Richard Perron

Richard Perron is a Research Professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture at the University of Manitoba's Faculty of Architecture. His work focuses on urban ecology, flood architecture, and ecological urbanism, with projects addressing post-industrial cities and flood-prone regions like Winnipeg, New Orleans, Thunder Bay, and Prince Edward Island. He employs spatial information systems, cartography, and scale-shifting design methodologies.

Research emphasizes treating ecology as urban infrastructure, designing new ecologies, and predicting cultural-ecological dynamics. Recent projects include Mythic Ecologies phases and 48º 23’ 60 N, exploring landscape urbanism and regional mapping. His approach combines exploratory cartography with 'eidetic imaging' to visualize complex ecological-urban relationships.

Teaching and research integrate graduate studios focused on regional-scale problems, evolving from landscape architecture to ecological urbanism paradigms. Methodologies include GIS modeling, local intervention design, and interdisciplinary assemblages of urban ecological systems.