Symposium - Resilience and social housing quality in a context of transition

November 03, 2020
Introduction

Speakers: 

  • Isabelle Vérilhac, international and innovation director, Cité du design, Saint-Etienne
  • Marie-Josée Lacroix, design commissioner and head of the Bureau du design, Ville de Montréal
  • Marc Chassaubéné, vice-president of Saint-Étienne Métropole and president of the Cité du design
  • Robert Beaudry, city councillor, responsible for property management and planning, housing, large parks, and Parc Jean-Drapeau, Ville de Montréal

Moderator: Patrick Marmen, design commissioner, Bureau du design, Ville de Montréal

Topic 1 : Public policy

Rehabilitating and requalifying the existing housing pool in the Saint-Etienne Métropole housing policy

  • Gilles Artigues, vice-president of Saint-Étienne Métropole, housing and habitat officer 

Projet Ville durable sur l'habitat, innovative energy-efficient renovation processes

  • Jean-Pierre Berger, urban planning assistant and president of SCOT Sud-Loire

Feedback from social housing landlords about the pandemic and lockdown—the impact of COVID on housing 

  • Robert Kechechian, technical director, Gier Pilat Habitet
  • François Perrier, executive director, Office Public de l'Habitat, Firminy

Updating the Acceslogis Montréal regulatory tool 

  • Isabelle Lussier, division head, Service de l'habitation Ville de Montréal
  • Robert Beaudry, city councillor, responsible for property management and planning, housing, large parks, and Parc Jean-Drapeau, Ville de Montréal

Developing community housing in cities

  • Jean-Pascal Beaudoin, strategic development advisor, Bâtir son quartier

 

Topic 2 : Environmental issues

Projet Canicula: territorial diagnosis for assessing the vulnerability of housing stock to heat waves

  • Jonathan Villot, assistant professor, Ecole des Mines de Saint-Etienne / Projet Construction 4.0, supported by the Campus des métiers et des Qualifications DESIGN HABITAT

Living differently: toward passivhaus / Thermal resilience of building envelopes

  • Daniel Pearl, full professor at the Université de Montréal school of architecture and cofounder of ŒUF (l'Office de l'Éclectisme Urbain et Fonctionnel)
Topic 3 / Social issues

Maison soustraire

  • Mathilde Pellé, designer, Projet Pôle recherche of the Cité du design

Integrating and maintaining social housing in city centres

  • Émilie Vandal-Piché, architect, OAQ
Conclusion and perspectives
  • Isabelle Vérilhac, international and innovation director, Cité du design Saint-Etienne
  • Marie-Josée Lacroix, design commissioner and head of the Bureau du design, Ville de Montréal

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