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In the period following the industrial revolution, Captains of Industry was a term applied to business leaders whose work contributed positively to society in some way. The legacy of these revolutionary entrepreneurs today includes parks, concert halls, universities, and banks, but also the physical heritage of their business operations: the factories, ports, railways, and mines that formed the infrastructural underpinning of their industrial empires. As economic drivers condemn many of these sites to disuse and abandonment, they are often a bitter reminder of better times for the communities that emerged alongside them. |
Given the ecological challenges and intrinsic cultural value of these sites, however, we believe they represent a tremendous opportunity for architectural intervention and the creation of exciting new experience and industry. This belief stems from our interest in creating exciting, sustainable, and cross-disciplinary work as part of a collaborative design process. Like our namesakes, we are concerned with designing projects (architecture, systems, landscapes, infrastructure, ...) that constitute a positive addition to the built environment, socially, aesthetically, and ecologically. If you have a project in mind, ideas you would like to discuss, or questions about our work, please feel free to contact us. |
CAPT. CLINT LANGEVINobtained his MArch from the University of Toronto in 2011. Previously, he studied Civil Engineering with a specialization in structures at Syracuse University. He has worked as an architecture intern for ZAS in Toronto (2010) and also has experience as an engineer and assistant project manager in Toronto and upstate New York. He likes to explore abandoned industrial sites whenever he has a chance to. |
CAPT. AMY NORRISobtained her MArch from the University of Toronto (2011), MSc. in Applied Mathematics (Mathematical Biology) from the University of British Columbia (2002), and BMath from the University of Waterloo (2000). She has worked as an architecture intern at KMA (2010), and as a biostatistician in Raleigh, USA, Newcastle, Australia, and Montreal, Canada. |
