Architectures of Hiding (PDF)

Rana Abughannam is assistant professor at the School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, University of British Columbia. She taught at Carleton University, the Canadian University Dubai and Birzeit University. She is a registered architect in Palestine with a degree in architectural engineering (Birzeit University) and a master of history and theory of architecture (McGill University). Her doctoral research (Carleton University) focuses on counter-colonial practices in Palestine.

Émèlie Desrochers-Turgeon is assistant professor at the Dalhousie University School of Architecture. Her research areas include the relationship between built environments and grounds through material fictions, architectural representation, extractive infrastructures and liquid landscapes. Educated professionally in architecture (McGill University) and environmental design (UQAM), she practiced design in Canada and Germany before pursuing her PhD in architecture at Carleton University.

Pallavi Swaranjali is program coordinator and professor in the Bachelor of Interior Design program, Algonquin College, Ottawa. She holds a PhD in architecture (Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism, Carleton University), a BA in architecture and an MDesign in industrial design from India, where she also practiced. She is an intern architect with the Ontario Association of Architects. Her research centers on architecture and storytelling.

Federica Goffi is professor of architecture, and co-chair of the architecture PhD Program at the Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism at Carleton University, Canada. She published on architectural representation and the role of time in architecture. She holds a PhD in architecture and design research (Virginia Tech), a Dottore in Architettura (University of Genoa), and is a licensed architect in her native country, Italy.