Michael Jemtrud

Michael Jemtrud is an Associate Professor of Architecture at McGill University and the former Director of the School of Architecture at McGill (2007-11). He is the Founding Director of two award-winning research labs: the Facility for Architectural Research in Media and Mediation (2007-current) and the Carleton Immersive Media Studio (2001-07, Ottawa). He is an affiliate member of the Milieux: Institute for Arts, Culture and Technology, Concordia University (Speculative Life cluster). His research and creative activity focuses on investigating the contemporary understanding of technology and culture relative to design practice from the computational and fabricative to the emergent and ecological. His work engages numerous public and private stakeholders and has been supported by various institutional and industry partners. Professor Jemtrud has been awarded over $20 million in sponsored research funding over the past 15 years of teaching and research (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada; Mitacs; Canada Foundation for Innovation; Canadian Heritage; CANARIE; IBM; Autodesk; and others). Current and recent sponsored research projects include the Solar Decathlon China 2017 competition (2016-17); “Arts and Ideas in Motion: Parkour Project” (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Insight grant (2013-17); “Modeling the Methodologies of Our Time” (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Research-creation in the fine arts (2011-14); “Art and Ideas in Motion/MUSe: Partnership and Prototype Development” (SSHRC McGill Collaborative Research and Development Fund (2013-14); “Working Models Forum” (L’institut de recherche en histoire de l’architecture (2013-14). He has taught at the Aarhus School of Architecture (2014), Ryerson University (2013), University of Toronto (2012), Carleton University (2000-07), The Pennsylvania State University (1996-2000). He teaches courses and supervises graduate students in architectural and urban design, sustainable design, digital media, critical design strategies, contemporary & cultural theory, and the philosophy of technology. He holds a Passive House Tradesperson certification, is trained in BREEAM New Construction, and was a Research Associate at the Canadian Centre for Architecture (2012). Professor Jemtrud has given many international lectures, juries, reviews and has published broadly with regard to his research-creation and scholarly activity. He has received awards for technology development, scholarly works, and creative work.