This month Maurice will be giving Rhino 3D and Grasshopper parametric software workshops for M.Arch. CAD students at Université Laval in Québec City.
OFA in collaboration has just finished the Champ de Mars competition in Montréal (CA) and is excited to publish the work after the winners are announced.
Darrel has won an 3-month architect's residency in Rome which is sponsored by The Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec in collaboration with The British School at Rome. The research topic concerns Cities and Complexity.
OFA will design a complete renovation to an existing duplex in Hochelaga, Montréal. Construction will begin in the spring of 2010.
OFA will design a first floor renovation as well as a glass extension to a house in Boucherville, QC. Construction will begin in the spring 2010.
OFA will design a renovation to an existing home in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Montréal. Construction will begin in October 2009.
OFA has just finished moving to our new studio space in Montréal. (Google Maps Link)
OFA will begin a design for the teardown, extension and rebuilding an existing single-family bungalow home in Laval. Construction will begin in August 2009.
OFA is currently designing the interior renovation of an historic single-family house in the Plateau area of Montréal. Construction will begin in August 2009.
OFA has recently completed an entry for the Trillium Public Art Competition in Halifax (CA). The project is a sculptural piece 12 ft in diameter and was created through the parametric software, Grasshopper, for Rhino3D.
We are happy to announce that Maxime, Maurice and Darrel have all completed the EXAC professional exams! The entire team will soon be registered with the OAQ - Ordre des architectes du Quebec.
Open Form Architecture will give a lecture entitled Méthode et style de vie (Creative Processes and Lifestyle) at the Faculty of Architecture, Laval University in Québec City (CA).
OFA is happy to announce that The Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec has awarded the office with a Type B Research and Creation Grant for a 2008-2009 proposal entitled Architecture Prototypée: L’exploration d’une démarche architecturale appuyée par la fabrication digitale.
Open Form Architecture will present their work at the next Pecha Kucha night, on the 3rd May, 2008 in Montréal. The event will take place at the SAT - Society for Arts and Technology.
Open Form Architecture has been published in the Quebec Architecture magazine, ARQ #141, on the subject of Jeunes Pratiques / Young Practices as one of Québec's exciting new practices.
Maxime Moreau and Darrel Ronald have both returned to Montréal to join Maurice Martel. This move will allow OFA to collaborate more effectively.
Maxime Moreau and Maurice Martel participate in the New Kind of Science (NKS) Summer School, University of Vermont (USA). You can read the official blog of Fred Meinburg from Wolfram and his report on Maurice's project.
OFA launches a new blog through wordpress: Open Form Architecture
Darrel Ronald and three other Rotterdam architects launch a new blog for the Rotterdam architecture scene: Dysturb.Net
Darrel Ronald joins the TU Delft (Chair of Metropolitan and Regional Design) to teach the Urbanism Studio for Master's Chinese Students on exchange from the universities of Schenzen and Nanjing.
Maxime Moreau wins 3rd Place for his entry in the City of Skyscrapers International Competition as part of EUPHORIA, the 3rd International Architecture Biennale Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Darrel Ronald wins an Honourable Mention for his entry in the City of Skyscrapers International Competition as part of EUPHORIA, the 3rd International Architecture Biennale Ljubljana, Slovenia.
OFA receives an informal mention from the Canadian Institute of Steel Construction at the Quebec annual Awards of Excellence meeting for the project, Structural Crystallisation
Maxime Moreau wins the Saia Barbarese Bursary, University of Montreal
Maxime Moreau wins the Cardinal Hardy Travel Scholarship to study Housing in Los Angeles
Maxime Moreau wins the Royal Architecture Institute of Canada's (RAIC) Gold Medal in Architecture for his innovative thesis project at the Université de Montréal.
Darrel Ronald is a finalist for the Royal Architecture Institute of Canada's (RAIC) Gold Medal in Architecture.
Darrel Ronald, Maxime Moreau and Marie-eve Marchand win 1st Prize during a short competition for the Studio International 2005 at the Université de Montréal
Darrel Ronald and Maxime Moreau win 2nd Prize during a competition for the ACSA/ASA Charette 2005 in Chicago (USA). Representing the Université de Montréal, the competition focused on innovative steel structural design. The site for the competition was the new Millennium Park in Chicago, facing the recently built Pritzker Pavilion by Frank Gehry.
Maxime Moreau and Maurice Martel participate in the construction of a bedroom at the Ice Hotel, Quebec (CA)
Maxime Moreau (CA) and Daniel Caud (FR), win Honourable Mention for the Il Ponticello Lachine Canal International Ideas Competition
Maurice Martel wins the College of Governors Travel Scholarship 2004-2005 from the Quebec Order of Architects to study Non-Standard Architecture practice supported by digital tools