CAHPSTONE: A podcast on heritage conservation
Wondering about what heritage conservation means today? Everyone has an idea of what it is, but come and take a deeper dive into the field and learn about the ways in which we sustain our past for future generations. Come and listen to experts and specialists in a range of professions who work with historic and cultural places - which is just about everything out there! Enjoy our podcast that is regularly released on all platforms.
CAHPSTONE: A podcast on heritage conservation
CAHPSTONE Conversation with Mariana Esponda Cascajares
Welcome back to CAHPSTONE - a podcast about all things heritage related!
This episode is once again hosted by Stephen Collette, the building manager for Faith & the Common Good. His expertise as both a building scientist and a 'building biologist' has led him to work with hundreds of faith community buildings to create sustainability plans to reduce energy and environmental impact.
This episode features Dr. Mariana Esponda Cascajares. Following her training as an architect in Mexico she obtained her Ph.D. Since graduating, Mariana has been working on heritage buildings in both the private and public sector over the last 25 years in North America, as well as in Spain. To fully understand historic construction and to create new sustainable designs, Mariana's projects include restoration on modernist historic facades, adaptive reuse of churches, monasteries and industrial buildings, home renovations, conditional assessments, and rehabilitation of existing structures.
She is the chair of the Adaptive Reuse for a Sustainable Future cluster at Carleton University under the SSHRC-funded Quality in Canada’s Built Environment. Mariana’s team is researching adaptive reuse models in the Ottawa area by developing an inventory of case studies, including vacant and underused buildings, such as offices, sacred buildings and industrial buildings.
She is the coordinator of the Conservation and Sustainability Programme in the Azrieli School of Architecture, as well as the Graduate Diploma in Architectural Conservation at Carleton University.
The Canadian Association of Heritage Professionals (CAHP) is a national membership-based organization that serves qualified heritage professionals in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors. CAHP establishes standards of practice, shares knowledge about heritage conservation, and supports the involvement of heritage professionals whenever places of heritage value are being identified, preserved, restored and rehabilitated.