M.ALI NAVIDBAKHSH, OAA, CPHT, P.GSC, RELi AP

Ali is a co-founder and principal Architect at Site-Arch Inc. a private practice operating in Ontario and Québec. He previously worked at Perkins+Will (Ottawa) IDEA Inc., and The Ventin Group Architects, before joining the Project management team at McDonald Brothers Construction. Ali is a certified Passive House Tradesperson (CPHT) and a Professional Gold Seal Certified (P.GSC) for professional Construction Management Excellence with the Canadian Construction Association.

Ali received his BArch (2014) and March (2016) both with distinction and was awarded the Azrieli Scholar for his thesis titled: Post-Petropolis: Alberta after the Oil Boom. Ali’s research addresses the story of conflicting natural and artificial landscapes while engaging with multi-stakeholder views, from divinity and indigenous Land to human-scale interventions. He has also completed a directed study abroad program in Lisbon, Portugal under the directorship of Architects Diogo Lopes and Patrícia Barbas.

Further to his full-time career, Ali actively engages in independent research and international competitions. Some noteworthy accomplishments include winning First Place and receiving the People’s choice award in the Future Legacies Competition – Design for Canada’s Next 150 Years, held by The Site Magazine. He also co-authored Weeping Walls and Shopping Malls for IN_BO Issue 12, “Places, Forms and Memories of Grief in Contemporary Cities”. Parallel to his speculative research and professional work he serves as a critic in students’ reviews at Carleton University.