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Atom
1967-1968
File 71
File documents Cedric Price's participation in the design charette organized by the School of Architecture at Rice University, for Design Fete IV (4 June 1967 - 16 June 1967), in Houston, Texas. Six teams, each composed of one professional architect and six architecture students, were given a hypothetical location and program for a new town along with its educational needs and asked to create an 'educationally integrated' community. The results were published by Rice University in 'New Schools for New Towns'. File contains conceptual sketches showing plans for self-pace learning, intensive learning, large volume social activities, variable volume social activities, and commercial activities. Other drawings show links between diverse activity elements and illustrate a communications network with a central 'town brain'. Material in this group includes network analysis diagrams, diagrammatic plans showing activity nodes, and charts depicting design components ('kit of parts'). Some material in this file was published in: "Total Learning Environment with a Kit of Parts", 'Progressive Architecture' (April 1968), 208-210; 'Cedric Price-Works II' (London: Architectural Press, 1984), 18, 26-29; "Atom: Design for New Learning for a New Town", 'Architectural Design' (May 1968), 232-235. Material in this file was produced between 1967 and 1968.
Charles Colbert, Paul Kennon, Niklaus Morganthaler, Robert Venturi and Thomas Vreeland appear as professional participants in the design charette. William Cannady appears as the director of Rice University's Design Fete IV.
File contains conceptual drawings and textual records.
Materials in this series were kept in the original order in which they were received.
Houston Texas United States
English
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9 conceptual drawing(s)
Graphite, ink, coloured pencil, adhesive film, adhesive tape, and adhesive label on translucent paper
sheet (smallest): 26.5 x 37 cm sheet (largest): 51 x 76.5 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Objects that have been catalogued:
progress charts, diagrammatic plans, some showing development phases, key of symbols, regional site plan, diagrams, schematic regional maps, and perspective sketch
15 conceptual drawing(s)
Graphite and ink on reprographic copies
sheets: 46 x 69 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Objects that have been catalogued:
15 conceptual drawing(s)
Graphite, ink, and wax crayon on reprographic copies and translucent paper
sheet (smallest): 46 x 67.5 cm sheet (largest): 51 x 76 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Objects that have been catalogued:
sketch, elevation, plan, perspective drawing, exterior axonometric sketch, diagrammatic section, plan, and axonometric drawing, progress chart, diagrams, and diagrammatic plans and section with publication annotations
16 conceptual drawing(s)
Graphite, ink, wax crayon, adhesive film, and adhesive tape on translucent paper and reprographic copies
sheet (smallest): 41.5 x 13 cm sheet (largest): 51 x 76 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Objects that have been catalogued:
architect's statement and proposal, publications, including 'New Schools For New Towns' by William Cannady, EFL, Rice University, postcards, notes, negatives of perspective renderings, clippings, and one folder containing sketches with annotations, notes, and correspondence
1 file(s)
folder: 24 x 37.5 x 2 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Objects that have been catalogued:
correspondence, charette schedule and list of participants, notes, architect's statement, proposal, program, and sketches
1 file(s)
folder: 24 x 37.5 x 2 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Objects that have been catalogued:
1 file(s)
folder: 24 x 37.5 x 1 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
binder containing report titled 'Educational Plan for Atomia, Rice University Design Fete IV' by John E. Tirrell and Albert A Canfield
1 ring binder(s)
ring binder: 33 x 24 x 1 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
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