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Tracing the Marine Drive, Accra
by Łukasz Stanek compares colonial and postcolonial masterplans
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Fictions of Fictions
Fictions of Fictions
Piper Bernbaum on the material facts and urban fictions of the Eruv wars in Jerusalem
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Figuring Territory
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AP066.S3.D1
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Le dossier documente la soumission pour le concours ouvert pour le Vieux-Port de Montréal tenu entre le mois de juin et novembre en 1984. Le dossier contient des documents textuels. Objectifs du concours: "La Société du Vieux-Port de Montréal convoque un concours national de projets pour la construction de quatre fontaines dans le Vieux-Port de Montréal. Le concours est convoqué afin de permettre a un jury canadien, présidé par une personnalité internationale, de choisir les lauréats pour chacune des quatre fontaines dont la conception est mise en compétition et qui seront érigées dans les lieux désignés a cet effet dans le Vieux-Port." Tiré du réglement du concours, préparé par Léo Rosshandler, 4 juin 1984, (66-C001-001T). Description du projet par l'architecte: "Le plan s'articule sur deux volets qui distribuent plus extensivement les énergies de revitalisations tout autant dans le projet de réaménagement du port que dans le projet du Parc linéaire. La réflexion portanr donc sur l'idée de consolidation du tracé urbain." Jacques Rousseau, extrait de "Les temps impossibles", (66-C001-001T).
1984
Concours national des quatre fontaines du Vieux-Port de Montréal - L'Étang possible
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AP066.S3.D1
Description:
Le dossier documente la soumission pour le concours ouvert pour le Vieux-Port de Montréal tenu entre le mois de juin et novembre en 1984. Le dossier contient des documents textuels. Objectifs du concours: "La Société du Vieux-Port de Montréal convoque un concours national de projets pour la construction de quatre fontaines dans le Vieux-Port de Montréal. Le concours est convoqué afin de permettre a un jury canadien, présidé par une personnalité internationale, de choisir les lauréats pour chacune des quatre fontaines dont la conception est mise en compétition et qui seront érigées dans les lieux désignés a cet effet dans le Vieux-Port." Tiré du réglement du concours, préparé par Léo Rosshandler, 4 juin 1984, (66-C001-001T). Description du projet par l'architecte: "Le plan s'articule sur deux volets qui distribuent plus extensivement les énergies de revitalisations tout autant dans le projet de réaménagement du port que dans le projet du Parc linéaire. La réflexion portanr donc sur l'idée de consolidation du tracé urbain." Jacques Rousseau, extrait de "Les temps impossibles", (66-C001-001T).
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1984
Interpreting material from the Gianni Pettena fonds, Elisabetta Trincherini traces Pettena’s ongoing dialogue with North America through observations of his travels, the examination of a selection of projects, and an exploration of his teaching syllabi.
January 2023
Find and Tell: Elisabetta Trincherini on Gianni Pettena
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Interpreting material from the Gianni Pettena fonds, Elisabetta Trincherini traces Pettena’s ongoing dialogue with North America through observations of his travels, the examination of a selection of projects, and an exploration of his teaching syllabi.
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Zomia Garden
28 April 2025
Zomia Garden
Yutong Lin on botanical imaginaries of the Himalaya-Hengduan mountain region
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Learning from… São Paulo
Angelo Bucci, architect and professor at the University of São Paulo, Brazil, addresses the violence and changing environment of São Paulo in search of new urban forms. São Paulo’s urban violence can be understood as ruining the experience of the city and, as a result, the purpose of the architect’s work. The lecture examines São Paulo not as a static object, but as an(...)
22 April 2010
Learning from… São Paulo
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Angelo Bucci, architect and professor at the University of São Paulo, Brazil, addresses the violence and changing environment of São Paulo in search of new urban forms. São Paulo’s urban violence can be understood as ruining the experience of the city and, as a result, the purpose of the architect’s work. The lecture examines São Paulo not as a static object, but as an(...)
Please join us for the launch of The Urban Unknown, a collective zine project developed by the participants of the CCA Youth Collective. Over the past months, participants aged 15 to 18 have taken part in research, editing, and publishing workshops led by the Public Programs team, with contributions from CCA Publications, Matthias Kreutzer of Our Polite Society, and(...)
27 November 2025, 5:30pm to 6:30pm
Zine Launch: The Urban Unknown / CCA Youth Collective
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Please join us for the launch of The Urban Unknown, a collective zine project developed by the participants of the CCA Youth Collective. Over the past months, participants aged 15 to 18 have taken part in research, editing, and publishing workshops led by the Public Programs team, with contributions from CCA Publications, Matthias Kreutzer of Our Polite Society, and(...)
Architectural historian Barbara Penner traces the evolution of Niagara Falls – from its 19th-century honeymoon tourism to its state of post-industrial kitsch to its recent rebirth as a honeymoon destination. The photographer Alec Soth, whose work is the starting point for this lecture, compellingly portrays a ruined post-industrial landscape of love in his series Niagara(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
23 April 2009
Learning from... Niagara Falls
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Architectural historian Barbara Penner traces the evolution of Niagara Falls – from its 19th-century honeymoon tourism to its state of post-industrial kitsch to its recent rebirth as a honeymoon destination. The photographer Alec Soth, whose work is the starting point for this lecture, compellingly portrays a ruined post-industrial landscape of love in his series Niagara(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
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Playing it Safe
Keep Safe
Keep Safe, playgrounds, safety, risk, regulation, public space, control, contemporary playground design,
8 July 2024
Playing it Safe
Delara Rahim, Francisco Brown, Jimmy Pan, and Angie Door on the creation of play subjects and playgrounds
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Keep Safe
The exhibition Robert Burley: The Disappearance of Darkness presents a series of photographs by Canadian artist Robert Burley, documenting the decline of traditional photographic equipment manufacturing brought on by new technologies. Since 2005, digital photographic technology has increasingly displaced its analog predecessor, resulting in a plummeting demand for(...)
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11 September 2009 to 15 November 2009
Robert Burley: The Disappearance of Darkness
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The exhibition Robert Burley: The Disappearance of Darkness presents a series of photographs by Canadian artist Robert Burley, documenting the decline of traditional photographic equipment manufacturing brought on by new technologies. Since 2005, digital photographic technology has increasingly displaced its analog predecessor, resulting in a plummeting demand for(...)
Hall cases