TIME: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Carol Phillips, Partner at Moriyama Teshima Architects, will explore the architect’s agency in addressing today’s interlinked crises, where the environmental emergency is deeply connected to social, justice, and health challenges. While the causes are complex, a common thread between climate change and Canada’s colonial legacy is exploitation—both of the planet and of people—necessitating solutions that are both quantitative and qualitative. Architecture exists at this critical intersection, offering opportunities for meaningful transformation. Carol will discuss two projects that embody this potential—the Makwa Waakaa’igan Indigenous Centre for Cultural Excellence, a reconciliation initiative for Algoma University and the Children of Shingwauk Alumni Association, and Limberlost Place, a 10-storey mass timber, net-zero carbon academic building at George Brown College in Toronto. She will highlight how architecture can shape behavior, influencing how people perceive their relationship with nature and with each other.
Through thoughtful and integrated design, architects have the power to shift cultural perspectives, fostering a deeper connection between communities and the environment while rethinking how society builds and lives together.
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