McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (archive creator)
Title
Housing development project in Sichuan
Dates of creation
1986-1994
Level of archival description
Project
Extent and Medium
approx. 489 photographic material (including approx. 196 slides)
0.42 l.m. of textual records
196 drawings (including 103 reprographic copies)
2 books
3 panels
Scope and Content
This project series documents Minimum Cost Housing Group's housing development project in Sichuan, China. The project was done in collaboration with the Chongqing Institute of Architecture and Engineering between 1993 and 1995. The two main objectives were to train Chongqing staff to develope a new use for the land and new housing planning in rural areas. The project also led to the publication "Housing a Billion," which was published in two volumes: "Housing a Billion: Volume 1- Urban Upgrading: Design Ideals for Rural China" and "Housing a Billion: Volume 2- Village Upgrading: Jianlu, China". Also includes material related to the international workshop"Rural Housing: A First Step to Market Housing" in China, to which Minimum Cost Housing Group help organized and participated to.
The material in this file was produced between 1986 and 1994. The file contains predominantly textual records documenting the collaboration between the Minimum Cost Housing Group and the Chongqing Institute of Architecture and Engineering, and also the production of the publication. The file also includes dummies, drawings, slides and other production material for the publications "Housing a Billion".
Title: Visual material for lectures on the Housing a Billion project
Dates of creation: ca. 1993
Form: photographs
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
approx. 180 slides
Location:
Island of Montréal
Québec
Canada
Credit line:
Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Vikram Bhatt/
Gift of Vikram Bhatt
Title: Reports for the Village Planning and Sanitation in Sichuan project
Dates of creation: 1986-1992
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (archive creator)
Vikram Bhatt (creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
2 textual records
Location:
Island of Montréal
Québec
Canada
Credit line:
Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Vikram Bhatt/
Gift of Vikram Bhatt
Title: Training package presentation for the Village Planning and Sanitation in Sichuan project
Dates of creation: ca. 1993
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (archive creator)
Vikram Bhatt (creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
0,01 l.m. of textual records
Location:
Island of Montréal
Québec
Canada
Credit line:
Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Vikram Bhatt/
Gift of Vikram Bhatt
Title: Drawings for the "Housing a Billion" publications
Dates of creation: ca. 1993
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (archive creator)
Vikram Bhatt (creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
103 reprographic copies
93 drawings
Location:
Island of Montréal
Québec
Canada
Credit line:
Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Vikram Bhatt/
Gift of Vikram Bhatt
Title: Project application for the Village Planning and Sanitation in Sichuan, China
Dates of creation: 1991-1993
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (archive creator)
Vikram Bhatt (craftsman)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
0,01 l.m. of textual records
Location:
Island of Montréal
Québec
Canada
Credit line:
Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Vikram Bhatt/
Gift of Vikram Bhatt
Title: Planning of the workshop "Rural Housing: A First Step to Market Housing"
Dates of creation: 1992
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (archive creator)
Vikram Bhatt (creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
0,01 l.m. of textual records
Location:
Island of Montréal
Québec
Canada
Credit line:
Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Vikram Bhatt/
Gift of Vikram Bhatt
Title: Reports for the Village Planning and Sanitation in Sichuan project, China
Dates of creation: 1991-1992
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (archive creator)
Vikram Bhatt (creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
2 textual records
Location:
Island of Montréal
Québec
Canada
Credit line:
Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Vikram Bhatt/
Gift of Vikram Bhatt
Title: Visit in China for planning the housing development project in Sichuan, China
Dates of creation: 1986
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (archive creator)
Vikram Bhatt (creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
0,02 l.m. of textual records
Location:
Island of Montréal
Québec
Canada
Credit line:
Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Vikram Bhatt/
Gift of Vikram Bhatt
Title: Planning of collaboration for housing development project in Sichuan, China
Dates of creation: 1988-1994
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (archive creator)
Vikram Bhatt (creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
0,09 l.m. of textual records
Location:
Island of Montréal
Québec
Canada
Credit line:
Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Vikram Bhatt/
Gift of Vikram Bhatt
Title: Planning of collaboration for housing development project in Sichuan, China
Dates of creation: 1990-1991
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (archive creator)
Vikram Bhatt (creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
0,01 l.m. of textual records
Location:
Island of Montréal
Québec
Canada
Credit line:
Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Vikram Bhatt/
Gift of Vikram Bhatt
Title: Application of the Sichuan project to the Sustainable Community Solutions competition
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (archive creator)
Vikram Bhatt (creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
0,01 l.m. of textual records
1 contact sheet
Location:
Island of Montréal
Québec
Canada
Credit line:
Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Vikram Bhatt/
Gift of Vikram Bhatt
Title: Collaboration for the housing development project in Sichuan, China
Dates of creation: 1986-1993
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (archive creator)
Vikram Bhatt (creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
0,04 l.m. of textual records
Physical Description:
Contains faded thermofaxes. Group separated in two folders.
Location:
Island of Montréal
Québec
Canada
Credit line:
Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Vikram Bhatt/
Gift of Vikram Bhatt
Title: Budget for the housing development project in Sichuan
Dates of creation: 1988-1993
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (archive creator)
Vikram Bhatt (creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
0,01 l.m. of textual records
Location:
Island of Montréal
Québec
Canada
Credit line:
Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Vikram Bhatt/
Gift of Vikram Bhatt
Title: Financing of the housing development project in Sichuan, China
Dates of creation: 1988-1993
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (archive creator)
Vikram Bhatt (creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
0,01 l.m. of textual records
Location:
Island of Montréal
Québec
Canada
Credit line:
Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Vikram Bhatt/
Gift of Vikram Bhatt
Title: Submission of research project on housing development in Sichuan for conferences
Dates of creation: 1992-1993
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (archive creator)
Vikram Bhatt (creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
0,01 l.m. of textual records
Location:
Island of Montréal
Québec
Canada
Credit line:
Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Vikram Bhatt/
Gift of Vikram Bhatt
Title: Planning of the workshop "Rural Housing: A First Step to Market Housing"
Dates of creation: 1991-1994
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (archive creator)
Vikram Bhatt (creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
0,05 l.m. of textual records
Physical Description:
Group separated in two folders.
Location:
Island of Montréal
Québec
Canada
Credit line:
Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Vikram Bhatt/
Gift of Vikram Bhatt
Title: Planning of the workshop "Rural Housing: A First Step to Market Housing"
Dates of creation: 1992-1993
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (archive creator)
Vikram Bhatt (creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
0,01 l.m. of textual records
Location:
Island of Montréal
Québec
Canada
Credit line:
Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Vikram Bhatt/
Gift of Vikram Bhatt
Title: Proposal for the housing development project in Sichuan, China
Dates of creation: 1986-1988
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (archive creator)
Vikram Bhatt (creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
0,01 l.m. of textual records
Location:
Island of Montréal
Québec
Canada
Credit line:
Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Vikram Bhatt/
Gift of Vikram Bhatt
Title: Publication "Housing A Billion: Design Ideas for Rural China"
Dates of creation: 1993
Form: books
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (archive creator)
Vikram Bhatt (creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
1 book
Location:
Island of Montréal
Québec
Canada
Credit line:
Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Vikram Bhatt/
Gift of Vikram Bhatt
Title: Publication "Housing A Billion: Village Upgrading"
Dates of creation: 1993
Form: books
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (archive creator)
Vikram Bhatt (creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
1 book
Location:
Island of Montréal
Québec
Canada
Credit line:
Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Vikram Bhatt/
Gift of Vikram Bhatt
Title: Production of the publication "Housing a Billion: Design Ideas for Rural China"
Dates of creation: 1988
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (archive creator)
Description:
Group consists of proofs for the second volume of the publication "Housing a Billion". Previously stored in a enveloppe identified "Housing a Billion / Original".
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
0,02 l.m. of textual records
Location:
Island of Montréal
Québec
Canada
Credit line:
Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Vikram Bhatt/
Gift of Vikram Bhatt
Title: Proofs for a brochure on the project in Sichuan, China
Dates of creation: ca. 1998
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
0,01 l.m. of textual records
6 flats
Location:
Island of Montréal
Québec
Canada
Credit line:
Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Vikram Bhatt/
Gift of Vikram Bhatt
Title: Project proposal for the creation of an Institute for Housing and Human Settlements Studies in China
Dates of creation: 1992
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
0,01 l.m. of textual records
Location:
Island of Montréal
Québec
Canada
Credit line:
Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Vikram Bhatt/
Gift of Vikram Bhatt
Title: Project proposal for the creation of an Institute for Housing and Human Settlements Studies in China
Dates of creation: 1992
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
0,02 l.m. of textual records
Location:
Island of Montréal
Québec
Canada
Credit line:
Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Vikram Bhatt/
Gift of Vikram Bhatt
Title: Proofs and orignal drawings for a brochure on the project in Sichuan, China
Dates of creation: 1992
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
0,04 l.m. of textual records
16 slides
Physical Description:
Group separated in two folders.
Location:
Island of Montréal
Québec
Canada
Credit line:
Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Vikram Bhatt/
Gift of Vikram Bhatt
Title: Records related to a trip in China for the project in Sichuan, China
Dates of creation: 1987-1988
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
0,01 l.m. of textual records
Location:
Island of Montréal
Québec
Canada
Credit line:
Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Vikram Bhatt/
Gift of Vikram Bhatt
Title: Project proposal for the project of rural settlements planning in Sichuan, China
Dates of creation: 1986
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
0,01 l.m. of textual records
Location:
Island of Montréal
Québec
Canada
Credit line:
Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Vikram Bhatt/
Gift of Vikram Bhatt
Title: Presentation panels for the housing project in Sichuan, China
Dates of creation: ca. 1988
Form: drawings
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (archive creator)
Vikram Bhatt (creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
3 panels
Dimensions:
76,5 x 51 x 0,8 cm
Location:
Island of Montréal
Québec
Canada
Credit line:
Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Vikram Bhatt/
Gift of Vikram Bhatt
McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
102 photographs
Location:
Island of Montréal
Québec
Canada
Credit line:
Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Vikram Bhatt/
Gift of Vikram Bhatt
Title: Negatives for the illustration for the publications "Housing a Billion"
Dates of creation: ca. 1988
Form: photographs
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
112 negatives
Location:
Island of Montréal
Québec
Canada
Credit line:
Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Vikram Bhatt/
Gift of Vikram Bhatt
Title: Photographs of the "Rural Housing: A First Step to Market Housing" International Workshop
Dates of creation: 1992
Form: photographs
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (archive creator)
Witold Rybczynski (creator)
Vikram Bhatt (sitter)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
43 photographs
Location:
Island of Montréal
Québec
Canada
Credit line:
Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Vikram Bhatt/
Gift of Vikram Bhatt
Title: Photographs of housing construction in China, possibly related to the housing developmenet project in Sichuan
Dates of creation: ca. 1988
Form: photographs
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
32 photographs
Location:
Island of Montréal
Québec
Canada
Credit line:
Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Vikram Bhatt/
Gift of Vikram Bhatt
