Scientific Committee

François Racine is an architect, urban planner, and professor of urban planning and design at UQAM since 2014. As a specialist in urban morphology, he is interested in the evolution of urban design practices in Montreal and their impact on the transformation of urban form. He co-directed the Atelier B.R.I.C. for more than ten years, carrying out various development projects. An active member of the Canada Research Chair in Urban Heritage and the Villes Régions Monde network, he published, as scientific director, a reference work on built environments in Quebec in 2022. He also serves as an expert on the Conseil du patrimoine culturel du Québec.

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Brent D. Ryan is a Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he specializes in urban design and city morphology. His research focuses primarily on postindustrial cities and the contemporary challenges of deindustrialization, climate change, and sustainability. He is the author of Design After Decline (2012) and The Largest Art (2017), he has taught at the Harvard Graduate School of Design and the University of Illinois at Chicago. His work is supported by the National Science Foundation and has appeared in several peer-reviewed journals. He is also co-editor of the Journal of Planning History.

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Brenda Case Scheer, AIA, AICP, is Professor Emerita and former Dean of the College of Architecture + Planning at the University of Utah (2002–2013). A recipient of the Chicago Institute of Architecture and Planning Award and a Loeb Fellow at Harvard, she has focused her work on the environment, social responsibility, and community engagement. She has contributed to major projects such as Downtown Rising and serves on several boards, including Envision Utah and the Landscape Architecture Foundation. Her most recent book The Evolution of Urban Form: Typology for Planners and Architects, was published in October 2010.

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Paul Hess is a professor in the Department of Geography and Urban Planning at the University of Toronto, specializing in urban design, active mobility, and urban morphology. His research focuses on street transformation, pedestrian safety, active transportation policy, and suburban arterial rehabilitation. He has published extensively on accessibility and planning interventions during the pandemic. His work combines spatial analysis, field observation, and policy evaluation, with a particular focus on inclusive and sustainable urban environments.

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Pierre Gauthier has been an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography, Urban Planning and Environment at Concordia University since 2008. His research focuses on urban morphology, territorial planning, and the dynamics of urban sprawl. He has published numerous articles on the evolution of residential fabrics, built heritage conservation, and sustainable mobility. He is a member of the Centre for Research in Planning and Development (CRAD) at Université Laval. At Concordia, he teaches courses in urban planning and urban studies, contributing to the training of regional planning professionals.

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Salvador Herrera Montes is a professor at the Faculty of Architecture of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and an urban planner specializing in territorial planning, sustainable mobility, and housing policies. Founder of the Urbanística firm, he has led numerous local and regional planning projects. He also serves as a consultant to international organizations such as UN-Habitat, the World Bank, and the German International Development Cooperation Agency (GIZ). His work combines applied research and professional practice in urban planning.