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A Social Reset
10 July 2021
Sit-coms, dramas, dramedies and other stories about society
Andrea Bellavita interviewed by Francesco Garutti on the evolving culture of television series, between anticipating societal transformations and documenting the now
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A Social Reset
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Architecting a Change
Forces of Friction
9 December 2024
Architecting a Change
Federica Zambeletti in conversation with Arno Brandlhuber and Olaf Grawert
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Forces of Friction
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AP207.S1.1978.PR01
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The project series documents "La Mia Casa All'Elba", Pettena's house in Viticcio on the Island of Elba. The project, started in 1978, remained an ongoing project as the house has undergone many transformations over the years. The residence "is conditioned by its relationship with the physical context, the material and the working of space." [1] Pettena even reused some of the material already on site to build the residence. The house is comprised of different pavilions and spaces interconnected by small paths: "The house has progressively been defined as a sequence of spaces connected by routes, just like in a village. So it goes on growing almost like a primitive village, through intentions, successive organizations of spaces that define one another and are linked together." [2] The project series contains a sketch, plans, perspective drawings of the house and later additions. The project series is also comprised of photographs, including interior views showing artworks, photographs of Elba possibly used for research, and two videocassettes possibly with recordings of TV shows presenting the house. Source: [1] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/arch-my-house-on-elba-1978-12/ (last accessed 12 November 2019) [2] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/arch-my-house-on-elba-1978-12/ (last accessed 12 November 2019)
circa 1978-2018
La Mia Casa All'Elba [My House on Elba], Vittocio, Italy (1978-2012)
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AP207.S1.1978.PR01
Description:
The project series documents "La Mia Casa All'Elba", Pettena's house in Viticcio on the Island of Elba. The project, started in 1978, remained an ongoing project as the house has undergone many transformations over the years. The residence "is conditioned by its relationship with the physical context, the material and the working of space." [1] Pettena even reused some of the material already on site to build the residence. The house is comprised of different pavilions and spaces interconnected by small paths: "The house has progressively been defined as a sequence of spaces connected by routes, just like in a village. So it goes on growing almost like a primitive village, through intentions, successive organizations of spaces that define one another and are linked together." [2] The project series contains a sketch, plans, perspective drawings of the house and later additions. The project series is also comprised of photographs, including interior views showing artworks, photographs of Elba possibly used for research, and two videocassettes possibly with recordings of TV shows presenting the house. Source: [1] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/arch-my-house-on-elba-1978-12/ (last accessed 12 November 2019) [2] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/arch-my-house-on-elba-1978-12/ (last accessed 12 November 2019)
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circa 1978-2018
Learning from... Tongzhou
It has been standard Chinese urban policy to develop new towns in overpopulated metropolitan regions since the 1990s. This lecture by Jing Zhou takes the case of Tongzhou near Beijing as an example of the resulting mixture of planned and unplanned urban development.Tongzhou town was first planned as a satellite town in the 1950s and founded on a historic harbour town. Its(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
10 April 2014 , 6pm
Learning from... Tongzhou
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It has been standard Chinese urban policy to develop new towns in overpopulated metropolitan regions since the 1990s. This lecture by Jing Zhou takes the case of Tongzhou near Beijing as an example of the resulting mixture of planned and unplanned urban development.Tongzhou town was first planned as a satellite town in the 1950s and founded on a historic harbour town. Its(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
Learning from... Bahrain
Noura al Sayeh presents the third lecture in the Learning From… the Middle East series. The presentation will survey the photographic documentation of the Bahrain coast by photographer Camille Zakharia. The urban transformations in the last 30 years have redrawn the Bahraini landscape and triggered the development of a contemporary vernacular culture. The presentation(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
6 October 2011 , 7pm
Learning from... Bahrain
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Noura al Sayeh presents the third lecture in the Learning From… the Middle East series. The presentation will survey the photographic documentation of the Bahrain coast by photographer Camille Zakharia. The urban transformations in the last 30 years have redrawn the Bahraini landscape and triggered the development of a contemporary vernacular culture. The presentation(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
exhibitions
Learning Architecture
As architecture acquired its modern identity as both a liberal art and a regulated profession, and as architectural theories and forms underwent radical transformations, the training of architects did not fundamentally change. The core activities of architectural students remain “Authority,” the study of treatises and theoretical works, “Observation,” the study of the(...)
Hall cases
5 July 1994 to 2 October 1994
Learning Architecture
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As architecture acquired its modern identity as both a liberal art and a regulated profession, and as architectural theories and forms underwent radical transformations, the training of architects did not fundamentally change. The core activities of architectural students remain “Authority,” the study of treatises and theoretical works, “Observation,” the study of the(...)
exhibitions
5 July 1994 to
2 October 1994
Hall cases
The Mound of Vendôme
The mound of Vendôme is a seemingly simple yet provocative artifact: an earthwork that became a central part of a radical attempt to transform urban iconography during the two-month rule of the Paris Commune in 1871. This exhibition and research project recalls this lost structure and calls for its contemporary reconstruction and historicization. Curated by David Gissen,(...)
Octagonal gallery
19 June 2014 to 28 September 2014
The Mound of Vendôme
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The mound of Vendôme is a seemingly simple yet provocative artifact: an earthwork that became a central part of a radical attempt to transform urban iconography during the two-month rule of the Paris Commune in 1871. This exhibition and research project recalls this lost structure and calls for its contemporary reconstruction and historicization. Curated by David Gissen,(...)
Octagonal gallery
The 60s: Montréal Thinks Big
During the 1960s, the massive scale of the changes that transformed Montréal made it an archetype of the great metropolises of the Western world. As host of Expo 67, Montréal asserted itself on the international scene as a city of the future. The 60s: Montréal Thinks Big illustrates the processes that brought about these changes. The exhibition’s original models,(...)
Main galleries
20 October 2004 to 11 September 2005
The 60s: Montréal Thinks Big
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During the 1960s, the massive scale of the changes that transformed Montréal made it an archetype of the great metropolises of the Western world. As host of Expo 67, Montréal asserted itself on the international scene as a city of the future. The 60s: Montréal Thinks Big illustrates the processes that brought about these changes. The exhibition’s original models,(...)
Main galleries
Luca Danese was an architect and hydraulic engineer active in northeastern Italy in the first half of the 17th century. His career, while rooted in the peculiar geography of the Po River Delta, interacted with and was shaped by the broader hydropolitics of the papal government that was busy transforming Rome’s water infrastructure. Further, it was the period when, with(...)
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research fellow 2023, seminar, research, Andrea Bagnato, Luca Danese, Italy, 17th century, hydropolitics, water
6 July, 6 p.m.
Research Fellow Seminar: Andrea Bagnato
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Luca Danese was an architect and hydraulic engineer active in northeastern Italy in the first half of the 17th century. His career, while rooted in the peculiar geography of the Po River Delta, interacted with and was shaped by the broader hydropolitics of the papal government that was busy transforming Rome’s water infrastructure. Further, it was the period when, with(...)
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research fellow 2023, seminar, research, Andrea Bagnato, Luca Danese, Italy, 17th century, hydropolitics, water
drawings
Plans d'électricité
ARCH274842
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Schéma pour la connexion des transformateurs et plan pour la connexion électrique du lave-vaisselle.
1931
Plans d'électricité
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ARCH274842
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Schéma pour la connexion des transformateurs et plan pour la connexion électrique du lave-vaisselle.
drawings
1931