Project
AP018.S1.1982.PR03
Description:
This project series documents the installation of an inter-site communication antenna for the Bank of Montreal Central Computer Complex Two in Scarborough, Ontario in 1982. The office identified the project number as 8203. The project is recorded through textual records consisting of correspondence to a contractor dating from 1982.
1982
Bank of Montreal Central Computer Complex Two, Inter-site Antenna Installation, Scarborough, Ontario (1982)
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AP018.S1.1982.PR03
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This project series documents the installation of an inter-site communication antenna for the Bank of Montreal Central Computer Complex Two in Scarborough, Ontario in 1982. The office identified the project number as 8203. The project is recorded through textual records consisting of correspondence to a contractor dating from 1982.
Project
1982
Series
AP170.S2
Description:
Series 2, Software and related documentation, 1990 – 2014, contains unique iterations of the ACDC, Aegis, and HypoSurface software, and contains roughly 45,000 digital files. The bulk of the files date from approximately 2000 – 2001. This series chiefly consists of the materials received from Xavier Robitaille. This includes a virtual machine and DOS emulator for Aegis HypoSurface, as well as ACDC and Aegis Simulator software for Microsoft DOS and Win32 for Hyposurface installations. There is also a small amount of email correspondence in MBOX format between Robitaille, Mark Goulthorpe, and other project members documenting their work on the project. Additionally, there are two computer backups in this series. One is for Goulthorpe’s computer. The files from the disk image were carved out and only unique files were kept. It includes his files for the Aegis HypoSurface project and reflects his working environment. The second backup is a disk image of Paul Steenhuisen’s Mac G5 computer. The Mac G5 computer is a clone of an earlier G4, and is included with the archive to allow demonstration of the interactive logic that was developed through CeBIT, the International Manufacturers Technology Show (IMTS), and the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) conference at the Boston Convention Centre, including an interactive soundscape piece executed by artist Paul Steenhuisen. The G5 has a copy of FIELD, the user interface software developed for HypoSurface 2 and HypoSurface 3. The files from this computer were processed and made available in Series 3: Projects and events, and Series 4: Promotional materials. The disk image of the internal hard drive was retained in case future emulation is necessary. Because much of this series is software, roughly 42,000 files are or relate to executable programs. Formats for these materials are largely Java source code and Java object code, but also include HTML, plain text files, Aegis pattern files, and some unidentified formats. The remaining files in this series are chiefly vector and raster images referenced in the software. Notably, the Steenhuisen disk image is approximately 250 GB, and represents the largest part of this series. This series overlaps significantly with Series 3: Projects and events. This series contains software generally, while Series 3 contains any software related to a specific project or event.
1990 - 2014
Software and related documentation
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AP170.S2
Description:
Series 2, Software and related documentation, 1990 – 2014, contains unique iterations of the ACDC, Aegis, and HypoSurface software, and contains roughly 45,000 digital files. The bulk of the files date from approximately 2000 – 2001. This series chiefly consists of the materials received from Xavier Robitaille. This includes a virtual machine and DOS emulator for Aegis HypoSurface, as well as ACDC and Aegis Simulator software for Microsoft DOS and Win32 for Hyposurface installations. There is also a small amount of email correspondence in MBOX format between Robitaille, Mark Goulthorpe, and other project members documenting their work on the project. Additionally, there are two computer backups in this series. One is for Goulthorpe’s computer. The files from the disk image were carved out and only unique files were kept. It includes his files for the Aegis HypoSurface project and reflects his working environment. The second backup is a disk image of Paul Steenhuisen’s Mac G5 computer. The Mac G5 computer is a clone of an earlier G4, and is included with the archive to allow demonstration of the interactive logic that was developed through CeBIT, the International Manufacturers Technology Show (IMTS), and the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) conference at the Boston Convention Centre, including an interactive soundscape piece executed by artist Paul Steenhuisen. The G5 has a copy of FIELD, the user interface software developed for HypoSurface 2 and HypoSurface 3. The files from this computer were processed and made available in Series 3: Projects and events, and Series 4: Promotional materials. The disk image of the internal hard drive was retained in case future emulation is necessary. Because much of this series is software, roughly 42,000 files are or relate to executable programs. Formats for these materials are largely Java source code and Java object code, but also include HTML, plain text files, Aegis pattern files, and some unidentified formats. The remaining files in this series are chiefly vector and raster images referenced in the software. Notably, the Steenhuisen disk image is approximately 250 GB, and represents the largest part of this series. This series overlaps significantly with Series 3: Projects and events. This series contains software generally, while Series 3 contains any software related to a specific project or event.
Series
1990 - 2014
textual records
ARCH260010
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''permanent files'': Block 71 Technical Report (Robson Square), B.C. Hydro planning study, University of Waterloo computer building, British Columbia Medical Centre - Child and Maternity Health Unit, Building Skin report, Building Systems report
1975, 1984
Permanent files for various projects
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ARCH260010
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''permanent files'': Block 71 Technical Report (Robson Square), B.C. Hydro planning study, University of Waterloo computer building, British Columbia Medical Centre - Child and Maternity Health Unit, Building Skin report, Building Systems report
textual records
1975, 1984
Project
AP166.S1.1990.PR1
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This file documents the design and construction of the Galaxy Toyama Gymnasium in Imizu, Toyama, Japan. The project was developed as a theme pavilion for the 1st Japan Expo Toyama in 1992. The roof of the gymnasium is an undulating space frame structure with ball joints. Computers were used to find an optimum form for the roof and to calculate the dimensions of each component. The file contains approximately 200 design development drawings. There are also working drawings, including 72 numbered architectural drawings and 44 structural drawings. Digital material includes a 3-dimensional model of the roof and sections from a photoelasticity experiment. The remainder of the digital files consist of digital images of the built work and scans of drawings.There are a number of images printed out from computer files, including photoelasticity models and 3-D perspectives of the roof and of the building interior. There is a series of images from computer simulations of the roof dating from 1996. A set of 12 presentation panels contain wireframe images of the roof. There is a small amount of textual material, including proposal documents, graphics for the name of the building, publications and facsimile transmissions. Material in this file was created between 1990 and 2012, but predominantly between 1990 and 1992.
1990-1996, 2012
Galaxy Toyama Gymnasium, Imizu, Japan (1990-1992)
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AP166.S1.1990.PR1
Description:
This file documents the design and construction of the Galaxy Toyama Gymnasium in Imizu, Toyama, Japan. The project was developed as a theme pavilion for the 1st Japan Expo Toyama in 1992. The roof of the gymnasium is an undulating space frame structure with ball joints. Computers were used to find an optimum form for the roof and to calculate the dimensions of each component. The file contains approximately 200 design development drawings. There are also working drawings, including 72 numbered architectural drawings and 44 structural drawings. Digital material includes a 3-dimensional model of the roof and sections from a photoelasticity experiment. The remainder of the digital files consist of digital images of the built work and scans of drawings.There are a number of images printed out from computer files, including photoelasticity models and 3-D perspectives of the roof and of the building interior. There is a series of images from computer simulations of the roof dating from 1996. A set of 12 presentation panels contain wireframe images of the roof. There is a small amount of textual material, including proposal documents, graphics for the name of the building, publications and facsimile transmissions. Material in this file was created between 1990 and 2012, but predominantly between 1990 and 1992.
project
1990-1996, 2012
Series
TopSolid development
AP169.S2
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Series 2, TopSolid development, 1992 - 2011, documents Bernard Cache’s contribution to the development of the software TopSolid. This series includes born-digital material and chiefly dates from 1999 - 2008. Created in 1987 by Missler software, TopSolid was one of the first computer-aided design (CAD) software usable on portable computers. Bernard Cache was an early adopter of TopSolid and was later asked to contribute to the development of further versions of the software. It then became one of the first pieces of software to support both CAD and computer-aided manufacturing (CAM), which resulted from a radical proposition to link parametric design software seamlessly to robotic manufacturing. Bernard Cache’s contribution to this project underscores his interest for mathematics, geometry, and engineering reflected in his other areas of architectural and design work. Materials in this series portray Cache’s role in the development of the software. This includes programming records for the codes and configuration of the software which are primarily in plain text formats, still images and CAD formats (TopSolid). It also includes programming records for TopWood,an alternate software derived from TopSolid and developed to target the specificities of the wood industry. There are also a significant number of textual records, which constitutes training documents, bug reports, and correspondence (in Word and Excel formats).
1992-2011
TopSolid development
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AP169.S2
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Series 2, TopSolid development, 1992 - 2011, documents Bernard Cache’s contribution to the development of the software TopSolid. This series includes born-digital material and chiefly dates from 1999 - 2008. Created in 1987 by Missler software, TopSolid was one of the first computer-aided design (CAD) software usable on portable computers. Bernard Cache was an early adopter of TopSolid and was later asked to contribute to the development of further versions of the software. It then became one of the first pieces of software to support both CAD and computer-aided manufacturing (CAM), which resulted from a radical proposition to link parametric design software seamlessly to robotic manufacturing. Bernard Cache’s contribution to this project underscores his interest for mathematics, geometry, and engineering reflected in his other areas of architectural and design work. Materials in this series portray Cache’s role in the development of the software. This includes programming records for the codes and configuration of the software which are primarily in plain text formats, still images and CAD formats (TopSolid). It also includes programming records for TopWood,an alternate software derived from TopSolid and developed to target the specificities of the wood industry. There are also a significant number of textual records, which constitutes training documents, bug reports, and correspondence (in Word and Excel formats).
Series
1992-2011
Project
AP018.S1.1983.PR01
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This project series documents a study for the smoke ventilation provisions for the Bank of Montreal Central Computer Complex Two in Scarborough, Ontario in 1983. The office identified the project number as 8302. The project is recorded through drawings and textual records consisting of a tender package and a proposal dating from 1983.
1983
Bank of Montreal Central Computer Complex Two, Architectural, Structural, Mechanical and Electrical Work for Smoke Ventilation Provisions, Scarborough, Ontario (1983)
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AP018.S1.1983.PR01
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This project series documents a study for the smoke ventilation provisions for the Bank of Montreal Central Computer Complex Two in Scarborough, Ontario in 1983. The office identified the project number as 8302. The project is recorded through drawings and textual records consisting of a tender package and a proposal dating from 1983.
Project
1983
drawings
DR2004:0809
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sketches by Keiichi Saiki, most with annotations, some with additional annotations and sketch overlays by Cedric Price, diagrams, perspectives, sections, plans, elevations, notes, overlays, site plans, axonometrics, calculations, schematics, maps, and computer drawing
Sketches by Keiichi Saiki, most with annotations, some with additional annotations and sketch overlays
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DR2004:0809
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sketches by Keiichi Saiki, most with annotations, some with additional annotations and sketch overlays by Cedric Price, diagrams, perspectives, sections, plans, elevations, notes, overlays, site plans, axonometrics, calculations, schematics, maps, and computer drawing
drawings
photographs
Panoramic photographic montage of painting, clipping, exterior views of site for BTDB Computer
DR2004:1414
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panoramic photographic montage of painting, clipping, exterior views of site for BTDB Computer (AP144.S2.D70), including panoramic views, aerial views, and contact sheet, and axonometric view of Fun Palace (AP144.S2.D46)
Panoramic photographic montage of painting, clipping, exterior views of site for BTDB Computer
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DR2004:1414
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panoramic photographic montage of painting, clipping, exterior views of site for BTDB Computer (AP144.S2.D70), including panoramic views, aerial views, and contact sheet, and axonometric view of Fun Palace (AP144.S2.D46)
photographs
Sub-series
AP116.S4.SS2
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Sub-series documents the steps in the publication of Kojin Karatani's Architecture as Metaphor: Language, Number, Money, translated by Sabu Kohso, edited by Michael Speaks. Material in file was produced between 1993 and 1995. Sub-series contains various editions of the text, a computer diskette, correspondence, research material and a copy of the final publication.
1993-1995
Architecture as Metaphor: Language, Number, Money
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AP116.S4.SS2
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Sub-series documents the steps in the publication of Kojin Karatani's Architecture as Metaphor: Language, Number, Money, translated by Sabu Kohso, edited by Michael Speaks. Material in file was produced between 1993 and 1995. Sub-series contains various editions of the text, a computer diskette, correspondence, research material and a copy of the final publication.
Sub-series 2
1993-1995
Sub-series
Article Texts
AP116.S3.SS22.D2
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File documents some of the editorial activities in the production of The Virtual House, issue 19/20 of ANY magazine (September) as well as the corresponding In ANY Event Seminar proceedings. Material in file was produced between 1996 and 1997. File contains drafts of manuscripts, transcripts, correspondence, photographic material, illustrative material, and computer diskette.
1996-1997
Article Texts
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AP116.S3.SS22.D2
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File documents some of the editorial activities in the production of The Virtual House, issue 19/20 of ANY magazine (September) as well as the corresponding In ANY Event Seminar proceedings. Material in file was produced between 1996 and 1997. File contains drafts of manuscripts, transcripts, correspondence, photographic material, illustrative material, and computer diskette.
File 2
1996-1997