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Castel

Castel

Part of

People

  • Cedric Price (architect)
  • Leo Castelli Gallery (exhibition organizer)
  • Cedric Price (archive creator)

Title

Castel

Dates of creation

1979-1982, 1987, predominant 1980

Level of archival description

File 109

Extent and Medium

  • 185 drawings
  • 3 reprographic copies
  • 3 panels
  • 1 model
  • 0.09 l.m. of textual records
  • 0.02 l.m. of photographic materials

Scope and Content

File documents a project in which Cedric Price was invited to submit a design for a single house to an exhibition entitled "Architecture II: Houses for Sale" organized by the Leo Castelli Gallery, New York City, New York, United States. The four components of Price's submission entitled "Platforms, Pavilions, Pylons and Plants" could be regrouped and redistributed on the one-acre site if and when required. Conceptual, design development and schematic sketches include preliminary plans, sections, and elevations for the house as well as details for the arrangement of the four components. Trees are stamped in black ink on the site plans with a generic rubber "tree" stamp. Design development drawings include preliminary drawings for layouts done in graphite, and a complete sequence of design development drawings done in ink numbered 001 to 013. Several reprographic copies of design development drawings were coloured with adhesive film and pencil and annotated in order to develop preliminary versions for the final presentation drawings. Three panels for the "Houses for Sale" exhibition consist of text describing the project concept mounted on boards, and a photomechanical print enlarged from an original sketch perspective entitled "general view-pavilions and totems". Material in this file was produced between 1979 and 1982, and in 1987, but predominantly in 1980.

File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, presentation panels, a presentation model, photographic materials, and textual records.

Reference Number

AP144.S2.D109

Arrangement

Materials in this series were kept in the original order in which they were received.

Location

New York (City) New York United States

Language of material

English, Japanese

Related units of description

  • For additional materials related to this project, see file DR2004:1158 in this fonds. File DR1995:0295:096:002 in this project series contains drawings that relate to another project series, AP144.S2.D100, Generator.

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    • Reference Number: DR1995:0295:001-018
    • Title: sketches including plans, details, sections, axonometrics, elevations, perspectives, and site plans
    • Form: drawings
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Cedric Price (archive creator)

    Description:

    sketches, some with annotations, including plans, details, sections, axonometrics, elevations, perspectives, and site plans

    Quantity / Object type:

    17 conceptual drawing(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 17 drawings

    Technique and media:

    Ink, graphite, wax crayon and coloured pencil on translucent paper

    Dimensions:

    sheet (smallest): 20 x 15 cm sheet (largest): 50 x 75 cm

    Credit line:

    Cedric Price fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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    • Reference Number: DR1995:0295:019-036
    • Title: Plans, some with annotations, elevations, axonometrics
    • Form: drawings
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Cedric Price (archive creator)

    Description:

    plans, some with annotations, elevations, axonometrics, site plans, details, sections, conceptual sketches, measured sketches, perspectives, and overlay

    Quantity / Object type:

    18 design development drawing(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 18 drawings

    Technique and media:

    Graphite, ink, crayon, and coloured pencil on translucent paper

    Dimensions:

    sheet (smallest): 23 x 61 cm sheet (largest): 46 x 61 cm

    Credit line:

    Cedric Price fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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    • Reference Number: DR1995:0295:037-054
    • Title: Sketches, some with annotations, sections, elevations
    • Form: drawings
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Cedric Price (archive creator)

    Description:

    sketches, some with annotations, sections, elevations, plans, schematics, design development drawings, details, axonometrics, and perspective

    Quantity / Object type:

    18 conceptual drawing(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 18 drawings

    Technique and media:

    Ink, graphite, coloured pencil and wax crayon on translucent paper and reprographic copies

    Dimensions:

    sheet (smallest): 26 x 52 cm sheet (largest): 51 x 77 cm

    Credit line:

    Cedric Price fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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    • Reference Number: DR1995:0295:055-078
    • Title: Elevations, plans, axonometrics, details, sketches, site plan, and section
    • Form: drawings
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Cedric Price (archive creator)

    Quantity / Object type:

    24 design development drawing(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 24 drawings

    Technique and media:

    Graphite and ink on translucent paper

    Dimensions:

    sheets: 38 x 72 cm

    Credit line:

    Cedric Price fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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    • Reference Number: DR1995:0295:079-091
    • Title: Elevations, some with annotations, plans, sections, details, sketches, and overlays
    • Form: drawings
    • Catalogued items within this file 5

    People:

    • Cedric Price (archive creator)

    Quantity / Object type:

    13 design development drawing(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 13 drawings

    Technique and media:

    Ink, wax crayon, paint, coloured pencil, adhesive film, correction fluid, graphite, paper montage and adhesive tape on reprographic copies and translucent paper

    Dimensions:

    sheets: 36 x 70 cm

    Credit line:

    Cedric Price fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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    • Reference Number: DR1995:0295:092-094
    • Title: Text, title, and perspective sketch
    • Form: drawings
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Cedric Price (archive creator)

    Quantity / Object type:

    3 presentation panel(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 3 panels

    Technique and media:

    Photomechanical prints mounted on cardboard

    Dimensions:

    panel (smallest): 21 x 47 cm panel (largest): 33 x 45 cm

    Credit line:

    Cedric Price fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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    • Reference Number: DR1995:0295:095-095
    • Title: Site model for Castel
    • Dates of creation: 1980?
    • Form: models
    • Catalogued items within this file 1

    People:

    • Cedric Price (archive creator)
    • Cedric Price (architect)

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 model(s)

    Stage and Purpose:

    • presentation model

    Technique and media:

    Painted wood and plastic

    Dimensions:

    model (vitrine): 16,3 × 36,2 × 36,2 cm (6 7/16 × 14 1/4 × 14 1/4 in.) model: 10 × 33,1 × 33,1 cm (3 15/16 × 13 1/16 × 13 1/16 in.)

    Physical Description:

    - Model is accompanied by a display case made of wood and plastic with metal fasteners

    Credit line:

    Cedric Price fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

    Objects that have been catalogued:

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    • Reference Number: DR1995:0295:096:002
    • Title: Sketches, some with annotations, details, design development drawings
    • Form: drawings
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Cedric Price (archive creator)

    Description:

    sketches, some with annotations, details, design development drawings, elevations, sections, plans, consultant's structural drawings from the Generator project, axonometrics, perspectives, and measured sketches

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 81 drawings

    Technique and media:

    Ink, graphite, wax crayon and coloured pencil on translucent paper, reprographic copies and paper

    Dimensions:

    folder: 25 x 37,5 x 2 cm

    Credit line:

    Cedric Price fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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    • Reference Number: DR1995:0295:096:003
    • Title: Sketches, most with annotations, plans, sections, elevations, perspectives, notes, and calculations
    • Form: drawings
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Cedric Price (archive creator)

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 14 drawings

    Technique and media:

    Ink on paper

    Dimensions:

    folder: 26 x 29 x 1 cm

    Credit line:

    Cedric Price fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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    • Reference Number: DR1995:0295:096-096
    • Title: Box of drawings and project documentation
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Cedric Price (archive creator)

    Description:

    clippings, correspondence, photographs, publications, invitations, sketches (some with annotations, details, design development drawings, elevations, sections, plans, consultant's structural drawings from the Generator project, axonometrics, perspectives, and measured sketches), notes, press releases, memorandums, architect's statements, programmes, captions, drawings, text, drawing list, and book cover

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 textual record(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 95 drawings
    • 0.09 l.m. of textual records

    Credit line:

    Cedric Price fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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    • Reference Number: DR2004:1052
    • Title: Views of drawings, and view of model
    • Form: photographs
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Cedric Price (archive creator)

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 photographic material(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    Technique and media:

    Gelatin silver prints and reprographic copy, one mounted on cardboard

    Dimensions:

    photographic materials: 0,02 l.m.

    Credit line:

    Cedric Price fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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    • Reference Number: DR2004:1056
    • Title: Views of model, and design development drawing
    • Form: drawings
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Cedric Price (archive creator)

    Quantity / Object type:

    3 photographic material(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 3 reprographic copies

    Technique and media:

    Reprographic copies

    Dimensions:

    sheet (smallest): 21 x 30 cm sheet (largest): 21 x 33 cm

    Credit line:

    Cedric Price fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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