185th Edition – Zak World of Façades Canada

This will be the 185th edition globally and the 2nd edition in Montreal which will showcase sustainable innovations and challenges in the construction industry pertaining to the building envelope and will also display latest technological solutions.

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Mark Ramsay Elsworthy
Conseiller en aménagement et en patrimoine, Division du patrimoine, Ville de Montréal
Originally from Edmonton and based in Montreal since 2002, Mark Elsworthy has an integrated approach that promotes the development of viable and sensitive projects, policies, and orientations. His expertise in the public sector at the City of Montreal and the...
Nicholas Di Tommaso
Senior Structural Engineer, Arup
Nicholas Di Tommaso is a senior structural engineer and project manager, member of the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec, with bachelor’s and master’s degrees from McGill University. He has been involved in numerous complex projects, both in existing buildings and...
François Moreau
Principal Partner, ABCP Architecture
Co-founder of ABCP Architecture’s Quebec City office, François Moreau actively contributes to the firm’s development and reputation in the Capitale-Nationale region. Since the beginning of his career in 1989, François has masterfully carried out the mandates entrusted to him. A...
Catherine Lemieux
Principal, Senior Building Science Specialist, RDH Building Science
Catherine Lemieux is a Senior Building Science Specialist at RDH Building Science Inc. Catherine joined RDH as a Principal in 2019 after working in the enclosure engineering industry since 2005. Catherine has technical expertise in the design and implementation of...
Stephan Langevin
Associé principal, Chef de pratique en conception | Senior Partner, Practice Lead, Design, STGM Architecture
Since graduating with a degree in architecture in 1990, Stéphan Langevin has played a leading role in the design of major projects across various firms. He has been the lead designer at STGM since its founding in 2001 and became...
Matthew Fielding
Technical Director | Architect, MSDL
Matthew Fielding is an architect and technical director, with a specialization in envelope design. Curious, talented, and passionate about architecture, he stays abreast of the latest discoveries in the field, whether related to materials, processes, or techniques, in order to...
Joanne Parent
Associate Architect, MSDL
Joanne Parent, partner at MSDL Architects, has nearly 30 years of experience. Since the beginning of her career, she has held important positions on multiple projects, developing broad and extensive knowledge. LEED C+CB accredited, she focuses on consultation and collaboration...
Dima Cook
Director | Principal, EVOQ
Dima Cook leads EVOQ’s Toronto office. She has over 27 years of experience and specializes in project management. She has overseen many heritage studies, historic structures reports and building condition assessments where she led multi-disciplinary teams of architects, conservation experts,...
Anthony Bouchard
Project Manager, Daoust Lestage Lizotte Stecker Architecture
Anthony Bouchard brings a background in both urban design and architecture—two disciplines in which he has cultivated critical thinking and great versatility. He has contributed his expertise to Daoust Lestage Lizotte Stecker since 2021. His approach, embedded in the historical,...
Rachel Stecker
Partner, Daoust Lestage Lizotte Stecker Architecture
Since joining Daoust Lestage Lizotte Stecker, Rachel Stecker has played a key role alongside Renée Daoust in delivering complex, multidisciplinary projects and expanding the firm’s reach across Canada. A partner since 2020, Rachel brings strong leadership, management expertise, and a...
Rainier Silva
Technical Director, NEUF Architects
Technical Director at NEUF architect(e)s since 2021, Rainier Silva brings over 20 years of experience in building technologies for large-scale and complex programs. After beginning his career in Venezuela in the corporate and residential sectors, he completed a Master’s in...
Lilia Koleva
Partner, NEUF Architects
Partner architect since 2020, Lilia joined NEUF architect(e)s in 2011 to contribute to the development of the Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM), one of the largest healthcare projects in North America. She now leads the Toronto office and...
Geneviève Guimont
Partner, Patriarche
Geneviève Guimont co-founded the architecture firm Parka – Architecture & Design in 2013, a practice rooted in integrated design that merged with the international firm Patriarche in 2019. With more than 16 years of experience, Geneviève plays a key role...
Anik Teasdale-St-Hilaire
Principal | Department Manager - Façade Engineering, Stantec
Anik Teasdale-St-Hilaire is a Senior Façade Engineer and Principal in Stantec’s Buildings Specialty Services group and currently leads Eastern Canada’s new construction building envelope team. She has a wide area of building expertise, including design and construction review of new...
Mourad El Garci
International Sales Director, Alucoil
Mourad El Garci is an architect with extensive international experience, having worked on projects in France, Brazil, Portugal, Morocco, Turkey, and Spain. With over 12 years at Alucoil, he has led major international projects, seamlessly blending technical expertise with a...
Tijs Van Boven
Products & Services Development Teams Manager, Reynaers Aluminium
Tijs Van Boven is the Products & Services Development Teams Manager at Reynaers, covering the design & conceptualisation of a wide portfolio of both standard and bespoke products and services, more specifically Industry 4.0 related Software & Hardware solutions. With...
Eric Claeys
Founding Partner, Fassada Steel
Eric Claeys holds a degree as Civil Engineer in Construction from KU Leuven, Belgium, a degree in Industrial Engineering in Public Works from KU Leuven, Belgium, and graduated with a Master in Business Administration from the Vlerick Business School, Belgium....
Joe Baz
Product Manager, Flynn Group of Companies
As a Product Manager and Professional Engineer at Flynn, Joe specializes in building envelope products to enhance building performance. His role involves design development and strategic implementation of various Flynn designed systems. With a significant focus on Flynn’s modular wall...
Martin Durivage
Architectural Projects and Specification Manager, Saint-Gobain Glass
Martin Durivage has worked with architects for 30 years. He is known for his passion for architecture and facade design and has been creating, managing, and delivering optimal Saint-Gobain Glass Facade specifications for the last 8 years. Before Saint-Gobain, Martin...
Marc-Olivier Houde
Director, Building Sciences Quebec, WSP Canada
With sixteen (16) years of experience in the construction industry, including fifteen (15) years in specialized building envelope positions, Marc-Olivier Houde is the Director of the Building Science division of WSP. Marc-Olivier Houde has extensive experience in the analysis of...
Maxime Frappier
President, ACDF
It’s really a question of emotion, the experience of a building. Creating architecture that elicits vivid feelings is at the heart of everything I do. In French, we call this approach to architecture ‘scénographie’ – the art of place-making, of...
Harrison Chan
Principal, WZMH
Harrison Chan, a Principal at WZMH Architects in Toronto, has been responsible for numerous high-profile, large-scale, and complex projects ranging from adaptive re-use and full building retrofits to new construction. His client portfolio includes government agencies, utility companies, and established...
Brian White
Technical Director - Americas Building Adhesives Solutions, H.B. Fuller
Dr. Brian White is the Technical Director for the Americas Building Adhesive Solutions business unit at H.B. Fuller Company, where he manages R&D and technical service. Brian has been with H.B. Fuller since 2010, starting as a scientist developing insulating...
Mitsu Edwards
Director - Façades & Special Structures, Eckersley O'Callaghan
A Façade and Special Structures engineering specialist, Mitsu joined Eckersley O’Callaghan in 2017 following a career in Paris with RFR and Hugh Dutton Associés. As a Project Manager in France and internationally, she helps consolidate technical knowledge between EOC team...
Conference Agenda
  • Beyond contributing to the architectural identity of buildings and the DNA of our cities, the choice of materials used for exterior cladding raises several important issues
  • The presentation will focus in particular on the environmental impacts of these choices, such as embodied carbon, their influence on energy performance, and their contribution to urban heat islands
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  • Preserving 20th-century façades | environmental, social, and heritage potential
  • The key role of diagnostics: Audits, tests, and dismantling strategies
  • Towards normalizing reuse: Creating opportunities
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  • Optimal design, matching the project specifications
  • Creating state of the art solutions, together with all stakeholders
  • Impressive case study: Tour Mohammed VI Rabat-Salé
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  • Case studies
  • Circular economy
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  • One of the largest real estate investment projects in the healthcare sector in Quebec over the past 10 years
  • Overview of the technical design process for the building envelope, particularly regarding the requirements of the National Energy Code for Buildings (NECB) to which the project is subject
  • Constraints and challenges (wind loads, infection control), performance objectives (energy, sustainability), construction systems (fenestration, curtain wall) and commissioning of the building envelope
Speakers:
  • Describing the cause-and-effect relationship between building movement and façade displacement
  • Identifying potential clashes and “impossible geometry” in case studies and graphical examples of building and façade movement
  • Recognizing what makes one façade system better than another for specific building typologies
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  • Understanding current challenges faced by construction from a labor and performance standpoint
  • Understand the benefits and challenges faced when building and designing with modular walls
  • Brief overview of Thermal Energy Demand Intensity (TEDI) and how modular construction can affect this
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  • Understanding the importance of glass visualization in façade decision-making
  • Glazing comparison: Choosing the right glazing is not just about performance, aesthetics and perception play a crucial role
  • New technologies that aid in selecting the best aesthetics bring us closer to the realistic appearance of the façade
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  • Project overview: Concept and competition
  • Technical aspects: The envelope challenges, zero carbon certifications, façade design
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  • 40-year-old landmark tower undergoing a complete architectural modernization, including recladding the entirety of the building façade while occupied
  • The new design increases the glazing, while improving building energy performance and thermal comfort
  • The retrofit addresses long-standing issues such as water leakage and design flaws

Rainier Silva

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  • Designed for a 75-year life cycle, the project stands out for its judicious choice of materials, including aluminum. Its innovative and optimized use was made possible thanks to a research and development partnership with AluQuébec
  • The architectural treatment of the aluminum panels is inspired by the verticality of the wooded area surrounding the project
  • Overview of the envelope design process and the multiple uses of this durable material sourced locally (bending, perforation, coloring)
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  • Punch window replacement. Use of combustible windows?
  • Is replacement the only approach?
  • Challenges, considerations and some solutions
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  • Hybrid steel curtain walls, the long-waited disruption in the market?
  • Fire resistance, tower infernos belong to the past
  • SDrastic reduction of CO2 emissionustainability
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  • Embodied/operational carbon savings and insulating glass
  • Edge seal influence on IG service life
  • Case studies and efficiency analysis
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  • Criteria for Heritage Preservation | What are the key factors that guide decisions in building preservation?
  • Old meets new — how do you bring both together? How do you add something new while respecting the history of a place?
  • What role do local stakeholders and civic partners play in your projects?

Geneviève Guimont

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