Yvon LeBlanc's Reconstruction Site

Contributions: Yvon LeBlanc

BIOGRAPHY

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• July 25 1918: birth in Moncton N.B. 

• 1932-1938: Cours classique "à la française" (Bacc.I)

• 1940-1945: Royal Canadian Air Force, radar technician. 

  • Service overseas: 2 years attached to R.A.F.; 1 year RCAF Sq. 425 ("Alouette"); 1944: Leave Course, Oxford (Balliol) 

• 1951: B. Arch. (McGill). Travel in Europe 

• 1951-1954: Employment: CNR Montreal, National Research Council (Building division) Ottawa 

• 1954-1965: Private practice, Moncton: Partnerships: LeBlanc & Gaudet and LeBlanc, Gaudet, Roy & Siemers 

  • 1960-61: Canada Council grant: Theatre Architecture in Europe, Founding member of International Association of Theatre Technicians

  • 1962: Consulting Com. Confederation Center for Performing Arts (Ottawa) 

• 1965-1966: Sabbatical in Europe. Marriage to Denise Penot, Bourron-Marlotte Course in Archaeological Techniques (Prof. Courbin), Ecole Spéciale des Hautes Etudes, Paris 

• 1966: Design of Lady Dunn Theatre, Dalhousie University, Halifax 

• 1966-1967: Regional Architect, Parks Canada, Halifax 

• 1967-1971: Planning Architect, Université de Moncton; occasional lecturer in History of Art and Introduction to Town Planning 

• 1971-1972: Design Architect, Public Works, Halifax

• 1972-1983: Resident Architect, Fortress of Louisbourg 

• 1983: Retirement in France 

Principal retirement activities: 

• Occasional research and consulting for Louisbourg 

• Principal project: a birdseye isometric view of LOUISBOURG illustrating its architecture during all of its existence from foundation to partial reconstruction 

• Colloquium presentations: 

  • Bouctouche 1992 Architecture Acadienne 

  • Poitiers 1994 Acadie, mythes et réalités 

• Talks: Paris (2), Nantes (2), Fontainebleau, Bourron-Marlotte

• Writings (unpublished): Louisbourg "d'un coup d'oeil / at a glance"

  • Ce presque mythique LOUISBOURG ... pour une architecture de la maison acadienne 

• Exhibition on Louisbourg at Châtellerault, April-May 2002

Projects at various stages: 

• Neptunia Article

• Scale model of LOUISBOURG for Châtellerault

• Preliminary design: "reconstitution" of a Fanum (small gallo-roman temple) as exhibition. building for the archaeological site of Châteaubleau

•  Contemplated: Virtual Reality of Louisbourg Project, with possible EDF (Electricité de France) sponsorship 

2001: Doctorat, honoris causa, Université de Moncton, on LOUISBOURG RECOMMENDATION

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