Series
AP181.S1
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Series 1, BMW Welt development and construction records, 1994-2015, documents the design development and construction phases of COOP HIMMELB(L)AU BMW Welt building, located nearby the BMW headquarters in Munich. This series also contains some materials from the competition phase, corresponding to less than 2000 digital files, and models from the third phase of the competition. More than half of the records were created from 2003 to 2006. Records show how COOP HIMMELB(L)AU, and the numerous consultants on the project, materialized the original concept, from Wolf Prix sketch, of this cloud-like roof emerging from a double cone suggesting an hurricane eye. To achieve this, extensive digital structural testing was done with engineers Bollinger + Grohmann. Consultants list also include: - Hans Lechner ZT GmbH for in-house project management; - Schmitt, Stumpf, Frühauf + Partner for construction documents of concrete works, interior fittings, tender and construction administration; - Emmer Pfenninger + Partner AG for the facade; - Transsolar, Klima Engineering for the photovoltaic plant on the roof; - PRO, Elektroplan for electrical systems and lifts; - AG-Licht for lighting; - Büro Dr. Pfeiler for structural physics or building physics; - Theater Projekte Daberto+Kollegen for the stage and auditorium; - PBB Planungsbüro Balke for kitchen technology - realgruen Landschaftsarchitekten for lansdcape design; - Kersken & Kirchner for fire protection; - TAW Weisse for height accessibility planning, in consideration for maintenance access; - Lang & Brukhardt for traffic engineering; - Ingenieurbüro Schoenenberg for civil engineering and road construction; - Büro für Gestaltung / Wangler & Abele for signage; - And Zilch, Müller, Henneke as inspection engineers. The approximately 52,400 digital files include raster images, CAD drawings and 3D digital models, plotter files, standard office documents, databases, and scripts. Design files are predominantly in AutoCAD, but the archive also includes over 1,100 Rhinoceros files (primarily in Rhino version 2, with some files in versions 3 and 4) and a smaller number of files in Maya, 3D Studio, Microstation, form*Z, and Revit formats. Because the firm’s computing environment included Macs, the archive also includes a few AppleDouble resource forks. Often, CAD drawings were also saved as PDF files. Photographs and screen captures were most times saved as JPEG files. Finally, design files also include wireframes and renderings. Most often, design files are plans of a designated area, a complete level of the building for example, but they also often show very specific and technical details, such as a few millimetres to be corrected on a panel or a structural element. These types of corrections are frequently shown in PDF files where annotations were either made digitally, or they were handwritten on a printed version which would then be digitized. Design files document all parts of the building including the facade, the roof, the double cone (Doppelkegel), the restaurants, the shops, the exhibition areas, the auditorium, etc. Accompanying textual records are at times quite technical in their content, such as lists of construction elements required in a given room, or analysis reports from consulting engineers. They also take into account the organization and planning of the work, for example including documentation’s exchange or meeting agendas. Finally, they show the design development through presentations, either PDF or Powerpoint files, and through a portfolio of the project and the preparation of the book Dynamic Forces. The archive’s physical component includes 52 physical study models, which were used in combination with digital modeling tools to iteratively refine the building’s design. These are a selection made by the firm of study models from the later stages of the competition and the early stages of the design development. Source: Feireiss, Kristin, editor. “Dynamic Forces, BMW WELT Munich”. Munich: Prestel Verlag, 2007.
1994-2015
BMW Welt development and construction records
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AP181.S1
Description:
Series 1, BMW Welt development and construction records, 1994-2015, documents the design development and construction phases of COOP HIMMELB(L)AU BMW Welt building, located nearby the BMW headquarters in Munich. This series also contains some materials from the competition phase, corresponding to less than 2000 digital files, and models from the third phase of the competition. More than half of the records were created from 2003 to 2006. Records show how COOP HIMMELB(L)AU, and the numerous consultants on the project, materialized the original concept, from Wolf Prix sketch, of this cloud-like roof emerging from a double cone suggesting an hurricane eye. To achieve this, extensive digital structural testing was done with engineers Bollinger + Grohmann. Consultants list also include: - Hans Lechner ZT GmbH for in-house project management; - Schmitt, Stumpf, Frühauf + Partner for construction documents of concrete works, interior fittings, tender and construction administration; - Emmer Pfenninger + Partner AG for the facade; - Transsolar, Klima Engineering for the photovoltaic plant on the roof; - PRO, Elektroplan for electrical systems and lifts; - AG-Licht for lighting; - Büro Dr. Pfeiler for structural physics or building physics; - Theater Projekte Daberto+Kollegen for the stage and auditorium; - PBB Planungsbüro Balke for kitchen technology - realgruen Landschaftsarchitekten for lansdcape design; - Kersken & Kirchner for fire protection; - TAW Weisse for height accessibility planning, in consideration for maintenance access; - Lang & Brukhardt for traffic engineering; - Ingenieurbüro Schoenenberg for civil engineering and road construction; - Büro für Gestaltung / Wangler & Abele for signage; - And Zilch, Müller, Henneke as inspection engineers. The approximately 52,400 digital files include raster images, CAD drawings and 3D digital models, plotter files, standard office documents, databases, and scripts. Design files are predominantly in AutoCAD, but the archive also includes over 1,100 Rhinoceros files (primarily in Rhino version 2, with some files in versions 3 and 4) and a smaller number of files in Maya, 3D Studio, Microstation, form*Z, and Revit formats. Because the firm’s computing environment included Macs, the archive also includes a few AppleDouble resource forks. Often, CAD drawings were also saved as PDF files. Photographs and screen captures were most times saved as JPEG files. Finally, design files also include wireframes and renderings. Most often, design files are plans of a designated area, a complete level of the building for example, but they also often show very specific and technical details, such as a few millimetres to be corrected on a panel or a structural element. These types of corrections are frequently shown in PDF files where annotations were either made digitally, or they were handwritten on a printed version which would then be digitized. Design files document all parts of the building including the facade, the roof, the double cone (Doppelkegel), the restaurants, the shops, the exhibition areas, the auditorium, etc. Accompanying textual records are at times quite technical in their content, such as lists of construction elements required in a given room, or analysis reports from consulting engineers. They also take into account the organization and planning of the work, for example including documentation’s exchange or meeting agendas. Finally, they show the design development through presentations, either PDF or Powerpoint files, and through a portfolio of the project and the preparation of the book Dynamic Forces. The archive’s physical component includes 52 physical study models, which were used in combination with digital modeling tools to iteratively refine the building’s design. These are a selection made by the firm of study models from the later stages of the competition and the early stages of the design development. Source: Feireiss, Kristin, editor. “Dynamic Forces, BMW WELT Munich”. Munich: Prestel Verlag, 2007.
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1994-2015
drawings
DR1989:0015:085 R/V
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- This drawing shows five elevations and sections for the convent dormitories at St. Peter's Home, Woking. Four of these drawings appear to have been traced onto DR1989:0015:084. The verso is probably a cross-section and elevation for the dormitories, with a plan for a gateway or doorway at the u.l. The blue lines at the b. are probably sections of the grounds, corresponding to the sections in blue pencil on the site plans, DR1989:0015:072, DR1989:0015:074, and DR1989:0015:076. - This work is part of a group of drawings and reprographic prints of drawings for St. Peter's Home, Woking, and St. Peter's Convent, Woking, from the offices of John Loughborough Pearson and Frank Loughborough Pearson (DR1989:0015:011 - DR1989:0015:085 R/V). Composed of contract and working drawings including plans, site plans, sections, and elevations dated between 1881 and 1936, these drawings were sold at auction by the convent along with those for the older institution of St. Peter's Home, Kilburn (DR1989:0015:001 - DR1989:0015:010). Both St. Peter's Home, Kilburn, and St. Peter's Home, Woking were commissioned from John Loughborough Pearson by Benjamin Lancaster. The alterations to the Home at Kilburn were commissioned on behalf of Lancaster's wife, who founded the home and a lay nursing order which ran it. The institution at Woking was founded by Lancaster as a home for incurables in 1882 and dedicated to the memory of his deceased wife (Quiney 67-68, 254-255, and 284). It was probably first known as St. Peter's Home, Woking, not becoming a convent until ca. 1934.
architecture
1934
St. Peter's Convent, Woking: Elevations and sections for the new wings; verso: St. Peter's Convent, Woking: Sectional elevation and sketch plans
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DR1989:0015:085 R/V
Description:
- This drawing shows five elevations and sections for the convent dormitories at St. Peter's Home, Woking. Four of these drawings appear to have been traced onto DR1989:0015:084. The verso is probably a cross-section and elevation for the dormitories, with a plan for a gateway or doorway at the u.l. The blue lines at the b. are probably sections of the grounds, corresponding to the sections in blue pencil on the site plans, DR1989:0015:072, DR1989:0015:074, and DR1989:0015:076. - This work is part of a group of drawings and reprographic prints of drawings for St. Peter's Home, Woking, and St. Peter's Convent, Woking, from the offices of John Loughborough Pearson and Frank Loughborough Pearson (DR1989:0015:011 - DR1989:0015:085 R/V). Composed of contract and working drawings including plans, site plans, sections, and elevations dated between 1881 and 1936, these drawings were sold at auction by the convent along with those for the older institution of St. Peter's Home, Kilburn (DR1989:0015:001 - DR1989:0015:010). Both St. Peter's Home, Kilburn, and St. Peter's Home, Woking were commissioned from John Loughborough Pearson by Benjamin Lancaster. The alterations to the Home at Kilburn were commissioned on behalf of Lancaster's wife, who founded the home and a lay nursing order which ran it. The institution at Woking was founded by Lancaster as a home for incurables in 1882 and dedicated to the memory of his deceased wife (Quiney 67-68, 254-255, and 284). It was probably first known as St. Peter's Home, Woking, not becoming a convent until ca. 1934.
drawings
1934
architecture
Project
CP 3
AP144.S2.D169
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File documents a project for a book of Cedric Price's works since 1984, edited by Samantha Hardingham, which was eventually published by Wiley-Academy as 'Cedric Price, Opera'. An earlier attempt to publish a version of the book entitled 'Cedric Price: More Works' with the publisher Artemis was unsuccessful. This file also includes material relating to the publication of 'Cedric Price, The Square Book', a Wiley-Academy reprint of the book 'Cedric Price: Works II'. Material in this file was produced between 1975 and 2003. File contains presentation panels and textual records.
1975-2003
CP 3
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AP144.S2.D169
Description:
File documents a project for a book of Cedric Price's works since 1984, edited by Samantha Hardingham, which was eventually published by Wiley-Academy as 'Cedric Price, Opera'. An earlier attempt to publish a version of the book entitled 'Cedric Price: More Works' with the publisher Artemis was unsuccessful. This file also includes material relating to the publication of 'Cedric Price, The Square Book', a Wiley-Academy reprint of the book 'Cedric Price: Works II'. Material in this file was produced between 1975 and 2003. File contains presentation panels and textual records.
File 169
1975-2003
graphic materials
DR1987:0332-0332
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A poster for the exhibition "Other Monuments: Six Works by Melvin Charney", Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 1978. The poste was designed by John Honeyman.
1978
Poster of the exhibition "Other monuments"
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DR1987:0332-0332
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A poster for the exhibition "Other Monuments: Six Works by Melvin Charney", Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 1978. The poste was designed by John Honeyman.
graphic materials
1978
photographs
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3 flat(s)
ARCH197174
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Two assemblages of Photostat negatives, depicting works by Gene Summers, for the production of posters. One print on film of the caption "Gene R. Summers, FAIA".
Two assemblages of Photostat negatives, depicting works by Gene Summers
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ARCH197174
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Two assemblages of Photostat negatives, depicting works by Gene Summers, for the production of posters. One print on film of the caption "Gene R. Summers, FAIA".
photographs
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3 flat(s)
photographs
ARCH280835
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Group consists photographs of workers and inhabitants at Chandigarh, India, including a photograph of Pierre Jeanneret and a man with a camel or a dromedary.
s.d.
Photographs of workers and inhabitants at Chandigarh, India
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ARCH280835
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Group consists photographs of workers and inhabitants at Chandigarh, India, including a photograph of Pierre Jeanneret and a man with a camel or a dromedary.
photographs
s.d.
textual records
ARCH267902
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This group consists of correspondence with the Department of Public Works of Canada and related documents concerning the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, Ontario.
1975-1977
National Gallery Competition 7602 / Correspondence with Public works of Ottawa / Letters 1.1
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ARCH267902
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This group consists of correspondence with the Department of Public Works of Canada and related documents concerning the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, Ontario.
textual records
1975-1977
PHCON2003:0005:152
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Inscriptions read: "GMC Estate Video Dub #19"; "Persistent Pictures"; "Complete Film and Video Works: Program #3: Fire Child (1971), Fresh Kill (1972), Days End (1975)."
1971 - 1975
Video copy of Fire Child, Fresh Kill, and Days End
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PHCON2003:0005:152
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Inscriptions read: "GMC Estate Video Dub #19"; "Persistent Pictures"; "Complete Film and Video Works: Program #3: Fire Child (1971), Fresh Kill (1972), Days End (1975)."
1971 - 1975
PH1980:0817:034
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Photograph depicts a group of six people, three young boys, two men, and one woman, possibly farm workers, on the back of a wooden cart being drawn by an ox.
1889-1896
View of a group of people on a wooden cart, Quebec, Canada
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PH1980:0817:034
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Photograph depicts a group of six people, three young boys, two men, and one woman, possibly farm workers, on the back of a wooden cart being drawn by an ox.
SO–IL is led by partners Florian Idenburg, Jing Liu and Ilias Papageorgiou, who have worked on the master plan of a cultural campus in Shanghai, student housing in Athens, the Shrem Museum of Art at the University of California in Davis, the Frieze Art Fair in NYC, and Kukje Gallery in Seoul. The series They want to speak with you invites design and architecture(...)
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SO–IL wants to speak with you
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SO–IL is led by partners Florian Idenburg, Jing Liu and Ilias Papageorgiou, who have worked on the master plan of a cultural campus in Shanghai, student housing in Athens, the Shrem Museum of Art at the University of California in Davis, the Frieze Art Fair in NYC, and Kukje Gallery in Seoul. The series They want to speak with you invites design and architecture(...)