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THOMAS-BERNARD KENNIFF, M.Arch, BES, MRAIC
I received my Master of Architecture degree from the University of Waterloo School of Architecture (UWSA) in Cambridge, Ontario, in 2006. My thesis entitled Assembly focused on a revaluation of our contemporary conception of "public space" and drew on critiques from three thinkers: Hannah Arendt, Jean Baudrillard and Guy Debord. The work, a collage of quotations and photographs, was received with much praise and awarded a commendation. I am originally from Québec City where I completed pre-university studies in 1996. I moved to Waterloo the same year and received an Honours (eq.) Bachelor of Environmental Studies in Pre-professional Architecture with Mathematics Minor from the University of Waterloo in 2004. Over the last few years and during my studies I have had the chance to collaborate with offices in Montréal, Toronto, San Francisco, Barcelona and Madrid. Some recent projects I have been involved in include the TOHU Pavilion in Montréal, Québec, by L'Architecte Jacques Plante, Schème Consultants and JLP, and the Niagara Credit Union in Virgil, Ontario, by Philip Beesley. Both projets are now completed and have been awarded prizes of excellence. I have also had the chance to accumulate teaching experience at the UWSA where I have served as a teaching assistant three times (twice for cultural history and once for design studio) and have acted as an external critic several times during undergraduate student project reviews. The awards and scholarships I have received include first prize in the international Berkeley Prize Competition 2002, the prestigious UWSA Smale Fellowship 2003, two Ontario Graduate Scholarships, three UWSA individual design awards and the AIA Certificate for best overall academic in the M.Arch program. |
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