Profile
Caroline Dionne is a scholar and educator with a background in art and architecture criticism and curation. She is an Associate Professor of History and Theory of Design Practice and Curatorial Studies and serves as Associate School Dean at Parsons' School of Art and Design History and Theory (ADHT). Sitting at the intersection of literature, language theory, philosophy, architecture and curatorial practices, her research and teaching examine the role of language in everyday acts of placemaking and collective design, with focus on the politics of place鈥攈ow power dynamics of gender, class, and race shape subjectivities. Trained as an architect, she received her PhD in the history and theory of architecture from McGill University, Montreal. Her book, Design Theory, Language and Architectural Space in Lewis Carroll (Routledge, 2023) proposes design theories of the emergent based on a close reading of the complete works of nineteenth century writer and mathematician Lewis Carroll. Other publications can be found in Designing in Dark Times: An Arendtian Lexicon (Bloomsbury, 2020), Reading Architecture: Literary Imagination and Architectural Experience (Routledge, 2018), OASE 96 Social Poetics: The Architecture of Use and Appropriation (NAI, 2016), and Architecture's Appeal (Routledge, 2015). She is Managing Editor for Design and Culture, the Journal of the Design Studies Forum.
Degrees Held
PhD in Architecure, History and Theory, McGill University, 2005
MA History and Theory of Architecture, McGill University, 听2000
BFA Architecture, Universite Laval, 1996
Professional Affiliation
Member of SAUTE - Swiss Association of University Teachers in English
Recent Publications
Book
Dionne, Caroline. Design Theory, Language and Architectural Space in Lewis Carroll (Routledge, 2023)
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Peer-reviewed Journal Articles
Dionne, Caroline. 鈥淎 leap of faith in the realm of the possible.鈥澨齇ASE听96, Social poetics: the architecture of use and appropriation (2016): 73-78.
Dionne, Caroline. 鈥淟ewis Carroll on Architectural Meaning.鈥 Montreal Architectural Review 01 (2014): 31-46.
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Chapters in Books (peer-reviewed)
Dionne, Caroline. 鈥淲e Build Spaces with Words: Spatial Agency, Recognition and Narrative.鈥 In Reading Architecture; Literary Imagination and Architectural Experience,听edited by Angeliki Sioli and Yoonchun Jung. London: Routledge, 2018.
Dionne, Caroline. 鈥淢ade in Usage: Architecture in Fureti猫re鈥檚 Dictionnaire Universel.鈥 In Architecture鈥檚 Appeal, edited by Marc J. Neveu and Negin Djavaherian, 67-78. London: Routledge, 2015.
Dionne, Caroline. 鈥淎rchitectural Creativity in Lewis Carroll鈥檚 The Vision of the Three T鈥檚.鈥 In Architecture and Authorship, 30-39. London: Black Dog Publishing, 2007. 听
Dionne, Caroline. 鈥淟ewis Carroll: A Man Out Of Joint, The Anonymous Architect of Euclid鈥檚 Retreat.鈥 In Chora: Intervals in the Philosophy of Architecture, Vol. 4, edited by Alberto P茅rez-G贸mez and Stephen Parcell, 1-24. Montreal: McGill-Queen鈥檚 University Press, 2004.
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Chapters in Books
Dionne, Caroline. 鈥淪peech.鈥 Designing in Dark Times: An Arendtian Lexicon. Eduardo Staszowski and Virginia Tassinari (eds.), London: Bloomsbury, 2020.听
Dionne, Caroline. 鈥淎n Architecture of Social Engagement.鈥 In L-Architects, ed. by Heinz Wirz, Luzern: Quart Verlag, 2019.
Dionne, Caroline. 鈥淔en锚tre sur l鈥檈space introspectif / Introspective Space: Enter Here! Caroline Dionne in discussion with Jonas Dahlberg.鈥 In Jonas Dahlberg: Hall of Mirrors, 36-43.听Lausanne: Archizoom, 2013.听
Dionne, Caroline. 鈥淟a question du programme: exp茅rience et fiction.鈥澨齈ostface of Mondes visibles/Villes archipel, 242-247. Lausanne: ALICE EPFL, 2012.
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Book Reviews
Dionne, Caroline. Review of The Design Philosophy Reader. Edited by Anne-Marie Willis, Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2018, Journal of Design history (forthcoming).
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Edited monograph
Dionne, Caroline and Denise Bratton, ed. The architecture of Richter & Dahl Rocha. Berlin: Birkh盲user, 2007.
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Books in Progress
Dionne, Caroline. Running Out of Place: The Language and Architecture of Lewis Carroll (manuscript in preparation).
Dionne, Caroline. People and Places: Swiss Love Stories (manuscript in preparation).
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Other Publications 鈥 Selected
Dionne, Caroline and Sreshta Rit Premnath. 鈥淕iving Voice.鈥 In Playing The Auditorium: Kabir Carter, published in the context of The Festival of New, 麻豆传媒色情片, 2019.
Dionne, Caroline, and Patrick Bouchain. 鈥淧ratique de l鈥檜topie: des br猫ches pour l鈥檃ction.鈥澨齋pecial issue published in the context of the exhibition 鈥淭h茅芒tres en utopie鈥 at Lieu Unique, Nantes, Trac茅s 140 (2014): 4-8.听
Dionne, Caroline. 鈥淒es r茅cits qui instruisent: la fable comme source d鈥檜n savoir architectural.鈥 Re-vue Malaquais, Ecole nationale sup茅rieure d鈥檃rchitecture Paris-Malaquais 01 (2014): 22-27.
Dionne, Caroline.听鈥淟a ville assi茅g茅e.鈥 Previoulsy published in Trac茅s 138, no. 02 (2012): 5. Special issue in the context of the Paris-Chaillot exhibition 鈥淎rchitecture en uniforme,鈥 Trac茅s 140 (2014): 3.听
Cohen, Jean-Louis, Guy Ansellem, Caroline Dionne and Christophe Catsaros. 鈥淯ne architecture de la d茅fense passive, Entretien avec Jean-Louis Cohen et Guy Amsellem.鈥 Special issue, Trac茅s 140 (2014): 4-5.
Dionne, Caroline. 鈥淎ngle mort de l鈥檃rchitecture moderne.鈥澨齈revioulsy published in Trac茅s 138, no. 02 (2012):16.听Special issue, Trac茅s 140 (2014): 6-11.
Dionne, Caroline. 鈥淟鈥檃rchitecture incr茅mentaliste au service du savoir-vivre.鈥 Special issue published in the context of the exhibition Lucien et Simone Kroll, une architecture habit茅e, Lieu Unique, Nantes, Trac茅s 139 (2013): 4-7.听
Dionne, Caroline. 鈥淐hez Le Corbusier.鈥 Heimatschutz / Patrimoine 3 (2012): 30-31.
Dionne, Caroline, Hahne, Antoine, Cochard, Julien. 鈥淯ne architecture qui fa莽onne paille et terre crue.鈥 Trac茅s 138, no. 02 (2012): 6-11.
Dionne, Caroline. 鈥淟a ville assi茅g茅e.鈥 Trac茅s 138, no. 02 (2012): 5.
Cohen, Jean-Louis, Mirko Zardini and Caroline Dionne. 鈥淯ne architecture de la d茅fense passive.鈥 Trac茅s 138, no. 02 (2012): 6-9.
Dionne, Caroline. 鈥淎ngle mort de l鈥檃rchitecture moderne.鈥 Trac茅s 138, no. 02 (2012):16.
Dionne, Caroline. 鈥淐ulture - R茅ceptifs 脿 la ville.鈥澨齋pecial issue 鈥淕eneve bouge鈥. Hochparterre 11 (2011): 28-31.
Dionne, Caroline. 鈥淢oving Around.鈥 Published alongside Alexandre David鈥檚 鈥淢oving Around鈥 exhibition. YYZ Blog, January 2011, http://www.yyzartistsoutlet.org/2011/01/moving-around-by-caroline-dionne/.
Dionne, Caroline. 鈥淟a biblioth猫que du Tribunal f茅d茅ral fait peau neuve.鈥 Heimatschutz/Patrimoine, no 3 (2011): 8-19.
Dionne, Caroline. 鈥淧rojeter ensemble : utopie ou r茅alit茅 ?鈥 PNR 54 - D茅veloppement durable de l鈥檈nvironnement construit 01 (2009): 30-31.
Dionne, Caroline. & Van der Poel Cedric. 鈥淓space TILT.鈥 In Tumbleweed, 7.听Lausanne: ALICE EPFL, 2010.
Dionne, Caroline. 鈥淢achine de verre.鈥 Trac茅s 136, no. 01 (2010): 7-10.
Dionne, Caroline. 鈥淗aut lieu d鈥檋ospitalit茅.鈥 Trac茅s 135, no. 22 (2009): 7-10.
Dionne, Caroline. 鈥淰alider les savoirs ancestraux.鈥澨齌rac茅s 135, no. 18 (2009): 33-34.
Bouchain, Patrick, and Caroline Dionne.听鈥淢obile et immobile, Entretien avec Patrick Bouchain.鈥 Trac茅s 135, no. 13-14 (2009): 10-13.
Motta, Liliana, and Caroline Dionne. 鈥淟鈥檃rt de la d茅couverte, Entretien avec Liliana Motta.鈥 Trac茅s 135, no. 13-14 (2009): 6-9.
Dionne, Caroline. 鈥淟a vie r锚v茅e des nouveaux urbanistes.鈥 Trac茅s 135, no. 02 (2009): 5.
Dionne, Caroline. 鈥淟e culte de la ville parfaite.鈥 Trac茅s 135, no. 02 (2009): 6-9.
Dionne, Caroline. 鈥淒u bon et du mauvais architecte.鈥 Trac茅s 134, no. 13-14 (2008): 6-9.
Dionne, Caroline. 鈥淒ensifier la banlieue.鈥 Trac茅s 134, no. 07 (2008): 5.
Dionne, Caroline. 鈥淏ien vivre ensemble.鈥 Trac茅s 134, no. 07 (2008): 7-14.
Dionne, Caroline. 鈥淟ausanne miniature.鈥 Trac茅s 133, no. 21 (2007): 27-32.
Dionne, Caroline. 鈥淓nvo没tements bananiers.鈥 Trac茅s 133, no. 20 (2007): 19-20.
Dionne, Caroline. 鈥淓spaces pour la petite enfance, jeux et sympt么mes.鈥澨齌rac茅s 133, no. 18 (2007): 23-30.
Dionne, Caroline. 鈥淎dopt a Myth.鈥 In Pelletier, Louise and Alberto P茅rez-G贸mez, ed. 70 Architects.听Montreal: Centre de Design de l鈥橴niversit茅 du Qu茅bec 脿 Montreal, 2007.
Dionne, Caroline. 鈥淟e dehors de l鈥檃rchitecture : sur quelques installations de Samuel Roi-Bois.鈥 Spirale 210 (2006): 49-50.
Dionne, Caroline. 鈥淒eux vues d鈥檈nsemble.鈥 In Alexandre David, 2-3. Montreal: Galerie B-312 2005.
Dionne, Caroline. 鈥淔ine Fine Dust.鈥 In D鈥橭r: Explorations in Psychic Geography, 9-16. Vancouver: Or Gallery, 2003.
Dionne, Caroline. 鈥淟e monologue/The Monologue.鈥 In Samuel Roy-Bois exhibition, i-vi. Montreal: Gallery Articule, 2003.听
Dionne, Caroline.听鈥淕regor Schneider: des mouvances limitrophes.鈥 ETC Montr茅al : revue de l鈥檃rt actuel 63 (2003): 28-34.
Dionne, Caroline. 鈥淥n Words and Paradoxes: Lewis Carroll at the Interstices of Architectural Discourse.鈥澨齀n Progress Report 2002, Ph.D. dissertations in architectural history and theory, 10-13. Montreal: McGill University School of Architecture, 2002.听
Dionne, Caroline. 鈥淲hat are you looking at: Lewis Carroll鈥檚 photographs and the paradoxes of perception.鈥 Public 21(2001): 78-86.