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With and Within
cooperativism, collective, barcelona, spain, la borda, can batlló, social economy, indignados, context
19 April 2021
The Architecture of Cooperation
Kim Courrèges and Felipe de Ferrari of Plan Común speak with Carles Baiges and Cristina Gamboa of Lacol
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With and Within
*Opening the Gates of Eighteenth-Century Montréal* explores the development of the city during the eighteenth century, when Montréal was a fortified town. The exhibition provides a unique opportunity to consider the building of the eighteenth-century military and commercial town, the nucleus from which Montréal grew. The product of nearly fifteen years of research and(...)
Main galleries
8 September 1992 to 28 February 1993
Opening the Gates of Eighteenth-Century Montréal
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*Opening the Gates of Eighteenth-Century Montréal* explores the development of the city during the eighteenth century, when Montréal was a fortified town. The exhibition provides a unique opportunity to consider the building of the eighteenth-century military and commercial town, the nucleus from which Montréal grew. The product of nearly fifteen years of research and(...)
Main galleries
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Bureau d'expansion économique et l'Expo Club, Pavillon Centre du Commerce international, Expo 67
AP060.S3.D73
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Le dossier documente le projet de la firme D'Astous & Pothier pour le Bureau d'expansion économique et l'Expo Club du Pavillon Centre du Commerce international à l'Expo 67, Montréal, Québec. Il contient des dessins et une reprographie produits en 1965.
1965
Bureau d'expansion économique et l'Expo Club, Pavillon Centre du Commerce international, Expo 67
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AP060.S3.D73
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Le dossier documente le projet de la firme D'Astous & Pothier pour le Bureau d'expansion économique et l'Expo Club du Pavillon Centre du Commerce international à l'Expo 67, Montréal, Québec. Il contient des dessins et une reprographie produits en 1965.
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1965
Second Nature
As part of the exhibition It’s All Happening So Fast, an interactive workshop is offered to cegep and university groups in order to explore the complex and contradictory relationships that Canada maintains with the environment. By taking a stand and speaking on behalf of entities motivated by a multiplicity of interests—ecosystems, architecture, ethics, economic systems,(...)
26 January 2017 to 7 April 2017
Second Nature
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As part of the exhibition It’s All Happening So Fast, an interactive workshop is offered to cegep and university groups in order to explore the complex and contradictory relationships that Canada maintains with the environment. By taking a stand and speaking on behalf of entities motivated by a multiplicity of interests—ecosystems, architecture, ethics, economic systems,(...)
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The Modernizing Beat
The Modernizing Beat
Dele Adeyemo rereads the production of space of a modernizing Ghana through highlife
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Between 1836 and 1848, the German-Dutch explorer Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn made several expeditions in Java in the service of the Dutch colonial authorities. He was among the first colonists to climb the island’s many volcanoes. His scientific works, books, maps, and lithographs made him the “Humboldt of Java.” This exhibition follows Junghuhn’s footsteps and explores(...)
Octagonal gallery
29 September 2016 to 22 January 2017
17 Volcanoes: Works by Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn, Armin Linke, and Bas Princen
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Between 1836 and 1848, the German-Dutch explorer Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn made several expeditions in Java in the service of the Dutch colonial authorities. He was among the first colonists to climb the island’s many volcanoes. His scientific works, books, maps, and lithographs made him the “Humboldt of Java.” This exhibition follows Junghuhn’s footsteps and explores(...)
Octagonal gallery
New towns created by private enterprise in the early years of the twentieth century bear witness to the confluence of economic, social, and political forces at work in shaping urban forms. Built quickly and expensively, these towns thoroughly planned to sustain industrial profits, relying on social control to ensure the hegemony of the ruling class. This exhibition traces(...)
Main galleries
6 March 1996 to 26 May 1996
Power and Planning: Industrial Towns in Québec, 1890-1950
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New towns created by private enterprise in the early years of the twentieth century bear witness to the confluence of economic, social, and political forces at work in shaping urban forms. Built quickly and expensively, these towns thoroughly planned to sustain industrial profits, relying on social control to ensure the hegemony of the ruling class. This exhibition traces(...)
Main galleries
Learning from... Cairo
Nasser Rabbat challenges the traditional framing strategies of East vs. West or traditional vs. modern, focusing instead on the dialectical relationship of modernity and history in the making of contemporary Cairo. Shaped by distinct waves of modernity from the colonial Napoleonic invasion of 1789 to the revolution and independence in 1952, the city responded with layers(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
15 September 2011 , 7pm
Learning from... Cairo
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Nasser Rabbat challenges the traditional framing strategies of East vs. West or traditional vs. modern, focusing instead on the dialectical relationship of modernity and history in the making of contemporary Cairo. Shaped by distinct waves of modernity from the colonial Napoleonic invasion of 1789 to the revolution and independence in 1952, the city responded with layers(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
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Dan Handel, Francesco Garutti, Émilie Retailleau, carpet, hotel, megastructure, hospitality, Assaf Evron
13 September 2021
A deliberate bombardment of the senses
Dan Handel interviewed by Francesco Garutti and Émilie Retailleau on the strategies behind the deployment of carpets in the deep spaces of hospitality
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Visiting scholar Adam Morton presents his research: Under capitalism, how is space organized in our everyday lives through the streets we walk, the monuments we visit, and the places where we meet? This talk presents the making of modern state space in Mexico through the perspective of a spatial political economy. It will draw on my ongoing research on the production of(...)
Shaughnessy House
22 June 2017, 6pm
Visiting Scholar Seminar: Adam Morton
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Visiting scholar Adam Morton presents his research: Under capitalism, how is space organized in our everyday lives through the streets we walk, the monuments we visit, and the places where we meet? This talk presents the making of modern state space in Mexico through the perspective of a spatial political economy. It will draw on my ongoing research on the production of(...)
Shaughnessy House