Affiliation

Professor, Department of Urban Studies and Tourism (UQAM)

Discipline and fields of expertise

Sociology and theory of urban planning and architecture

Research interests

Sociology of architecture and urban planning, space/society relationship, theory of the city, urban regeneration through culture, placemaking, third-city transformation, urban heritage, digital culture and urbanism

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Selected publications

Ethier, Guillaume, Grisot, Sylvain. 2023. La ville analogique. 2e 茅dition. Rennes : 脡ditions l鈥橝pog茅e.

Margier, Antonin et Guillaume Ethier, 2021. 芦Urban Spectacularisation and Social Housing: an Asymmetrical Relation? The Habitations Jeanne-Mance in Montreal鈥檚 Quartier des spectacles禄, Urban Research & Practice, p. 1-24.

Ethier, Guillaume, Fran莽ois Racine, Francesco Febres Caceres, Pierre Carrere, Mich猫le Becanti Bohoussou et Bernardo Emmanuel (2022). 芦 La sp茅cificit茅 des espaces publics 脿 l鈥櫭ヽhelle du territoire de Montr茅al 禄. Ville de Montr茅al, Chaire internationale sur les usages et pratiques de la ville intelligente: 98 p.

Ethier, Guillaume. 2021. 芦L鈥檌c么ne orange de Montr茅al禄, In Les mythologies qu茅b茅coises, Sarah-Louise Pelletier-Morin (Dir.). Montr茅al, 脡ditions Nota Bene, p. 139-144.

Ethier, Guillaume. 2015. Architecture iconique : les le莽ons de Toronto. Qu茅bec : Presses de l鈥橴niversit茅 du Qu茅bec.

Ethier, Guillaume and Antonin Margier. 鈥淪pectacularisation urbaine et logement social: la place des Habitations Jeanne-Mance dans le Quartier des spectacles de Montr茅al,鈥澨�惭茅迟谤辞辫辞濒别蝉, n掳 24, 2019.

Ethier, Guillaume (ed.).听Le spectacle du patrimoine, Montr茅al,听Presses听de l鈥橴niversit茅 du Qu茅bec, coll. 鈥淣ouveaux patrimoines,鈥� 2017, 220 pages.

Ethier, Guillaume. 鈥淟e spectacle du patrimoine - une introduction,鈥澨�Le spectacle du patrimoine, Guillaume Ethier (ed.), Qu茅bec, Presses de l鈥橴niversit茅 du Qu茅bec, coll. 鈥淣ouveaux patrimoines,鈥� 2017, p. 1-16.

Ethier, Guillaume. 鈥淟鈥檜rbanisme tactique comme pratique spatiale de la 鈥榗onnectivit茅鈥�?,鈥澨�Inter, n掳 125, 2017, p. 4-9.

Ethier, Guillaume. 鈥淐onnecting the Dots: How Digital Culture is Changing Urban Design,鈥澨�Contour Journal, vol. 1, n掳 2, 2016, p. 1-10.

Ethier,听Guillaume. Architecture iconique : les le莽ons de Toronto,听Qu茅bec,听Presses de l鈥橴niversit茅 du听Qu茅bec, coll. 鈥淧atrimoine urbain,鈥� 2015, 348 pages.

Ethier, Guillaume. 鈥淓ntre 鈥榣鈥檈ffet Toronto鈥� et le 鈥榮tyle Toronto鈥�,鈥澨�S鈥檃pproprier la ville : le devenir-ensemble, du patrimoine urbain aux paysages culturels, Lucie K. Morisset (ed.), Qu茅bec, Presses de l鈥橴niversit茅 du Qu茅bec, coll. 鈥淧atrimoines urbain,鈥� 2015, p. 269-286.

Ethier, Guillaume. 鈥淟a vie des ic么nes,鈥澨�Starchitecture(s) : Figures d鈥橝rchitecte et Espace Urbain, Maria Gravari-Barbas and C茅cile Renard (eds.), Paris, 脡ditions de l鈥橦armattan, 2015, p. 221-240.

Ethier, Guillaume.听Patrimoine et guerre : reconstruire la place des Martyrs 脿 Beyrouth,听Qu茅bec,听脡ditions MultiMondes, 2008, 166 pages.

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Content

Urbanisme et souplesse 脿 Montr茅al - Conf茅rence de Guillaume Ethier

In the space of a decade, Montr茅al, like many large cities, has seen the reappearance of new urban planning practices operating on a small scale and within short timeframes. Beyond the fad and the many attempts to conceptualize these trends (tactical urbanism, transitory, temporary, placemaking, etc.), is there anything left of this emerging paradigm to integrate into the making of the city? Does a city like Montr茅al need a more flexible urbanism, one that can engage citizens in investing their neighborhoods in a more informal and convivial way? Does the multiplication of temporary urban initiatives, in other words, wrest fragments of space and time from the increasing rationalization of cities destined to become 鈥渟mart鈥�? Or is the balance sheet bleaker, and does this new flexibility reflect the growing obsolescence of the urban project, as well as benefiting primarily those who have a stranglehold on urban space? The research presented here is based on the prolonged observation, through photography, of temporarily redeveloped spaces to see the effects of the activation of public space.