To preserve and rehome Ottawa's material past–salvaging, restoring, and sharing architectural elements and domestic design objects through public exhibitions, education, and equitable redistribution. Join us and become active keepers of cultural memory.
Help us make the Rejoinery a reality
Our aspiration
Our pilot project
Our pilot project
To give new life to old things by:
Salvaging architectural and domestic design objects
Restoring salvage in public-facing studios
Exhibiting salvage in curated room displays
Rehoming items on a stewardship-based sliding scale
Educating communities on Ottawa's design history and heritage
Our pilot project
Our pilot project
Our pilot project
We're working diligently to make the Rejoinery a reality. In January 2026, we initiated a pilot project with Carleton University Curatorial Studies students in collaboration with community and industry partners in heritage salvage, conservation, and interpretation. Together, we've produced Radical Reuse, an exhibition that recontextualizes salvage in an imagined 21st-century interior.
The pilot will lay the groundwork for the Rejoinery to launch officially. In the meantime, we are actively seeking workshop and exhibit space, developing mobile pop-up programming, and building partnerships with educational institutions, heritage organizations, and city agencies. We are also pursuing year-one funding and creating revenue
The pilot will lay the groundwork for the Rejoinery to launch officially. In the meantime, we are actively seeking workshop and exhibit space, developing mobile pop-up programming, and building partnerships with educational institutions, heritage organizations, and city agencies. We are also pursuing year-one funding and creating revenue streams to ensure the sustainability of our heritage salvage initiatives.
Our Vision
Our pilot project
Next steps
To create a culture of enough, where abundance is measured not by novelty or excess, but by access, stewardship, and care.
If your vision aligns with ours, contact us. We're building our community and are seeking like-minded property owners, developers, educators, historians, community organizers, sponsors, tradespeople, and designers who
To create a culture of enough, where abundance is measured not by novelty or excess, but by access, stewardship, and care.
If your vision aligns with ours, contact us. We're building our community and are seeking like-minded property owners, developers, educators, historians, community organizers, sponsors, tradespeople, and designers who share our appreciation of historical design commitment to repair and reuse.
Homeowners and developers inform us when a property is scheduled for demolition or major renovation. We also welcome donated items!
We assess the site and coordinate our architectural salvage operation with the property owners.
We salvage, restore, and recondition/adapt items for reuse.
We exhibit salvaged items in a storefront popup, advertising them for rehoming.
Interested parties can contact us to negotiate stewardship, rehoming, or purchase.
Successful bidders make a stewardship pledge, purchase, and take possession of the item, integrating it within their home.
The Rejoinery currently operates on a not-for-profit model and is seeking charitable status. The proceeds from sales help to offset the costs of salvage, restoration, and exhibition.
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Ottawa needs housing. As existing properties are expanded or demolished to make way for urban intensification, building materials and architectural elements are at risk of being thrown away
'New' is not sustainable
'New' is not sustainable
'New' is not sustainable
Salvage reveals what demolition conceals: that the built environment holds a wealth of materials for adaptive reuse, allowing us to build again—differently and sustainably.
It belongs to everyone
Display space for the common good
Display space for the common good
We aim to make salvaged heritage accessible. Our sliding scale is not a concession—it is an ethical commitment to ensuring that architectural salvage materials are rehomed equitably.
Display space for the common good
Display space for the common good
Display space for the common good
COVID-19 left many commercial vacancies in its wake, prompting the Rejoinery to activate empty storefronts for good. By showcasing architectural salvage and salvaged materials, we aim to foster a culture of enough.
Contact Us
Better yet, meet us for coffee!
We don't have an office yet, but we are always happy to meet potential partners, supporters, and clients who are interested in adaptive reuse, architectural salvage, heritage conservation, heritage restoration, and rejoinery.
rejoinery.ca
Ottawa, ON, Canada
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