Louis-Pierre Bélec
Biography
Raised in Northern Ontario, Louis-Pierre is a Franco-Ontarian Intern Architect with multiple years of architectural work experience in Canada, France, and Switzerland, and holds a BAS and an M.Arch from the University of Waterloo. Since 2022, he has been working as a sessional instructor and coordinator of the Archi·North Architecture Summer Camp at the McEwen School of Architecture, as well as a part-time professor at Collège Boréal. A Luso-Canadian of Azorean descent, his design research is centred on the Azores and the adaptive reuse of vacant Azorean architecture. Since 2018, he has pursued ongoing research pertaining to his M.Arch thesis entitled “Reoccupying Ruins in the Azores: Shifting Spaces, Materials, and Culture on the Islands of Terceira and Graciosa.”
Education
BAS, M.Arch
On The Web
www.louis-pierre.ca
Teaching
ARCH 2505 FL - Atelier de conception 3 : Paysage I
ARCH 2515 FL - Atelier de conception 4 : Paysage II
ARCH 2526 EL - Architectural Communications
Publications
Publications
- Bélec, Louis-Pierre. Reoccupying Ruins in the Azores: Shifting Spaces, Materials, and Culture on the Island of Terceira and Graciosa. Waterloo: UWSpace, 2018.
Press & Presentations
-
19th ed. of the “Conversa ao Estirador” (Conversation at the drafting table) – Azores, Portugal – 2023
-
2023 Azores Fringe Festival & Rádio Pico Interview Segment – Pico, Portugal – 2023
-
Creative Tourism, Regenerative Development, and Destination Resilience Conference – São Miguel, Portugal – 2022
-
20th Azorean Cultural Week, Casa dos Açores – Toronto, Canada – 2018
-
Biblioteca Pública e Arquivo Regional Luís da Silva Ribeiro – Terceira, Portugal – 2018
-
Island Studies and Urban Archipelagos Conference, Insula III – Madeira, Portugal – 2017