Sense of the City
Sense of the City explores urban phenomena and perceptions of the city which have traditionally been ignored, repressed, or maligned. Challenging the dominance of the visual in the urban environment, the exhibition proposes a re-thinking of latent qualities of the city, offering complex analyses of the comforts, communication systems, and sensory dimensions of urban(...)
Main galleries
26 October 2005 to 10 September 2006
Sense of the City
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Sense of the City explores urban phenomena and perceptions of the city which have traditionally been ignored, repressed, or maligned. Challenging the dominance of the visual in the urban environment, the exhibition proposes a re-thinking of latent qualities of the city, offering complex analyses of the comforts, communication systems, and sensory dimensions of urban(...)
Main galleries
articles
The Sensory Interior
The rest of your senses
Visiting Scholar Seminar: Constance Classen
Beckford and Fonthill: Creating a Palace of the Senses
26 July 2007
articles
Commercial Proximities
Commercial Proximities
Jack Self in discussion with Samuel Ross, designer and director of A-COLD-WALL*, on how commercial design builds a contemporary commons
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articles
Flirting With Fulfilment
Flirting With Fulfilment
Samir Bantal interviewed by Jack Self on the consumer's search for meaning in contemporary retail environments
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Retail Apocalypse
Opening
Paul-Desmarais Theatre and Shaughnessy House Keyword(s):
Retail apocalypse, Fredi Fischli, Niels Olsen, eth, gta, SSENSE
22 September 2022, 6 to 9pm
Paul-Desmarais Theatre and Shaughnessy House Keyword(s):
Retail apocalypse, Fredi Fischli, Niels Olsen, eth, gta, SSENSE
research
Visiting Scholars 2007
S.M. Can Bilsel, University of San Diego, San Diego, United States Topic: The Modern Cult of Authenticity: Reproduction of Antiquity and the Location of Architecture in the 20th Century Museum Constance Classen, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada Topic: Beckford and Fonthill: Creating a Palace of the Senses Seminar: Multisensory Marketing and the Design of Retail(...)
May 2007 to September 2007
Visiting Scholars 2007
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S.M. Can Bilsel, University of San Diego, San Diego, United States Topic: The Modern Cult of Authenticity: Reproduction of Antiquity and the Location of Architecture in the 20th Century Museum Constance Classen, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada Topic: Beckford and Fonthill: Creating a Palace of the Senses Seminar: Multisensory Marketing and the Design of Retail(...)
research
May 2007 to
September 2007
books
ARCH272998
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Group consists of two copies of the book "Ecol Operation: Ecology + Building + Common Sense" by the Mininum Cost Housing Group.
1975
Ecol Operation: Ecology + Building + Common Sense
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ARCH272998
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Group consists of two copies of the book "Ecol Operation: Ecology + Building + Common Sense" by the Mininum Cost Housing Group.
books
1975
Project
AP149.S1.1972.PR01
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File related to the Ecol House project, a self-sufficient habitable low-cost house by the Minimum Cost House Group, built in spring and summer 1972, and the publication "Ecol Operation: Ecology + Building + Common Sense" related to the project. The material in this file was produced between 1972 and 1977. The file contains textual records, predominantly dummies for the publication, and photographs of the Ecol House. The file also includes copies of the publications "Ecol Operation: Ecology + Building + Common Sense" (including a French translation) and printing plates.
1972-1977
Self-Sufficient Habitable Low-Cost House
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AP149.S1.1972.PR01
Description:
File related to the Ecol House project, a self-sufficient habitable low-cost house by the Minimum Cost House Group, built in spring and summer 1972, and the publication "Ecol Operation: Ecology + Building + Common Sense" related to the project. The material in this file was produced between 1972 and 1977. The file contains textual records, predominantly dummies for the publication, and photographs of the Ecol House. The file also includes copies of the publications "Ecol Operation: Ecology + Building + Common Sense" (including a French translation) and printing plates.
Project
1972-1977
DR1987:0512
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- Both of these partial drawings for Wayfarers' Chapel, Palos Verdes, California, include figures and trees which give a sense of scale to the drawings.
architecture
between 1946 and 1950
Wayfarers' Chapel, Palos Verdes, California: Partial side elevation and partial cross section for the chapel
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DR1987:0512
Description:
- Both of these partial drawings for Wayfarers' Chapel, Palos Verdes, California, include figures and trees which give a sense of scale to the drawings.
architecture