CAHP Conference Workroom

CAHP Workroom: Making Home Through Reuse and Retrofit

This Workroom builds upon the CAHP report entitled Unlocking the Value of Existing Buildings, and will examine how heritage conservation, adaptive reuse, and housing delivery work together in practice.

Through a site visit of a former warehouse turned into housing (including meeting the project stakeholders), and a follow-up facilitated discussion, the workroom will explore the opportunities and challenges of converting existing and heritage buildings for multi-unit housing. Topics may include conservation principles, code and accessibility considerations, typical structural and design constraints, energy performance and available financial supports. The Workroom will invite participants to explore and understand the details that can make adaptive reuse a success story for housing needs.

This year’s CAHP Workroom will feature speaker Joe Mancini, Cofounder of The Working Centre.

Date and Time:

Thursday, October 22 at 9am – 4pm in Kitchener, ON

Held as part of the National Trust Conference in collaboration with the Canadian Association for Heritage Professionals (CAHP) and the Indigenous Heritage Circle (IHC).

What to Expect:

Begin the day with a coffee and a guided site tour of Kaufman Lofts. Following the tour, take part in a participatory Workroom session at Crowne Plaza Kitchener. Lunch will be provided.

The Workroom is a space for collaborative learning and forward-thinking discussion, open to all, including heritage professionals, architects, engineers, developers, energy specialists, planners, students, and anyone interested in shaping the future of our built environment.

Space is limited, register through the link below to be part of this important conversation.

Registration

Registration for the workroom must go through the National Trust’s conference website, but you do NOT need to be registered for the conference to join the workroom.

To register, please choose one of the following:

• • Click the button bellow and select CAHP Workroom to register for just the workroom;
• • OR, if you want to register for the full conference (including the Soirée and/or CAHP Workroom) please select Attendee.