PROFILE

Carmela Cucuzzella, Ph.D., is the dean of the Faculty of Environmental Design and full professor in the School of Design at the Université de Montréal. Previously, she was professor in the Design and Computation Arts department at Concordia University and founding codirector of the Next Generation Cities Institute at Concordia University. She held the University Research Chair in Integrated Design And Sustainability for the Built Environment (IDEAS-BE). Her current work focuses on questions of aging and spatial equity in the built environment. Her previous research focuses on the didactic phenomena of eco-art, architecture, and design in the city as a means for raising awareness and mobilizing sustainability.

Among many other publications, in 2020, she published two books. 1. As a sole author, Analyzing Eco-architecture Beyond Performance offers an overview of the state of the field and constitutes a critical introduction to the study of environmentalism in architecture. Contrary to the technological and performative biases of most eco-design studies, the book helps to understand how meaning is embedded in all types of eco-architecture. 2. Co-edited with Dr. Sherif Goubran, Sustainable Architecture between Measurement and Meaning takes the reader on a journey that distances itself from the mainstream approaches for sustainable architecture. She also launched a new book in 2021, Reimagining Waiting For The Bus: Design Principles for Spaces Surrounding Bus Shelters, co-written with Jean-Pierre chupin, Sherif Goubran, and Emmanuel Rondia.