University of Guelph | National Housing Research Committee - Comité national de recherche sur le logement

Landscape Architecture

Organization Type:

Academic

Founding institution/faculty/department:

School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, University of Guelph Landscape Research Group

Year initiated:

1965

Objectives/focus/mandate/mission:

To generate knowledge and develop leading edge initiatives in housing and community based research in the rural and urban environment

Affiliates/partners/other disciplines:

University of Waterloo Planning and Architecture, University of Guelph Geography, Environmental Sciences

Funding agencies/organizations:

Various agencies, including CMHC, Metcalf Foundation and OMAFRA

Language:

English

Areas of specialization:

Sustainability ( environmental, social, cultural, economic) and rural communities

Other activities:

Plan aid - a storefront resource and advocate centre dealing with housing and community issues;
co-organizer of annual Amazing Possibilities Conference - design of our communities - typically 500 attend

Researchers and their fields of research:

Researchers - Professors Lise Burcher, Rob Corry, Maurice Nelischer, Cecelia Paine, Karen Landman, Robert Brown, Nathan Perkins, Larry Harder, Sean Kelly

Fields of research: physical design, environmental protection, emerging issues, energy, history, local food

Programs offered:

Bachelor of Landscape Architecture, Master of Landscape Architecture, PhD - Rural Studies

Web links on the site:

CMHC, OALA, CSLA, ASLA, New Urbanizim

Contact information

Street address:

Landscape Architecture, Rural Planning & Development, School of Environmental Design and Rural Development
University of Guelph #Room 101
Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1

Mailing address:

Landscape Architecture, Rural Planning & Development, School of Environmental Design and Rural Development
#Room 101
Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1

Main phone number:

(519) 824-4120 x52191

Main fax number:

(519) 767-1686

E-mail addresses:

mnelisch@uoguelph.ca (Maurice Nelischer, Director)

Web site:

http://www.uoguelph.ca/sedrd/RPD/index.html