Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Scott Francisco is a design and systems-thinking practitioner with more than 25 years of experience solving complex challenges at the intersection of culture, infrastructure and natural environments. He is the founder of Pilot Projects Design Collective based in Montreal and New York City, co-founder of the Cities4Forests global network, and co-founder of the Wood at Work community of practice. Pilot Projects helps people and organizations "co-create a better world" through projects that integrate culture, infrastructure and the natural environment. Pilot Projects' co-design ethos brings stakeholders deep into the design and systems thinking process. Services range from facilitation and co-creation workshops to comprehensive project planning, strategy, design and implementation. Scott's 25 years of experience in consulting, architecture, urban design, building construction, environmental systems, and design education are the foundation of his inclusive approach to design and development. He has taught at McGill University, Stanford University in New York, Michael Graves College, The DO School, Parsons The New School for Design, and the University of Kentucky College of Architecture. He speaks regularly on design, systems thinking, sustainable innovation, and culture.
Pilot Projects is a systems thinking and design consultancy that co-creates sustainable solutions to complex challenges in global systems and cities. www.pilot-projects.org
Cities4Forests is an international network of cities who are committed to ongoing investment in forests and trees on behalf of their urban residents and the global environment. www.cities4forests.com
Wood at Work is a community of practice dedicated to expanding the potential of people, wood and forests to cultivate thriving human and natural environments. We work across boundaries to create new knowledge and structural changes in the systems we live and work in. Since our inaugural 2015 conference in NYC, our members have initiated meetings, collaborations, and projects with each other, led professional talks, proactively sourced wood, designed new buildings, made films, continued researching the psychological benefits of wood in design, promoted judicious and inclusive wood-use in cities, and explored how this can contribute to global forest conservation and restoration www.woodatwork.ca
This historic church - St Jax - lies at the crossroads of downtown Montreal's past and future. As the Urbanist in Residence I help the community participate with intention in the many urban and architectural projects that define its context: Community gardens, building renovations, new streetscape design, community programming and capital vision.