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AP178.S1.1988.PR07.SS4
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This project series documents the restoration of the Castro & Melo building in Lisbon, Portugal. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 58/80 N 8/9. The office assigned the date 1988-1998 for this project. The Edificio Castro e Melo was part of Bloco A and identified as building 8/9 in the reconstruction plan of Siza. The structure of the building, originally built in the18th century in order to resist earthquakes, was rebuilt in concrete. Archival research was done in order to reproduce as much as possible the original style of the building. The interior of the building was reorganized to introduce dwellings. The first and second floors were kept as they were originally for stores and storerooms. The third and fourth floors were built for offices. The fifth, sixth and seventh floors were rearranged to introduce apartments to the building. The eighth floor was used for the technical equipment of the building. In 1996, Siza received the Secil prize for this building. Drawings include studies, working drawings, mechanical drawings, and details of finishes. Textual material includes project documentation, studies, and correspondence. Photographic material include images of studies, details of the interior and exterior, as well as construction work. It is important to mention that documentation can also be found in subseries Master plans and exterior spaces (AP178.S1.1988.PR07.SS1) and Bloco A (AP178.S1.1988.PR07.SS2).
1988-1998
Edifício Castro e Melo, Bloco A, Reconstrução do Chiado [Castro & Melo building, Block A, Reconstruction of the Chiado] Lisbon, Portugal, 1988-1998
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AP178.S1.1988.PR07.SS4
Description:
This project series documents the restoration of the Castro & Melo building in Lisbon, Portugal. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 58/80 N 8/9. The office assigned the date 1988-1998 for this project. The Edificio Castro e Melo was part of Bloco A and identified as building 8/9 in the reconstruction plan of Siza. The structure of the building, originally built in the18th century in order to resist earthquakes, was rebuilt in concrete. Archival research was done in order to reproduce as much as possible the original style of the building. The interior of the building was reorganized to introduce dwellings. The first and second floors were kept as they were originally for stores and storerooms. The third and fourth floors were built for offices. The fifth, sixth and seventh floors were rearranged to introduce apartments to the building. The eighth floor was used for the technical equipment of the building. In 1996, Siza received the Secil prize for this building. Drawings include studies, working drawings, mechanical drawings, and details of finishes. Textual material includes project documentation, studies, and correspondence. Photographic material include images of studies, details of the interior and exterior, as well as construction work. It is important to mention that documentation can also be found in subseries Master plans and exterior spaces (AP178.S1.1988.PR07.SS1) and Bloco A (AP178.S1.1988.PR07.SS2).
Project
1988-1998
Notes II
DR2000:0052
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multiple copies, some with revisions and one spanish translation, of "Notes on Conceptual Architecture II: Dual Deep Structures"
1972
Notes II
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DR2000:0052
Description:
multiple copies, some with revisions and one spanish translation, of "Notes on Conceptual Architecture II: Dual Deep Structures"
1972
Project
AP018.S1.1973.PR12
Description:
This project series documents the design and construction of the Toronto Sun building in downtown Toronto from 1973-1975. The office identified the project number as 7312. This project consisted of a 97,000 square foot office building and press plant at 333 King Street East, spanning to Front, Ontario, and Berkley Streets. The design included spaces for administrative, editorial and publishing offices as well as a press hall, platemaking area, photo studio, mail room, roll storage and composing area. The printing and publishing side of the structure was designed to accomodate for further expansion, which occurred in the decade following its original construction. The total cost of the project was $3.7 million. The project is recorded through drawings, photographs, textual records, and a project painting dating from 1972-1976. The drawings consist largely of reprographic copies of floor plans, elevations, landscaping, details and site plans, but some sketches are included. There are also presentation boards of floor plans and the design and construction schedule. The photographs show printing presses and press buildings. The textual records include correspondence, conference reports, interoffice letters, consultancy records, specifications, site reports, building and zoning records, financial records, tender documents, change orders, contract data, deficiency lists and supplementary instructions. Box AP018.S1.1973.PR12.007 contains an index to the textual records, which was created by the office.
1972-1976
The Toronto Sun Publishing Limited, Press Plant and Office Building, Toronto (1973-1975)
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AP018.S1.1973.PR12
Description:
This project series documents the design and construction of the Toronto Sun building in downtown Toronto from 1973-1975. The office identified the project number as 7312. This project consisted of a 97,000 square foot office building and press plant at 333 King Street East, spanning to Front, Ontario, and Berkley Streets. The design included spaces for administrative, editorial and publishing offices as well as a press hall, platemaking area, photo studio, mail room, roll storage and composing area. The printing and publishing side of the structure was designed to accomodate for further expansion, which occurred in the decade following its original construction. The total cost of the project was $3.7 million. The project is recorded through drawings, photographs, textual records, and a project painting dating from 1972-1976. The drawings consist largely of reprographic copies of floor plans, elevations, landscaping, details and site plans, but some sketches are included. There are also presentation boards of floor plans and the design and construction schedule. The photographs show printing presses and press buildings. The textual records include correspondence, conference reports, interoffice letters, consultancy records, specifications, site reports, building and zoning records, financial records, tender documents, change orders, contract data, deficiency lists and supplementary instructions. Box AP018.S1.1973.PR12.007 contains an index to the textual records, which was created by the office.
Project
1972-1976
archives
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Fonds
AP181
Synopsis:
The COOP HIMMELB(L)AU BMW Welt project records, 1994-2007, document the design of the firm’s BMW Welt project, also known as BMW World, in Munich, Germany. The archive consists of approximately 52, 400 born-digital files representing the greater part of the digital archive of the project, as well as 52 of the study models made in the earlier stages of the project.
1994-2015
COOP HIMMELB(L)AU BMW Welt project records
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AP181
Synopsis:
The COOP HIMMELB(L)AU BMW Welt project records, 1994-2007, document the design of the firm’s BMW Welt project, also known as BMW World, in Munich, Germany. The archive consists of approximately 52, 400 born-digital files representing the greater part of the digital archive of the project, as well as 52 of the study models made in the earlier stages of the project.
archives
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Fonds
1994-2015
Project
Casal das Figueiras, Setubal
CD034.S1.1975.PR02
Description:
This project series contains seven reproductions of drawings displayed in the exhibit to document the Casal das Figueiras neighbourhood, in Setúbal, south of Lisbon, Portugal. The exhibit text explained that: ... the Setúbal port-city experienced the political vibrations of the revolutionary year with great intensity. The Casal das Figueiras neighbourhood was designed for a fishing community living in a difficult area to build on due to its steep incline. The challenge that the project architect Gonçalo Byrne faced was to maintain the structure of single-family housing with the outhouse or courtyard, the typology that the local populations requested, while making a large urban gesture. The proposal was based on two types of housing (the square and rectangular plans). This overcame the problem of the 36 percent slope in an architecturally striking manner, while it also managed to fulfil the major requirement inherent in any SAAL operation of minimizing costs. (The SAAL Process, Housing in Portugal 1974–76) Gonçalo Byrne worked for SAAL/Lisbon and Central South with Ana Ferreira Rebocho, Berta Sá Caetano and the residents' association Casal das Figueiras, that was founded on October 30th, 1975. The project included 420 dwellings. The operation began in July 1975 , with a construction date in October 1976. This project series contains reproductions of implementation plans and design development drawings. The original drawings were produced in 1978-1979 and were reproduced in 2015 for the exhibit.
1978-1979
Casal das Figueiras, Setubal
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CD034.S1.1975.PR02
Description:
This project series contains seven reproductions of drawings displayed in the exhibit to document the Casal das Figueiras neighbourhood, in Setúbal, south of Lisbon, Portugal. The exhibit text explained that: ... the Setúbal port-city experienced the political vibrations of the revolutionary year with great intensity. The Casal das Figueiras neighbourhood was designed for a fishing community living in a difficult area to build on due to its steep incline. The challenge that the project architect Gonçalo Byrne faced was to maintain the structure of single-family housing with the outhouse or courtyard, the typology that the local populations requested, while making a large urban gesture. The proposal was based on two types of housing (the square and rectangular plans). This overcame the problem of the 36 percent slope in an architecturally striking manner, while it also managed to fulfil the major requirement inherent in any SAAL operation of minimizing costs. (The SAAL Process, Housing in Portugal 1974–76) Gonçalo Byrne worked for SAAL/Lisbon and Central South with Ana Ferreira Rebocho, Berta Sá Caetano and the residents' association Casal das Figueiras, that was founded on October 30th, 1975. The project included 420 dwellings. The operation began in July 1975 , with a construction date in October 1976. This project series contains reproductions of implementation plans and design development drawings. The original drawings were produced in 1978-1979 and were reproduced in 2015 for the exhibit.
Project
1978-1979
textual records
ARCH257403
Description:
transmittals and correspondence (Metropolitain Structures West, Albert C. Martin & Associates, City of Los Angeles), design development drawings
1988-1990
Transmittals and correspondence, design development drawings
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ARCH257403
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transmittals and correspondence (Metropolitain Structures West, Albert C. Martin & Associates, City of Los Angeles), design development drawings
textual records
1988-1990
PHCON2002:0016:009
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Binder documents exhibitions from 1998 to 2000 that included the work of Gordon Matta-Clark, along with exhibition reviews, photographs, and articles. Additional documentation of the 1997 exhibition "Reorganizing Structure by Drawings Through It: Zeichnung bei Gordon Matta-Clark" organized by the Generali Foundation in Vienna, Austria at P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center in New York City, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Barcelona, Spain and the Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte in Münster, Germany, is found in this binder. Binder contains photographs and textual records.
1998-2000
Reviews, Announcements, Catalogues 1998-2000
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PHCON2002:0016:009
Description:
Binder documents exhibitions from 1998 to 2000 that included the work of Gordon Matta-Clark, along with exhibition reviews, photographs, and articles. Additional documentation of the 1997 exhibition "Reorganizing Structure by Drawings Through It: Zeichnung bei Gordon Matta-Clark" organized by the Generali Foundation in Vienna, Austria at P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center in New York City, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Barcelona, Spain and the Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte in Münster, Germany, is found in this binder. Binder contains photographs and textual records.
1998-2000
drawings, born digital, photographs
ARCH270365
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This group is composed of digital images related to the project for the Galaxy Toyama Gymnasium, including 4 presentation drawings, 15 interior and exterior views of the built gymnasium, a view of the study model for the roof, and computer-generated images, including wireframe images and perspective views of the roof structure and surface, a photoelasticity model for the roof and related diagrams. There is also an exploded axonometric of the building, and sections illustrating simulations of deformation of the roof by a uniform load of snow. Prevalent file types: .jpg
1990 - 1996
Digital images, Galaxy Toyama Gymnasium, Imizu, Toyama, Japan
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ARCH270365
Description:
This group is composed of digital images related to the project for the Galaxy Toyama Gymnasium, including 4 presentation drawings, 15 interior and exterior views of the built gymnasium, a view of the study model for the roof, and computer-generated images, including wireframe images and perspective views of the roof structure and surface, a photoelasticity model for the roof and related diagrams. There is also an exploded axonometric of the building, and sections illustrating simulations of deformation of the roof by a uniform load of snow. Prevalent file types: .jpg
drawings, born digital, photographs
1990 - 1996
textual records
AP075.S3.SS4.008
Description:
This box contains files of catalogues and leaflets for landscape and site furnishings, such as lightings, seatings, tables and play structures.
2000-2018
Industry catalogues for landscape and site furnishings
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AP075.S3.SS4.008
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This box contains files of catalogues and leaflets for landscape and site furnishings, such as lightings, seatings, tables and play structures.
textual records
2000-2018
drawings
DR1995:0190:001-001
Description:
This drawing entitled "sketch proposals" is apparently a preliminary design proposal for a stage and upper gallery within a building located on Hanover Square, New York. Ground floor and first floor plans and two rough interior axonometric views of the stage and gallery are included. It cannot be determined from the drawing if the design is for the interior of an existing structure. The scope of Price's design responsibilities are also undetermined. The drawing is numbered '07' and is presumably one of at least six other drawings which are not part of the CCA's collections.
1962
Experimental theatre, stage and gallery design, New York: Sketch proposals
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DR1995:0190:001-001
Description:
This drawing entitled "sketch proposals" is apparently a preliminary design proposal for a stage and upper gallery within a building located on Hanover Square, New York. Ground floor and first floor plans and two rough interior axonometric views of the stage and gallery are included. It cannot be determined from the drawing if the design is for the interior of an existing structure. The scope of Price's design responsibilities are also undetermined. The drawing is numbered '07' and is presumably one of at least six other drawings which are not part of the CCA's collections.
drawings
1962