Ryan Bruer

Ryan is an architect and artist passionate about communal stories that connect people to materials and city-building. His work is informed by his art practice which explored printmaking through material circularity, local repair, and exchange in Hamilton. This context reveals the social and environmental impact and opportunity of building, a perspective Ryan brings to project design strategy.

Ryan oversees creative pursuits and research, specializing in thoughtful design and technical rigor. He has extensive experience with feasibility studies and residential design. As a co-founder of Ha/f, he has advanced life cycle assessment in architectural offices across Canada to drive immediate carbon reduction in residential construction. Ryan also leads the Ha/f Research Seminar at the University of Waterloo’s School of Architecture.

• 2016, BFA, Fine Arts, McMaster University, Canada

• 2021, M.Arch, Architecture, University of Toronto, Canada

• Ontario Association of Architects