Sub-series
Alternatives in Retrospect
CP138.S9.SS3.D4
Description:
File consists of a videocassette of interviews with Richard Nonas and Tina Girouard and excerpts of the Gordon Matta-Clark "Open House" (1972) film that were included in "Alternatives in Retrospect," a 1981 film produced by Jacki Apple made for the exhibition of the same name at The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York City, New York. File contains a videocassette.
1981
Alternatives in Retrospect
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CP138.S9.SS3.D4
Description:
File consists of a videocassette of interviews with Richard Nonas and Tina Girouard and excerpts of the Gordon Matta-Clark "Open House" (1972) film that were included in "Alternatives in Retrospect," a 1981 film produced by Jacki Apple made for the exhibition of the same name at The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York City, New York. File contains a videocassette.
File 4
1981
textual records
AP197.S2.018
Description:
The box includes writings about culture, style, science, proportions, geometry, ecology/environment, landscape/gardens, and design. More specifically, the subjects explored in these files include the Gothic revival to functional form, modernism and post modernism, cultural history, Richard Wagner, Angelo Rizzuto, museums, expressionism, modular and alchemy, and the avant garde.
circa 1963- 1990
Various research files on culture, style, science, proportions, geometry, ecology/environment, landscape/gardens, and design
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AP197.S2.018
Description:
The box includes writings about culture, style, science, proportions, geometry, ecology/environment, landscape/gardens, and design. More specifically, the subjects explored in these files include the Gothic revival to functional form, modernism and post modernism, cultural history, Richard Wagner, Angelo Rizzuto, museums, expressionism, modular and alchemy, and the avant garde.
textual records
circa 1963- 1990
Project
AP166.S1.2010.PR1
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This file documents an unbuilt project for a tower in Taichung, Taiwan. The project is apparently related to the Taiwan Tower International Competition (2010-2011), although it is not known whether or not the design was submitted to the competition. The file contains printouts of presentation drawings consisting of elevations and a section of the tower and a first floor plan for the Museum of Taichung City Development.
2010
Bi-Centinial Tower, Taichung, Taiwan (2010)
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AP166.S1.2010.PR1
Description:
This file documents an unbuilt project for a tower in Taichung, Taiwan. The project is apparently related to the Taiwan Tower International Competition (2010-2011), although it is not known whether or not the design was submitted to the competition. The file contains printouts of presentation drawings consisting of elevations and a section of the tower and a first floor plan for the Museum of Taichung City Development.
project
2010
textual records, photographs
AP197.S2.027
Description:
The box contains various research files organized in alphabetical order by either author's last name or subject, from L-N. This box also includes writings by or about Le Corbusier. Other files contain writings by and about Raphael Moneo, Erich Mendelosohn, Gunter Nitschke as well as writings about the architecture of museums.
1965-2005
Research files organized by author's last name or subject from L-N
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AP197.S2.027
Description:
The box contains various research files organized in alphabetical order by either author's last name or subject, from L-N. This box also includes writings by or about Le Corbusier. Other files contain writings by and about Raphael Moneo, Erich Mendelosohn, Gunter Nitschke as well as writings about the architecture of museums.
textual records, photographs
1965-2005
archives
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Fonds
Lars Spuybroek fonds
AP173
Synopsis:
The Lars Spuybroek fonds documents the professional practice of architect Lars Spuybroek from his early projects in the 1990s to projects undertaken with his firm NOX from 1995 to 2010. The majority of the documents in the fonds consist of photographic materials, drawings and textual records relating to over 70 projects, such as the H2Oexpo in Neeltje Jans Island, Netherlands (1997), the Maison Folie in Nantes, France (2001) and the D-Tower in Doetinchem, Netherlands (2004).
1980s-2010
Lars Spuybroek fonds
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AP173
Synopsis:
The Lars Spuybroek fonds documents the professional practice of architect Lars Spuybroek from his early projects in the 1990s to projects undertaken with his firm NOX from 1995 to 2010. The majority of the documents in the fonds consist of photographic materials, drawings and textual records relating to over 70 projects, such as the H2Oexpo in Neeltje Jans Island, Netherlands (1997), the Maison Folie in Nantes, France (2001) and the D-Tower in Doetinchem, Netherlands (2004).
archives
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Fonds
1980s-2010
articles
I could reinvent myself
institution, unlearning, curating, the museum is not enough, grant application, Giovanna Borasi, Albert Ferré, Francesco Garutti, Jayne Kelley, Mirko Zardini
1 May 2022
I could reinvent myself
An exercise in imagining new institutions marked by stringent limitations on their structures
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Project
AP173.S1.2007.D1
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Series documents Lars Spuybroek's project Shenzhen MOCAPE in Shenzhen, China, a competition entry for a museum for the City of Shenzhen. Material in this series was produced around 2007. The series contains reprographic copies of presentation drawings and presentation booklets of the project. This project may also include digital design material, which has yet to be processed and which will available for consultation in 2017.
ca. 2007
Shenzhen MOCAPE, Shenzhen, China (2007)
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AP173.S1.2007.D1
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Series documents Lars Spuybroek's project Shenzhen MOCAPE in Shenzhen, China, a competition entry for a museum for the City of Shenzhen. Material in this series was produced around 2007. The series contains reprographic copies of presentation drawings and presentation booklets of the project. This project may also include digital design material, which has yet to be processed and which will available for consultation in 2017.
Project
ca. 2007
Series
Projects
AP174.S1
Description:
This series contains records relating to four projects by Testa & Weiser: Kings Road Apparel Shop (1999), Carbon Tower (2001), Filament Tower (2006), and Strand Tower (2006). The bulk of the records in the series are digital files, the majority of which relate to the unbuilt research projects Carbon Tower (2001) and Strand Tower (2006). These files include files relating to the conceptual design and design development of the projects, production of presentation materials and 3D printed physical models, and exhibition of the projects in museums and galleries. For the Kings Road Apparel Shop and Filament Tower projects, the Testa & Weiser records contain only a single digital folio each. In addition to the digital files, this series contains eight 3D printed models of Carbon Tower and Strand Tower and 56 paper drawings of Carbon Tower.
2002-2014
Projects
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AP174.S1
Description:
This series contains records relating to four projects by Testa & Weiser: Kings Road Apparel Shop (1999), Carbon Tower (2001), Filament Tower (2006), and Strand Tower (2006). The bulk of the records in the series are digital files, the majority of which relate to the unbuilt research projects Carbon Tower (2001) and Strand Tower (2006). These files include files relating to the conceptual design and design development of the projects, production of presentation materials and 3D printed physical models, and exhibition of the projects in museums and galleries. For the Kings Road Apparel Shop and Filament Tower projects, the Testa & Weiser records contain only a single digital folio each. In addition to the digital files, this series contains eight 3D printed models of Carbon Tower and Strand Tower and 56 paper drawings of Carbon Tower.
Series
2002-2014
Project
AP137.D7
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File documents a combined visual and performing arts centre and cultural centre, consisting of a theatre, art gallery and museum, and library, with associated facilities, organized around a landscaped plaza. Built in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, the complex also includes a memorial hall dedicated to the Fathers of Confederation. File contains design development drawings, presentation drawings, working drawings, and shop drawings.
1962-1965, 1967
Fathers of Confederation Memorial Building
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AP137.D7
Description:
File documents a combined visual and performing arts centre and cultural centre, consisting of a theatre, art gallery and museum, and library, with associated facilities, organized around a landscaped plaza. Built in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, the complex also includes a memorial hall dedicated to the Fathers of Confederation. File contains design development drawings, presentation drawings, working drawings, and shop drawings.
File 7
1962-1965, 1967
Project
AP142.S1.D119
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File documents an executed project for a contemporary art museum in Beaumont-du-Lac, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. Material in this file was produced in 1987 and 1988. File contains design development drawings and presentation drawings. File also contains textual records, including correspondence, a quantity survey, specifications, promotional material, a publication, a bid, cartographic material, sketches, drawings, postcards and photographic material.
1987-1988
Centre d'art contemporain de l'île de Vassivière
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AP142.S1.D119
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File documents an executed project for a contemporary art museum in Beaumont-du-Lac, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. Material in this file was produced in 1987 and 1988. File contains design development drawings and presentation drawings. File also contains textual records, including correspondence, a quantity survey, specifications, promotional material, a publication, a bid, cartographic material, sketches, drawings, postcards and photographic material.
File 119
1987-1988