Length: 1 CEU
Topic: Sustainability / Climate
Delivery Mode: Online On-Demand
What's Included: Video, Quiz, & Certificate
Registration Fee: Members $50 | Intern $35 | Student $25 | Non-Member $75
This webinar is part of the RAIC 2025 Conference on Architecture!
Collections facilities are uncommon buildings that demand the highest levels of design excellence from conception to delivery. Uncompromising by obligation, their success rests on the conciliation of dual and occasionally opposing mandates.
• Looking in: collection and preservation of Cultural Heritage
• Looking out: facilitation of education, research, and ceremony
While artifacts are happiest in a dark cold windowless box, this building needed to also foster a spatial environment for its occupants to thrive, stimulate outreach and education, and address its location as a gateway moment into the National Capital.
As a Class A control storage facility, a resilient high performance design provided an ultra-stable indoor environment for the long-term conservation of a diverse collection of over 20 million artifacts.
The high visibility of the project along the highway corridor for Ottawa-Montreal, as Parks Canada’s first purpose-built collection facility, the Architecture was presented an inspiring public face to the Agency.
The bilingual lecture will explore these guiding principles through the lens of sustainability and resilient design in support of collections and conservation.
Describe how to create thriving environments for people and artifacts.
Identify collection spaces: conservation by design.
Design envelopes for climate resiliency.
Discuss high performance environmental controls and sustainability.
Subject Matter Experts:
Emmanuelle van Rutten
B.Arch, OAA, NSAA, OAQ, AAA, AIBC, FRAIC, PMP, LEED AP
Partner, Moriyama Teshima Architects
Since joining Moriyama Teshima Architects in 2006, Emmanuelle van Rutten has led the growth of MTA’s Ottawa office. Named Partner in 2022, she has worked on many landmarks and award-winning projects in Ottawa including the Canadian War Museum, the Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat, and the Visitor Welcome Centre on Parliament Hill. She is the Project Architect for the West Memorial Building Rehabilitation, which will temporarily house the Supreme Court of Canada for eight years. Emmanuelle’s exceptional design and organizational expertise paired with her effective communication skills have propelled her to a leadership role on all of her projects, from the functional and technical programming stages through to completion. Emmanuelle was Regional Director for Ontario North, East & Nunavut for the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada between 2016 and 2022 and was named a Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada in 2019. She has been a panel member at the Ottawa Urban Design Review panel since 2016.
Deirdre Ellis
B.Arch, M.Sc.A in Planning, OAQ, OAA, LEED AP BD+C, WELL AP
Senior Managing Partner, NFOE
Deirdre Ellis joined NFOE architecture in 2010 and became a Principal of the firm in 2018. She has experience in a variety of project types including health care, science and technology, and institutional buildings with a focus on Sustainable Design. She acts as the internal subject matter expert on sustainability within the firm, building our capacity for green building and sustainable design. In addition to leading teams as Partner-in-charge or Project Architect, she often works closely with multi-disciplinary teams as a sustainable design specialist and has led collaborative workshops as part of an integrated design process. Most recently she has supported private industrial and pharmaceutical clients in achieving sustainable design goals on their projects.
Mohammed al Riffai
BArch, BEng - Mech, OAA, RAIC Fellow, LEED AP, CaGBC member
Senior Associate, Moriyama Teshima Architects
Mohammed al Riffai has spent 23 years shaping meaningful architecture in Canada and abroad, including over 14 years at Moriyama Teshima Architects (MTA) where he is a Senior Associate. His work reflects a commitment to sustainable design and cultural storytelling, balancing technical expertise with a thoughtful approach to space and form. Mohammed has led several of MTA’s landmark projects, including the Etihad Museum in Dubai, recognized The Leading Culture Destinations Awards 2017 in London and the Loop Design Awards in 2023He also led the design on the Parks Canada Collections and Curatorial Centre in Gatineau, a net-zero carbon facility informed by the natural and Indigenous heritage of the region, and the Brian Mulroney Institute of Governance at St. Francis Xavier University, which earned an ARIDO Award. A graduate of Carleton University’s Bachelor of Architecture program, where he received the Alpha Rho Chi Medal, and the American University in Cairo’s Bachelor of Engineering program, Mohammed’s multidisciplinary background informs his ability to deliver projects that address contemporary challenges while remaining rooted in their contexts.
This webinar is in English. Closed captions have been provided in both English and French.
Pricing
Member: $50 / Non-Member: $75
Intern Member: $35 / Intern Non-Member: $75
Student: $25 (must be an RAIC student associate member)