Join ACO Toronto for their one-day 2023 Symposium, Heritage and Housing, on September 23 at Ontario Science Centre!
You may remember that the ACO already hosted their 2017 symposium on Centennial projects at the Ontario Science Centre, and while they typically offer a new venue every year, due to the recent Province of Ontario plans to demolish the building, this landmark is once again incredibly relevant to the theme. To explore this topic of Heritage and Housing, the symposium will be broken down into 3 sessions: addressing affordability, responding to the climate crisis, and the future of our growing city. Each session will have a diverse range of speakers, including professionals (emerging and established), architects, developers, planners, artists, and academics. The symposium is an opportunity to foster open conversations, learn about different perspectives and new ideas, and work collaboratively towards solutions that we are facing in Toronto.
To explore this theme, the symposium will be broken down into 3 sessions:
• Addressing affordability (10-11:30AM)
• Responding to the climate crisis (11:35AM-1PM)
• Future of our growing city (2-3:30PM)
Speakers and moderators include:
Chiyi Tam, Executive Director at Kensington Market Community Land Trust
Elsa Lam, Editor at Canadian Architect
Joey Giaimo, OAA MRAIC CAHP, Principal at Giaimo
Justin Pape, Co-founder of Project 107
Liza Stiff, VP of Innovation at TAS
Lloyd Alter, Author/Writer and Instructor at Toronto Metropolitan University
Michael Otchie, OAA RIBA, Architect at ERA
Monica Hutton, Property Asset Manager at Parkdale Neighbourhood Land Trust
Nicole Charles, Co-founder of Project 107
Rashmi Sirkar, Associate Researcher for ReHousing at University of Toronto
Robert Raynor, Net Zero Coordinator at TAS
Robert Sims, OAA MRAIC, Principal a KPMB
Stefan Novakovic, Senior Editor at AZURE Magazine
The symposium will also feature a one-day showing of the exhibit, NOTICE: a change is proposed, by artists Nicole Charles and Justin Pape.
Doors open at 9:30AM, and the symposium starts promptly at 10AM.
Tickets are $45. Student, recent grad, and ACO NextGen tickets are $20.
Lunch (1-2PM) and refreshments are provided.
Please email justine@acotoronto.ca if you require any assistance with buying tickets or experience barriers that do not allow you to buy a ticket.
Symposium tickets do not include entry to the entire Ontario Science Centre (OSC), only the rented venue space. However, registrants will receive a 20% discount on tickets to OSC if they would like to take a self-guided tour of the museum at the end of the symposium (from 3:30-5PM).
This lecture is eligible for OAA Structured ConEd learning credits.