Architect Dan S. Hanganu: Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales and work from 1980 - 1995 from remembrance to renewal

This thesis will examine the architecture that Dan S. Hanganu executed in Quebec

between 1980 and 1995. focusing on his largest completed building, the Ecole des

Hautes Etudes Commerciales for the University of Montreal. The architect’s work will

be studied in relation to the Modern Movement of the second and third quarters of the

20th century and 'Host Modernisin' during the last quarter of the century. It will also

be examined in the context of the cultural and political climate in Quebec during the

fifteen-year period in question. The thesis will explain the popular success of

Hanganu’s architecture by showing how his work, and especially HEC, is a

manifestation of three factors that define Quebec society: it is an interpretation of the

province’s unique history, an expression of its geography, and a metaphor for the

francophone Quebecers’ attempts to secure their cultural identity.