Please join us this Monday evening at 7 p.m. in Simons Center 309, where Dr. Mariana Esponda of Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada will present a lecture entitled, “The Power of Heritage: Design + Technology + Cultural Values.”

Mariana Esponda is an Associate Professor in the Azrieli School of Architecture, Carleton University, and the coordinator of the Architectural Conservation and Sustainability program since 2008. Dr. Esponda has been working on heritage buildings, in both the private and public sector, for the last 15 years in North America and Spain to fully understand historical constructions and to allow a new life through contemporary use. Her projects include restoration on modernism historical facades, adaptive reuse on churches and monasteries, conditional assessment and rehabilitation on existing structures.
The lecture is free and open to the public.