Angeles and won the Dean's Award for Design. After studying in China, Japan, California and Italy and working with prominent architects Charles Moore and Barton Myers, both of the United States, and Giancarlo De Carlo, of Italy, he returned to Nova Scotia in 1983. In 1985, he founded the firm Brian MacKay-Lyons Architecture Urban Design in Halifax. Twenty years later Brian partnered with Talbot Sweetapple to form MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects Ltd. The practice works locally and internationally on cultural, academic and residential projects. In 1994, Mr. MacKay-Lyons founded Ghost Lab on his farm near Lunenburg. It drew architects, historians, critics and writers from around the world who explored through dialogue and hands-on construction the values of regionalism, craft, and design. The annual two-week event ended in 2011. Mr. MacKay-Lyons has built a reputation for design excellence confirmed by more than 100 awards including the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Firm Award in 2014, six Governor General Medals, two American Institute of Architects Honor Awards for Architecture, 13 Lieutenant Governor's Medals of Excellence, eight Canadian Architect Awards, three Architectural Record Houses Awards, and seven North American Wood Design Awards. His work has been featured in more than 330 publications, including six monographs: Seven Stories from a Village Architect (1996); Brian MacKay-Lyons: Selected Works 1986-1997 (1998); Plain Modern: The Architecture of Brian MacKay-Lyons (2005); Ghost: Building an Architectural Vision (2008); Local Architecture: Building Place, Craft, and Community (2014); and the upcoming publication Economy as Ethic: The Work of MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects. A professor of architecture at Dalhousie University, Mr. MacKay-Lyons has taught for over 30 years. He has held 17 endowed academic chairs and visiting professorships, and given more than 200 public lectures. Official Festival Emcee
He started his comedy career in the Spokane, Washington Laugh-Off in 1983. Jebb toured the West Coast of the U.S. and Canada until he landed in Calgary, Alberta where he met and married his second wife Judy in 1990. Jebb got his start in television in 1994 on “The Breakfast Show” and co-hosted the internationally syndicated “The Movie Show” later that year. He has performed and written for the “Just for Laughs” gala four times including their 25th Anniversary Show., and has also hosted the “All Access Pass” pass show for CBC. Jebb was seen daily for eight years on “The Big Breakfast” in Calgary and co-hosted City TV’s “Your City”, a daily news magazine show. Jebb also co-created and co-wrote the Gemini Award winning comedy “An American in Canada” for CBC, and has won two AMPIA Awards in the category of “Best Host”. Born and raised in Southern California, Jebb is the father of four and grandfather of ten. |
