Chicago-based artist Michael Rakowitz speaks with Luca Stasi of Recetas Urbanas about their various projects. Rakowitz’s work explores the concepts of nomadic habitat and urban appropriation, while Recetas Urbanas uses strategies of urban intervention that take advantage of legal loopholes, opening up opportunities for autonomous architecture. The conversation is part of(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
2 April 2009
Michael Rakowitz and Luca Stasi of Recetas Urbanas
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Chicago-based artist Michael Rakowitz speaks with Luca Stasi of Recetas Urbanas about their various projects. Rakowitz’s work explores the concepts of nomadic habitat and urban appropriation, while Recetas Urbanas uses strategies of urban intervention that take advantage of legal loopholes, opening up opportunities for autonomous architecture. The conversation is part of(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
That digital tools have changed the very nature of designing and making buildings is unquestioned. Yet formal innovation and ingenuity—and the technical competence needed to achieve those ends—are not merely a function of the virtuosity of form-making. Rather, they also make evident the dramatic impact that digital capabilities have on the roles, responsibility, and(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
20 October 2016, 6pm
Sound Advice and Clear Drawings: Design and Computation in the Second Machine Age
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That digital tools have changed the very nature of designing and making buildings is unquestioned. Yet formal innovation and ingenuity—and the technical competence needed to achieve those ends—are not merely a function of the virtuosity of form-making. Rather, they also make evident the dramatic impact that digital capabilities have on the roles, responsibility, and(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
Liquidated Architecture
American urban planner and designer Damon Rich examines the links among politics, architecture, and history. His research analyses the evolution of the real estate market – foreclosures, mortgages, construction and zoning. He is also a collaborator of the Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP), an organization based in Brooklyn that studies movements within cities and their(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
26 February 2009
Liquidated Architecture
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American urban planner and designer Damon Rich examines the links among politics, architecture, and history. His research analyses the evolution of the real estate market – foreclosures, mortgages, construction and zoning. He is also a collaborator of the Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP), an organization based in Brooklyn that studies movements within cities and their(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
photographs
ARCH268724
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Contains photographic materials on projects and publications by Abalos & Herreros used during lectures and conferences: - Ordenación del área de Abandoibarra, Bilbao, AP164.S1.1993.D5 (18 slides: plans, model and reference materials); - Parque Dunar, Doñana National Park, AP164.S1.1993.D6 (54 slides: plans, collages, reference materials, etc.); - Encauzamiento del río Guadalhorce, AP164.S1.1993.D4 (11 slides: site plans); - Centro cívico y comercial, Majadahonda, AP164.S1.1992.D3 (40 slides: model, reference materials); - Las Afueras, AP164.S2.SS1.D5 (38 slides: landscape and reference materials); - 2 unidentified projects (17 slides: reference materials); - Casa mu? Arte (5 slides: interior and exterior views).
between 1993 and 1995?
Ring binder with photographic materials related to six or eight projects by Abalos & Herreros
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ARCH268724
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Contains photographic materials on projects and publications by Abalos & Herreros used during lectures and conferences: - Ordenación del área de Abandoibarra, Bilbao, AP164.S1.1993.D5 (18 slides: plans, model and reference materials); - Parque Dunar, Doñana National Park, AP164.S1.1993.D6 (54 slides: plans, collages, reference materials, etc.); - Encauzamiento del río Guadalhorce, AP164.S1.1993.D4 (11 slides: site plans); - Centro cívico y comercial, Majadahonda, AP164.S1.1992.D3 (40 slides: model, reference materials); - Las Afueras, AP164.S2.SS1.D5 (38 slides: landscape and reference materials); - 2 unidentified projects (17 slides: reference materials); - Casa mu? Arte (5 slides: interior and exterior views).
photographs
between 1993 and 1995?
graphic materials
DR2012:0012:050
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File containing assorted posters and mailouts for the following events, etc.: - poster for Quebec release of For a few dollars more; - mailout for Robert Rauschenberg exhibition at Sonnabend Gallery; - poster for Robert Rauchenberg's White paintings at Leo Castelli Gallery; - posters for Melvin Charney: other monuments, six works exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ontario; - poster for Between observation and intervention: the painted photographs of Melvin Charney; - mailout for Frank Stella lithographs at Castelli Graphics [Leo Castelli Gallery]; - invitation for the opening of Montréal, plus ou moins?; - poster for Edward Rushca Liquid word series at the Alexandre Iolas Gallery; - poster for a conference at the Technische Hogeschool Eindhoven in which Melvin Charney participated; - poster and unfolded brochure for Corridart; - poster for James Rosenquist exhibition at Leo Castelli Gallery; - poster for Melvin Charney's exhibition Other monuments: 1970-1976 at Gund Hall, Harvard University; - poster for James Rosenquist exhibition at Leo Castelli Gallery; - poster for Jasper Johns exhibition at Leo Castelli Gallery; - colour and black-and-white publication dummies for a book about Melvin Charney by the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal; - poster for exhibition for the 6th residential course of the Labratorio internazionale di Architettura e Disegno Urbano.
between 1965 and 2008, predominant 1976-1981
Posters and mailouts for various events
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DR2012:0012:050
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File containing assorted posters and mailouts for the following events, etc.: - poster for Quebec release of For a few dollars more; - mailout for Robert Rauschenberg exhibition at Sonnabend Gallery; - poster for Robert Rauchenberg's White paintings at Leo Castelli Gallery; - posters for Melvin Charney: other monuments, six works exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ontario; - poster for Between observation and intervention: the painted photographs of Melvin Charney; - mailout for Frank Stella lithographs at Castelli Graphics [Leo Castelli Gallery]; - invitation for the opening of Montréal, plus ou moins?; - poster for Edward Rushca Liquid word series at the Alexandre Iolas Gallery; - poster for a conference at the Technische Hogeschool Eindhoven in which Melvin Charney participated; - poster and unfolded brochure for Corridart; - poster for James Rosenquist exhibition at Leo Castelli Gallery; - poster for Melvin Charney's exhibition Other monuments: 1970-1976 at Gund Hall, Harvard University; - poster for James Rosenquist exhibition at Leo Castelli Gallery; - poster for Jasper Johns exhibition at Leo Castelli Gallery; - colour and black-and-white publication dummies for a book about Melvin Charney by the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal; - poster for exhibition for the 6th residential course of the Labratorio internazionale di Architettura e Disegno Urbano.
graphic materials
between 1965 and 2008, predominant 1976-1981
events
Learning from... London
Kieran Long presents a story about the difficulty of describing a city in all its richness. London contains stories and meanings that are alive to its citizens, but apparently too difficult to talk about, too rich, and too messy to be allowed to affect those who decide how the city changes. The deafness of developers, politicians and architects to these narratives is so(...)
Paul Desmarais Theater
10 March 2011 , 7pm
Learning from... London
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Kieran Long presents a story about the difficulty of describing a city in all its richness. London contains stories and meanings that are alive to its citizens, but apparently too difficult to talk about, too rich, and too messy to be allowed to affect those who decide how the city changes. The deafness of developers, politicians and architects to these narratives is so(...)
events
10 March 2011
7pm
Paul Desmarais Theater
In this talk, titled Design the place for people to meet, Manabu Chiba will explain his approach to design with an emphasis on realizing architecture as a facilitator for new place-to-place, person-to-person and people-to-place interactions. His work attempts to reveal the context of a site and create formal simplicity, in order to nurture relationships among(...)
11 February 2016
Manabu Chiba wants to speak with you
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In this talk, titled Design the place for people to meet, Manabu Chiba will explain his approach to design with an emphasis on realizing architecture as a facilitator for new place-to-place, person-to-person and people-to-place interactions. His work attempts to reveal the context of a site and create formal simplicity, in order to nurture relationships among(...)
Learning from… Toronto
Ian Chodikoff, architect, urban designer, and editor of Canadian Architect magazine, presents his research on the contemporary suburb and how the influences of ethnic diversity and multiculturalism affect architecture and urban design within the suburban landscape across the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Today’s suburbs are more ethnically diverse, globally connected and(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
4 March 2010 , 7pm
Learning from… Toronto
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Ian Chodikoff, architect, urban designer, and editor of Canadian Architect magazine, presents his research on the contemporary suburb and how the influences of ethnic diversity and multiculturalism affect architecture and urban design within the suburban landscape across the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Today’s suburbs are more ethnically diverse, globally connected and(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
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(...)
archives
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AP198
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The Kivi Sotamaa OCEAN North project records, 1997-2000, consist of born-digital files, drawings, photographs, and physical models that document two projects by the OCEAN North collective: Jyväskylä Music and Arts Centre (competition, 1997) and Tölöö Football Stadium (competition, 1997). The archive also includes born-digital reference materials on 14 projects from the collective, including the two projects mentioned above.
1997-2000
Kivi Sotamaa OCEAN North project records
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AP198
Synopsis:
The Kivi Sotamaa OCEAN North project records, 1997-2000, consist of born-digital files, drawings, photographs, and physical models that document two projects by the OCEAN North collective: Jyväskylä Music and Arts Centre (competition, 1997) and Tölöö Football Stadium (competition, 1997). The archive also includes born-digital reference materials on 14 projects from the collective, including the two projects mentioned above.
archives
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Fonds
1997-2000