Learning from... Hong Kong
Self-built settlements on the roofs of high-rise buildings have been an integral part of Hong Kong’s history for over half a century. Rooftop structures range from basic shelters for the disadvantaged to intricate multi-storey constructions equipped with the amenities of modern life. Rufina Wu and Stefan Canham use the tools of an architect and a photographer to document(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
3 May 2012 , 7pm
Learning from... Hong Kong
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Self-built settlements on the roofs of high-rise buildings have been an integral part of Hong Kong’s history for over half a century. Rooftop structures range from basic shelters for the disadvantaged to intricate multi-storey constructions equipped with the amenities of modern life. Rufina Wu and Stefan Canham use the tools of an architect and a photographer to document(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
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AP018.S1.1958.PR03
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This project series documents the design and construction of Toronto City Hall and Civic Square in Toronto from 1958-1965. The office identified the project number as 5867. The design of Toronto's New City Hall, built next to its older counterpart, was realized through an international architectural competition that attracted more than 500 entries from around the world. Eventually, a unanimous jury chose Finnish architect Viljo Revell's design, cementing the age of modernist architecture in Toronto. However, the rules stated that if the winning architect was not part of the Ontario Association of Architects, they were required to partner with a local firm. In this way, John B. Parkin Associates was chosen as the associate architects for this project. The design was comprised of a concrete dome house, which contained the city council chambers, surrounded by two curved office towers, all perched on top of a podium, with a public square to the south, known as Nathan Phillips Square. The buildings were 816,000 square feet in size, the west tower having 18 office floors and the east tower with 25. The project is recorded through drawings, a mounted presentation photograph of the project and textual records dating from 1958-1966. The drawings are mostly reprographic copies, which include plans, elevations, sections, details and perspectives. The textual records consist of a competition synopsis book, a book of submission materials for the competition, and correspondence between Parkin and Revell.
1958-1966
Toronto City Hall and Civic Square, Toronto (1958)
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AP018.S1.1958.PR03
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This project series documents the design and construction of Toronto City Hall and Civic Square in Toronto from 1958-1965. The office identified the project number as 5867. The design of Toronto's New City Hall, built next to its older counterpart, was realized through an international architectural competition that attracted more than 500 entries from around the world. Eventually, a unanimous jury chose Finnish architect Viljo Revell's design, cementing the age of modernist architecture in Toronto. However, the rules stated that if the winning architect was not part of the Ontario Association of Architects, they were required to partner with a local firm. In this way, John B. Parkin Associates was chosen as the associate architects for this project. The design was comprised of a concrete dome house, which contained the city council chambers, surrounded by two curved office towers, all perched on top of a podium, with a public square to the south, known as Nathan Phillips Square. The buildings were 816,000 square feet in size, the west tower having 18 office floors and the east tower with 25. The project is recorded through drawings, a mounted presentation photograph of the project and textual records dating from 1958-1966. The drawings are mostly reprographic copies, which include plans, elevations, sections, details and perspectives. The textual records consist of a competition synopsis book, a book of submission materials for the competition, and correspondence between Parkin and Revell.
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1958-1966
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AP178.S1.1998.PR08
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This project series documents the Biblioteca de Humanidades de la Universidade de Salamanca in Salamanca, Spain. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 103/90. The office assigned the date 1998 to this project. The project site was located on the site of the Colegio Mayor de Cuenca near the Palacio de Congresos built by Juan Navarro Baldeweg. Previously on this site was the Convento de San Agustin, which was destroyed during the Peninsular War. During the construction of the Colegio Mayor de Cuence archeological artifacts were discovered. The library was originally part of Siza's intervention in Salamanca, including a building for the Fundación Caja Duero and a building for the Fundación Germán Sánchez Ruipérez. None of these projects were realized. The design for the library included three floors and a basement and integrates architectural vestiges. The project was not realized. Documenting this project are sketches, mechanical drawings, plumbing drawings, structural drawings and annotated plans. Textual materials include project documentation, correspondence, and details for the archaeological excavation. Photographic materials include panoramas and negatives showing the model.
1998-2008
Biblioteca de Humanidades de la Universidade de Salamanca [Humanities Library, University of Salamanca], Salamanca, Spain (1998)
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AP178.S1.1998.PR08
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This project series documents the Biblioteca de Humanidades de la Universidade de Salamanca in Salamanca, Spain. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 103/90. The office assigned the date 1998 to this project. The project site was located on the site of the Colegio Mayor de Cuenca near the Palacio de Congresos built by Juan Navarro Baldeweg. Previously on this site was the Convento de San Agustin, which was destroyed during the Peninsular War. During the construction of the Colegio Mayor de Cuence archeological artifacts were discovered. The library was originally part of Siza's intervention in Salamanca, including a building for the Fundación Caja Duero and a building for the Fundación Germán Sánchez Ruipérez. None of these projects were realized. The design for the library included three floors and a basement and integrates architectural vestiges. The project was not realized. Documenting this project are sketches, mechanical drawings, plumbing drawings, structural drawings and annotated plans. Textual materials include project documentation, correspondence, and details for the archaeological excavation. Photographic materials include panoramas and negatives showing the model.
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1998-2008
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Sheffield Festival
AP144.S2.D61
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File documents an unrealized project for the Sheffield Festival which was organized by the University of Sheffield Union of Students, in Sheffield, England, United Kingdom. An early proposal by Feliks Topolski and Cedric Price called for lightweight and movable gem-shaped enclosures of metal tubing, and fibreglass panels to be illustrated by Topolski. Later proposals involved the participation of Richard Hamilton, Robyn Denny, Bernard Cohen, and Joe Tilson. Material in this file includes conceptual sketches, detail sketches of support system, reprographic copies from original drawings, and photographic views of a model. Some material in this file was published in Price, Cedric, with Peter Murray. 'The Second Instalment in the Cedric Price Supplement Series', 'Architectural Design', vol. 41, (January 1971), 38. Feliks Topolski and Cedric Price also collaborated on a later project (see Topolski/Waterloo AP144.S2.D88). Material in the file was produced between 1964 and 1968. File contains conceptual drawings, photographic materials, and textual records.
1964-1968
Sheffield Festival
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AP144.S2.D61
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File documents an unrealized project for the Sheffield Festival which was organized by the University of Sheffield Union of Students, in Sheffield, England, United Kingdom. An early proposal by Feliks Topolski and Cedric Price called for lightweight and movable gem-shaped enclosures of metal tubing, and fibreglass panels to be illustrated by Topolski. Later proposals involved the participation of Richard Hamilton, Robyn Denny, Bernard Cohen, and Joe Tilson. Material in this file includes conceptual sketches, detail sketches of support system, reprographic copies from original drawings, and photographic views of a model. Some material in this file was published in Price, Cedric, with Peter Murray. 'The Second Instalment in the Cedric Price Supplement Series', 'Architectural Design', vol. 41, (January 1971), 38. Feliks Topolski and Cedric Price also collaborated on a later project (see Topolski/Waterloo AP144.S2.D88). Material in the file was produced between 1964 and 1968. File contains conceptual drawings, photographic materials, and textual records.
File 61
1964-1968
The Idea of the Penitentiary
This exhibition explores the notion of penitentiary, which worked its way into the consciousness and across the landscape of Europe and North America during the nineteenth century. Drawing upon the growing rationalist tendencies in architecture and social theory during the eighteenth century, proponents of penitentiary emphasised a clear geometry of separation,(...)
Hall cases
8 November 1995 to 31 May 1996
The Idea of the Penitentiary
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This exhibition explores the notion of penitentiary, which worked its way into the consciousness and across the landscape of Europe and North America during the nineteenth century. Drawing upon the growing rationalist tendencies in architecture and social theory during the eighteenth century, proponents of penitentiary emphasised a clear geometry of separation,(...)
Hall cases
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AP163.S2.SS1.D3
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File documents Victor Prus's project for the International Calvert House Competition for the Canadian Home of Tomorrow, sponsored by the School of Architecture of McGill University and for which he obtained an honorable mention. Material in this file was produced in 1954. The file contains originals drawings and a presentation panel.
1954
International Calvert House Competition
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AP163.S2.SS1.D3
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File documents Victor Prus's project for the International Calvert House Competition for the Canadian Home of Tomorrow, sponsored by the School of Architecture of McGill University and for which he obtained an honorable mention. Material in this file was produced in 1954. The file contains originals drawings and a presentation panel.
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1954
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Europe = Europe
AP156.S3.SS1
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La sous-série documente les projets architecturaux et d'urbanisme de Pierre Jeanneret et autres architectes en Europe durant les années 1940 jusqu'à la première moitié des années 1960. La sous-série inclut certains projets réalisés avec la Bureau Central de Construction, en Suisse, ainsi que ses projets indivuels dont le Centre d'apprentissage de Béziers, en France. Le matériel dans cette sous-série a probablement été produit entre 1940 et 1963. La sous-série contient des dessins, principalement des reprographies, donc des études, des dessins conceptuels, des dessins de développement du design, des dessins d'exécution et des dessins de présentation. La sous-série contient aussi des épreuves photomécaniques, une photographie et quelques chemises utilisées par Pierre Jeanneret pour classer ses dossiers de projets. Sub-series documents architectural and urban planning projects of Pierre Jeanneret and other architects in Europe in the 1940s to the first half of the 1960s. The sub-series includes some projects completed with the Bureau Central de la Construction, in Switzerland, and his individual projets including the Centre d'apprentissage in Béziers, France. The material in this sub-series was probably produced between 1940 to 1963. The sub-series contains drawings, predominantly reprographic copies, such as studies, conceptual drawings, design developement drawings, working drawings and presentation drawings. The sub-series also contains photomechanial prints, a photograph and some folder used by Pierre Jeanneret to organized his projects' files.
1940-1963
Europe = Europe
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AP156.S3.SS1
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La sous-série documente les projets architecturaux et d'urbanisme de Pierre Jeanneret et autres architectes en Europe durant les années 1940 jusqu'à la première moitié des années 1960. La sous-série inclut certains projets réalisés avec la Bureau Central de Construction, en Suisse, ainsi que ses projets indivuels dont le Centre d'apprentissage de Béziers, en France. Le matériel dans cette sous-série a probablement été produit entre 1940 et 1963. La sous-série contient des dessins, principalement des reprographies, donc des études, des dessins conceptuels, des dessins de développement du design, des dessins d'exécution et des dessins de présentation. La sous-série contient aussi des épreuves photomécaniques, une photographie et quelques chemises utilisées par Pierre Jeanneret pour classer ses dossiers de projets. Sub-series documents architectural and urban planning projects of Pierre Jeanneret and other architects in Europe in the 1940s to the first half of the 1960s. The sub-series includes some projects completed with the Bureau Central de la Construction, in Switzerland, and his individual projets including the Centre d'apprentissage in Béziers, France. The material in this sub-series was probably produced between 1940 to 1963. The sub-series contains drawings, predominantly reprographic copies, such as studies, conceptual drawings, design developement drawings, working drawings and presentation drawings. The sub-series also contains photomechanial prints, a photograph and some folder used by Pierre Jeanneret to organized his projects' files.
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1940-1963
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Zéphirin Perrault fonds
AP107
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The Zéphirin Perrault fonds, 1866-1885, documents architect Zéphirin Perrault’s design of approximately ten churches in rural Québec and the St. Michael Cathedral in Toronto, Ontario. A drawing by Victor Bourgneau (1809-1888) is also included in this fonds. Materials consist of approximately 42 drawings and 5 textual documents.
1866-1885
Zéphirin Perrault fonds
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AP107
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The Zéphirin Perrault fonds, 1866-1885, documents architect Zéphirin Perrault’s design of approximately ten churches in rural Québec and the St. Michael Cathedral in Toronto, Ontario. A drawing by Victor Bourgneau (1809-1888) is also included in this fonds. Materials consist of approximately 42 drawings and 5 textual documents.
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1866-1885
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Travel Records
AP032.S1.SS3.D1
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Journals, photographs and documentation material of Goldsmith's European travels to Great Britain, continental Europe and parts of the Middle East before returning to the United States in 1955. Includes student papers from the University of Rome, and drawings and photographs of Goldsmith's unbuilt architecture/engineering projects in Italy.
1951-1955
Travel Records
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AP032.S1.SS3.D1
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Journals, photographs and documentation material of Goldsmith's European travels to Great Britain, continental Europe and parts of the Middle East before returning to the United States in 1955. Includes student papers from the University of Rome, and drawings and photographs of Goldsmith's unbuilt architecture/engineering projects in Italy.
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1951-1955
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AP178.S1.1998.PR07
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This project series documents the C. Cultural e Audit. para a Fundação Ibere Camargo in Porto Alegre, Brazil. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 102/90. The office assigned the date 1998 to this project. At the end of the nineties, an architectural competition was held for the construction of a new building for the Iberê Camargo Foundation. The foundation holds the archives and work of the Brazilian painter Ibere Carmargo, as well as hosts temporary exhibitions and seminars. The project site is located near the Guaíba River, between a cliff and the Avenida Padre Cacique. Collaborators on the project were Barbara Rangel, Pedro Polonia, Michele Gigante, Francesca Montalto, Atsushi Ueno, Rita Amaral, José Luiz Cana, and Camargo Correa. The three-stories building is 88,000 square feet and includes nine galleries, storage spaces, offices, a bookstore, an auditorium, and a video library. Each of the galleries is independent but linked via a system of ramps. One of the unique qualities of the building are the ramps that come out of its concrete façade. Due to the limited space, the parking was built below the Avenida Padre Cacique. The building respects the concept of sustainable development, with a sewage treatment station that redistributes the water to the surrounding vegetation. The museum was Siza's first built project in Brazil and it was inaugurated in 2008. Siza received the Golden Lion award at the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2003 for this project. Documenting this project are sketches, studies, preliminary drawings, working drawings, technical drawings, and electrical drawings. Textual material includes project documentation, correspondence, and documentation regarding exhibitions about the building. Photographic material documents the models, project site, and built project.
1998-2006
C. Cultural e Audit. para a Fundação Iberê Camargo [Iberê Camargo Foundation Museum], Porto Alegre, Brazil (1998)
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AP178.S1.1998.PR07
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This project series documents the C. Cultural e Audit. para a Fundação Ibere Camargo in Porto Alegre, Brazil. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 102/90. The office assigned the date 1998 to this project. At the end of the nineties, an architectural competition was held for the construction of a new building for the Iberê Camargo Foundation. The foundation holds the archives and work of the Brazilian painter Ibere Carmargo, as well as hosts temporary exhibitions and seminars. The project site is located near the Guaíba River, between a cliff and the Avenida Padre Cacique. Collaborators on the project were Barbara Rangel, Pedro Polonia, Michele Gigante, Francesca Montalto, Atsushi Ueno, Rita Amaral, José Luiz Cana, and Camargo Correa. The three-stories building is 88,000 square feet and includes nine galleries, storage spaces, offices, a bookstore, an auditorium, and a video library. Each of the galleries is independent but linked via a system of ramps. One of the unique qualities of the building are the ramps that come out of its concrete façade. Due to the limited space, the parking was built below the Avenida Padre Cacique. The building respects the concept of sustainable development, with a sewage treatment station that redistributes the water to the surrounding vegetation. The museum was Siza's first built project in Brazil and it was inaugurated in 2008. Siza received the Golden Lion award at the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2003 for this project. Documenting this project are sketches, studies, preliminary drawings, working drawings, technical drawings, and electrical drawings. Textual material includes project documentation, correspondence, and documentation regarding exhibitions about the building. Photographic material documents the models, project site, and built project.
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1998-2006