Architect: Hans-Ludwig Blohm
OUR MISSION
The Ottawa Architecture Foundation (OAF) is a public facing organization dedicated to fostering conversations about architecture, design, and the built and natural environments. The OAF aims to stimulate inclusive conversations about architecture, improve design literacy and culture a positive design culture of the Nation Capital Region.
OUR VISION
We imagine a National Capital Region that thrives on sustainable, healthy buildings, parks and natural spaces in which the public feels connected to our past and is engaged in creating our future.
The Ottawa Architecture Foundation
has three primary mandates:
Educate & Promote
To educate and promote awareness of architecture and the built environment and its importance by offering courses, seminars, conferences and meetings and by collecting and disseminating information on architecture and the built environment to the public.
Develop & Provide
To develop and provide educational programs promoting a broad public understanding of architecture, its history, technology and the role the built environment plays in the lives of people.
Conduct Research
The third mandate is to conduct research relating to architecture and to disseminate the results of such research. We believe in information accessibility.