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The Spirit of Cornelia
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander, Martien de Vletter, landscape, play, playground, restoration, Robson Square, green roofs, garden, environment
25 May 2021
Project
AP178.S1.1995.PR07
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This project series documents the Renovação e extensão do Museu Stedelijk in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 57/90. The office assigned the date 1995 to this project. At the beginning of the nineties, Rem Koolhaas, Wim Quist, Carel Weeber, and Robert Venturi were invited to propose a design for the extension and renovations of the Stedelijk Museum. Robert Venturi was the architect selected, but the project was suspended in 1993 due to the infeasibility of the program and budget restrictions. The following year, five applicants, including Siza, were asked to present a new design to a committee. In December 1995, Siza was officially announced as the new design architect for the project by the city of Amsterdam. The firm A+D+P was selected as the executive architect. Siza's first proposal was presented in 1998. His master plan included the demolition of the Marmottenhuis, the renovation of the 19th-century patios, and the relocation of the public toilets to the basement in order to create exhibition halls. The master plan also included the construction of three new wings and two underground passages to connect the newer and older buildings. A new wing, located to one side of Sandbergplein, included offices in the basement and on the ground floor as well as exhibition halls on the first floor. A new building surrounding the museum garden included storage space in the basement, a restaurant on the ground floor, and exhibition halls at the first floor. Construction work was projected to start in June 2000, however due to budget restrictions the project was not realized and a new competition was held in 2004. The firm Benthem Crouwel Architects realized the project. Documenting this project are sketches, studies, preliminary drawings, plans, and working drawings. Textual materials include project documentation and correspondence. Photographic materials document the models and project site.
1989-2002
Renovação e extensão do Museu Stedelijk [Restoration and extension of Stedelijk Museum], Amsterdam, The Netherlands (1995)
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AP178.S1.1995.PR07
Description:
This project series documents the Renovação e extensão do Museu Stedelijk in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 57/90. The office assigned the date 1995 to this project. At the beginning of the nineties, Rem Koolhaas, Wim Quist, Carel Weeber, and Robert Venturi were invited to propose a design for the extension and renovations of the Stedelijk Museum. Robert Venturi was the architect selected, but the project was suspended in 1993 due to the infeasibility of the program and budget restrictions. The following year, five applicants, including Siza, were asked to present a new design to a committee. In December 1995, Siza was officially announced as the new design architect for the project by the city of Amsterdam. The firm A+D+P was selected as the executive architect. Siza's first proposal was presented in 1998. His master plan included the demolition of the Marmottenhuis, the renovation of the 19th-century patios, and the relocation of the public toilets to the basement in order to create exhibition halls. The master plan also included the construction of three new wings and two underground passages to connect the newer and older buildings. A new wing, located to one side of Sandbergplein, included offices in the basement and on the ground floor as well as exhibition halls on the first floor. A new building surrounding the museum garden included storage space in the basement, a restaurant on the ground floor, and exhibition halls at the first floor. Construction work was projected to start in June 2000, however due to budget restrictions the project was not realized and a new competition was held in 2004. The firm Benthem Crouwel Architects realized the project. Documenting this project are sketches, studies, preliminary drawings, plans, and working drawings. Textual materials include project documentation and correspondence. Photographic materials document the models and project site.
Project
1989-2002
Project
AP075.S1.1983.PR01
Description:
Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's design for the interior and exterior landscape of National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa. Oberlander worked on this project from 1983-1995 with architects Moshe Safdie and John C. Parkin. Oberlander's overall concept for the landscaping was based on the building organizational pattern of a city. She created "a pathway system that connected the front of the National Gallery to Nepean Point behind the gallery." [1] Oberlander landscape design includes the design of three exterior area and a courtyard. Each space is design in relations to the art displayed in the immediate indoor gallery: the Taiga Garden "flanks the gallery's interior glass-and-concrete collonade that leads to the Canadian and Aboriginal Art galleries." [2]; the Minimalist Courtyard relates to the modern art collection gallery; the zigzag-shaped pathway passes between the National War Museum and the new gallery; and interior courtyard links the restored ninetheeth-century Rideau Chapel relocated inside the National Gallery and provides and church-like atmosphere. The project series contains textual records, including specifications, correspondence, documentation, financial documents, plant lists, press clippings about the project, and Oberlander's concept development notes. The project is also recorded through photographic materials, such as slides and photographs of the construction of the building and the landscape work and the photographs of the completed project. The project series also includes conceptual drawings, design develepment drawings, working drawings and presentation drawings, including landscape plans, planting plans, grading and irrigation plans and building plans used as reference. Source: [1] Herrington, Susan. Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: Making the Modern Landscape, University of Virginia Press, 2014, 304 pages, p. 165. [2] Herrington, Susan. Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: Making the Modern Landscape, University of Virginia Press, 2014, 304 pages, p. 166.
1983-2005
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario (1983-1990)
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AP075.S1.1983.PR01
Description:
Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's design for the interior and exterior landscape of National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa. Oberlander worked on this project from 1983-1995 with architects Moshe Safdie and John C. Parkin. Oberlander's overall concept for the landscaping was based on the building organizational pattern of a city. She created "a pathway system that connected the front of the National Gallery to Nepean Point behind the gallery." [1] Oberlander landscape design includes the design of three exterior area and a courtyard. Each space is design in relations to the art displayed in the immediate indoor gallery: the Taiga Garden "flanks the gallery's interior glass-and-concrete collonade that leads to the Canadian and Aboriginal Art galleries." [2]; the Minimalist Courtyard relates to the modern art collection gallery; the zigzag-shaped pathway passes between the National War Museum and the new gallery; and interior courtyard links the restored ninetheeth-century Rideau Chapel relocated inside the National Gallery and provides and church-like atmosphere. The project series contains textual records, including specifications, correspondence, documentation, financial documents, plant lists, press clippings about the project, and Oberlander's concept development notes. The project is also recorded through photographic materials, such as slides and photographs of the construction of the building and the landscape work and the photographs of the completed project. The project series also includes conceptual drawings, design develepment drawings, working drawings and presentation drawings, including landscape plans, planting plans, grading and irrigation plans and building plans used as reference. Source: [1] Herrington, Susan. Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: Making the Modern Landscape, University of Virginia Press, 2014, 304 pages, p. 165. [2] Herrington, Susan. Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: Making the Modern Landscape, University of Virginia Press, 2014, 304 pages, p. 166.
Project
1983-2005
drawings
DR1995:0166:016
Description:
Includes presentation drawings for Oldham Pub, one with annotations, including plans, sections, elevations, details, measured sketches, perspectives, sketch, and site plan. The project for Oldham Pub includes a public pub, bar-related facilities, and boarding facilities such as sitting rooms, bedrooms, and a common kitchen and dining area. Materials and construction details for the interior are indicated on a detailed plan and section of the cocktail bar. The exterior of the pub is shown to be constructed of brick with concrete banding. A long covered colonnade at the front provides a sheltered entrance. A housing complex, garden, shops, and parking, are adjacent to the pub.
Presentation drawings for Oldham Pub, one with annotations
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DR1995:0166:016
Description:
Includes presentation drawings for Oldham Pub, one with annotations, including plans, sections, elevations, details, measured sketches, perspectives, sketch, and site plan. The project for Oldham Pub includes a public pub, bar-related facilities, and boarding facilities such as sitting rooms, bedrooms, and a common kitchen and dining area. Materials and construction details for the interior are indicated on a detailed plan and section of the cocktail bar. The exterior of the pub is shown to be constructed of brick with concrete banding. A long covered colonnade at the front provides a sheltered entrance. A housing complex, garden, shops, and parking, are adjacent to the pub.
drawings
Project
AP056.S1.1993.PR01
Description:
This project series documents the Scarborough Community Complex in Scarborough, Ontario from 1993-1996. The office identified the project number as 9311. This project, headed by Bruce Kuwabara in joint-venture with Patrick T. Chan, consisted of a multi-building complex on the corner of Progress and Sheppard Avenues. The project was formerly known as the Chinese Community Centre, which was the prominent building on the site. The Complex's main entrance, located on the site's interior, was highlighted by the Festival Plaza and Festival Court, whose octagonal shape was a nod to the eight essential strokes of Chinese calligraphy. The Festival Court led both to the Chinese Community Centre and a building with a public library and multi-purpose spaces (commonly referred to in the drawings as the Scarborough Community Complex). The Chinese Community Centre had a Festival Hall at it's entrance with wood and custom light fixtures that referred to Chinese craft techniques. This project also planned for vast Chinese gardens around the buildings, a large theatre building and a school at the south-end of the site. The project is recorded through drawings and a magazine publication on the finished project dating from 1992-1996. The drawings are mostly originals and include sketches, presentation drawings, plans, elevations, sections, perspectives and construction drawings. At least eleven schemes were investigated through these drawings.
1992-1996
Scarborough Community Complex, Scarborough, Ontario (1993-1996)
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AP056.S1.1993.PR01
Description:
This project series documents the Scarborough Community Complex in Scarborough, Ontario from 1993-1996. The office identified the project number as 9311. This project, headed by Bruce Kuwabara in joint-venture with Patrick T. Chan, consisted of a multi-building complex on the corner of Progress and Sheppard Avenues. The project was formerly known as the Chinese Community Centre, which was the prominent building on the site. The Complex's main entrance, located on the site's interior, was highlighted by the Festival Plaza and Festival Court, whose octagonal shape was a nod to the eight essential strokes of Chinese calligraphy. The Festival Court led both to the Chinese Community Centre and a building with a public library and multi-purpose spaces (commonly referred to in the drawings as the Scarborough Community Complex). The Chinese Community Centre had a Festival Hall at it's entrance with wood and custom light fixtures that referred to Chinese craft techniques. This project also planned for vast Chinese gardens around the buildings, a large theatre building and a school at the south-end of the site. The project is recorded through drawings and a magazine publication on the finished project dating from 1992-1996. The drawings are mostly originals and include sketches, presentation drawings, plans, elevations, sections, perspectives and construction drawings. At least eleven schemes were investigated through these drawings.
Project
1992-1996
3 ring binder(s)
PHCON2003:0003
Description:
Binders include colour copies, made from digital images of slides, negatives, and photographs held in a binder, which was lent to CCA for copying in 2003 by the Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark. The photographic materials include some early photographs of Gordon Matta-Clark and his family, but mainly document the following early Matta-Clark projects: Photo-Fry (1969), Agar (1969-1970); Incendiary Wafers (1970-1971); Fire Boy (1971); Garbage Wall (1970); Jacks (1971); Pig Roast (1971); Tree Dance (1971); Belly Curtain (1971); Time Well (1971); Cherry Tree (1971); Winter Garden (1971); Sauna (1973); Food (1971-1973); and Untitled Wall Cutting (Santiago) (1971).
negatives exposed 1943-1971
Working photographs from 1971
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PHCON2003:0003
Description:
Binders include colour copies, made from digital images of slides, negatives, and photographs held in a binder, which was lent to CCA for copying in 2003 by the Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark. The photographic materials include some early photographs of Gordon Matta-Clark and his family, but mainly document the following early Matta-Clark projects: Photo-Fry (1969), Agar (1969-1970); Incendiary Wafers (1970-1971); Fire Boy (1971); Garbage Wall (1970); Jacks (1971); Pig Roast (1971); Tree Dance (1971); Belly Curtain (1971); Time Well (1971); Cherry Tree (1971); Winter Garden (1971); Sauna (1973); Food (1971-1973); and Untitled Wall Cutting (Santiago) (1971).
3 ring binder(s)
negatives exposed 1943-1971
drawings
Quantity:
8 drawing(s)
DR1995:0166:008-016
Description:
Includes drawings for Oldham Pub, including presentation drawings, plans, sections, elevations, details, measured sketches, conceptual drawings, sketches, perspectives, and site plan. The project for Oldham Pub includes a public pub, bar-related facilities, and boarding facilities such as sitting rooms, bedrooms, and a common kitchen and dining area. Materials and construction details for the interior are indicated on a detailed plan and section of the cocktail bar. The exterior of the pub is shown to be constructed of brick with concrete banding. A long covered colonnade at the front provides a sheltered entrance. A housing complex, garden, shops, and parking, are adjacent to the pub.
Drawings for Oldham Pub, including presentation drawings
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DR1995:0166:008-016
Description:
Includes drawings for Oldham Pub, including presentation drawings, plans, sections, elevations, details, measured sketches, conceptual drawings, sketches, perspectives, and site plan. The project for Oldham Pub includes a public pub, bar-related facilities, and boarding facilities such as sitting rooms, bedrooms, and a common kitchen and dining area. Materials and construction details for the interior are indicated on a detailed plan and section of the cocktail bar. The exterior of the pub is shown to be constructed of brick with concrete banding. A long covered colonnade at the front provides a sheltered entrance. A housing complex, garden, shops, and parking, are adjacent to the pub.
drawings
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8 drawing(s)
articles
Living Landscapes
Living Landscapes
Robyn Adams, Julia Pingeton, and Marie Pontais reflect on the transitional space of the shoreline
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drawings
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17 drawing(s)
ARCH270002
Description:
Group consists of plans and site plans reproducing various existing urban spaces in Europe, United-States and South America including shopping centres, gardens, parks, squares, crescents and public buildings.
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Plans and site plans reproducing various existing urban spaces in Europe
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ARCH270002
Description:
Group consists of plans and site plans reproducing various existing urban spaces in Europe, United-States and South America including shopping centres, gardens, parks, squares, crescents and public buildings.
drawings
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17 drawing(s)
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textual records
DR1995:0188:936-1056
Description:
correspondence, and four folders that include, building programme, poster, land use application, site plans, 1966 flyer of Glasgow Fun Palace, report on Pilot Project, trust deed, report on proposed arts centre in Manchester, notes and sketches on architectural sketches, report on Fun Palace Project, drawings, minutes of meeting, cost estimate for Pilot Project, photographs, draft notes on Children's Learning Garden, financial record of Summer Fair 1974, planning application forms, sketches of temporary project at Salway and Great Eastern Roads, grant application, questionnaire, report on land redevelopment, 'Bubble City' publication by Joan Littlewood, renovation proposal for Theatre Royal, poster, kids village colouring book, and application for children's playground
Correspondence, and four folders that include, building programme
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DR1995:0188:936-1056
Description:
correspondence, and four folders that include, building programme, poster, land use application, site plans, 1966 flyer of Glasgow Fun Palace, report on Pilot Project, trust deed, report on proposed arts centre in Manchester, notes and sketches on architectural sketches, report on Fun Palace Project, drawings, minutes of meeting, cost estimate for Pilot Project, photographs, draft notes on Children's Learning Garden, financial record of Summer Fair 1974, planning application forms, sketches of temporary project at Salway and Great Eastern Roads, grant application, questionnaire, report on land redevelopment, 'Bubble City' publication by Joan Littlewood, renovation proposal for Theatre Royal, poster, kids village colouring book, and application for children's playground
textual records