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Low Cost Housing Pilot Project Competition and Construction, Lima, Peru
1968-1976
File 35
File documents an executed competition entry for low cost housing in Lima, Peru. James Stirling was invited to participate in the international competition in 1968. His entry was unsuccessful but funds were subsequently made available for all proposals to be built. The project was completed in 1976. Material in this file was produced between 1968 and 1976.
File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, publication drawings and working drawings. Photographic materials. File also contains textual records.
Material in this project series was likely kept in its original order when it was first processed upon its arrival at CCA.
Lima Peru
Documents are in English and Spanish.
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2 presentation drawing(s)
Pen and ink, grey coloured pencil, traces of graphite, scraping for erasure, on architectural reproduction (diazotype?) on drafting film, photolithograph on self-adhesive plastic film applied at bottom right corner on verso (kp)
sheet (smallest): 64 x 137 cm sheet (largest): 65 x 142 cm
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
140-0870 XL
48 working drawing(s)
Pen and ink, scraping for erasure, on drafting film, photolithograph on self-adhesive plastic film applied at bottom right corner on verso (kp)
sheet (smallest): 46 x 56 cm sheet (largest): 63 x 76 cm
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
140-0775
Objects that have been catalogued:
1 set(s)
sheets: 45 x 62 cm
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
140-0774
106 working drawing(s)
Graphite, coloured pencil and ink on translucent paper, reprographic copies, some with graphite, ink and coloured pencil
sheet (smallest): 26 x 33 cm sheet (largest): 62 x 80 cm
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
140-0776
1 roll(s)
Reprographic copies, some annotated with ink
reprographic copies, some annotated with ink
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
engineers' report, correspondence, telegram inviting James Stirling to competition, competition programme and assessors' report, contract, some drawings and reprographic copies of design development drawings
1 ring binder(s)
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
views of competition and publication drawings, including several views of competition drawings for site plans which are not otherwise present in the project file
1 photographic material(s)
Gelatin silver prints and negatives
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Objects that have been catalogued:
13 negative(s)
Glass negatives
Glass negatives. Some of the plates were treated by Conservation to remove tape. Manipulate with care.
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Objects that have been catalogued:
1 reprographic copy(ies)
sheet: 21 x 30 cm
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
incomplete set of competition drawings including plans for the clusters of five units of four houses, plans for a unit of four houses, a diagram for the typical expansion of houses with one and two external walls, as well as sections, a plan oblique showing the contractor's "first build," a sectional oblique and axonometric detail drawings for the construction of a house, and perspectives for the low cost housing at different stages of development
10 presentation drawing(s)
Ink, graphite on tracing paper encre, graphite sur papier calque
- The competition drawings for the sectional perspective for the low cost housing at different stages of development and for the sectional perspective for a neighbourhood of low-cost housing were originally in mats stamped "Lima-Peru. Housing. 1969".
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
140-0849
Objects that have been catalogued:
8 publication drawing(s)
Ink on translucent paper
sheet (smallest): 26 x 21 cm sheet (largest): 70 x 59 cm
- The publication drawing for the plan oblique for a minimum L-shaped house and the publication drawing for the plan oblique for a minimum house expanded by the occupants to the first floor were originally in mats stamped "Lima Peru Housing 1969".
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
140-0849
Objects that have been catalogued:
5 publication drawing(s)
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
140-0849
Objects that have been catalogued:
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