Darcy MacNinch

Bio: Darcy holds a Masters in Architecture from the University of Waterloo. After working as an architect in Toronto for several years, he moved to Kingston to start a lavender farm and adopt a small herd of cashmere goats. He is now working as functional space planning analyst at Queen's University.  His Master's thesis analyzes how personal space contributes to the inhabitant’s identity, helps form an understanding of the wider world, and how to interact with it.  He is currently exploring how architecture shapes cultures and communities, specifically looking at how Institutional architecture, created by white settlers, has impacted Indigenous communities within Canada.
Research Interest: Domesticity, Aesthetics and Happiness, Queer Space, avant-garde fashion, Memories and Dreams, Phenomenology, Alchemy, and how all of these contribute to the formation of identity and the psychological implications of habitation in these realms.