Student project for an exhibition greenhouse

People:

Louis Marie Henri Sortais (draughtsman)
Ecole des beaux-arts (France) (educational institution)
Louis Marie Henri Sortais (architect)
Honoré Daumet (teacher)
Charles-Louis Girault (teacher)

Title:

Student project for an exhibition greenhouse

Date:

1887

Description:

- A student project for a glass exhibition building entitled "Exp[osition] d'Horticulture" and described in elevation, plan, and section. The plan shows a square structure with circular pavilions in the corners and entrances in the middle of each side. The elevation (showing the principal façade) indicates that the main hall is a tripartite structure with a tall, barrel-vaulted mid-section flanked by two lower, semi-barrel-vaulted sections. This main hall is encased by a one-storey gallery connecting the four pavilions in the corners.

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

student drawing

Technique and media:

Graphite and various watercolours

Dimensions:

sheet: 47.8 x 63.9 cm

Reference number:

DR1978:0014:010

Drawing Type:

rendering
esquisse

Method of Projection:

orthographic drawing (object)
plan (drawing)
section
elevation (drawing)

Inscription:

inscribed - by a contemporary hand, in pen and black ink, u.l.: "no.52 / Barbier [signature]"; by a contemporary hand, in blue pencil, t.: "1r mention"; by a contemporary hand, in red pencil, t.: "27"; by the draughtsman, in graphite, verso, u.l.: "Louis Sortais / at[elier]. Daumet-Girault" stamped - circular relief stamp, in blue ink, u.l.: "Ecole des Beaux-Arts"

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

greenhouse
exhibition building

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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