Adaptation Conference

New Life for Old – Insightful Adaptation of Historic Churches

MONDAY 1 MARCH 2010, 9:45am – 4:30pm

Please note that this conference has now sold out and there are no available places left. If you would like to be added to a waiting list or alerted when we put on events similar to this one, please phone 020 7213 0670 or email cpiddington@tcct.org.uk.

Churches are at the heart of England’s cultural identity. They contain our history and collective memory and have witnessed the rites of passage of peoples’ lives – ours and our ancestors. But in today’s society, as our everyday lives change, many churches are needing to adapt and change too. Some require small changes to encourage more community use and local involvement; others require serious interventions for a major new use. How can we ensure such changes are sensitive to the church and its past, yet sustainable for the future?

The day, which will take place at The Garden Museum, is designed to share experience, ideas and good practice for anyone who cares for an historic church and will explore:

• contemporary design interventions in the interior of historic churches;
• what makes a church adaptation successful, whether in continuing worship or being converted to new and secular uses;

The Garden Museum is housed in the deconsecrated church of St Mary’s, Lambeth. The Museum was set up to save the medieval and Victorian structure from demolition and in 2008 its interior was rebuilt as a centre for exhibitions and events. The contemporary and dramatic design was by Dow Jones Architects.

AGENDA

MONDAY 1 MARCH 2010 9:45am – 4:30pm

09:45am: Coffee

10:00am: Welcome and Introductions - Christopher Woodward, Director of The Garden Museum

10:15am: When is a church not a church? - Matthew Saunders MBE, Secretary of the Ancient Monuments Society

10:50am: Questions

11:00am: Good Design in Historic Buildings - Ellis Woodman, architecture critic for The Daily Telegraph and Building Design

11:35am: Questions

11:45am: Coffee

12:00pm: Getting the Process Right - Crispin Truman, Director of The Churches Conservation Trust

12:35pm: Questions

12:45pm: BUFFET LUNCH

2:00pm: Workshops - Case studies of Bolton All Souls; Hereford All Saints; Garden Museum; the Springfield Project: Sarah Hayes

3:15pm: Tea

3:30pm: Panel discussion and questions, Chaired by Loyd Grossman OBE FSA, Chair of the Trustees The Churches Conservation Trust

4:30pm: Finish

CONFERENCE PRICE

£50.00 (£40.00 for Garden Museum members) - the conference is now fully booked.