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The planet is the client
Learning from... Madrid
In the aftermath of the global economic crisis, Spain is now paying for its lack of urban policy, particularly in the construction industry. The credit crunch curbed the frenzy of construction and left behind a vast territory of incomplete urban spaces. Architect, editor, and architectural curator Javier Arpa Fernández presents a lecture reflecting on how alternative(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
4 December 2014 , 6pm
Learning from... Madrid
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In the aftermath of the global economic crisis, Spain is now paying for its lack of urban policy, particularly in the construction industry. The credit crunch curbed the frenzy of construction and left behind a vast territory of incomplete urban spaces. Architect, editor, and architectural curator Javier Arpa Fernández presents a lecture reflecting on how alternative(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
Shaughnessy House, CCA Keyword(s):
Indigenous-led design, place-based practices, place-based knowledges, pedagogy, environment, climate crisis, on-the-land learning
24 February 2024, 2pm to 3:30pm
Shaughnessy House, CCA Keyword(s):
Indigenous-led design, place-based practices, place-based knowledges, pedagogy, environment, climate crisis, on-the-land learning
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To remain in the no longer, Tripoli, Lebanon, housing crisis, urban planning, urban management, city government, Public Works Studio
5 September 2023
Tripoli: Who Took Away Our Land? (Part 2)
Public Works Studio presents the social and environmental repercussions of the city’s public management
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To remain in the no longer, Tripoli, Lebanon, housing crisis, urban planning, urban management, city government, Public Works Studio
28 August 2023
Tripoli: Who Took Away Our Land? (Part 1)
Public Works Studio presents the social and environmental repercussions of the city’s public management
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Filling the Gaps
George Arbid, Joyce Joumaa, Oscar Niemeyer, Tripoli, Lebanon, Rashid Karami International Fair, fairground, to remain in the no longer, crisis
6 February 2023
Filling the Gaps
George Arbid interviewed by Joyce Joumaa on Oscar Niemeyer’s project for the Rashid Karami International Fair in Tripoli
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Failed Bureaucracy
Mousbah Rajab, Joyce Joumaa, Oscar Niemeyer, Tripoli, Lebanon, Rashid Karami International Fair, fairground, to remain in the no longer, crisis
27 February 2023
Failed Bureaucracy
Mousbah Rajab interviewed by Joyce Joumaa on the Rashid Karami International Fair in Tripoli and the shortcomings of city management and planning
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Correspondence with contributors and readers Newpaper clippings Memos and letters from Suzanne Stevens Transcript Peter Eisenman- Philip Johnson interview, 1/8/82 Documents relating to the dinner in honor of Ada Louis Huxtable, January 25 Atttorneys' advice on agreement with Rizzoli, Sept. 1, 1981 Letter of Agreement between IAUS and Suzanne Stevens, 8 June 1981 List of sponsors Bills relating to dinner in honor of sponsors, October 1981 Press releases Hand written notes from PDE on the content of Skyline Folder Skyline - PDE's income tax documents - Folder SKYLINE: sealed enveloppe addressed to Suzanne Stevens; drafts of Peter Eisenman- Philip Johnson interview; draft of the agreement between IAUS and Suzanne Stevens; list of potential content and contributors for Skyline issues of September, October, November & December [1981]; 2 drafts of Jonathan Barnett : "The Avant-Garde Position". Folder Skyline Letter/PDE - 29 April 1981: PDE's letters to Skyline sponsors Various documents documenting the crisis of 1980, including : - Sponsors's letters; - Subscribers' complaints, - The Thomas Bender affair; - Proposed budgets for FY81; - Andrew MacNair's resignation as editor, - Correspondence with Rizzoli; - Documents relating to the distribution of Skyline, - Skyline development report. Folder Skyline : - Document describing the objectives and situation of Skyline in early 1980 - Memo from PDE to the Trustees, 9 June - New editor search - Conditions from Andrew MacNair, Dec. 1979 - Expenditures - Several memos - Distribution reports - Austrian tour - p. 1, 2, 7, 8 of Skyline no 1, 1 April 1978 (mock-up)
1978-1982
D. Programmes and Publications, 1980-1982: 3. Skyline
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Correspondence with contributors and readers Newpaper clippings Memos and letters from Suzanne Stevens Transcript Peter Eisenman- Philip Johnson interview, 1/8/82 Documents relating to the dinner in honor of Ada Louis Huxtable, January 25 Atttorneys' advice on agreement with Rizzoli, Sept. 1, 1981 Letter of Agreement between IAUS and Suzanne Stevens, 8 June 1981 List of sponsors Bills relating to dinner in honor of sponsors, October 1981 Press releases Hand written notes from PDE on the content of Skyline Folder Skyline - PDE's income tax documents - Folder SKYLINE: sealed enveloppe addressed to Suzanne Stevens; drafts of Peter Eisenman- Philip Johnson interview; draft of the agreement between IAUS and Suzanne Stevens; list of potential content and contributors for Skyline issues of September, October, November & December [1981]; 2 drafts of Jonathan Barnett : "The Avant-Garde Position". Folder Skyline Letter/PDE - 29 April 1981: PDE's letters to Skyline sponsors Various documents documenting the crisis of 1980, including : - Sponsors's letters; - Subscribers' complaints, - The Thomas Bender affair; - Proposed budgets for FY81; - Andrew MacNair's resignation as editor, - Correspondence with Rizzoli; - Documents relating to the distribution of Skyline, - Skyline development report. Folder Skyline : - Document describing the objectives and situation of Skyline in early 1980 - Memo from PDE to the Trustees, 9 June - New editor search - Conditions from Andrew MacNair, Dec. 1979 - Expenditures - Several memos - Distribution reports - Austrian tour - p. 1, 2, 7, 8 of Skyline no 1, 1 April 1978 (mock-up)
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1978-1982
On New Year’s Eve 1987, the people of Gonaïves, an impoverished port town on Haiti’s west coast, awoke to 4,000 tons of toxic ash. Amidst political turmoil in Haiti, officials had approved the import of toxic waste from the United States classified as “fertilizer.” In this case, the ash came from Philadelphia, which was facing a waste management crisis brought on by the(...)
Canada, environment, Jodoin, Müller, It's all happening so fast, toxic, Haiti, voluntary exchange, garbage imperialism, Gonaives
16 March 2017
Here It Is Toxic, There It Is Not
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On New Year’s Eve 1987, the people of Gonaïves, an impoverished port town on Haiti’s west coast, awoke to 4,000 tons of toxic ash. Amidst political turmoil in Haiti, officials had approved the import of toxic waste from the United States classified as “fertilizer.” In this case, the ash came from Philadelphia, which was facing a waste management crisis brought on by the(...)
Canada, environment, Jodoin, Müller, It's all happening so fast, toxic, Haiti, voluntary exchange, garbage imperialism, Gonaives
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Futurecasting collection
CD048
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This collection documents the activities of the “Futurecasting: Indigenous-led Architecture and Design in the Arctic” group formed by Jenni Hakovirta, Naomi Ratte, Nicole Luke, Magnus Antaris Tuolja, Andrea McIntosh, Robyn Adams, Berit Kristine Andersen Guvsám, Laila Susanna Kuhmunen, Johanna Minde, and Reanna Merasty. It contains materials related to the planning of seminars and workshops, and the creative process and projects created by its participants in 2022-2023 that were later presented in the Canadian Centre for Architecture’s exhibition and related publication “ᐊᖏᕐᕋᒧᑦ / Ruovttu Guvlui / Towards home” (2022-2023).
2008-2023
Futurecasting collection
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CD048
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This collection documents the activities of the “Futurecasting: Indigenous-led Architecture and Design in the Arctic” group formed by Jenni Hakovirta, Naomi Ratte, Nicole Luke, Magnus Antaris Tuolja, Andrea McIntosh, Robyn Adams, Berit Kristine Andersen Guvsám, Laila Susanna Kuhmunen, Johanna Minde, and Reanna Merasty. It contains materials related to the planning of seminars and workshops, and the creative process and projects created by its participants in 2022-2023 that were later presented in the Canadian Centre for Architecture’s exhibition and related publication “ᐊᖏᕐᕋᒧᑦ / Ruovttu Guvlui / Towards home” (2022-2023).
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2008-2023