Concurso, Block 121, Schlesisches Tor [Competition for Schlesisches Tor residential complex], Berlin, Germany (1981-1988)
Dates of creation
circa 1981-1988
Level of archival description
Project
Extent and Medium
266 drawings (including 212 reprographic copies)
108 slides
103 photographs
32 postcards
13 35mm negative strips
5 folders of textual documentation
4 maps
1 poster
Scope and Content
This project subseries documents the residential complex Bonjour Tristesse after Siza won the competition for Block 121. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 2/80 A. The office assigned the date 1980 for this project.
Among materials for the competition phase are conceptual sketches intermingled with sketches of people, design development drawings including drawings for the model, site plans for the competition site, proposed plans, proposed elevations, and plans for the proposed nursery and school extension. Also included are photographs, negatives, and slides for the competition, and general photographs and negatives of Berlin.
Textual documentation includes correspondence from IBA officials, such as Hämer, Kleihues, and Dagmar Tanuschev, as well as letters from Brigitte Cassirer (later Brigitte Fleck). Fleck was responsible for national and international competitions for the Senate of Berlin (1971-1985) and first invited Siza to participate in the IBA competition by entering a design for the Görlitzer Bad swimming pool. Other correspondence included in this project series are letters from Peter Brinkert, Siza’s contact architect in Berlin, in which they discuss the Kita and the Seniors Club Anziani. Furthermore, there is textual documentation from the IBA, as well as historical documentation on the project site and notes.
Material in this series was arranged by Álvaro Siza’s office and has been kept in this order.
Location
Berlin
Germany
Credit line
When citing the collection as a whole, use the citation: Álvaro Siza fonds, Collection Centre Canadien d’Architecture/Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal. When citing specific collection material, please refer to the object’s specific credit line.
Language of material
German,
English,
Portuguese
Related units of description
Sketches for Block 121 are also included in Siza's sketchbooks found in Series 2 of this fond. Of note are sketchbooks 46, 59, 74, 84, 89, 91, 92, 94, 95, 110, 147, 150, 153, 155, 157, 163, 168, and 462. These sketchbooks include competition and post-competition sketches of Bonjour Tristesse. Some of these sketchbooks also contain sketches of the Kita and the Senior Club Anziani. See Subseries 2 and 3 for more details.
Title: Sketches for competition and Bonjour Tristesse, and unrealised sketches for kindergarten and senior's club, Block 121, Berlin
Dates of creation: circa 1980
Form: drawings
Catalogued items within this file 4
People:
Alvaro Siza (archive creator)
Description:
Original file title: Block 121 concurso 1- gerais-concurso 2- Bonjour Tristesse 3- Kita - não realizado 4- Senior - não realizado 5- Biblioteca ? + Kita para conferir.
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
24 pencil and ink drawings on paper, 1 ink drawing on an envelope, 1 reprographic copy
Dimensions:
Sheet (largest): 22 x 30 cm|Sheet (smallest): 11 x 8 cm
Credit line:
Álvaro Siza fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Don d’Álvaro Siza/
Gift of Álvaro Siza
Title: Photocopies of sketches, Block 121, Berlin (folder 1 of 3)
Dates of creation: circa 1980
Form: drawings
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
Alvaro Siza (archive creator)
Description:
Original file title: Block 121 esquiços com "cartolina" fotocopias.
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
24 reprographic copies
Dimensions:
Sheet: 42 x 30 cm
Credit line:
Álvaro Siza fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Don d’Álvaro Siza/
Gift of Álvaro Siza
Related units of description:
This file is housed in three separate folders. The second and third portions of this file are found in folders AP178.S1.1980.PR02.002.2 and AP178.S1.1980.PR02.002.3
Title: Photocopies of sketches, Block 121, Berlin (folder 2 of 3)
Dates of creation: circa 1980
Form: drawings
Catalogued items within this file 1
People:
Alvaro Siza (archive creator)
Description:
Original file title: Block 121 esquiços com "cartolina" fotocopias.
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
25 reprographic copies
Dimensions:
Sheet: 30 x 43 cm
Credit line:
Álvaro Siza fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Don d’Álvaro Siza/
Gift of Álvaro Siza
Related units of description:
This file is housed in three separate folders. The first and third portions of this file are found in folders AP178.S1.1980.PR02.002.1 and AP178.S1.1980.PR02.002.3
Title: Photocopies of sketches, Block 121, Berlin (folder 3 of 3)
Dates of creation: circa 1980
Form: drawings
Catalogued items within this file 1
People:
Alvaro Siza (archive creator)
Description:
Original file title: Block 121 esquiços com "cartolina" fotocopias.
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
25 reprographic copies on paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 60 x 43 cm
Credit line:
Álvaro Siza fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Don d’Álvaro Siza/
Gift of Álvaro Siza
Related units of description:
This file is housed in three separate folders. The first and second portions of this file are found in folders AP178.S1.1980.PR02.002.1 and AP178.S1.1980.PR02.002.2
Title: Copies of plans, elevations, and drawings for model, Block 121, Berlin (folder 1 of 3)
Dates of creation: circa 1980
Form: drawings
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
Alvaro Siza (archive creator)
Description:
Original file title: Concurso Block 121 copias em papel levantamento contexto + matrizes.
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
6 drawings on translucent paper
Dimensions:
Sheet (largest): 60 x 42 cm|Sheet (smallest): 30 x 22 cm
Credit line:
Álvaro Siza fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Don d’Álvaro Siza/
Gift of Álvaro Siza
Related units of description:
This file is housed in three separate folders. The second and third portions of this file are found in AP178.S1.1980.PR02.008.2 and AP178.S1.1980.PR02.008.3
Title: Copies of plans, elevations, and drawings for model, Block 121, Berlin (folder 2 of 3)
Dates of creation: circa 1980
Form: drawings
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
Alvaro Siza (archive creator)
Description:
Original file title: Concurso Block 121 copias em papel levantamento contexto + matrizes.
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
4 reprographic copies on paper
Dimensions:
Sheet (largest): 99 x 65 cm|Sheet (smallest): 52 x 37 cm
Credit line:
Álvaro Siza fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Don d’Álvaro Siza/
Gift of Álvaro Siza
Related units of description:
This file is housed in three separate folders. The first and third portions of this file are found in AP178.S1.1980.PR02.008.1 and AP178.S1.1980.PR02.008.3
Title: Copies of plans, elevations, and drawings for model, Block 121, Berlin (folder 3 of 3)
Dates of creation: circa 1980
Form: drawings
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
Alvaro Siza (archive creator)
Description:
Original file title: Concurso Block 121 copias em papel levantamento contexto + matrizes.
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
1 reprographic copy on paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 98 x 100 cm
Credit line:
Álvaro Siza fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Don d’Álvaro Siza/
Gift of Álvaro Siza
Related units of description:
This file is housed in three separate folders. The first and second portions of this file are found in AP178.S1.1980.PR02.008.1 and AP178.S1.1980.PR02.008.2
Title: Proposed storage, floor, and flat plans for competition, Block 121, Berlin
Dates of creation: 13 June, circa 1980
Form: drawings
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
Alvaro Siza (archive creator)
Description:
Original file title: Fallkenstein strasse, 4 Schlesische strasse, 7, 8 Berlin - Schlesisches Tor Alvaro Siza, 13 Junho. Reprographic copies in this file feature sketches.
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
4 reprographic copies on paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 61 x 44 cm
Credit line:
Álvaro Siza fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Don d’Álvaro Siza/
Gift of Álvaro Siza
![Sketches with notes for Concurso, Block 121, Schlesisches Tor [Competition for Schlesisches Tor residential complex], Berlin, Germany](/img-collection/x32PXM9Fss64Osdgt1IXgpGz-Co=/500x704/489300.jpg)
![Plan and elevations for Concurso, Block 121, Schlesisches Tor [Competition for Schlesisches Tor residential complex], Berlin](/img-collection/I2Kjt9ht29Ai7sX0rcqMqPaIoRw=/500x362/503705.jpg)
![Elevation and sketches for Concurso, Block 121, Schlesisches Tor [Competition for Schlesisches Tor residential complex], Berlin](/img-collection/IHChJAXzhiW8Dr7ZQi_Dec0eRmc=/500x350/503023.jpg)
![Plan for storage area for Edificio de Apartamentos Bonjour Tristesse [Bonjour Tristesse residential complex], Block 121, Berlin, Germany](/img-collection/7maUVvZFJPc-HFQCCDcAt6TeMBg=/500x348/489280.jpg)
![Ground floor plan for Edificio de Apartamentos Bonjour Tristesse [Bonjour Tristesse residential complex], Block 121, Berlin, Germany](/img-collection/_oHuv09Pz28pIHOTYQ1kkznNySg=/500x351/489281.jpg)
![Ground floor plan for Edificio de Apartamentos Bonjour Tristesse [Bonjour Tristesse residential complex], Block 121, Berlin, Germany](/img-collection/z_DFwTFqXIXX0cnsvxQJ3qjlHr4=/500x352/489282.jpg)
![First floor plan for Edificio de Apartamentos Bonjour Tristesse [Bonjour Tristesse residential complex], Block 121, Berlin, Germany](/img-collection/4suKnAL9Om3bBHJEVLJkEn23kRs=/500x351/489283.jpg)
![Plan for typical flat for Edificio de Apartamentos Bonjour Tristesse [Bonjour Tristesse residential complex], Block 121, Berlin, Germany](/img-collection/eA_-uKp2ik9X0t4HW9KgNJvtcUY=/500x350/489284.jpg)
![Plan for typical flat for Edificio de Apartamentos Bonjour Tristesse [Bonjour Tristesse residential complex], Block 121, Berlin, Germany](/img-collection/Gk9t4oJzRh8dYwjMP7sIoP5-dPA=/500x351/489285.jpg)
![Plan for typical flat for Edificio de Apartamentos Bonjour Tristesse [Bonjour Tristesse residential complex], Block 121, Berlin, Germany](/img-collection/66tKJPBAvDIcIbi4aDqNPOuggQg=/500x352/489286.jpg)
![Elevation for Edificio de Apartamentos Bonjour Tristesse [Bonjour Tristesse residential complex], Block 121, Berlin, Germany](/img-collection/Fsqpc5EUOLlW9F3gFdckGZKbUAc=/500x351/489287.jpg)
![Elevation for Edificio de Apartamentos Bonjour Tristesse [Bonjour Tristesse residential complex], Block 121, Berlin, Germany](/img-collection/AvsOy0uW8zplEAJQolVIOTg-oPU=/500x351/489288.jpg)
![Section for Edificio de Apartamentos Bonjour Tristesse [Bonjour Tristesse residential complex], Block 121, Berlin, Germany](/img-collection/5Q_HaAomRFigEDb9cF3tvXBpeTA=/500x352/489289.jpg)
![Section for Edificio de Apartamentos Bonjour Tristesse [Bonjour Tristesse residential complex], Block 121, Berlin, Germany](/img-collection/M8BB4F5Vmnl8sM3aR_2mnt_cwNM=/500x349/489290.jpg)
![Aus dem Verkehrsplan des Stadtplanungsamts Kreuzberg [From the circulation plan of the city planning office Kreuzberg], Block 121, Berlin](/img-collection/8pNUKEtbhfUZxuPWzX1p3Hc763A=/500x246/460072.jpg)
