Architecture and heritage of the everyday I
Architectural history and heritage have historically been defined by superlatives. Vernacular traditions and local histories, on the other hand, have often been pushed to the margins or overlooked. These everyday spaces and places are often relegated to the quotidian, and perceived as unworthy of recognition.
The COVID-19 pandemic, however, has changed our daily lives, and in many cases, our values. Now, we have been forced to see the everyday in a new light. What might this new spotlight reveal? How has this made us reconsider the architecture and heritage that surrounds us? Can we re-evaluate previously overlooked spaces and places? What new practical or theoretical approaches might be considered? How might this have redefined our very definitions of architecture and heritage?
This session will examine and consider the architecture and heritage of the quotidian in Canada, both the historically overlooked and the transformations that might take place in these spaces going forward. This might include anything from housing to office spaces, the spaces of everyday labour, functional spaces, or settings of urban and rural built environments. It might also include heritage initiatives as practiced by local, grassroots organizations without the official seal of governmental approval.
In short, this session will explore how we can rethink and renew our study of the built environment, both past and present.
Sub Sessions
- Teaching Small Modernisms: Graphic Novels as a Recuperative Medium
- Presenter Dustin Valen (McGill University)
- 20 minutes | 9:00 AM - 9:20 AM Part of: Architecture and heritage of the everyday I
- Paper
- Renouvellement du 26 Bernard Est : Une récupération des micro-récits du Mile End « des possibles »
- Presenter Véronique Proteau (studio in vivo & McGill University)
- 20 minutes | 9:30 AM - 9:50 AM Part of: Architecture and heritage of the everyday I
- Paper
- Toronto’s Public Libraries as Architecture of the Everyday
- Presenter Emily Macrae
- 20 minutes | 10:00 AM -10:20 AM Part of: Architecture and heritage of the everyday I
- Paper