Matthew Leander Kalil is an interdisciplinary artist whose work moves through text, sound, figure, space, and image.
He studied Philosophy (BA) at The New School and Architecture (M.Arch) at The University of Toronto.
Leander’s work has been supported by the Canada Council for the Arts.
He has worked at Office of Adrian Phiffer, is a researcher and editor at the Canadian Centre for Architecture.
He lives in Montréal.
m.leanderkalil@gmail.com
+1 416 910 9378
Beach house
2024
This is a design for a house on a tropical island. It was to be built on a 26’-high plateau clearing in a forest on a beachfront site. The land featured coconut palms, banana trees, papaya, avocado, and lots of shrubs. The house was to be made of timber and natural fibre blocks finished in white concrete, and was to have floors and elements of limestone, largely reused from excavation of the volcanic terrain. The project was cancelled, and the design and these drawings stand unfinished.