What Is the Future of Our Institutional Heritage Buildings?

LECTURE PRESENTED ON OCTOBER 16, 2013

The social, demographic and technological changes of recent decades have gradually deprived older institutional buildings of their primary functions. A growing number of schools, hospitals and churches are being abandoned, but their new roles are often improvised at the expense of architectural heritage. How do we protect our public heritage and give these buildings new functions?

Moderator:

• Dinu Bumbaru, Policy Director of Heritage Montreal

Speakers:

• Caroline Andrieux, Founder and Artistic Director of the Darling Foundry
• Jacques Vincent, Co-President Prével

Lecture presented by the McCord Museum and Heritage Montreal.

City Talks is a series of lectures bringing together city thinkers and builders to share their views on current practical urban issues affecting Montrealers.