Philippe Fournier_Portfolio_2023

Academic Work
McGill University / Research Assistant w. Prof. Michael Jemtrud 01/2023 - 05/2023
• Design development, product research & construction drawings for McGill Bird Observatory, a small mass timber,,
biogenically insulated & off grid field research laboratory in the Morgan Arboretum in Montreal, QC.
McGill University / Teaching Assistant, ARCH 678 Advanced Construction w. Prof. Philip Tidwell 08/2022 - 12/2022
Buoyant Foundation Project / Cambridge, ON, Canada / Undergraduate Research Assistant 05/2019 - 08/2020
The Buoyant Foundation Project is a nonprofit organization dedicated to researching and developing amphibious architecture as
a flood-mitigation and climate change adaptation strategy worldwide.
• Co-designed a floating building prototype currently in use by Dr. Elizabeth English to research the applicability of floodresilient
buoyant foundation architecture in Canada for the National Research Council.
• Prepared grant proposals and award-winning competition submissions including ‘Amphibious Homes for Vietnam’s
Vulnerable’, finalist for the 2019 A+ Architizer ‘Architecture for Good’ award.
Publications & Talks
• Azrieli Global Studio 2022. McGill University, 2023. 2 project entries, partnership w/ A. Mahieddine: “Yad Vashem Holocaust
History Museum” p13-16; “Montreal Holocaust Museum” p69-78 .
• “To Fix Housing for Good, We Must Stop Treating it Like a Piggy Bank” Virtual lecture, academic conference. October 28,
2022. BLTA Talks 2022-23.
• “Compound Disinterest: The Looting of ‘Black Wall Street.” Video Essay, online. Race + Space McGill blog. partnership w/
A. Mahieddine.
• “To Fix Housing for Good, We Must Stop Treating it Like a Piggy Bank” Essay, online. May 3, 2022. Max Bell School of Public
Policy MAX Essay Series. 2nd Place Jack Layton Prize for a Better Canada contest.
• E. English, P. Fournier, M. Martyn. “Amphibious Pavilion Prototype in Waterloo, Ontario” Accepted for publication in the
Proceedings of the First, Second and Third International Conferences on Amphibious Architecture, Design and Engineering
(ICAADE), in 2015, 2017 and 2019.
Awards & Recognition
• Arthur Erickson Travel Study Award
• 2nd Place, Jack Layton Prize for a Better Canada Essay ConteST
• Honorable Mention (team), ARCH 672 Final Studio Project
• Horatio Alger Association Scholarship
• Branscombe Family Foundation Scholarship
• 3rd Place Prize (team) - Se16 Seoul Clean Air Competition
• University of Waterloo President’s Scholarship
• Ontario Scholars Award
• District School Board of Nigara Gold Medallion Scholars Award
• Ontario Youth Volunteer Service Award
11/2022
04/2022
11/2021
2013 - 2019
2013 - 2017
12/2016
06/2013
06/2012
06/2012
06/2011
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