* the necessary match between visible and invisible architecture

| PROFILE | Gonzalo Lizarralde is a professor at the School of Architecture of Université de Montréal. He studies the relationships between planning, design and construction processes. He has a PhD from Université de Montréal, a Masters in Architecture from McGill University and a post doctorate from the Department of Construction Economics and Management of University of Cape Town, South Africa. He has taught in leading Universities in Canada, Colombia and South Africa

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 [+] consulting
 

Dr. Lizarralde is the director of the IF research Group, grif. He conducts consulting and research in:

- Project implementation and design
- Organizational design
- Low-cost housing in developing countries
- Project management for the building industry

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 [+] research and publications
 

Dr. Lizarralde organizes the i-Rec international student competition of architectural solutions for post-disaster reconstruction. The competition is organized every two years and it has linked more than 28 Schools of architecture from Europe, Asia, Latin America and North America. Submitions must address: architectural solutions (including architectural design), logistics and process-related solutions.

To learn more about the competition contact gonzalo.lizarralde@umontreal.ca

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 [+] university teaching & studios
 

Dr. Lizarralde is responsible for the "orientation mgpa " of the École d'architecture of Université de Montréal. He also teaches the course "Planification et élaboration de projets d'aménagement" in the same program. He is affiliated to the Masters program mgpa.

Dr. Lizarralde has taught more than nine courses at the Schools of architecture of: McGill University, University of Cape Town (South Africa), Universidad Javeriana (Colombia) and Université de Montréal (where he also taught at the Institut d'Urbanisme). Article L'enseignement et l'encadrement mgpa - grif (in French).

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 [+] creative work
 

Influenced by non traditional geometric systems, the creative work of Gonzalo Lizarralde challenges the notion of scale (as perceived from the observer) and proposes alternative ways of observing the form within the space, challenging the meaning of the objects themselves.

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 [+] network
 

Gonzalo Lizarralde is the director of the IF Research Group - grif

Memberships:
- The Royal Architecture Institute of Canada (2006-2012),
- The Professional Association of Architects of Colombia (since 1996),
- i-Rec, Information and Research for Reconstruction, i-Rec
- The CIB, Conseil International du Bâtiment, CIB
- The PMI, Project Management Institute and the Chapter Montreal (2008-2014), PMI
- The Programme Maîtrise en Aménagement - Option MGPA - École d'architecture

   

 gonzalo.lizarralde@umontreal.ca