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AP185.S2
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This project, 1994-2001, contains material related to the Ost/Kuttner Apartment, a built residential project in New York City. Described by its clients as “Cleopatra’s submarine,” the O/K Apartment converts two adjacent units in a pre-World War II building in New York into a single but divisible space. The Apartment is organized into areas defined less by their programmatic identity—bathroom, bedroom, living room—than by a series of undulating landscapes made up of custom, function-bridging forms, which KOL/MAC developed by digitally compositing cross-sections of everyday domestic objects. To produce the pieces, the architects worked intensively with contractors in a process directly informed by computer-aided fabrication in a variety of fields including ship-building, bobsled design, and stage design. The digital project records are largely in word processing formats, namely Microsoft Word for Mac and ClarisWorks, as well as images in TIF, JPEG, and Mac Pict image formats. There are also a large number of Microstation CAD drawings. There are two major groupings within the digital material: First, there is a body of video and still images. These consist of screen captures of renderings and other digital models. There are also images and HTML for a related website, a photograph viewer showing pictures of a built, physical model of the apartment. Of note, there are two videos which document the early construction of the Apartment, as well as the construction of the shower/bed. The second grouping consists of construction and design documentation. This consists of correspondence, invoices, and other word processing documents which show KOL/MAC’s work with the client, contractor, engineer, and other stakeholders. They also contain a large number of design files and images which document the evolving design of the Apartment. KOL/MAC versioned their working files at certain intervals, and each version represents a snapshot of the working files at a particular time. There is a substantial amount of duplication across these files. There is also a physical component to the records, including three material samples from the apartment, as well as 28 floorplans for the bid set, 6 floorplans, and 2 blueprints. There is also .3 linear meters of textual records which document KOL/MAC’s work with the client, contractor, and sub-contractor during construction.
1994-2001
O/K Apartment (New York, N.Y.)
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AP185.S2
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This project, 1994-2001, contains material related to the Ost/Kuttner Apartment, a built residential project in New York City. Described by its clients as “Cleopatra’s submarine,” the O/K Apartment converts two adjacent units in a pre-World War II building in New York into a single but divisible space. The Apartment is organized into areas defined less by their programmatic identity—bathroom, bedroom, living room—than by a series of undulating landscapes made up of custom, function-bridging forms, which KOL/MAC developed by digitally compositing cross-sections of everyday domestic objects. To produce the pieces, the architects worked intensively with contractors in a process directly informed by computer-aided fabrication in a variety of fields including ship-building, bobsled design, and stage design. The digital project records are largely in word processing formats, namely Microsoft Word for Mac and ClarisWorks, as well as images in TIF, JPEG, and Mac Pict image formats. There are also a large number of Microstation CAD drawings. There are two major groupings within the digital material: First, there is a body of video and still images. These consist of screen captures of renderings and other digital models. There are also images and HTML for a related website, a photograph viewer showing pictures of a built, physical model of the apartment. Of note, there are two videos which document the early construction of the Apartment, as well as the construction of the shower/bed. The second grouping consists of construction and design documentation. This consists of correspondence, invoices, and other word processing documents which show KOL/MAC’s work with the client, contractor, engineer, and other stakeholders. They also contain a large number of design files and images which document the evolving design of the Apartment. KOL/MAC versioned their working files at certain intervals, and each version represents a snapshot of the working files at a particular time. There is a substantial amount of duplication across these files. There is also a physical component to the records, including three material samples from the apartment, as well as 28 floorplans for the bid set, 6 floorplans, and 2 blueprints. There is also .3 linear meters of textual records which document KOL/MAC’s work with the client, contractor, and sub-contractor during construction.
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1994-2001
Ephemeral landscapes and pop-up settlements are continually increasing in scale and challenging the concept of the city as a stable and permanent entity. For this lecture Rahul Mehrotra, principal of architecture firm RMA Architects and Chair of Urban Planning and Design at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, presents his research on a pop-up settlement called the(...)
Shaughnessy House
13 February 2013 to 12 February 2013
Rahul Mehrota: The Case of the Kumbh Mela in India
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Ephemeral landscapes and pop-up settlements are continually increasing in scale and challenging the concept of the city as a stable and permanent entity. For this lecture Rahul Mehrotra, principal of architecture firm RMA Architects and Chair of Urban Planning and Design at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, presents his research on a pop-up settlement called the(...)
Shaughnessy House
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
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Project documentation for presentation purposes for Erickson's planning and urban designs projects
ARCH274184
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Photographic documentation for various projects filed under, "Planning and Urban Design, Including Transportation and Landscape." Contains slides of models, plans, perspective drawings, sites and completed projects where applicable. Includes: Simon Fraser University Master Plan, Burnaby, BC (1963); Village Lake Louise, Banff National Park, AB (1969); West Seattle Freeway, Seattle, WA, with Howard Needles Tammen and Bergendorf (1969); Snauq Harbour, Vancouver, BC (1970); Toronto Transit Study, Toronto, ON (1972); Vancouver Study, Vancouver, BC (1972); Brookswood-Belmont Area Plan, Langley, BC (1973); East End Lake Study, Vancouver, BC (1973); Inner Harbour Development, Victoria, BC (1973); Eglinton West Subway Station, Toronto, ON (1974); University of British Columbia Overpass, Vancouver, BC (1974); Yorkdale Subway Station, Toronto, ON (1974); Fintas Town Centre, Kuwait City, Kuwait (1979); California Plaza Master Plan, Los Angeles, CA (1980); Harbour Steps, Seattle WA, with Clayton R. Joyce (1980); Irvine Coastal Development, Orange County, CA, with POD (1980); King Abdul Aziz University Master Plan, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, with WZMH (1981); Simon Fraser University Village, Burnaby, BC (1981); Spadina Quay, Toronto, ON (1981); Civic Centre and 5th Hill Metrorail Stations, Los Angeles, CA (1983); East Boston Harborfront Master Plan, Boston, MA (1983); Tanjung Batu Coastal Reserve Master Plan, Bintilu, Sarwak, Malaysia, with Hijjas Kasturi Associates (1983); Centennial Campus Master Plan, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (1985); New Westminister Quay, BC (1987); University Streed Beautification, Seattle, WA (1987); Simon Fraser University Master Plan Review, Burnaby, BC (1989); Pearls of Kuwait, Kuwait (1989); Marathon Lands Study, Vancouver, BC (1989); Bayshore Gardens Competition, Vancouver, BC (1989); Bukit Timah Condominium Development, Singapore (1990); Johor Coastal Development, Johor, Malaysia (1992); Al-Buhariat City, Saudi Arabia (1993).
21 October 1994
Project documentation for presentation purposes for Erickson's planning and urban designs projects
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ARCH274184
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Photographic documentation for various projects filed under, "Planning and Urban Design, Including Transportation and Landscape." Contains slides of models, plans, perspective drawings, sites and completed projects where applicable. Includes: Simon Fraser University Master Plan, Burnaby, BC (1963); Village Lake Louise, Banff National Park, AB (1969); West Seattle Freeway, Seattle, WA, with Howard Needles Tammen and Bergendorf (1969); Snauq Harbour, Vancouver, BC (1970); Toronto Transit Study, Toronto, ON (1972); Vancouver Study, Vancouver, BC (1972); Brookswood-Belmont Area Plan, Langley, BC (1973); East End Lake Study, Vancouver, BC (1973); Inner Harbour Development, Victoria, BC (1973); Eglinton West Subway Station, Toronto, ON (1974); University of British Columbia Overpass, Vancouver, BC (1974); Yorkdale Subway Station, Toronto, ON (1974); Fintas Town Centre, Kuwait City, Kuwait (1979); California Plaza Master Plan, Los Angeles, CA (1980); Harbour Steps, Seattle WA, with Clayton R. Joyce (1980); Irvine Coastal Development, Orange County, CA, with POD (1980); King Abdul Aziz University Master Plan, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, with WZMH (1981); Simon Fraser University Village, Burnaby, BC (1981); Spadina Quay, Toronto, ON (1981); Civic Centre and 5th Hill Metrorail Stations, Los Angeles, CA (1983); East Boston Harborfront Master Plan, Boston, MA (1983); Tanjung Batu Coastal Reserve Master Plan, Bintilu, Sarwak, Malaysia, with Hijjas Kasturi Associates (1983); Centennial Campus Master Plan, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (1985); New Westminister Quay, BC (1987); University Streed Beautification, Seattle, WA (1987); Simon Fraser University Master Plan Review, Burnaby, BC (1989); Pearls of Kuwait, Kuwait (1989); Marathon Lands Study, Vancouver, BC (1989); Bayshore Gardens Competition, Vancouver, BC (1989); Bukit Timah Condominium Development, Singapore (1990); Johor Coastal Development, Johor, Malaysia (1992); Al-Buhariat City, Saudi Arabia (1993).
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21 October 1994
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
Architectural historian Barbara Penner traces the evolution of Niagara Falls – from its 19th-century honeymoon tourism to its state of post-industrial kitsch to its recent rebirth as a honeymoon destination. The photographer Alec Soth, whose work is the starting point for this lecture, compellingly portrays a ruined post-industrial landscape of love in his series Niagara(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
23 April 2009
Learning from... Niagara Falls
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Architectural historian Barbara Penner traces the evolution of Niagara Falls – from its 19th-century honeymoon tourism to its state of post-industrial kitsch to its recent rebirth as a honeymoon destination. The photographer Alec Soth, whose work is the starting point for this lecture, compellingly portrays a ruined post-industrial landscape of love in his series Niagara(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
Architecture and Its Image examines the complex relationships between drawings, photographs, prints, and other architectural representations and the buildings, landscapes, and cities they represent. The exhibition assembles images dating from the early sixteenth century to the late twentieth century from Tokyo and Rome to Mississauga and Montreal and includes maps, books,(...)
7 May 1989 to 7 August 1989
Architecture and Its Image
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Architecture and Its Image examines the complex relationships between drawings, photographs, prints, and other architectural representations and the buildings, landscapes, and cities they represent. The exhibition assembles images dating from the early sixteenth century to the late twentieth century from Tokyo and Rome to Mississauga and Montreal and includes maps, books,(...)
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AP051
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The Groupe de recherche sur Montréal fonds, 1975-1997, documents the Groupe de recherche sur Montréal’s (GRM) extensive research on the development of pre and post-industrial Montreal’s built environment. In addition to this extensive collection of research materials, the fonds also includes administrative files relating to the GRM’s everyday administration and management. Materials found in this fonds consist of approximately 40 l.m. of textual documentation, approximately 2000 maps and 1 model.
1975-1997
Groupe de recherche sur Montréal fonds
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AP051
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The Groupe de recherche sur Montréal fonds, 1975-1997, documents the Groupe de recherche sur Montréal’s (GRM) extensive research on the development of pre and post-industrial Montreal’s built environment. In addition to this extensive collection of research materials, the fonds also includes administrative files relating to the GRM’s everyday administration and management. Materials found in this fonds consist of approximately 40 l.m. of textual documentation, approximately 2000 maps and 1 model.
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1975-1997
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Milton Parc fonds
AP025
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The Milton Parc fonds, 1969 – 1989, documents the Société du patrimoine urbaine de Montréal’s (SPUM) planning, design and renovation of Montreal’s historic Milton Parc neighbourhood. Recognized as one of the largest co-operative rehabilitation projects completed in Canada, the Milton Parc housing project (1979-1982) renovated over 135 historic buildings and 597 dwelling units within Milton Parc’s 6-block radius. The fonds consists of the following materials: approximately 600 drawings, 85 l.m. of textual records, 0.6 l.m. of slides, 0.6 l.m.of photographs, 8 posters, 3 seals, 2 models, 2 rubber stamps, and 2 audio cassettes.
1962-1989
Milton Parc fonds
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AP025
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The Milton Parc fonds, 1969 – 1989, documents the Société du patrimoine urbaine de Montréal’s (SPUM) planning, design and renovation of Montreal’s historic Milton Parc neighbourhood. Recognized as one of the largest co-operative rehabilitation projects completed in Canada, the Milton Parc housing project (1979-1982) renovated over 135 historic buildings and 597 dwelling units within Milton Parc’s 6-block radius. The fonds consists of the following materials: approximately 600 drawings, 85 l.m. of textual records, 0.6 l.m. of slides, 0.6 l.m.of photographs, 8 posters, 3 seals, 2 models, 2 rubber stamps, and 2 audio cassettes.
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1962-1989
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Shim-Sutcliffe fonds
AP110
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The Shim-Sutcliffe fonds documents the work of the architectural firm Shim-Sutcliffe. The fonds includes drawings, models, and objects related to architectural projects dating from 1988-2009.
1988-2009
Shim-Sutcliffe fonds
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AP110
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The Shim-Sutcliffe fonds documents the work of the architectural firm Shim-Sutcliffe. The fonds includes drawings, models, and objects related to architectural projects dating from 1988-2009.
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Fonds
1988-2009