Francois Poupeau Email & Phone Number

Girona, Spain

Seeing all of the mechanics of project crafting as an intern in a much smaller office. Leading three projects and collaborating on many more over the 6 months. From winning a medical campus master plan competition in Switzerland to directing daily construction in Girona.Forming larger touristic proposal for EU funding on the Costa Brava. Working with neighborhood organizations for a comprehensive path network to interconnect neighboring parts of town at their… Show more Seeing all of the mechanics of project crafting as an intern in a much smaller office. Leading three projects and collaborating on many more over the 6 months. From winning a medical campus master plan competition in Switzerland to directing daily construction in Girona.Forming larger touristic proposal for EU funding on the Costa Brava. Working with neighborhood organizations for a comprehensive path network to interconnect neighboring parts of town at their request. Show less

Paris, France

Working on projects at various scales from an ecological territorial scale project in Quatar to urban private gardens in Paris, and working the range from model making to rendering and 3D modeling. Projects in multiple countries, and often being the English-speaking face for the office. Projects at multiple stages of development from competitions to construction, learning the craft from a well-established office.

Montreal, Canada Area

President of a McGill student club—Salseros McGill: • Yearly events requiring extensive planning, finance, coordination, proactive extensions, and drafting contracts.• Communication, coordination and negotiation with several club supporters in the salsa community. Namely salsa schools, nightclubs, and dance apparel companies. Negotiating terms and benefits for memberships, exclusivity contracts, etc. • Coordinating team efforts, delegation, and communication.• Advertising… Show more President of a McGill student club—Salseros McGill: • Yearly events requiring extensive planning, finance, coordination, proactive extensions, and drafting contracts.• Communication, coordination and negotiation with several club supporters in the salsa community. Namely salsa schools, nightclubs, and dance apparel companies. Negotiating terms and benefits for memberships, exclusivity contracts, etc. • Coordinating team efforts, delegation, and communication.• Advertising experience in designing and printing posters/flyers, studying focal points of student transit for placement, advertising and providing notifications through email and social networks.• Coordinating staff (professors, security, DJs) and overseeing finance.• Relations with Student Union and annual financial reports.• Training the next generation of club leaders. Show less

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Particularly interested in urban planning/ architecture in China.

Beijing City, China

• Explored the planning profession in the Chinese context • Conducted case studies in determining the theoretical groundwork for Urban Master Plans.• Focused study on tourism development and suggested ultimate submitted scheme for the Master Plan to the city of Pingyao, China.• Participation in deliberation on park design in the case of the Foshan Culture Park revitalization and the creation of the Pingyao Culture Park.

Montreal, Canada

collecting and organizing entirety of firm project history for incorporation into a new firm website. http://www.ekmarchitecture.com/• Photography of completed projects.• Essentially observing the mechanics of interaction and process within a firm. Some notion of Quebec drafting notations.

Masters Of Landscape Architecture

Activities and Societies: Diverse Design

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Urban Systems And East Asian Sudies

Activities and Societies: Salseros McGill, Mipsa Bollywood Dance Team, Cupcake club, McGill Chinese SA, McGill Outdoors Club, McGill.