Square Berri, Montréal, Québec
1990-1992
Project
The project series documents the planning and construction of the large-scale public sculpture for the located at Place Émilie-Gamelin (known colloquially as Berri Square), in Montréal, Canada. The project is also identified in the files as "Skyscraper, waterfall, brooks - a construction". The project series includes architectural plans (site plans, elevations, and details), photographic materials, and textual records.
Material in this series was likely kept in it's original order when it was first processed upon it's arrival at CCA.
Montréal Island of Montréal Québec Canada
English, French
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1 roll(s)
sheets: 91.5 × 122 cm
Rolled.
Montréal Island of Montréal Québec Canada
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
Includes sketches, studies, plans and sections for a project at Place Berri, Montréal, Québec. Material was originally housed in a tube labelled "Place Berri/Ville de MTL 1990-91 – Sculpture tower development studies".
1 roll(s)
sheet (smallest): 28 × 46 cm sheet (largest): 91.9 × 130.5 cm
Rolled.
Montréal Island of Montréal Québec Canada
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
Includes sketches and studies for the project at Place Berri, Montréal, Québec. Material was originally housed in a tube labelled "Place Berri/Ville de MTL 1990-1991, Study drawings/competition development studies".
1 roll(s)
sheet (smallest): 21.7 × 28 cm sheet (largest): 92 × 155 cm
Rolled.
Montréal Island of Montréal Québec Canada
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
1 roll(s)
sheet (smallest): 60.4 × 84.8 cm sheet (largest): 108.5 × 126 cm
Some of the drawings are rolled. Includes also bound drawings.
Montréal Island of Montréal Québec Canada
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
041-003-006 R
Includes plans, elevations, details and sections related to the Square Berri project, 1990-1992. One plan is titled "Tours: Plan d'Implantation - Sculpture Environnementale, Place Berri, Montréal, Québec".
1 roll(s)
sheet (smallest): 53.4 × 92 cm sheet (largest): 92 × 122.2 cm
Rolled.
Montréal Island of Montréal Québec Canada
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
041-004-006 R
1 roll(s)
sheets: 92.3 × 122.8 cm
Rolled.
Montréal Island of Montréal Québec Canada
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
041-004-003R
1 roll(s)
sheets: 92.2 × 122.4 cm
Rolled.
Montréal Island of Montréal Québec Canada
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
041-005-002 R
1 roll(s)
sheet (smallest): 93.4 × 119.8 cm sheet (largest): 87.3 × 152 cm
Rolled.
Montréal Island of Montréal Québec Canada
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
041-005-006 R
Includes a bound booklet of plans, elevations and details relating to the development of Square Berri, Montréal, Québec, and one site plan depicting "Phase III" of the development. They have been produced by the city of Montréal's Parks and Planning devision and detail irrigation and electricity issues for the site.
1 roll(s)
sheets: 89 × 124.5 cm
Rolled.
Montréal Island of Montréal Québec Canada
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
041-004-005R
Includes a bound booklet of plans and elevations relating to the development of Square Berri, and loose elevations and planimetric maps of the area surrounding Square Berri. The roll is labelled "Pl. Berri/Dessins Soumission".
1 roll(s)
sheets: 92.5 × 123.5 cm
Rolled.
Montréal Island of Montréal Québec Canada
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
041-006-003 R
Consists of site plans for Square Berri, 1990-1992. Plans are labelled "Square Berri - Project d'art public/ plan de situation ".
1 roll(s)
sheet (smallest): 76.9 × 108.8 cm sheet (largest): 76.9 × 120.2 cm
Rolled.
Montréal Island of Montréal Québec Canada
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
041-002-009 R
Drawing of elevation for Skyscraper, waterfall, brooks... a construction.
1 File
sheet: 78,8 × 45,9 cm
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
041-003-001
File containing drawings of elevations and site plans for Skyscraper, waterfall, brooks... a construction.
1 File
sheet (smallest): 15,1 × 10 cm (5 15/16 × 3 15/16 in.) sheet (largest): 91,6 × 122,2 cm (36 1/16 × 48 1/8 in.)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
041-003-002
File containing documents in French, including a contract, correspondence, invoices, newspaper clippings, notes, receipts, and a printout of a siteplan related to Skyscraper, waterfall, brooks - a construction.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: PLACE BERRI : CONCOURS + LANCEMENT.
1 file(s)
sheet: 27,7 × 21,3 cm (10 7/8 × 8 3/8 in.)
inscribed
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English (predominant) and French, including drafts of the project proposal, notes, and reference materials related to Skyscraper, waterfall, brooks - a construction.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: PLACE BERRI : DEVIS D'ENTRETIEN
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in French, including correspondence (primarily printouts of faxes), notes, an outline for the design competition, and quotes for material costs related to Skyscraper, waterfall, brooks - a construction.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: PLACE BERRI : CIDEC 1992 CURRENT
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing photographic materials of the models for Skyscraper, waterfall, brooks - a construction.
1 file(s)
sheets: 25,1 × 20 cm (9 7/8 × 7 7/8 in.)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing photographic materials related to Skyscraper, waterfall, brooks - a construction.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: PLACE BERRI, PHOTOS OF MODEL
1 file(s)
sheet (smallest): 12,6 × 17,5 cm (4 15/16 × 6 7/8 in.) sheet (largest): 20,1 × 25,2 cm (7 15/16 × 9 15/16 in.)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing notes and sketches related to Skyscraper, waterfall, brooks - a construction.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: VILLE DE MONTREAL, PLACE BERRI, DESIGN + CONST. NOTES
1 file(s)
sheet (smallest): 10 × 13,9 cm (3 15/16 × 5 1/2 in.) sheet (largest): 27,7 × 21,4 cm (10 7/8 × 8 7/16 in.)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in French, including correspondence, meeting minutes, notes, a project timeline, photocopies and printouts of drawings of sections and siteplans related to Skyscraper, waterfall, brooks - a construction.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: PLACE BERRI : VILLE DE MTL. DOCUMENTS / REUNION
1 file(s)
sheet (smallest): 27,8 × 42,9 cm (10 15/16 × 16 7/8 in.) sheet (largest): 42,4 × 59,1 cm (16 11/16 × 23 1/4 in.)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English and French, including notes, and a sketch related to Skyscraper, waterfall, brooks - a construction.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: PLACE BERRI : ADMINISTRATION & SUPERVISION OF CONSTRUCTION / SITE MEETING / REPORTS 1990-1992
1 file(s)
sheet: 27,7 × 21,5 cm (10 7/8 × 8 7/16 in.)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in French, including notes, a printout of a fax, and photocopies of conceptual drawings related to Skyscraper, waterfall, brooks - a construction.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: PLACE BERRI / MECHANICAL ENG. FOUNTAINS.
1 file(s)
sheets: 42,9 × 27,8 cm (16 7/8 × 10 15/16 in.)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English and French, including correspondence, notes, and photocopies and a printout of conceptual drawings and plans related to Skyscraper, waterfall, brooks - a construction.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: PLACE BERRI : STRUCTURE / JACQUES CHARTRAND
1 file(s)
sheet (smallest): 27,7 × 21,4 cm (10 7/8 × 8 7/16 in.) sheet (largest): 45,8 × 39,5 cm (18 1/16 × 15 9/16 in.)
Contains thermal faxes that could be fading in time.
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in French, including notes and sketches related to Skyscraper, waterfall, brooks - a construction.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: PLACE BERRI / VILLE DE MTL - TRAV. CONST. / STRUCTURE /.
1 file(s)
sheet (smallest): 10 × 13,9 cm (3 15/16 × 5 1/2 in.) sheet (largest): 27,7 × 21,5 cm (10 7/8 × 8 7/16 in.)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
1 post binder(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English and French (predominant), including correspondence, invoices, photocopies of drawings and plans, and sketches related to Skyscraper, waterfall, brooks - a construction.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: SQUARE BERRI / TOURS / FABRICATION : FL METAL
1 file(s)
sheets: 27,8 × 21,5 cm (10 15/16 × 8 7/16 in.)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing notes related to Skyscraper, waterfall, brooks - a construction.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: SQUARE BERRI : NOTES ON WORKING DRAWINGS MARTIN SAINT-DENIS
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing notes related to Skyscraper, waterfall, brooks - a construction.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: SQUARE BERRI : NOTES ON WORKING DRAWINGS PETER SOLAND
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing notes, photocopies and printouts of drawings, reference materials, and sketches related to Skyscraper, waterfall, brooks - a construction.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: MELVIN CHARNEY PLACE BERRI
1 file(s)
sheet (smallest): 15,3 × 22,6 cm (6 × 8 7/8 in.) sheet (largest): 91,4 × 121,8 cm (36 × 47 15/16 in.)
Contains thermal faxes that might fade with time.
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing multiple copies of the construction specifications in French for Skyscraper, waterfall, brooks - a construction.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: BERRI-DEVIS
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing reprographic copies of architectural drawings (elevations, sections, and site plans) related to Skyscraper, waterfall, brooks - a construction.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: PLACE BERRI : 1991-1990 MISC. DRAWINGS : VILLE DE MTL
1 file(s)
sheet (smallest): 42,1 × 59,4 cm (16 9/16 × 23 3/8 in.) sheet (largest): 84,4 × 118,8 cm (33 1/4 × 46 3/4 in.)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing printouts of architectural drawings and plans (including elevations and site plans) related to Square Berri.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: 1990 VILLE DE MONTREAL / PLACE BERRI PRELIM. STUDIES
1 file(s)
sheets: 27,8 × 42,9 cm (10 15/16 × 16 7/8 in.)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing architectural drawings of elevations and sketches related to Skyscraper, waterfall, brooks - a construction.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: PLACE BERRI DESIGN STUDIES NOV 1990→1992
1 file(s)
sheet (smallest): 21,5 × 13,9 cm (8 7/16 × 5 1/2 in.) sheet (largest): 45,4 × 21,9 cm (17 7/8 × 8 5/8 in.)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in French, including contracts, correspondence, and notes related to Skyscraper, waterfall, brooks - a construction.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: CIDEC / VILLE DE MTL. SQUARE BERRI CONTRAT
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
Consists of two design development drawings, a plan for the sculptural fountains at Square Berri by Melvin Charney, and plans and details for Square Berri made by the city of Montréal.
1 roll(s)
sheet (smallest): 35.7 × 62.5 cm sheet (largest): 92 × 112.5 cm
Some drawings are rolled.
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English and French (predominant), including correspondence, notes, press clippings, printouts of photographic images on coated paper, and a photograph, related to a light installation at Berri Square.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: PL ÉMILIE-GAMELIN 2012 INSTALLATION + ÉCLAIRAGE
1 file(s)
sheet (smallest): 12,6 × 17,6 cm (4 15/16 × 6 15/16 in.) sheet ( largest): 27,8 × 21,4 cm (10 15/16 × 8 7/16 in.)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
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