textual records, born digital, photographs
AP181.S1.009
Description:
Original directory name: "08_Firmen". File contains documentation from potential suppliers for the building of BMW Welt, mostly regarding the solar panels for the roof. It chiefly consists of textual records and photographs, and it includes a handful of records regarding similar issues from the Musée des Confluences project. Records show the reflection on construction materials, and the type of products available at the time of construction. Most common file formats: JPEG File Interchange Format, Acrobat PDF 1.3 - Portable Document Format, Acrobat PDF 1.4 - Portable Document Format, Exchangeable Image File Format (Compressed), Acrobat PDF 1.2 - Portable Document Format
2001-2004
Research on specialized supplies, particularly solar panels, BMW Welt, Munich
Actions:
AP181.S1.009
Description:
Original directory name: "08_Firmen". File contains documentation from potential suppliers for the building of BMW Welt, mostly regarding the solar panels for the roof. It chiefly consists of textual records and photographs, and it includes a handful of records regarding similar issues from the Musée des Confluences project. Records show the reflection on construction materials, and the type of products available at the time of construction. Most common file formats: JPEG File Interchange Format, Acrobat PDF 1.3 - Portable Document Format, Acrobat PDF 1.4 - Portable Document Format, Exchangeable Image File Format (Compressed), Acrobat PDF 1.2 - Portable Document Format
textual records, born digital, photographs
2001-2004
textual records
DR2012:0015:021:022
Description:
File containing documents in English and French, including correspondence (primarily printouts of emails) regarding the appraisal and donation of the following works to the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal: - Square Berri: concours d'art public : Falaises - cascades d'eau, plan urbaine, 1:400 scale; - Square Berri: concours d'art public : Falaises - cascades d'eau, plan d'implementation et système de canalisation de l'eau, 1:100 scale; - Square Berri: concours d'art public : Falaises - cascades d'eau, 1:50 scale; - Gratte-ciel, cascades d'eau / rues, ruisseaux... une construction, maquette du projet final, 1:20 scale; Also: - This must be the place, by Roy Lichtenstein. Original folder inscribed in graphite: 2006 MACM / CULT PROP
2005-2007
Correspondence related to Melvin Charney's projects
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DR2012:0015:021:022
Description:
File containing documents in English and French, including correspondence (primarily printouts of emails) regarding the appraisal and donation of the following works to the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal: - Square Berri: concours d'art public : Falaises - cascades d'eau, plan urbaine, 1:400 scale; - Square Berri: concours d'art public : Falaises - cascades d'eau, plan d'implementation et système de canalisation de l'eau, 1:100 scale; - Square Berri: concours d'art public : Falaises - cascades d'eau, 1:50 scale; - Gratte-ciel, cascades d'eau / rues, ruisseaux... une construction, maquette du projet final, 1:20 scale; Also: - This must be the place, by Roy Lichtenstein. Original folder inscribed in graphite: 2006 MACM / CULT PROP
textual records
2005-2007
audio
Quantity:
13 Audio cassette
Audiocassette
DR2004:1372
Description:
Includes 12 audio cassettes: 'Profile' BBC Radio 4. 14/2/85 Larry Whitty Side A.; Norman Willis - Poetry - 8.12.86; Cedric Price - Technology is the Answer but what is the Q? Pidgeon Audio Visual; Broken Muse; Notes on Trafalgar Job 11 March + April 1982; E.B. - L.B.C. Broadcast, Norman Willis - White Room; AA/CP Summer Breeze; Crowded Hours BBC3 Cedric Price - Master Copy B; Norman Willis Tape; Some thought on CP Thesis Sheffield Dec 80; Maxwell Fry - Memorial Service, Westminster Abbey 24.11.87 (copy No. 1); Maxwell Fry - Memorial Service, Westminster Abbey 24.11.87 (copy No. 2); BBC Home Lee Valley Scheme - August 29 (One track 3³/4");
1977-1987
Audiocassette
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DR2004:1372
Description:
Includes 12 audio cassettes: 'Profile' BBC Radio 4. 14/2/85 Larry Whitty Side A.; Norman Willis - Poetry - 8.12.86; Cedric Price - Technology is the Answer but what is the Q? Pidgeon Audio Visual; Broken Muse; Notes on Trafalgar Job 11 March + April 1982; E.B. - L.B.C. Broadcast, Norman Willis - White Room; AA/CP Summer Breeze; Crowded Hours BBC3 Cedric Price - Master Copy B; Norman Willis Tape; Some thought on CP Thesis Sheffield Dec 80; Maxwell Fry - Memorial Service, Westminster Abbey 24.11.87 (copy No. 1); Maxwell Fry - Memorial Service, Westminster Abbey 24.11.87 (copy No. 2); BBC Home Lee Valley Scheme - August 29 (One track 3³/4");
audio
Quantity:
13 Audio cassette
1977-1987
drawings
DR2006:0003
Description:
Le collage intitulé " Galerie de la grande architecture canadienne " a été produit dans le contexte de l'exposition " Canada-Trajectoires 1973 " présentée au Musée national d'art moderne de la ville de Paris au cours de l'été 1973. Le collage, appliqué sur papier cartonné, représente une sélection de textes et d'images d'œuvres exposées par Melvin Charney lors de cette exposition. L'objectif de l'exposition "Canada-Trajectoires 1973 " était de réunir des artistes ou des regroupements d'artistes engagés dans des discours critiques et de présenter leur travail non pas tant comme des oeuvres d'art mais plutôt " comme symptômes d'un certain climat ." (1) Selon le catalogue de l'exposition, et les divers comptes rendus qui en ont été fait dans la presse spécialisée, celle-ci était divisée en cinq sections. Quatre de ces sections étaient consacrées à des médiums spécifiques : art céramique, vidéo, peinture et sculpture, cinéma. Une cinquième section présentait des œuvres produites par des collectif d'artistes quelques soit le médium employé: galerie coopérative, coop d'artistes, workshop, banques d'images. C'est dans cette dernière section que Melvin Charney présenta trois projets créé avec l'assistance d'un groupe d'"action photographique", soit un "pavillon d'exposition" réalisé en 1969, une "monument à l'aviation" (1969) et "une galerie de la grande architecture" (1973). Dans un texte de Melvin Charney publié dans le catalogue de l'exposition, ces trois projets furent présentés sous l'intitulé "Quelques monuments nationaux". Le collage incorpore en une première strate collée obliquement par rapport au sens du carton d'œuvre, une image (en partie rognée), un texte manifeste (en partie coupée) et un intitulé. Ces trois éléments de toutes évidences se rapportent à L'ensemble des trois projets présenté par Charney. Sur une seconde strate, collée dans le sens du carton d'œuvres, Charney a collé des textes et des images se rapportant à deux des projets soit "une galerie de la grande architecture" (image et texte 25, 26 31 et 34, et monument à l'aviation, image et texte 50. Le collage est signé et daté en bas à droite. Des indications d'intercalation d'illustration au crayon graphite, - avec la mention "cut line" - détermine à même le carton d'œuvre, une zone regroupant l'ensemble des textes et des images collés. Au dos du collage figure à nouveau la signature de Charney et une numéro d'inventaire renvoyant possiblement à un catalogue constitué par Charney de son œuvre : "MC 1973 ? 02". Ce collage a servi de maquette pour la production d'une affiche publicisant l'exposition, ce qui explique la présence d'indications d'intercalation d'illustrations - une donnée signalant en règle générale que l'œuvre a été produite pour être publiée. (2) Ceci dit on ne sait pas si celle-ci fut effectivement tirée (nous n'en connaissons aucun exemplaire) avant, pendant ou après l'exposition. Cet aspect de l'historique de cette œuvre reste encore au moment où nous écrivons, à éclaircir. On peut établir toutefois avec certitude que cette œuvre, ou l'affiche qui en fut éventuellement tirée, a servi à produire la mise en page d'un article de Melvin Charney publié en avril 1974 dans la revue britannique Architectural Design. Un transparent a sans doute été pris du collage puis envoyé avec l'article de Charney à l'éditeur. Ce dernier a, à son tour, cadré l'image en fonction des indications d'intercalation d'illustrations latérales et supérieure,- on observe que le 3 de 1973 est bel et bien coupé - puis a éliminé les trois quart inférieur pour y placer le texte de l'article. La présence dans l'article publié du nom du musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris - section arc, et son absence dans le collage est du à une perte. Un examen attentif révèle des marques sans doute de colle pour la bandelette de papier. Dans cet article publié en anglais Charney. 1- Suzanne Page, Canada trajectoires 73 : Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris, [Montréal?] : Publié par les Éditions Médiart pour le compte du Conseil des arts du Canada, [1973], [introduction] 2- Information fournie par l,artiste; voir aussi la légende de l'œuvre lors de sa reproduction dans un catalogue en 2000 où elle est décrite comme étant une maquette pour une affiche en offset sur papier.
1973
Some national monuments, Canada trajectories
Actions:
DR2006:0003
Description:
Le collage intitulé " Galerie de la grande architecture canadienne " a été produit dans le contexte de l'exposition " Canada-Trajectoires 1973 " présentée au Musée national d'art moderne de la ville de Paris au cours de l'été 1973. Le collage, appliqué sur papier cartonné, représente une sélection de textes et d'images d'œuvres exposées par Melvin Charney lors de cette exposition. L'objectif de l'exposition "Canada-Trajectoires 1973 " était de réunir des artistes ou des regroupements d'artistes engagés dans des discours critiques et de présenter leur travail non pas tant comme des oeuvres d'art mais plutôt " comme symptômes d'un certain climat ." (1) Selon le catalogue de l'exposition, et les divers comptes rendus qui en ont été fait dans la presse spécialisée, celle-ci était divisée en cinq sections. Quatre de ces sections étaient consacrées à des médiums spécifiques : art céramique, vidéo, peinture et sculpture, cinéma. Une cinquième section présentait des œuvres produites par des collectif d'artistes quelques soit le médium employé: galerie coopérative, coop d'artistes, workshop, banques d'images. C'est dans cette dernière section que Melvin Charney présenta trois projets créé avec l'assistance d'un groupe d'"action photographique", soit un "pavillon d'exposition" réalisé en 1969, une "monument à l'aviation" (1969) et "une galerie de la grande architecture" (1973). Dans un texte de Melvin Charney publié dans le catalogue de l'exposition, ces trois projets furent présentés sous l'intitulé "Quelques monuments nationaux". Le collage incorpore en une première strate collée obliquement par rapport au sens du carton d'œuvre, une image (en partie rognée), un texte manifeste (en partie coupée) et un intitulé. Ces trois éléments de toutes évidences se rapportent à L'ensemble des trois projets présenté par Charney. Sur une seconde strate, collée dans le sens du carton d'œuvres, Charney a collé des textes et des images se rapportant à deux des projets soit "une galerie de la grande architecture" (image et texte 25, 26 31 et 34, et monument à l'aviation, image et texte 50. Le collage est signé et daté en bas à droite. Des indications d'intercalation d'illustration au crayon graphite, - avec la mention "cut line" - détermine à même le carton d'œuvre, une zone regroupant l'ensemble des textes et des images collés. Au dos du collage figure à nouveau la signature de Charney et une numéro d'inventaire renvoyant possiblement à un catalogue constitué par Charney de son œuvre : "MC 1973 ? 02". Ce collage a servi de maquette pour la production d'une affiche publicisant l'exposition, ce qui explique la présence d'indications d'intercalation d'illustrations - une donnée signalant en règle générale que l'œuvre a été produite pour être publiée. (2) Ceci dit on ne sait pas si celle-ci fut effectivement tirée (nous n'en connaissons aucun exemplaire) avant, pendant ou après l'exposition. Cet aspect de l'historique de cette œuvre reste encore au moment où nous écrivons, à éclaircir. On peut établir toutefois avec certitude que cette œuvre, ou l'affiche qui en fut éventuellement tirée, a servi à produire la mise en page d'un article de Melvin Charney publié en avril 1974 dans la revue britannique Architectural Design. Un transparent a sans doute été pris du collage puis envoyé avec l'article de Charney à l'éditeur. Ce dernier a, à son tour, cadré l'image en fonction des indications d'intercalation d'illustrations latérales et supérieure,- on observe que le 3 de 1973 est bel et bien coupé - puis a éliminé les trois quart inférieur pour y placer le texte de l'article. La présence dans l'article publié du nom du musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris - section arc, et son absence dans le collage est du à une perte. Un examen attentif révèle des marques sans doute de colle pour la bandelette de papier. Dans cet article publié en anglais Charney. 1- Suzanne Page, Canada trajectoires 73 : Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris, [Montréal?] : Publié par les Éditions Médiart pour le compte du Conseil des arts du Canada, [1973], [introduction] 2- Information fournie par l,artiste; voir aussi la légende de l'œuvre lors de sa reproduction dans un catalogue en 2000 où elle est décrite comme étant une maquette pour une affiche en offset sur papier.
drawings
1973
graphic materials
DR2012:0012:050
Description:
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
Description:
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
Series
AP193.S2
Description:
Series 2, I’ve heard about and Hypnosis chamber, 2004-2006, relates to the conception of the urban structure “I’ve heard about”. The records contain algorithmically-generated images, renderings, pictures of models and exhibitions. There are also photographs of the contour crafting process, 3D models and animated renderings illustrating the construction process of the structure. The project is a conceptual, unbuilt project that is meant to be a habitable organism, an adaptive landscape in a constant state of evolution. By means of transitory scenarios in which the operational mode is entropy and uncertainty, it develops open algorithms based on growth scripts permeable not only to human expressions, but also to the most discrete data such as the chemical emissions (for example due to stress or anxiety) of those who inhabit it. The chemical information is harvested through nanoreceptors feeding the VIAB machine with information. This biostructure becomes the visible part of human contingencies and their negotiation in real time. The structure is conceptualized to be in constant construction through the VIAB machine which is also a constituent of the structure itself. It secretes fiber cement, shaping the landscape where it is located and through which it moves. It generates the reticular structure using a process modelled on contour crafting. The VIAB machine was developed with Robotics Research Lab of the University of Southern California and takes its name from the terms viability and variability. R&Sie(n) considers that due to its mode of emergence “I’ve heard about” fabrication is not subjugated to any political power. Hypnosis chamber is a component of “I’ve heard about”. It consists of an indoor chamber, which was realized as a full-scale sample constructed through automated machinery. The chamber is situated as a part of the whole urban structure presented by “I’ve heard about,” and its goal is to immerse the audience into the project, into a fictional environment only reachable by hypnosis. In this context, hypnosis is a way to help citizens escape from their social condition and experience the new condition of citizenship imagined in “I’ve heard about”, where democracy is re-evaluated as a process of self-determination. Both parts of the projects were shown in contemporary art museums. First at Musée d’art de la ville de Paris in Paris (2005), the Hypnotic chamber is permanently on view at Towada Art Center in Towanda, Japan. AP193.S4 contains a video orienting the project into François Roche theoretical stance, research as speculation, that can be summarize as the use of technological tools to take a critical and political position through esthetic in order to open new lines of thoughts. AP193.S4 contains an updated version of the VIAB machine
2004-2006
I’ve heard about and Hypnosis chamber
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AP193.S2
Description:
Series 2, I’ve heard about and Hypnosis chamber, 2004-2006, relates to the conception of the urban structure “I’ve heard about”. The records contain algorithmically-generated images, renderings, pictures of models and exhibitions. There are also photographs of the contour crafting process, 3D models and animated renderings illustrating the construction process of the structure. The project is a conceptual, unbuilt project that is meant to be a habitable organism, an adaptive landscape in a constant state of evolution. By means of transitory scenarios in which the operational mode is entropy and uncertainty, it develops open algorithms based on growth scripts permeable not only to human expressions, but also to the most discrete data such as the chemical emissions (for example due to stress or anxiety) of those who inhabit it. The chemical information is harvested through nanoreceptors feeding the VIAB machine with information. This biostructure becomes the visible part of human contingencies and their negotiation in real time. The structure is conceptualized to be in constant construction through the VIAB machine which is also a constituent of the structure itself. It secretes fiber cement, shaping the landscape where it is located and through which it moves. It generates the reticular structure using a process modelled on contour crafting. The VIAB machine was developed with Robotics Research Lab of the University of Southern California and takes its name from the terms viability and variability. R&Sie(n) considers that due to its mode of emergence “I’ve heard about” fabrication is not subjugated to any political power. Hypnosis chamber is a component of “I’ve heard about”. It consists of an indoor chamber, which was realized as a full-scale sample constructed through automated machinery. The chamber is situated as a part of the whole urban structure presented by “I’ve heard about,” and its goal is to immerse the audience into the project, into a fictional environment only reachable by hypnosis. In this context, hypnosis is a way to help citizens escape from their social condition and experience the new condition of citizenship imagined in “I’ve heard about”, where democracy is re-evaluated as a process of self-determination. Both parts of the projects were shown in contemporary art museums. First at Musée d’art de la ville de Paris in Paris (2005), the Hypnotic chamber is permanently on view at Towada Art Center in Towanda, Japan. AP193.S4 contains a video orienting the project into François Roche theoretical stance, research as speculation, that can be summarize as the use of technological tools to take a critical and political position through esthetic in order to open new lines of thoughts. AP193.S4 contains an updated version of the VIAB machine
Series
2004-2006
Sub-series
CI001.S1.D3
Description:
The urban and public architecture of Hubert Rohault de Fleury is insightful concerning both the stylistic directions of utilitarian architecture in France and the structure and role of the government architectural services (1) in the Empire and the Restoration. The drawings in the CCA collection depict built and unbuilt projects undertaken in the context of Hubert's positions in the government architectural services as well as private commissions. Hubert's principal official positions related to three branches of the French government: the Préfecture de la police, the Conseil général des hospices and the Conseil des Bâtiments Civils, a "division" of the Ministère de l'interieur. Hubert's work for the Préfecture de la police (which was also responsible for the gendarmerie and the sapeurs-pompiers barracks) is represented in the CCA collection by projects for four gendarmerie barracks (1821-1830) and alterations to the Préfecture de la Police (1833 ?) and nearby prison in Paris (1819)(DR1974:0002:016:001-070 / DR1974:0002:011:001-089 and DR1974:0002: 015:001-070). The drawings in these albums emphasize the planning (or re-arrangement) of the interior spaces. The album for the Préfecture de la police also includes record drawings for prisons in England and France as background material for Hubert's work and/or related to reports for the Conseil des Bâtiments Civils, which had an active role in the design of prisons throughout France during the early years of the nineteenth century (2). Although the CCA collection has no drawings directly related to Hubert's position as the architecte des hospices (3), drawings and prints are included for his earlier ideal hospitals (ca. 1810) (DR1974:0002:008:001-077). These projects continue the late 17th and 18th century tradition of monumental geometrically laid-out ideal hospitals. This album also contains prints and drawings of medical buildings by other architects (probably reference material), and drawings of Hubert's unexecuted proposal for the re-development of the École de médecine (Paris) and the surrounding buildings and urban spaces. Hubert was the architecte de l'École de medicine (4); a position that probably related to his work for the Ministère d'Interieur, which would have been responsible for this building. In general, Hubert's role and responsibilities within the Ministère de l'interieur and the associated Conseil de Bâtiment Civils (especially prior to his appointment to the position of inspecteur gènèral in 1830) are the least clear of his government positions. In addition to the École de medicine album, two other albums contain projects relating to the Ministère de l'Interieur: two proposals for Place Louis XV commissioned by the Ministre de l'interieur, Duc Decazes in 1821 (DR1974:0002:037:001-031), and drawings for the conversion or renovation of several Parisian hôtel particuliers (probably between 1810 and ca. 1820) including those used by the Ministère de l'interieur, Ministère de la Guerre and the Ministère des affaires étrangères (DR1974:0002;011:001-089). On other government commission of significance is represented in the CCA collection. In 1819, Hubert Rohault de Fleury in collaboration with Etienne Hyppolite Godde was commissioned to direct the restoration of the Thermes de Julien located under the Hôtel de Cluny. The CCA collection includes several letters and drawings, and a report related to this commission (DR1974:0002 :037:001-031). Hubert's private urban projects, mostly commissioned by private entrepreneurs or societies, were concerned with the expansion of the infrastructure of Paris and the surrounding communities as well as, to some extent, larger issues of urban development. One album contains projects dating from between 1819 and 1836 related horses - an essential part of 19th century urban life (5): a stud-farm (Haras de Madrid, Bois de Boulogne), an auction house and an infirmary (Clos St. Charles, Clos d'équarrissage, fôret de Bondy) and three slaughterhouses (Plaine de Grenelle, an unnamed project and La Villete (6))(DR1974:0002:014:001-104). These album also includes developmental studies for a new quartier of Paris - Nouveau Quartier Poissonière (the site of today's 10e arrondissement). A second album (ca. 1825) includes designs for a "maison de blanchisseur", an "entrepot de vins" with adjacent "guingette" and designs for structures at Parc de Clichy - a reservoir, a washhouse and a manège (DR1974:0002:009:001-079) (7). The drawings in these albums are particularly informative regarding the materials, structures and mechanical systems utilized. As with most of his government commissions, for these buildings, Hubert adopted a sparse architectural syntax of pared-down classical motifs and regimented plans grounded in the ideas of Durand and commonly used in utilitarian buildings during the 19th century. (1) These are discussed in some detail in Chapter 2 of David Van Zanten, 'Building Paris' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994). (2) Van Zanten, 'Building Paris', 51-52. (3) The Cabinet des Estampes at the Musée Carnavalet in Paris has drawings related to Hubert's work for the Conseil général des hospices. (4) Evidence of this position is based on inscriptions on drawings in album, DR1974:0002:008:001-77. (5) Bergdoll, 4. (6) The La Villete slaughterhouse was designed by Charles Rohault de Fleury. (7) The source(s) of these commissions is unknown.
1754-1875
Public and Urban architecture
CI001.S1.D3
Description:
The urban and public architecture of Hubert Rohault de Fleury is insightful concerning both the stylistic directions of utilitarian architecture in France and the structure and role of the government architectural services (1) in the Empire and the Restoration. The drawings in the CCA collection depict built and unbuilt projects undertaken in the context of Hubert's positions in the government architectural services as well as private commissions. Hubert's principal official positions related to three branches of the French government: the Préfecture de la police, the Conseil général des hospices and the Conseil des Bâtiments Civils, a "division" of the Ministère de l'interieur. Hubert's work for the Préfecture de la police (which was also responsible for the gendarmerie and the sapeurs-pompiers barracks) is represented in the CCA collection by projects for four gendarmerie barracks (1821-1830) and alterations to the Préfecture de la Police (1833 ?) and nearby prison in Paris (1819)(DR1974:0002:016:001-070 / DR1974:0002:011:001-089 and DR1974:0002: 015:001-070). The drawings in these albums emphasize the planning (or re-arrangement) of the interior spaces. The album for the Préfecture de la police also includes record drawings for prisons in England and France as background material for Hubert's work and/or related to reports for the Conseil des Bâtiments Civils, which had an active role in the design of prisons throughout France during the early years of the nineteenth century (2). Although the CCA collection has no drawings directly related to Hubert's position as the architecte des hospices (3), drawings and prints are included for his earlier ideal hospitals (ca. 1810) (DR1974:0002:008:001-077). These projects continue the late 17th and 18th century tradition of monumental geometrically laid-out ideal hospitals. This album also contains prints and drawings of medical buildings by other architects (probably reference material), and drawings of Hubert's unexecuted proposal for the re-development of the École de médecine (Paris) and the surrounding buildings and urban spaces. Hubert was the architecte de l'École de medicine (4); a position that probably related to his work for the Ministère d'Interieur, which would have been responsible for this building. In general, Hubert's role and responsibilities within the Ministère de l'interieur and the associated Conseil de Bâtiment Civils (especially prior to his appointment to the position of inspecteur gènèral in 1830) are the least clear of his government positions. In addition to the École de medicine album, two other albums contain projects relating to the Ministère de l'Interieur: two proposals for Place Louis XV commissioned by the Ministre de l'interieur, Duc Decazes in 1821 (DR1974:0002:037:001-031), and drawings for the conversion or renovation of several Parisian hôtel particuliers (probably between 1810 and ca. 1820) including those used by the Ministère de l'interieur, Ministère de la Guerre and the Ministère des affaires étrangères (DR1974:0002;011:001-089). On other government commission of significance is represented in the CCA collection. In 1819, Hubert Rohault de Fleury in collaboration with Etienne Hyppolite Godde was commissioned to direct the restoration of the Thermes de Julien located under the Hôtel de Cluny. The CCA collection includes several letters and drawings, and a report related to this commission (DR1974:0002 :037:001-031). Hubert's private urban projects, mostly commissioned by private entrepreneurs or societies, were concerned with the expansion of the infrastructure of Paris and the surrounding communities as well as, to some extent, larger issues of urban development. One album contains projects dating from between 1819 and 1836 related horses - an essential part of 19th century urban life (5): a stud-farm (Haras de Madrid, Bois de Boulogne), an auction house and an infirmary (Clos St. Charles, Clos d'équarrissage, fôret de Bondy) and three slaughterhouses (Plaine de Grenelle, an unnamed project and La Villete (6))(DR1974:0002:014:001-104). These album also includes developmental studies for a new quartier of Paris - Nouveau Quartier Poissonière (the site of today's 10e arrondissement). A second album (ca. 1825) includes designs for a "maison de blanchisseur", an "entrepot de vins" with adjacent "guingette" and designs for structures at Parc de Clichy - a reservoir, a washhouse and a manège (DR1974:0002:009:001-079) (7). The drawings in these albums are particularly informative regarding the materials, structures and mechanical systems utilized. As with most of his government commissions, for these buildings, Hubert adopted a sparse architectural syntax of pared-down classical motifs and regimented plans grounded in the ideas of Durand and commonly used in utilitarian buildings during the 19th century. (1) These are discussed in some detail in Chapter 2 of David Van Zanten, 'Building Paris' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994). (2) Van Zanten, 'Building Paris', 51-52. (3) The Cabinet des Estampes at the Musée Carnavalet in Paris has drawings related to Hubert's work for the Conseil général des hospices. (4) Evidence of this position is based on inscriptions on drawings in album, DR1974:0002:008:001-77. (5) Bergdoll, 4. (6) The La Villete slaughterhouse was designed by Charles Rohault de Fleury. (7) The source(s) of these commissions is unknown.
File 3
1754-1875
journals and magazines
Musées.
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v. ill. 28 cm.
Montréal [etc.] Société des musées québécois.
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Montréal [etc.] Société des musées québécois.
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2 sheets : col. ill. ; 16 cm. or smaller.
France : Museum-Stamp, 1994.
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France : Museum-Stamp, 1994.
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Publics et musées.
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volumes : illustrations ; 24 cm
Lyon : Presses universitaires de Lyon, 1992-2000.
journals and magazines
Lyon : Presses universitaires de Lyon, 1992-2000.