CAAD Futures 2009

The theme of “Joining Languages, Cultures and Visions”, the Conference will add two new aspects to the already established topics of discussion: it will be multidisciplinary and bilingual. The first one is inspired and conditioned by the hosting institution: the Faculté de l’aménagement which is unique in its multidisciplinary character. It unifies disciplines such as Industrial Design, Interior Design, Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, thus promoting exchange and cooperation between them. It provides researchers and students with an environment that is steeped in both humanist and technological modes of inquiry: the CAD Research Group (GRCAO), the Advance Modeling and Rapid Prototyping Lab (Formlab), etc.

The bilingual character of the Conference will be supported by multicultural Montreal and French-speaking Quebec in a mostly English speaking Canadian context. We intend to address the repeatedly expressed opinion that there is an abyss of unawareness between the Anglophone and Francophone scholars in the domain. We will have both English and French as official languages of the Conference. Providing a professional simultaneous translation during the sessions will provide rich grounds for exchange and confrontation of ideas.