Tear Down or Repair: The Alternatives Around Us

Amid the climate crisis, how can we balance ecological concerns with the need for housing? What alternatives to demolition exist for reusing and upgrading existing buildings? To coincide with the opening of our exhibition To Build Law, we invite you to a roundtable on renovation and rehabilitation policies in Canada.

Olaf Grawert, Alina Kolar (bplus.xyz), and Juliette Cook (Ha/f Climate Design) will discuss the economic, environmental, and legal challenges of renovation.

We will explore the lifecycle of buildings, the urgent needs and barriers to renovation, as well as current and potential policies and incentives to encourage the reuse of existing buildings. Join us in conversation about the alternatives around us.

This discussion kicks off our series of public events related to our Groundwork project, exploring the evolving role of architects today.

This event is free and open to the public. No registration is required.
 

San Gimignano Lichtenberg, bplus.xyz’s office in a converted coal silo tower, Berlin, 2024. Still from To Build Law, 2024 © CCA