Darrel Ronald is a Canadian born (1977) architect and urbanist based in Montréal, Canada. He has been recognized and awarded for his work across the fields of photography, writing and architecture. Darrel has studied photography and worked as an editor in newspaper publishing before completing professional degrees in Architecture. Having worked on multi-disciplinary projects across North America and Europe, he brings a broad perspective and a high level of criticism.
Darrel's work is heavily influenced by cultural processes, communication and representation, technology and programming, geometry and structure, and most importantly through collaborative questioning, challenging and creation. While completing a Master's degree, he worked for a media research group, MedialabAU, at the Université de Montréal École d'Architecture, and was a Master's Studio Assistant, guiding students through new technologies and software applications during the design process.
Darrel has a long history of initiating projects through strong leadership. During his Bachelor's degree, he was awarded a Faculty of Architecture Endownment Fund from the University of Manitoba (CA) to start a new publication titled the AUM Design Extra. He later cofounded Open Form Architecture with Maxime Moreau and Maurice Martel while studying in the Master's program at the Université de Montréal (CA). The office has continued to win design awards in Canada, The United States and Europe.
After joining Maxwan architects + urbanists Rotterdam office in 2005, Darrel quickly became project leader and in June 2007 finished leading the office's largest masterplan to date, Project A101, a new city for 330.000 inhabitants on the periphery of Moscow, Russia. And while living and working in Rotterdam (NL) from 2005 to 2007 he cofounded Dysturb.Net with architects Thomas Stellmach, Martin Sobota and Claudia Strahl.
Since joining the design team at The Arcop Group in January 2008, Darrel has worked on a series of high-profile projects within Canada and abroad. Most notably is the design role played on the West Block Rehabilitation Project within the Parliamentary Precinct in Ottawa (CA) and the concept designs for both the Édifice Square Victoria concept design in Montéal (CA) and the Gehli Mixed-Use Tower in Zhuhai (CN).