Architects are traditionally uncomfortable with acknowledging their dependence on other actors, so My Invisible Friend invites them to present projects made with non-architects and to reveal the invisible friends without whom their work would be impossible.
YouTube and Instagram
2 July 2020 to 3 July 2020
Video release and next-day live Q&A: My Invisible Friend: Kim Courrèges and Felipe De Ferrari on “Plan Común” and a young politician
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Architects are traditionally uncomfortable with acknowledging their dependence on other actors, so My Invisible Friend invites them to present projects made with non-architects and to reveal the invisible friends without whom their work would be impossible.
YouTube and Instagram
Laboratories examines how architecture can respond to an uncertain post-September 11 world and construct a new stage for thought. Six young Montreal architecture firms present environments or installations that investigate the fundamental language of architecture and that affirm the civilizing power of the imagination. The contributing firms are Atelier Big City, Atelier(...)
Main galleries
18 April 2002 to 15 September 2002
Laboratories: Six Young Architectural Firms in the CCA Galleries
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Laboratories examines how architecture can respond to an uncertain post-September 11 world and construct a new stage for thought. Six young Montreal architecture firms present environments or installations that investigate the fundamental language of architecture and that affirm the civilizing power of the imagination. The contributing firms are Atelier Big City, Atelier(...)
Main galleries
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AP164.S1.2004.D14
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The project series documents the public commission for the construction of basic apartments for young people. The firm was invited along with three other architects/offices to propose and expose four prototypes during the Construmat show. The prototype was roughly built, but was then destroyed. The firm identified this project as number 195. Documenting the project are conceptual and presentation drawings, digital, photographic and reference materials, correspondence, project descriptions, reports, and clippings.
2003-2006, predominant 2004-2005
APTM Construmat, Barcelona, Spain (2004)
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AP164.S1.2004.D14
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The project series documents the public commission for the construction of basic apartments for young people. The firm was invited along with three other architects/offices to propose and expose four prototypes during the Construmat show. The prototype was roughly built, but was then destroyed. The firm identified this project as number 195. Documenting the project are conceptual and presentation drawings, digital, photographic and reference materials, correspondence, project descriptions, reports, and clippings.
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2003-2006, predominant 2004-2005
26 May 2022, 9:30am, 10:30am, and 12:30pm
2 June 2022, 9:30am, 10:30am, and 12:30pm
7 June 2021, 9:30am, 10:30am, and 11:30am
1 June 2021, 9:30am, 10:30am, and 11:30am
19 May, 9:30am, 10:30am, and 12:30pm
The CCA Youth Collective is a 10-week program for young people to explore and understand architecture and the city through a critical lens, culminating in the making of a publication. Beginning on 25 September and concluding on 27 November 2025, the sessions will take place every Thursday.
September 2025 to November 2025, 5pm to 6:30pm
The Urban Unknown - CCA Youth Collective
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The CCA Youth Collective is a 10-week program for young people to explore and understand architecture and the city through a critical lens, culminating in the making of a publication. Beginning on 25 September and concluding on 27 November 2025, the sessions will take place every Thursday.
photographs
AP140.S2.SS1.D4.P7
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view of publication drawing showing an interior perspective featuring James Stirling and his young son Ben
circa 1970s
View of publication drawing showing an interior perspective, Poole College of Further Education Competition, Poole, United Kingdom
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AP140.S2.SS1.D4.P7
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view of publication drawing showing an interior perspective featuring James Stirling and his young son Ben
photographs
circa 1970s