Arthur Erickson on learning systems / with an introduction by Melanie O'Brian.

Main entry:

Erickson, Arthur, 1924-2009, author.

Title & Author:

Arthur Erickson on learning systems / with an introduction by Melanie O'Brian.

Edition:

First English edition.

Publication:

Montreal, Quebec : Concordia University Press : Canadian Centre for Architecture, 2022.

Description:

88 pages : illustrations, plans ; 19 cm.

Series:

Building arguments

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
The university: a new visual environment -- Simon Fraser University -- McGill University convocation address.
Includes reproductions of CCA collection material.

Summary:

"Whether he was designing buildings and spaces for universities, museums, performing arts venues, or libraries, Arthur Erickson was preoccupied with intersections--of people, of cultures, and of ideas. Published by Concordia University Press and the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Arthur Erickson on Learning Systems collects writings by an architect advocating for interdisciplinary approaches to education and the methods for sharing knowledge. In essays on one of his mid-1960s masterpieces, the Simon Fraser University campus, Erickson explains how he intended to avoid compartmentalization between academic disciplines by thinking of a campus as akin to a "biological system" capable of adaptation. He outlines how his design placed a spine through the campus to circulate people--and communication between them--while making space for additional buildings as they became needed. These writings also show Erickson reflecting on whether his original vision was maintained by future development on the site and considering how university education changed in the decades that followed."-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781988111315 (softcover)
1988111315 (softcover)

Subject:

Erickson, Arthur, 1924-2009.
Simon Fraser University History.
Simon Fraser University Buildings.
Simon Fraser University Histoire.
Simon Fraser University Constructions.
Simon Fraser University
Architecture Study and teaching (Higher) British Columbia Burnaby.
Instructional systems British Columbia Burnaby.
Architecture Étude et enseignement (Supérieur) Colombie-Britannique Burnaby.
Systèmes d'enseignement Colombie-Britannique Burnaby.
Architecture
Architecture Philosophy
Buildings
Canada
Centre canadien d’architecture Publishing
Centre canadien d'architecture Collection

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

O'Brian, Melanie, 1973- writer of introduction.
Centre canadien d'architecture, publisher.
Building arguments.

On learning systems

Holdings:

Location: Library study room cca productions 315200
Call No.: NA2305.C3 S56 2022
Copy: 3
Status: Available

Location: Library cage cca productions 315199
Call No.: 315199
Copy: 2
Status: Available

Location: Library cage cca productions 315198
Call No.: 315198
Copy: 1
Status: Available

Location: Library main 315201
Call No.: 315201
Copy: 4
Status: Available

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