HERITAGE OTTAWA

Carleton University and Historic Ottawa Development Inc. (HODI) have announced the winners of the 2017 HODI Award for Built Heritage Conservation.

Established in 2015 to help support the emerging generation of conservation professionals, the award is presented annually to outstanding students at Carleton University who are enrolled in the Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism, the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, or the School of Indigeneous and Canadian Studies. Award recipients engage in projects aimed at safeguarding and rehabilitating historic buildings in Ottawa.

This year’s winning projects demonstrated feasibility of implementation, expressed a clear conservation approach and addressed the practical considerations of construction and conservation treatments.

The two winning projects for 2017 were Ottawa Cricket Pavilion by Amanda Lapointe, and The Ottawa New Edinburgh Club (ONEC) Terraced Park by Hemali Rathod. Both students are from the Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism’s undergraduate program. Each will receive an award of $3,500.

This year, the jury also gave an honourable mention to O.N.E.C. Adaptive Re-Use by Charles B. van Waarden, who is also an undergraduate at the Azrieli School.

The awards jury was comprised of:

    • Carolyn Quinn, HODI, City of Ottawa’s Built Heritage Sub-Committee, Heritage Ottawa
    • Stuart Lazear, MCIP, RPP, professor in the School of Media and Design at Algonquin College; professor in the School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies at Carleton; retired co-ordinator of Heritage Planning with the City of Ottawa
    • Leslie Maitland, Heritage Ottawa
    • Mariana Esponda, professor and co-ordinator with the Heritage Conservation and Sustainability Program at Carleton’s Azrieli School of Architecture (Observer)

The formal awards ceremony will take place on June 15, 2017 at the Azrieli School’s graduation ceremony. The HODI competition for 2017-2018 will be launched at a Carleton Welcome Day event in September.

Congratulations to this year's winners for their outstanding projects!

About HODI

HODI offers professional advice, advocacy support and partnership opportunities to inspire and celebrate the conservation of Ottawa’s built heritage. Its board of directors has expertise in architecture, restoration and historical research and can provide loans and grants to assist with the rehabilitation of historic properties and with public education projects. For further information contact Sandy Smallwood at sandy@andrex.ca.