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Carmela Cucuzzella
Carmela Cucuzzella is a professor in the Design and Computation Arts Department at Concordia University. She is founding co-director of the Next Generation Cities Institute (NGCI) at Concordia University. She holds the university research chair in Integrated Design and Sustainability for the Built Environment (IDEAS-BE). Her current research focuses on the design of spaces for health and ageing in the city. Previously her research focused on the didactic phenomena of eco-art, architecture and design in the city as a means for raising awareness and mobilizing sustainable action. Among many other peer-reviewed publications, she has recently published four books: (1) In 2022, she co-edited, with Jean-Pierre Chupin and Georges Adamczyk, The Rise of Awards in Architecture by Wilmington, Vernon Press. (2) In 2021 she co-wrote, with Jean-Pierre Chupin Emmanuel Rondia and Sherif Goubran, the open-access book Reimagining Waiting for the Bus: Design Principles for Spaces Surrounding Bus Shelters, a creative guide that is the result of an international competition and provides a synthesis of the best ideas in the form of a free resource aimed at stimulating citizen discussion and community group engagement around the improvement of small urban environments connected to bus stops. (3) In 2020 as a sole author, Analysing Eco-Architecture beyond Performance offers an overview of the state of the field and constitutes a critical introduction to the study of environmentalism in architecture. Contrary to the technological and performative biases of most eco-design studies, the book helps to understand how meaning is embedded in all types of eco-architecture. (4) In 2020, she co-edited, with Dr Sherif Goubran, Sustainable Architecture between Measurement and Meaning, which takes the reader on a journey that distances itself from the mainstream approaches for sustainable architecture.
Contact: Faculty of Environmental Design, University of Montreal, 2940 Chem. de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine, Montreal, Canada.