madskills: Self-Documenting Construction on Social Media investigates popular social media clips documenting construction work by those present on site. Inspired by the rise of the creator economy, contractors, builders, and tradespeople have started to record and share their skills, creativity, and concerns with a digitally connected community of peers, clients, and(...)
Octagonal gallery Keyword(s):
social media, TikTok, Instagram, architectural photography, construction workers, labour, skills
June 2024 to October 2024
madskills: Self-Documenting Construction on Social Media
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madskills: Self-Documenting Construction on Social Media investigates popular social media clips documenting construction work by those present on site. Inspired by the rise of the creator economy, contractors, builders, and tradespeople have started to record and share their skills, creativity, and concerns with a digitally connected community of peers, clients, and(...)
Octagonal gallery Keyword(s):
social media, TikTok, Instagram, architectural photography, construction workers, labour, skills
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Scuola media a San Sabba
AP142.S1.D21
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File documents an executed project organized by the Istituto per lo sviluppo dell'edilizia sociale (ISES) for a college school in the San Sabba neighbourhood, Trieste, Italy. Material in this file was produced between 1968 and 1972. File contains design development drawings and presentation drawings. File also contains textual records, including correspondence, drawings and photomontages.
1968-1972
Scuola media a San Sabba
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AP142.S1.D21
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File documents an executed project organized by the Istituto per lo sviluppo dell'edilizia sociale (ISES) for a college school in the San Sabba neighbourhood, Trieste, Italy. Material in this file was produced between 1968 and 1972. File contains design development drawings and presentation drawings. File also contains textual records, including correspondence, drawings and photomontages.
File 21
1968-1972
3 May 2018
articles
Caption This
Critical Cataloguing, Photography Collection, China, Peking, Beijing, Lebanon, Beirut, Captions, Social Media
27 November 2023
Caption This
Shukri Sultan and Endriana Audisho, Julia Ramos, and Jacqueline Tran on the stories constructed by the collection, documentation, cataloguing, and sharing of photography
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This exhibition will explore the third-year undergraduate arts course, “A305: History of Architecture and Design, 1890–1939,” offered by the Open University via television and radio broadcasts that aired from 1975 to 1982. Beyond its many innovations in new forms of higher education, the Open University—founded in 1969 with headquarters in Milton Keynes, UK—was a key(...)
15 November 2017 to 1 April 2018
The University Is Now on Air: Broadcasting Modern Architecture
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This exhibition will explore the third-year undergraduate arts course, “A305: History of Architecture and Design, 1890–1939,” offered by the Open University via television and radio broadcasts that aired from 1975 to 1982. Beyond its many innovations in new forms of higher education, the Open University—founded in 1969 with headquarters in Milton Keynes, UK—was a key(...)
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Parallel Construction
15 October 2024
Parallel Construction
Stéphane Aleixandre considers the murkiness of copyright on social media and its impact on construction images
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Work Smart, Not Hard
3 June 2024
Work Smart, Not Hard
Hester Keijser, Luuk Smits, Charlie-Anne Côté, Emma Rath, and Victoria Addona discuss construction videos on social media
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The expanded role: SITU
Bradley Samuels presents recent SITU Research work and the role that research plays within the larger practice of SITU as a whole. A series of case studies will be presented which explore an expanded role for architectural and spatial practice across a range of fields—from human rights and public policy to earth science and workspace design. SITU Research’s past work(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
14 January 2016
The expanded role: SITU
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Bradley Samuels presents recent SITU Research work and the role that research plays within the larger practice of SITU as a whole. A series of case studies will be presented which explore an expanded role for architectural and spatial practice across a range of fields—from human rights and public policy to earth science and workspace design. SITU Research’s past work(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
Learning from... Rome
Filmmaker and photographer Armin Linke reveals the societal changes, cultural complexities, and beauty of contemporary Rome through two short films and architectural photographs from his archives. The first film focuses on a moment of natural choreography as some 100,000 starlings fly against the backdrop of the city of Rome. Linke presents a selection of photographs,(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
5 March 2009
Learning from... Rome
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Filmmaker and photographer Armin Linke reveals the societal changes, cultural complexities, and beauty of contemporary Rome through two short films and architectural photographs from his archives. The first film focuses on a moment of natural choreography as some 100,000 starlings fly against the backdrop of the city of Rome. Linke presents a selection of photographs,(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
books
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x, 289 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
New York : New York University Press, ©2012.
The social media reader / edited by Michael Mandiberg.
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x, 289 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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New York : New York University Press, ©2012.