Johan Voordouw

Johan is an associate professor at the Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.

Prior to his appointment at Carleton he taught at the Leicester School of Architecture, De Montfort University and London Southbank University London in the U.K.

Johan graduated from the Bartlett, University College London (2007 & 2009), and the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg (2003). While at the Bartlett he was in Unit 20 led by Shaun Murray, Marjan Colletti in his first year and Marjan and Marcos Cruz in his subsequent years.

He has worked in a number of professional offices practicing in the Netherlands, Canada, and England. His most notable office was Foster + Partners where he worked on projects in Malaysia and China.

Johan’s work has been extensively published and exhibited including: Lightroom Gallery (2020), Shenkman Arts Centre (2020), Magazin Gallery, Vienna (2018), the Academy of Fine Art, Vienna (2015), International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam (2014), Royal Academy Summer Show London (2011 & 2010) and the Venice Biennale (2010)

His research interests are broad, but focus on issues of intent, authority, and authorship to contextualize digital and computational thinking within established historical and theoretical discourse.