Charles-Étienne DÊry
Architecture
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Design
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Research
Born and raised in Montreal, I am fascinated by the question of design at the intersection of landscape and identity. I am also investigating the use of remote sensing and fabrication technology in the design process, as well as the impact of representation techniques on critical design thinking.
EXPERIENCE
EDUCATION
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AWARDS
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SKILLS
RESEARCH FELLOW
AZRIELI SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
Carleton Urban Research Lab
AND URBANISM
Ottawa, Canada
Ottawa, Canada
Research for the Smart City Challenge on
Bachelor of Architectural Studies
behalf of Ecology North , GIS Database Ma-
Major in Urbanism
Charles-Étienne Déry Ottawa // Montreal +514 917 3379 [contact@charlesdery.com]
2019.01 -
nagement, contributor to Seoul Biennale 2019, contributor to Venice Biennale 2020 proposal Fluid Boundaires.
2019.01 -
TEACHING ASSISTANT (UNOFFICIAL)
CEGEP DU VIEUX-MONTREAL
Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism
Montreal, Canada
Ottawa, Canada Advanced Digital Fabrication Workshop
Diploma of Collegiate Studies Architectural Technology
Assisting instructor with lecture preparation, marking assignments, preparing and presentation of weekly workshops.
2018.05 - 2018.12
RESEARCH ASSISTANT Carleton Immersive Media Studio Ottawa, Canada
Deans' Honour List in 2018
Digital modelling and graphic design for
4th year Faculty Choice Award for ''[insert]
the development of a cartographic web
Urbanism'' Studio project
application for the Ontario East Economic Development group.
Building 22 Edition 18 : featured project [insert] Urbanism
2015.09 -
STAFF SUPERVISOR // FABRICATION ASSISTANT Fabrication Lab Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism Ottawa, Canada In charge of payroll, scheduling personnel and assisting Faculty, Operating large plotters, , 3D printers, laser cutters and substrate printer
2014.06 - 2014.08
BUILDING INSPECTOR (INTERN)
2013.06 - 2013.08
Urbanism Division City of Montreal Montreal, Canada
Rhinoceros 3D + Grasshopper Sketch Up AutoCad Revit Photoshop Illustrator InDesign GIS V-Ray Unreal Engine 4
Inspecting construction sites post-renovation to verify conformity to plans and to heritage conservation by-laws
French (Native) English (Fluent)
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Academic Work
ARCHITECTURE
URBAN
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LANDSCAPE
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SPECULATIVE
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[insert] Urbanism Metanarratives informing speculative urban futures
P.12-19
Elevated Knowledge Structure and Space Communcating Meaning
P.20-26
Entangled Ecologies Mapping patterns and movements across important bodies of water P 03/40
P.26-29
La Vrille Minimal-Impact Ecological Housing
P.30-33
Drift The Great Exodus of the Anthropocene
P.34-39
Halte Migratoire Architectural Narrative, Storytelling
Academic Work .
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W.2018 Instructor : O. Saloojee
[insert] Urbanism Metanarratives informing speculative urban futures
Speculative Urbanism Istanbul, Turkey
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"Insertionists" Manifesto
‘[Insert] Urbanism’ is one-part critique and one-part
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satire on the current state of urbanism both as a product and process. Rooted in theories of utopianism, we ask: how does one approach urbanism through a multifaceted lens? What does it mean to design in a world of an ever-increasingly complex system of intertwined parts? ‘[Insert] Urbanism’ challenges the conventional linear process of urban and architectural design and proposes a design process that combines large-scale systems design with architectural interventionism at the the level of typology. This project converges three parts: (Cole Peters) The Food Imperative, (Ian Dayagbil) The Waste Imperative, and (Charles Dery) The Energy Imperative, to produce a practice of urbanism that looks both forwards and backwards - solving problems today while reverse-engineering the future. These imperatives pair together seed-bank and agricultural drones, waste workshops and waste rovers, and geothermal energy baths and wireless trees to enhance and augment the city.
Axonometric collage depicting moments of overlap between the imperatives
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The Energy Imperative The dramatic rise of population predicted for Istanbul is likely to put pressure on existing energy infrastructure, which is already precarious in certain parts of the city. The need for cleaner and ac-
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cessible sources of energy eventually results in the emergence of a system of capacitors-trees that are capable of storing energy accross the city and deliver it to the public space through electromagnetic wireless technology. Different tessellation patterns for the trees allow the creation of different urban atmospheres and accomodate different types of programs and event. The aggregation patterns followed by the trees allow for an increased efficiemcy of the capacitors mounted on a parrallel circuit, as well as an increased cover zone for wireless charging.
WIRELESS TREES Biomorphic urban furniture composed of a buried capacitor and an antenna that provides shelter. The trees accumulate charge and allow to regulate a climate-dependent energy system, provide wireless charging and protection against electrical surges.
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The Energy Catalyst P 11/40
Being located along a major fault line, Istanbul is in a relatively sensitive seismic zone, and the threat of potential earthquakes has become a source of concern for the residents, even though occurrences of earthquakes are pretty rare. The important underground geological activity in the seismic zone, however represents an important source of geothermal power, which is becoming popular in new construction projects. On the other hand, Turkish bath, or Hamams which have been an important part of the socio-cultural life in Istanbul during the Ottoman period and was inherited from the Byzantines Roman baths. With the emergence of domestic plumbing, the need for public baths decreased and eventually people stopped going to the hamams and forgot about them. The introduction of a new typology combining infrastructure and leisure allows for occasions to educate the public on the benefits of community-managed sources of energy, as well as an intervention for the preservation of a tradition which was crucial to Turkish political and social life for centuries.
Academic Work .
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F.2018 Instructor : P. Kariouk
Elevated Knowledge Structure and Space Communcating Meaning
Large Public Building Ottawa,Canada
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Enlightenment
The focus of this project was to design a public neighborhood library adjacent to a body of water and negociating a stark elevation, The concept emerged from a reflection on the nature of enlightenment, as well as the dychotomy between static and dynamic forms of knowledge. The parti suggests to lift the spaces associated with "static" knowledge, thus creating space at grade level for "dynamic" knowledge to be expressed.
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The separation of spaces proposed in the parti becomes apparent when entering through the main door. After crossing the lobby, one encounters the main staircase, which leads up to spaces where knowledge is contained, or down where knowledge is produced. In addition, a berm landscape leads the visitor down and connects the main street level to the waterfront
While ascending, one will first walk by a series of computer rooms before reaching the first archive area. At the end of the hallway, a long ramp runs along the main faรงade and leads the visitor to the main book collection space. The perforated screen composing the faรงade is divided in three sections and offers the visitors a view on the canal and adjacent main street. The main collection is open on two stories, with a mezzanine overlooking the main area. A skylight runs along the roof and brings light in, while another runs along the main floor and provides a view on the courtyard below. At the end of the ascension, the visitor reaches a rooftop reading room that provides views on the surroundings. Visitors descending from the main lobby will have the opportunity to access small community rooms overlooking the sloping courtyard. At the end of the hallway, visitors will find a and area for children overlooking the canal. Visitors will also reach a grand lecture hall located directly across a tall glazed faรงade that opens towards the sloping courtyard. From there, the landscape gently leads the visitor down towards the canal and provides additional reading space for the visitor in the summer, and a sloping landscape for winter sports.
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located a few meters below.
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Academic Work .
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W.2018 Instructor : O. Saloojee
Entangled Ecologies Mapping patterns and movements across important bodies of water
Global Context, Critical Cartography Istanbul, Turkey
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Fluid Identities BoÄ&#x;aziçi (from "BoÄ&#x;az" meaning "throat") is the Turkish name for the Bosphorus, the straight that separates Istanbul, as well as Europe and Asia. Literally a choking point for maritime traffic, it is one of the busiest waterways in the world. Being the only communication route between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean basin, it is also an important migration route for fishes, which is why so many locals rely on fish for their diet and income. This phase of the projects consists in a series of maps that investigate the various identities of the Bosphorus as both a natural and a cultural landscape. Finally, a composite model was built from sattelite imagery using CNC milling and laser technology.
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COMPOSITE MODEL CNC milling of high density foam representing the topography of the Bosphorus, as well as a plexi cutout of the "constructed" edges.
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"LIBERAL" TRYPTICH BY IAN DAYAGBIL
"IDENTITY" IMPRESSIONS
Cartography tryptich corresponding to an antithesis to the "realist" perspective.
A series of plaster casts corresponding to the "realist" perspective on identity.
The second phase is a double tryptich is articulated around a dialectic between Liberal (Ian Dayagbil) and Nationalist (Charles Dery) positions facing the migration crisis affecting Istanbul and the Mediterannean, and is a response to the Mediterannean and Migration theme for the 2018 Istanbul Biennal. The maps are a critical piece on the power of representation in cartography. The opposing tryptich represents similar but opposing topics and use complementary representation devices to emphasize the critique. In response to the maps, the plaster casts are meant to create an emotional response based on the notion of loss and of indentity. Three impressions represent emotionnally charged pictures, while as the opposing impressions de pict official Turkish documents granting access to the territory.
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Atlas and Artifacts
Academic Work .
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W.2014 Instructor : M.-A. Plourde
La Vrille Minimal-Impact Ecological Housing
Fringe Masterplanning, Landscape Urbanism Charlevoix, Canada
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Building with the Landscape
Built in the hills near Cap-a-l’Aigle, in the Quebec region of Charlevoix, La Vrille is a a self-sustaining, climate sensitive country house. The program was layed out in order to maximize exposure to the sun for heat and natural sunlight. The resulting layout puts kitchen and dining room in alignment with the morning sun. Living room and bedrooms are then layed out to maximize exposure as the sun moves through the day, allowing the bedrooms to have sunlight in the evening. To minimize exposure to the Northern winds, the house is strategically burried in the hill so that only one story is facing North The envelope was designed with considerations for heat conservation as well as the reduction of the use of fabrication energy and for the preservation of heritage crafts. Therefore, the materials picked for cladding are recycle wood collected from decomissionned barns as well as metal siding using the traditional "tôle à la canadienne" technique, a craft that is still widely in use in the Charlevoix region. To combat heat lost, the walls are built thicker that needed for structural purposes in order to fit more insulation material. Every insulating product is picked with consideration for the energy and chemicals used in its fabrication. For example, hemp wool is used to replace glass fiber, thus favoring a plant-based material using little energy and chemicals.
Full wall section of the typical envelope system. The structure is over-designed on purpose to allow for a insulation value superior to prescribed by the code.
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F.2018 Competition
Drift The Great Exodus of the Anthropocene
Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism Director's Project Drawing Competition Ottawa, Canada
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"A land left behind Migration a forced voyage
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Existence adrift
Playing on the notion of "Doors to Migration", Drift proposes a critical look on the triggers for human exodus. The scene depicts a sunken city, the "Old City", merely visible through the aquatic turbulence. A New City floats at the surface ,pulled by a cargo ship and giuded by weather probes. The New City is a "kitbash" of different architectural styles symbolizing the post-national nature of this last resort settlement.
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Academic Work .
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F.2017 Instructor : G. Andonian
Halte Migratoire Transitional Housing for Migrants and Refugees
Architectural Narratives, Storytelling Ottawa, Canada
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The purpose of this project is to explore the relation between landscape and identity, through a series of physical and metaphysical experiences. The project addresses specifically the role of water as a binding agent between communities, as well as its role as a powerful memory trigger. The assigned brief called for the design of transitional residences for migrants and refugees. The decision was made to occupy a site adjacent to the Ottawa River because of its symbolical and cultural value for the Capital Region.
The project recognizes that a part of the existing cliff under Major Hill Park has to be removed to accomodate the building. To replace the missing condition, the massing is formed into projection of the landscape and provides a walkable surface on which people can descent from the Park to the River, thus mirroring the effect of water runoff. The shape of a "bird landing on water" reflects the landing of people in a foreign landscape, with particular seasonal variations and customs. The proximity to water is meant to trigger memories of home and facilitate a sense of belonging by providing an intimate relationship with the landscape.
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Embracing the cycles
ENVELOPE
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STRUCTURE
VERTICAL CIRCULATIONS
PROGRAM ELEMENTS
FLOOR PLANS MAJOR COMPONENTS AXONOMETRIC
PHILOSOPHER'S PATH CELEBRATED SPACE
Telling a story through architecture
programmatic requirements other than housing, as the purpose of it was to bring students to reflect on the nature of the program. The brief proposed instead
RAISON D'ETRE
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The project brief purposefully ommited to prescribe
think about the spaces in terms of different moods and atmmospheres, which users would move through in a sequence. That sequence would form an architectural narrative inspired by the various stories of the migrants and refugees. Spaces like the GROTTO became an introspective multi-faith room exposing a portion of the cliff for communion with the landscape. The BELVEDERE became a view room projecting onto the River, allowing for pasD'ETRE of the project would be a library and educational center in which migrants could documents their stories and learn about local culture. a CELEBRATED SPACE would be a space for performances that opens towards the River. Finally, a PHILOSOPHER'S PATH would be marked by long circulations capturing the effects of the water.
GROTTO
sive observation of the changing climate. The RAISON