Course Lecturer - ARCH 304 - Winter 2026

McGill University; Harrington; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

McGill University seeks an instructor for the Design & Construction 2 (U2 studio) course, emphasizing architectural representation, performance, and innovation. Effective from January to April 2026, the role demands expertise in architectural practices and teaching experience to guide students in translating their ideas into architectural propositions.

Qualifications

• Active in the profession with teaching experience in architecture.
• Professional practice required for course delivery.

Responsibilities

• Teach ARCH 304 / Design & Construction 2 (U2 studio)
• Develop curriculum that meets university standards and criteria.
• Ensure compliance with Canadian Architectural Certification Board criteria.

Skills

Technical expertise

Digital expertise

Critical theoretical expertise

Education

M.Arch. or equivalent

Job description

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Studio Description: This studio explores the intersection of architectural representation, cinematic techniques, and embodied narratives. Working at the boundary between architectural design and time-based media, students will investigate how architectural space can be conceived, documented, and experienced through temporal, sensorial, cultural, and performative dimensions. Students will develop projects that investigate architectures of embodiment, exploring how built form can emerge from studies of movement, sound, light, and narrative structure.

Canadian Architectural Certification Board (CACB) Student Performance Criteria (SPC): A1, A2, A4, A5, A6

Themes and Pedagogical Approach: The studio will operate as an experimental laboratory where students: Study precedents that bridge architecture, film, and performance. Design Theory is covered through weekly lectures, presentations, and cinematic engagements; Develop techniques/methods for documenting, analyzing, and designing movement, affect, and embodied experience in space through weekly exercises and critical evaluations; Translate temporal experiences into spatial propositions forming the basis of the midterm design proposal and review; Create and communicate architectural interventions that engage with narratives, performance, and cinematic thinking culminating in a Final Review structured as a performance/exhibition hybrid.

Learning Outcomes. Upon completion of this studio, students will be able to: 1) Critically analyze architectural space through temporal, cultural, narrative, and sensorial frameworks; 2) Develop innovative techniques for translating between different media and modes of representation; 3) Create architectural propositions that engage with embodied experience and movement; 4) Employ experimental documentation techniques alongside traditional architectural representation; 5) Articulate a theoretical position on the relationship between architecture, cinema, and performance; 6) Demonstrate competence in CACB Student Performance Criteria A1, A2, A4, A5, and A6.

Coordination Notes: All candidates will work closely with the Director as well as the Studio Coordinator to ensure that their course material meets the University Calendar regulations, the pedagogical objectives of the School and the specific Canadian Architectural Certification Board Student Performance Criteria.

Studio coordinator: Prof. Alan Dunyo Avorgbedor

Description de l'atelier: Cet atelier explore l'intersection entre représentation architecturale, techniques cinématographiques et récits incarnés. Travaillant à la frontière entre conception architecturale et médias temporels, les étudiants exploreront comment l'espace architectural peut être conçu, documenté et vécu à travers des dimensions temporelles, sensorielles, culturelles et performatives. Ils développeront des projets qui explorent les architectures de l'incarnation, explorant comment la forme construite peut émerger de l'étude du mouvement, du son, de la lumière et de la structure narrative.

Critères de performance des étudiants (SPC) du Conseil canadien de certification en architecture (CCCA) : A1, A2, A4, A5, A6

Thèmes et approche pédagogique : Le studio fonctionnera comme un laboratoire expérimental où les étudiants : Étudier les précédents qui relient l'architecture, le cinéma et la performance. La théorie du design est abordée par le biais de conférences hebdomadaires, de présentations et d'engagements cinématographiques ; Développer des techniques/méthodes pour documenter, analyser et concevoir le mouvement, l'affect et l'expérience incarnée dans l'espace par le biais d'exercices hebdomadaires et d'évaluations critiques ; Traduire les expériences temporelles en propositions spatiales formant la base de la proposition de conception et de l'examen de mi-parcours ; Créer et communiquer des interventions architecturales qui s'engagent dans les récits, la performance et la pensée cinématographique aboutissant à un examen final structuré comme un hybride performance/exposition.

Résultats d'apprentissage. À la fin de cet atelier, les étudiants seront en mesure de : 1) analyser de manière critique l'espace architectural à travers des cadres temporels, culturels, narratifs et sensoriels ; 2) développer des techniques innovantes de traduction entre différents médias et modes de représentation ; 3) créer des propositions architecturales qui s'engagent dans l'expérience incarnée et le mouvement ; 4) employer des techniques de documentation expérimentales parallèlement à la représentation architecturale traditionnelle ; 5) formuler une position théorique sur la relation entre l'architecture, le cinéma et la performance ; 6) démontrer sa compétence dans les critères de performance des étudiants A1, A2, A4, A5, et A6 du CACB.

Notes de coordination : Tous les candidats travailleront en étroite collaboration avec le directeur ainsi qu'avec le coordonnateur du studio pour s'assurer que leur matériel de cours respecte les règlements du calendrier universitaire, les objectifs pédagogiques de l'École et les critères de performance des étudiants spécifiques du Conseil canadien de certification en architecture.

Coordinateur du studio : Prof. Alan Dunyo Avorgbedor

Teaching Qualification Requirements:
Appropriate technical, digital and/or critical, theoretical expertise required for the course; active in the profession. Professional practice and/or post-secondary teaching experience in architecture. M.Arch. or equivalent (first professional degree). Appointment is from January 1 to April 30, 2026. ARCH 304 / Design & Construction 2 (U2 studio). 6 credits. Salary $14,000.

Une expertise technique, numérique et/ou critique théorique appropriée est requise pour le cours; être actif dans la profession. Expérience de pratique professionnelle et/ou d'enseignement postsecondaire en architecture. Maîtrise en architecture ou équivalent (premier diplôme professionnel). Le poste est à pourvoir du 1er janvier au 30 avril 2026. ARCH 304 / Design et construction 2 (studio U2). 6 crédits. Salaire: 14000$.

Before applying, please note that to work at McGill University, you must be both authorized to work in Canada and willing to work in the province of Quebec at the campus where the position is based / located.

McGill University is an English-language university where most teaching and research activities are conducted in the English language, thereby requiring English communication both verbally and in writing.

Hiring Unit:

Architecture

Course Title:

Design & Construction 2 (U2 studio)

Subject Code:

ARCH 304

Location:

Macdonald-Harrington

Schedule:

TBA

Deadline to Apply:

2025-06-15

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