As part of its research seminars, in a joint organization with Lab2PT/IN2PAST, the D. Diogo de Sousa Archaeological Museum (MADDS) welcomes:

 

François Dufaux
Architect, Full Professor at the School of Architecture, Laval University
Quebec, Canada

“LIVING IN MONTREAL 1825-1935: THE EMERGENCE OF A MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL TYPOLOGY”.

 

François Dufaux will present a lecture centered on his most recent ongoing research, which focuses on a book analyzing the evolution of multifamily housing in Montreal from the early 19th century to World War II. He proposes an approach that articulates architecture – its forms, materials, and functions – and its context. The presentation is structured around three main axes. The first section presents the object of study, illustrated by building plans. The second section offers a literature review examining the methods and objectives of the authors, while presenting the postulates and analytical frameworks. The third section presents elements of a theoretical framework centered on the design process.

The seminar aims to be a moment of sharing that invites reflection on the role of architecture in the study of urban transformations.

 

ABOUT FRANÇOIS DUFAUX

François Dufaux is an architect and, since 2011, a professor at the École d’architecture of Université Laval (Quebec, Canada). His doctoral thesis at University College London focuses on the origin of multi-family housing in Montreal (2007). He was responsible for the professional practice course, for workshops in the 1st and 2nd cycles, and for courses in the history of architecture, on residential typologies and urban morphology. In 2017-18, during a first sabbatical, he prepared a translation of “Da organização do espaço” by Fernando Távora, whose publication was announced by the publisher Parenthèses in France. He is a guest researcher at LabPT for this second sabbatical, from January to June 2026 and 2027.

 

Organization: MADDS and Lab2PT/IN2PAST
Organizing Committee: Francisco Mendes, historian (ICS – UMinho, Lab2PT/IN2PAST), Jorge Ribeiro, archaeologist (ICS – UMinho, Lab2PT/IN2PAST), Jorge Correia, architect (EAAD – UMinho, Lab2PT/INPAST) and Cristina Braga, archaeologist (MADDS, Lab2PT/IN2PAST)

Conference in Portuguese.

Free entrance.