Sheena – Panelist at Ontario Heritage Conference 2018
June 7-9th, 2018 — Sheena Sharp, a principal at Coolearth, will be in Sault St. Marie this Thursday and Friday as part of the 30th Annual Ontario Heritage Conference 2018. Sheena is participating in a roundtable discussion with John Stephenson, Catherine Nasmith, Andrew Pruss, entitled: “Landmark not Landfill – Retrofitting our Cultural Heritage Buildings”. The panel was organized by John Stephension, and the outline is summarized below:
Architectural perspectives on the challenges and opportunities of retrofitting culturally significant heritage buildings.
Led by Moderator John Stephenson, a panel of distinguished architects will present their work and thoughts about the challenges and opportunities of retrofit and adaptive re-use of cultural heritage buildings and discuss why it matters. The work discussed cover the range from small to very large and will consider the cultural and environmental imperative for preservation instead of demolition.
Sheena will be presenting on “the importance of retrofit from a sustainability perspective”. Hopefully some of you will be able to attend. You can see the full Ontario Heritage Conference program here.
Pictured above is Alton Mills, which Sheena Sharp worked on with Catherine Nasmith in 2009.