Mayuri Paranthahan

M.Arch. Candidate

University of Waterloo School of Architecture

Participates in 1 Session

Mayuri Paranthahan is a second-generation Tamil Sri Lankan-Canadian designer, researcher, writer, and curator. She is a Master of Architecture candidate at the University of Waterloo in Canada where she also completed her Bachelor of Architectural Studies in 2019. She is currently pursuing a federally funded thesis on the spatial organization of housework in her family’s displacement from a Jaffna, Sri Lanka village to the suburban Greater Toronto Area in Canada in the mid-1980s. Previously, Mayuri has worked as a curatorial intern at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in the Department of Architecture and Design, and as an intern architect at WXY Studio in New York City, KWY Studio in Lisbon, and Bovenbouw Architectuur in Antwerp. Mayuri has published papers in Chutney Magazine, galt publication, and Ground Up Journal, and is one of three 2022 Society of Architectural Historians Annual Conference Student Diversity fellows.

Sessions in which Mayuri Paranthahan participates

Thursday 26 May, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

12:00 PM

Our Grand Domestic Revolution: (Re-)making home in Jaffna, Sri Lanka and the Greater Toronto Area

20 minutes, 12:00 PM - 12:20 PM

Part of: Dis-placements: Spatial Stories of Migration II

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R515

Paper

Mayuri Paranthahan, University of Waterloo School of Architecture (Presenter)

Displacement, describing a sense of uprootedness, is seemingly irreconcilable with the grounding quality of domestic space. However, the practic...

Sessions in which Mayuri Paranthahan attends

Wednesday 25 May, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

4:45 PM

Opening Event

3 hours 45 minutes, 4:45 PM - 8:30 PM

Signup required

Dawson Hall (Le Balcon) St James united - Dawson Hall

Cocktail

Prof. Martin Drouin, UQAM (Master of ceremonies)

Lucie K. Morisset, Canada Research Chair in Urban Heritage (Discussant)

Dr Jessica Mace, University of Toronto (Discussant)

Prof. Peter Coffman (Presenter)

Luc Noppen, Canada Research Chair in Urban Heritage (Keynote speaker)

Candace Iron, Humber College (Speaker)

We propose a rich and colorful inaugural evening, in a mythical place: Dawson Hall, behind St James United Church (1887-1889, Alexander Francis ...

Thursday 26 May, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

8:30 AM

Welcome coffee and registration

30 minutes, 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS Ground Floor Hall

9:00 AM

Dis-placements: Spatial Stories of Migration I

1 hour 30 minutes, 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R515

Regular session

Ipek Mehmetoglu (Chair)

Julia Tischer (Chair)

The cultural landscapes of migration are an inextricable part of Canada’s urban, social and nation...

Foreign Bodies: Mapping Experiences of Exclusion and Resistance of Migrant Women in Ottawa-Gatineau

20 minutes, 9:00 AM - 9:20 AM

Part of: Dis-placements: Spatial Stories of Migration I

Paper

Natalia Escobar Castrillon, Carleton University (Presenter)

“Migrations are made, they don’t just happen. There are conditions which cause them” (Saskia Sassen)Although urban populations are becomi...

10:00 AM

Immigrant Reception Architecture before World War I: Two Canadian Typologies

20 minutes, 10:00 AM - 10:20 AM

Part of: Dis-placements: Spatial Stories of Migration I

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R515

Paper

David Monteyne, University of Calgary (Presenter)

My recent book, For the Temporary Accommodation of Settlers: Architecture and Immigrant Reception in Canada, 1870-1930 (McGill-Queen’s, 2...

10:30 AM

Break (copy)

30 minutes, 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

11:00 AM

A Home then, A Home Now

20 minutes, 11:00 AM - 11:20 AM

Part of: Dis-placements: Spatial Stories of Migration II

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R515

Paper

Natalie Jianyi Kopp, University of Waterloo School of Architecture (Presenter)

Home is a deceptively simple term connecting a vast network of people, places, objects, and emotions. As people move from place to place, home m...

Dis-placements: Spatial Stories of Migration II

1 hour 30 minutes, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R515

Regular session

Ipek Mehmetoglu (Chair)

Julia Tischer (Chair)

The cultural landscapes of migration are an inextricable part of Canada’s urban, social and nation...

12:30 PM

Lunch and presentation of the Martin Eli Weil prize

2 hours, 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Théâtre Sainte-Catherine - Théâtre

Repas

Luiza Santos (Keynote speaker)

1:30 PM

The ingredient of space: Reflections on diasporic dining practices

20 minutes, 1:30 PM - 1:50 PM

Part of: Dis-placements: Spatial Stories of Migration II

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R515

Paper

Michael Windover, Carleton University (Presenter)

Parker Poole (Presenter)

Food offers a means of examining spatial stories of migration. As a set of heritage activities, the preparation, storage, and consumption of foo...

3:00 PM

Dis-placements: Spatial Stories of Migration III

1 hour 30 minutes, 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R515

Regular session

Ipek Mehmetoglu (Chair)

Julia Tischer (Chair)

The cultural landscapes of migration are an inextricable part of Canada’s urban, social and nation...

Suburban Smart Home

10 minutes, 3:00 PM - 3:10 PM

Part of: Dis-placements: Spatial Stories of Migration III

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R515

Paper

Bianca Weeko Martin (Presenter)

I discuss a narrative “zine”, Home Smart Home, which I created in 2021 as a commission for UKAI Projects and the Goethe-Institut Toronto ...

3:15 PM

ACTITECTURE: Socially Transformative Architecture Proposal

10 minutes, 3:15 PM - 3:25 PM

Part of: Dis-placements: Spatial Stories of Migration III

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R515

Paper

Joudy Kusaibati (Presenter)

Architecture has the agency to either perpetuate social exclusion or initiate a social change that can offset the continuing forms of hostile ar...

5:00 PM

Screening of the movie "Roger D'Astous" and conversation with filmmaker Étienne Desrosiers

2 hours, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510

Roger D'Astous is one of the most important Canadian architects of the 20th century. A student of Frank Lloyd Wright, he worked all his life to ...

Friday 27 May, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

8:30 AM

Welcome coffee

30 minutes, 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM

9:00 AM

Strategies for Urban Revival and Renewal in Canadian Cities and Towns I

1 hour 30 minutes, 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R515

Regular session

Shannon Bassett, Laurentian University (Chair)

Many of our Canadian cities and towns currently find themselves in need of revival and renewal. Disinvestment in the public realm, decentralizat...

Teaching Small Modernisms: Graphic Novels as a Recuperative Medium

20 minutes, 9:00 AM - 9:20 AM

Part of: Architecture and heritage of the everyday I

Paper

Dustin Valen, McGill University (Presenter)

This paper discusses the pedagogical strategies and outcomes of a recent seminar, conducted at the McGill school of architecture in 2022, which ...

10:00 AM

Developing a ‘care-full’ approach to densification, diversification, and conservation in suburban landscapes that were ‘not built for change’

20 minutes, 10:00 AM - 10:20 AM

Part of: Strategies for Urban Revival and Renewal in Canadian Cities and Towns I

Paper

Nik Luka (Presenter)

Michael Nugent (Presenter)

To speak of participatory conservation typically brings to mind cases where citizens mobilise to protect threatened forms of material herita...

10:30 AM

Break

30 minutes, 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

11:00 AM

Everyday Neighbourhood Design in Canada’s Model Town: Oromocto NB, 1955-69

20 minutes, 11:00 AM - 11:20 AM

Part of: Architecture and heritage of the everyday II

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R520

Paper

David L.A. Gordon, SURP Queen's University (Presenter)

Miranda Virginillo, SURP Queen's University (Presenter)

Oromocto, NB was known as “Canada’s Model Town” in 1959. This New Town was a collaborative design between Central Mortgage and Housing’s Archite...

Architecture and heritage of the everyday II

1 hour 30 minutes, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R520

Regular session

Dr Jessica Mace, University of Toronto (Chair)

Architectural history and heritage have historically been defined by superlatives. Vernacular traditions and local histories, on the other hand,...

11:30 AM

Low hanging fruit: food production in urban park design

20 minutes, 11:30 AM - 11:50 AM

Part of: Rethinking major urban public parks, between continuity and reinvention

Paper

June Diana Komisar, X University (formerly Ryerson University) (Presenter)

The importance of parks became starkly apparent as we pivoted to new ways of socializing, exercising, eating, and all aspects of living during t...

12:30 PM

Lunch and Annual General Meeting of Members

3 hours, 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM

Repas

4:00 PM

Chocolate and basketball

20 minutes, 4:00 PM - 4:20 PM

Part of: Current research B

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R520

Paper

John Leroux, Canada (Presenter)

Basketball was invented in 1891 by James Naismith, a Canadian, at the International YMCA College in Massachusetts. As a student, Lyman Arc...

4:30 PM

Walking tour in the Centre-sud neighborhood

1 hour 30 minutes, 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

Signup required

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS Registration table (meeting point)

Luc Noppen, Canada Research Chair in Urban Heritage (Presenter)

Walking tour of the working-class housing and churches of Saint-Pierre-Apôtre and Sainte-Brigide-de-Kildare (now the Sainte-Brigide Cultural and...

Saturday 28 May, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

8:30 AM

Welcome coffee

30 minutes, 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM

9:00 AM

Seeing, hearing, experiencing, tasting architecture... I

13 hours 30 minutes, 9:00 AM - 10:30 PM

Regular session

Guillaume Ethier, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQÀM) (Chair)

Josée Laplace, Université McGill / CRC en patrimoine urbain (Chair)

“Felt experiences” have become key components of our understanding of the world in the digit...

“Seeing” Colonial Violence in Architecture: The Case of the Citadel Theatre

20 minutes, 9:00 AM - 9:20 AM

Part of: Seeing, hearing, experiencing, tasting architecture... I

Paper

Banafsheh Mohammadi, University of Alberta (Presenter)

Through an investigation of the Citadel Theatre of Edmonton, one of the largest North American theatres, I investigate works of architecture as ...

9:30 AM

Through colour

20 minutes, 9:30 AM - 9:50 AM

Part of: Seeing, hearing, experiencing, tasting architecture... I

Paper

Jade Manbodh, university of waterloo (Presenter)

Through twenty-eight encounters, site history is explored differently; colour becomes a lens of site analysis that traces social, economic, and ...

10:30 AM

Break (copy)

30 minutes, 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

11:00 AM

Heritage for Whom? Conserving Community Spaces

1 hour 30 minutes, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R520

Regular session

Stephanie Mah, Giaimo (Chair)

Jenni Pace (Chair)

While the relationship between architecture and community are intrinsically intertwined, the built...

La ville extraordinaire

20 minutes, 11:00 AM - 11:20 AM

Part of: Heritage for Whom? Conserving Community Spaces

Paper

Prof. Cynthia Hammond, Concordia University (Presenter)

La ville extraordinaire is a three-year Partnership Development oral history research-creation project that aims to understand the ways in which...

11:30 AM

Value-Inclusive Design for Socially Equitable Communities: Discovering knowledge through community-based participatory research – uncovering what is valued

20 minutes, 11:30 AM - 11:50 AM

Part of: Designing for accessibility and inclusivity

Paper

Eric Harris, University of the District of Columbia (UDC) | College of Agriculture, Urban Sustainability and Environmental Sciences (CAUSES) (Presenter)

The future of development in peri-urban/rural areas and our cities depends on how we respond to the challenges of today. Due to population growt...

Christian Churches – A continuum through adaptive reuse

20 minutes, 11:30 AM - 11:50 AM

Part of: Heritage for Whom? Conserving Community Spaces

Paper

Joginder Singh (Presenter)

The talk explores the Adaptive Reuse and Revitalization of Christian Religious Architecture by diverse faiths. These heritage spaces are transfo...

12:30 PM

Lunch

1 hour, 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

Repas

1:30 PM

Discovery of the Soulanges Canal

4 hours 30 minutes, 1:30 PM - 6:00 PM

Signup required

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS Registration table (meeting point)

Repas

Bus tour of the Soulanges Canal and its facilities (1899-1959), currently undergoing a major enhancement project. The first stop will be at the ...

6:00 PM

Closing dinner

5 hours, 6:00 PM - 11:00 PM

Available

La Biosphère - Belvédère et salle panoramique

Event

Prof. Martin Drouin, UQAM (Chair)

We offer a unique experience for the closing dinner of this conference in Montreal, in the former U.S. pavilion of Expo'67 - the most popular of...