Sink or Swim
What would a city look like if its infrastructure was waterproof, buoyant and–why not!–amphibious? Given the anticipated rise of sea level at a global scale, the connection between the city and water in all its iterations–oceans, rivers, canals, waterways–is subject to change in the coming years. Montreal will be the playground of this creative laboratory of prototypes(...)
February 2017 to March 2017
Sink or Swim
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What would a city look like if its infrastructure was waterproof, buoyant and–why not!–amphibious? Given the anticipated rise of sea level at a global scale, the connection between the city and water in all its iterations–oceans, rivers, canals, waterways–is subject to change in the coming years. Montreal will be the playground of this creative laboratory of prototypes(...)
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,(...)
Learning from... Dubai
Yasser Elsheshtawy presents the second lecture in the series Learning From… the Middle East.Whether presented as a playground for the super-rich, a land of unabashed consumerism, or an exemplary case study for capitalist exploitation – such portrayals ultimately suggest a one-sided dimension of the city of Dubai. The talk will examine the spaces of the everyday, the(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
29 September 2011 , 7PM
Learning from... Dubai
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Yasser Elsheshtawy presents the second lecture in the series Learning From… the Middle East.Whether presented as a playground for the super-rich, a land of unabashed consumerism, or an exemplary case study for capitalist exploitation – such portrayals ultimately suggest a one-sided dimension of the city of Dubai. The talk will examine the spaces of the everyday, the(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
drawings
ARCH160345
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Plans du rez-de-chaussée, du sous-sol, de la structure du toit, élévations et coupes; détails des fenêtres et portes, cuisine et meubles, bar dans la salle de jeux, détails de construction.
1954-1955
Plans du rez-de-chaussée, du sous-sol, de la structure du toit
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ARCH160345
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Plans du rez-de-chaussée, du sous-sol, de la structure du toit, élévations et coupes; détails des fenêtres et portes, cuisine et meubles, bar dans la salle de jeux, détails de construction.
drawings
1954-1955
articles
A Social Reset
18 October 2021
On flatpack furniture and .zip folders
Simone Niquille considers the simulation of domestic space
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A Social Reset
drawings
DR2012:0012:047:019
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Includes plans, elevations and isometric drawings for an unidentified architectural project. Plan titles include "terrain de jeux", "cafeteria", "systeme de classes" and "repartition des volumes".
circa 1964-1967
Plans, elevations and isometric drawings for an unidentified architectural project
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DR2012:0012:047:019
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Includes plans, elevations and isometric drawings for an unidentified architectural project. Plan titles include "terrain de jeux", "cafeteria", "systeme de classes" and "repartition des volumes".
drawings
circa 1964-1967
Twenty-two colour photographs reveal Ernest Cormier’s central pavilion of the Université de Montréal as an integral part of the Montréal urban landscape and as a complex, varied spatial experience. The exhibition originated in a commission to Gabor Szilasi by the CCA when research into the Fonds Cormier revealed a major gap in the photographic documentation of the(...)
Octagonal gallery
2 May 1990 to 28 October 1990
Sighting the Université de Montréal: Photographs by Gabor Szilasi
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Twenty-two colour photographs reveal Ernest Cormier’s central pavilion of the Université de Montréal as an integral part of the Montréal urban landscape and as a complex, varied spatial experience. The exhibition originated in a commission to Gabor Szilasi by the CCA when research into the Fonds Cormier revealed a major gap in the photographic documentation of the(...)
Octagonal gallery
drawings, textual records
Documentation préparatoire à la fabrication du document de présentation exigé par le concours
ARCH167816
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25 feuillets:Documentation préparatoire à la fabrication du document de présentation exigé par le concours 1 dessin: Installation, mine de plastique sur mylar 23 x 31 cm 15 feuillets: photocopies d'un livre non-identifié 21,5 x 25,5 cm 1 dossier aux couleurs du Comité d'organisation des Jeux Olympiques de Calgary contenant: -106 feuillets: Correspondance et brouillons de lettres, comprenant: description de projet, liste des architectes participant au concours et contrat 10 octobre 1986- 6 avril 1988 -7 photocopies: coupures de presse 21,5 x 35,5 cm 2 invitations à des inaugurations 19 15 cm Rapport annuel des jeux olympiques de Calgary pour l'année 1986 Programmation des jeux 1 page: Bulletin semestriel de l'IRAC "En Bref", un extrait 3 cartes d'affaire 1 facture
Documentation préparatoire à la fabrication du document de présentation exigé par le concours
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ARCH167816
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25 feuillets:Documentation préparatoire à la fabrication du document de présentation exigé par le concours 1 dessin: Installation, mine de plastique sur mylar 23 x 31 cm 15 feuillets: photocopies d'un livre non-identifié 21,5 x 25,5 cm 1 dossier aux couleurs du Comité d'organisation des Jeux Olympiques de Calgary contenant: -106 feuillets: Correspondance et brouillons de lettres, comprenant: description de projet, liste des architectes participant au concours et contrat 10 octobre 1986- 6 avril 1988 -7 photocopies: coupures de presse 21,5 x 35,5 cm 2 invitations à des inaugurations 19 15 cm Rapport annuel des jeux olympiques de Calgary pour l'année 1986 Programmation des jeux 1 page: Bulletin semestriel de l'IRAC "En Bref", un extrait 3 cartes d'affaire 1 facture
drawings, textual records
Toys that Teach
The architectural toy typically looks to the world of “real” buildings, reproducing columns, arches, and windows in miniature form. Toys That Teach, however, presents a range of construction toys based on the elementary forms of geometry found in nature: cubes and spheres, cones and cylinders, rods and prisms. The toys serve not only for building but also for mathematical(...)
Octagonal gallery
16 December 1992 to 25 April 1993
Toys that Teach
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The architectural toy typically looks to the world of “real” buildings, reproducing columns, arches, and windows in miniature form. Toys That Teach, however, presents a range of construction toys based on the elementary forms of geometry found in nature: cubes and spheres, cones and cylinders, rods and prisms. The toys serve not only for building but also for mathematical(...)
Octagonal gallery