Rotor Deconstruction
Maarten Gielen presents the work of Rotor, a group of architects, designers and other professionals interested in material flows in industry and construction, particularly in relation to resources, waste, use and reuse. Rotor disseminates creative strategies for salvage and waste reduction through workshops, publications, and exhibitions. Presented in conjunction with(...)
4 February 2016
Rotor Deconstruction
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Maarten Gielen presents the work of Rotor, a group of architects, designers and other professionals interested in material flows in industry and construction, particularly in relation to resources, waste, use and reuse. Rotor disseminates creative strategies for salvage and waste reduction through workshops, publications, and exhibitions. Presented in conjunction with(...)
Come help us add facts to Wikipedia around climate change. Free access to our galleries. Open to all.
The Study Room at the CCA
30 April 2025, 3pm to 7pm
Wiki Edit-a-thon no. 3: Editing for the Ecological Crisis
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Come help us add facts to Wikipedia around climate change. Free access to our galleries. Open to all.
The Study Room at the CCA
First, the Forests
*First, the Forests* examines some unexplored relationships between forestry, planning, and design. Reframing forestry as an activity that creates highly designed environments with unprecedented scale, ambition and precision, the exhibition proposes an expanded understanding of the connections between natural resources, production processes, and designed form. Curated(...)
Octagonal gallery
4 October 2012 to 6 January 2013
First, the Forests
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*First, the Forests* examines some unexplored relationships between forestry, planning, and design. Reframing forestry as an activity that creates highly designed environments with unprecedented scale, ambition and precision, the exhibition proposes an expanded understanding of the connections between natural resources, production processes, and designed form. Curated(...)
Octagonal gallery
Environment: Approaches for Tomorrow broaches issues such as energy consumption and natural resources, the question of limiting humanity’s control of the environment, the search for renewable resources, and the optimal means to employ them. Through the work of French horticultural engineer and landscape architect Gilles Clément and Swiss architect Philippe Rahm, the(...)
Main galleries
18 October 2006 to 10 June 2007
Environment: Approaches for Tomorrow
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Environment: Approaches for Tomorrow broaches issues such as energy consumption and natural resources, the question of limiting humanity’s control of the environment, the search for renewable resources, and the optimal means to employ them. Through the work of French horticultural engineer and landscape architect Gilles Clément and Swiss architect Philippe Rahm, the(...)
Main galleries
The exhibition is an introduction to the work and life of Ernest Isbell Barott, a Montréal architect who practised from 1912 to 1966. The drawings and photographs in the exhibition are largely drawn from the Ernest Isbell Barott Archive at the CCA. Ernest Barott’s career coincided with a period of profound physical and social change in Canada, a time of national and civic(...)
1440 rue Sainte-Catherine Ouest
5 June 1985 to 6 September 1985
Ernest Isbell Barott, architecte/architect : une introduction/an introduction
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The exhibition is an introduction to the work and life of Ernest Isbell Barott, a Montréal architect who practised from 1912 to 1966. The drawings and photographs in the exhibition are largely drawn from the Ernest Isbell Barott Archive at the CCA. Ernest Barott’s career coincided with a period of profound physical and social change in Canada, a time of national and civic(...)
1440 rue Sainte-Catherine Ouest
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How to: mind the moon
How to: mind the moon
A perverted material library by Lev Bratishenko, Francelle Cane, Anastasia Kubrak, Jane Mah Hutton, Marija Marić, Amelyn Ng, Bethany Rigby, and Fred Scharmen
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New towns created by private enterprise in the early years of the twentieth century bear witness to the confluence of economic, social, and political forces at work in shaping urban forms. Built quickly and expensively, these towns thoroughly planned to sustain industrial profits, relying on social control to ensure the hegemony of the ruling class. This exhibition traces(...)
Main galleries
6 March 1996 to 26 May 1996
Power and Planning: Industrial Towns in Québec, 1890-1950
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New towns created by private enterprise in the early years of the twentieth century bear witness to the confluence of economic, social, and political forces at work in shaping urban forms. Built quickly and expensively, these towns thoroughly planned to sustain industrial profits, relying on social control to ensure the hegemony of the ruling class. This exhibition traces(...)
Main galleries
Shaughnessy House Keyword(s):
research fellow 2023, seminar, research, Douglas Robb, Canada, landscape, decarbonization, northern corridor, infrastructure
1 June, 6 p.m.
Shaughnessy House Keyword(s):
research fellow 2023, seminar, research, Douglas Robb, Canada, landscape, decarbonization, northern corridor, infrastructure
In an age of unprecedented human impact on the planet, certain countries stand out for their privileged positions and the complexity of their relationships with the land. Stories about Canada closely follow the discovery and appropriation of vast and varied natural resources as well as changing ideas of the proper relationship between people and their environment.(...)
16 November 2016 to 9 April 2017
It’s All Happening So Fast
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In an age of unprecedented human impact on the planet, certain countries stand out for their privileged positions and the complexity of their relationships with the land. Stories about Canada closely follow the discovery and appropriation of vast and varied natural resources as well as changing ideas of the proper relationship between people and their environment.(...)
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AP075.S1.2000.PR02.004
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Original folder entitled: "BC FAMILY HEARING RESOURCE CENTRE / RESEARCH".
2000-2001
Research for the British Columbia Family Hearing Resource Centre, Surrey, British Columbia
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AP075.S1.2000.PR02.004
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Original folder entitled: "BC FAMILY HEARING RESOURCE CENTRE / RESEARCH".
textual records
2000-2001