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Janine Debanné serves as Associate Professor at Carleton University's Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism, where she teaches architectural design studios and history/theory courses including Canadian Architecture and Postwar Architecture. Her academic foundation includes a BArch from Carleton (1988) and MArch in History and Theory from McGill University (1996).
Her educational credentials:
- Master of Architecture (History and Theory of Architecture), McGill University, 1996
- Bachelor of Architecture, Carleton University, 1988
Debanné's research centers on Ottawa's 1950-1975 modernist domestic architecture as an informal product of Canada's capital development, informed by six years of participant-observer research at Mies van der Rohe's Lafayette Park. She investigates site plans as manifestations of life visions, the extraordinary within ordinary spaces, and seasonal room dynamics. Her pedagogical innovations include the 'block of clay and bundle of sticks' studio exercise for foundational design education, emphasizing hand drawing and field sketching.
Born in Ottawa with mixed English-Canadian and Lebanese-Francophone heritage, she actively promotes public architectural discourse through local press articles and explores transculturality as a pathway to inclusive Canadian architectural identity. Her teaching spans ARCS design studios, ARCH 2300 (Modern Architecture), ARCH 4301 (Postwar Architecture), and ARTH 3002/ARCH 4002 (Canadian Architecture).
