Hadspen Parabola

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• Fonds: Foreign Office Architects fonds, 1991-2011
•    Series: Projects, 1991-2011
•      Project: Hadspen Parabola, 2005

People

• Foreign Office Architects (creator)
• Foreign Office Architects (archive creator)

Title

Hadspen Parabola

Dates of creation

2005

Level of archival description

Project

Extent and Medium

• 0.08 l.m. of textual records

Scope and Content

File documents a commission by the Foreign Office Architects to design a new path layout for the Hadspen Garden and Nursery, Somerset, England. Their design, referred to as the Hadspen Parabola, was contained within a 32,000-square-foot sloped plot in the 300-acre park of Hadspen House, owned by the client, Niall Hobhouse. An open competition was held, asking for garden designs based on this path layout by the Foreign Office Architects. Material in this file was produced between 2005 and 2007.

File includes project documentation, sketches, computer-generated design renderings, site plans and presentation material.

Reference Number

AP171.S1.2005.D6

Location

Somerset England United Kingdom

Credit line

Foreign Office Architects fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Farshid Moussavi et Alejandro Zaera-Polo/
Gift of Farshid Moussavi and Alejandro Zaera-Polo

Language of material

Documents are in English.

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  • Reference Number: ARCH270350
  • Title: Materials related to the Hadspen Garden and Nursery, Somerset, England
  • Dates of creation: 2005-2007
  • Form: textual records
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Foreign Office Architects (archive creator)

  Description:

  This file contains materials related to the Hadspen Garden and Nursery, Somerset, England. It includes correspondence with the client, Niall Hobhouse, large folded copies of site plans, and various versions of presentation material by the Foreign Office Architects.
  
  - This material was removed from a ring binder for conservation purposes. This material is group 1 of 3, see records ARCH271455 (group 2 of 3) and ARCH271456 (group 3 of 3).

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 file

  Extent and Medium:

  • 0.02 l.m. of textual records

  Dimensions:

  records: 0.02 l.m.

  Physical Description:

  - This material was removed from a plastic ring binder for conservation purposes. The binder was labeled, "Hadspen Garden / 102-01 / 2005/2006".

  Location:

  England United Kingdom

  Credit line:

  Foreign Office Architects fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Farshid Moussavi et Alejandro Zaera-Polo/
  Gift of Farshid Moussavi and Alejandro Zaera-Polo
  
  

  Language of material:

  - The material is in English.

  Folder Number:

  171-101-001

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  • Reference Number: ARCH271455
  • Title: Research materials related to the Hadspen Garden and Nursery, Somerset, England
  • Dates of creation: ca. 2005
  • Form: textual records
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Foreign Office Architects (archive creator)

  Description:

  This file contains research materials related to the Hadspen Garden and Nursery, Somerset, England. It includes information on other parks and images of other gardens.
  
  - This material was removed from a ring binder for conservation purposes. This material is group 2 of 3, see records ARCH270350 (group 1 of 3) and ARCH271456 (group 3 of 3).

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 file

  Extent and Medium:

  • 0.02 l.m. of textual records

  Dimensions:

  records: 0.02 l.m.

  Physical Description:

  - This material was removed from a plastic ring binder for conservation purposes. The binder was labeled, "Hadspen Garden / 102-01 / 2005/2006".

  Location:

  England United Kingdom

  Credit line:

  Foreign Office Architects fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Farshid Moussavi et Alejandro Zaera-Polo/
  Gift of Farshid Moussavi and Alejandro Zaera-Polo
  
  

  Language of material:

  - The material is in English.

  Folder Number:

  171-101-002

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  • Reference Number: ARCH271456
  • Title: Materials related to the Hadspen Garden and Nursery, Somerset, England
  • Dates of creation: ca. 2005
  • Form: textual records
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Foreign Office Architects (archive creator)

  Description:

  This file contains materials related to the Hadspen Garden and Nursery, Somerset, England. It includes research and "process" material, site plans, project notes, sketches on tracing paper, and preliminary computer-generated design renderings.
  
  - This material was removed from a ring binder for conservation purposes. This material is group 3 of 3, see records ARCH270350 (group 1 of 3) and ARCH271455 (group 2 of 3).

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 file

  Extent and Medium:

  • Approximately 180 reprographic copies
  • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

  Dimensions:

  records: 0.02 l.m.

  Physical Description:

  - This material was removed from a plastic ring binder for conservation purposes. The binder was labeled, "Hadspen Garden / 102-01 / 2005/2006".

  Location:

  England United Kingdom

  Credit line:

  Foreign Office Architects fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Farshid Moussavi et Alejandro Zaera-Polo/
  Gift of Farshid Moussavi and Alejandro Zaera-Polo
  
  

  Language of material:

  - The material is in English.

  Folder Number:

  171-101-003