Sede da Companhia Dom [Dom Company Headquarters], Cologne, Germany (1980)
Dates of creation
1980-1981
Level of archival description
Project
Extent and Medium
243 drawings (including 150 reprographic copies)
59 photographic materials
0.03 linear metres of textual records
Scope and Content
This project series document the Sede da Companhia Dom in Cologne, Germany. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 1/80. The office assigned the date 1980 to this project.
The project files document Siza's design for DOM company headquarter's architectural competition. Fifty architects were selected by a jury to propose a design. The client underlined the importance of having a striking visual impact while also putting emphasis on precision, security, protection and technological advancement. Requirements for the building included enough space for 250 employees and a covered parking lot for 50 vehicles. Siza's proposed design was a cylindrical inclined building with a cylindrical hole through the center. A circulation system with elevators, stairs and ramps inside and outside the office spaces was designed to create a " complex promenade architecturale"[1] . Siza's entry was not selected.
Documenting this project are sketches, studies, design development drawings and competition drawings. Textual materials include competiton documentation. Of particular interest in this project series are the first computer drawings and coordinates used by Siza' office.
[1] : Peter Testa "Álvaro Siza, " Birkhäuser Verlag, 1996.
Material in this series was arranged by Álvaro Siza’s office and has been kept in this order.
Location
Cologne
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.
Related units of description
Sketches for the Sede da Companhia Dom are also included in Siza's sketchbooks found in Series AP178.S2 of this fonds. Of note are sketchbooks 060 and 324.
Title: Competition documentation and drawings, Sede da Companhia Dom, Cologne (folder 1 of 3)
Dates of creation: ca. 1980
Form: drawings, textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
Alvaro Siza (archive creator)
Description:
Original file title: 1980 Sede da Compania dom - Colonia
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
72 reprographic copies on paper, 1 pencil drawing on paper, other materials
Dimensions:
Sheet: 21 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 portion of this file is housed in AP178.S1.1980.PR01.006.2 and AP178.S1.1980.PR01.006.3
Title: Competition documentation and drawings, Sede da Companhia Dom, Cologne (folder 2 of 3)
Dates of creation: ca. 1980
Form: drawings, textual records
Catalogued items within this file 2
People:
Alvaro Siza (archive creator)
Description:
Original file title: 1980 Sede da Compania dom - Colonia
This file includes a building program, as well as calculation sheets.
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
34 reprographic copies on paper, other materials
Dimensions:
Sheet: 21 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 portion of this file is housed in AP178.S1.1980.PR01.006.1 and AP178.S1.1980.PR01.006.3
Title: Competition documentation and drawings, Sede da Companhia Dom, Cologne (folder 3 of 3)
Dates of creation: ca. 1980
Form: drawings, textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
Alvaro Siza (archive creator)
Description:
Original file title: 1980 Sede da Compania dom - Colonia
This file includes the competition rules.
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
53 ink and pencil drawings, 20 reprographic copies on paper, other materials
Dimensions:
Sheet: 21 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 portion of this file is housed in AP178.S1.1980.PR01.006.1 and AP178.S1.1980.PR01.006.2
![Sketches for Sede da Companhia Dom [Dom Company Headquarters], Cologne, Germany; verso: plan with notes](/img-collection/fosHairLqjCw1fMT76rW_LCKLUw=/500x365/490927.jpg)
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![Study for Sede da Companhia Dom [Dom Company Headquarters], Cologne, Germany](/img-collection/C0AoxOW0z7NG0XYiwHOFMr-sQtY=/500x314/476064.jpg)
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![Plan for Sede da Companhia Dom [Dom Company Headquarters], Cologne, Germany](/img-collection/HG5eEbqXkrH-Hn0kqLG4Pfqlels=/500x301/490948.jpg)
![Plan for Sede da Companhia Dom [Dom Company Headquarters], Cologne, Germany](/img-collection/bd97rXdpXhkw1KQCrXC5RDSwyig=/500x303/490949.jpg)
![Sketches for Sede da Companhia Dom [Dom Company Headquarters], Cologne, Germany](/img-collection/WK6xIQVJdwrbYt-4qfFPrT4OSh0=/500x375/490950.jpg)
![Presentation panel and sketch for Sede da Companhia Dom [Dom Company Headquarters], Cologne, Germany](/img-collection/WgiDV89J6LOcBrhU1h5bYjeVSPM=/500x367/490951.jpg)
![Site plan and elevation for Sede da Companhia Dom [Dom Company Headquarters], Cologne, Germany](/img-collection/uzW6MmGtFHDYU2qHwq5nj-f87ek=/500x366/490952.jpg)
![Plans for Sede da Companhia Dom [Dom Company Headquarters], Cologne, Germany](/img-collection/alaeS_QYbHoWFXLAyVDMO5L-7Js=/500x367/490953.jpg)
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![View of a model for Sede da Companhia Dom [Dom Company Headquarters], Cologne, Germany](/img-collection/OSvO3v7hyUMQ1RgsypaAkrSsdNY=/500x351/496656.jpg)
![View of a model for Sede da Companhia Dom [Dom Company Headquarters], Cologne, Germany](/img-collection/FRGLwEaOSq1chyRB8S23dpo_qzY=/500x357/496657.jpg)
![Curvature calculations for Sede da Companhia Dom [Dom Company Headquarters], Cologne, Germany](/img-collection/eoLT5q7B7SqQPvWesyTwUGScUWc=/500x348/490955.jpg)
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