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General Offices
ARCH41057
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General Offices; structure, dental clinic, pipe trench: Signal and A.S.D.I.C. basement toilets, dimensioned block plans, pedestal cuspidor and operating light, Machine Shop and Engineering Building expansion joints, wall details of barracks buildings, water pipe lines, Hospital pipe branches and steel stack, hospital pipe trench and water main, manhole, exterior sewer of Torpedo and Gunnery School
General Offices
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ARCH41057
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General Offices; structure, dental clinic, pipe trench: Signal and A.S.D.I.C. basement toilets, dimensioned block plans, pedestal cuspidor and operating light, Machine Shop and Engineering Building expansion joints, wall details of barracks buildings, water pipe lines, Hospital pipe branches and steel stack, hospital pipe trench and water main, manhole, exterior sewer of Torpedo and Gunnery School
drawings
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articles
Origins of the digital
Archaeology of the Digital, Archéologie du numérique, Environnements virtuels objets interactifs, Media and Machines, Wolfgang Ernst
14 July 2009
Origins of the digital
Project
AP148.S1.1972.PR02
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Project series documents Poli's design and development work on the Supersurface project created with Superstudio in 1972. Part of Superstudio's project, "Five Fundamental Acts: Life, Education, Ceremony, Love and Death", included films created on each theme, Supersurface was the first in the series ("Life"), and was shown at the 1972 exhibition "Italy: The New Domestic Landscape, Achievements and Problems in Italian Design" at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. The final film had a running time of 15 minutes and was shot in colour on 16 mm film. Material predominantly includes project drawings, collages and sketches, along with a textual and drawn storyboard for the film. The storyboard was sent in a folder made by Poli, which has been retained as part of the fonds. Material in the folder has been kept in the order in which Poli transferred it. Of note are also 3 larger drawings, one of which is a collage of photos featuring Poli, and another is an immense brightly-coloured collage of a young woman on the edge of a sea with a machine floating beaming down on her. These drawings have been signed Alessandro Poli-Superstudio. Also included is a copy of "L'Espresso" magazine dated 4 June 1972 (no. 23), featuring Umberto Eco's article "Dal cucchiaio alla città".
1971-1972
Supersuperficie [Supersurface] (1972)
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AP148.S1.1972.PR02
Description:
Project series documents Poli's design and development work on the Supersurface project created with Superstudio in 1972. Part of Superstudio's project, "Five Fundamental Acts: Life, Education, Ceremony, Love and Death", included films created on each theme, Supersurface was the first in the series ("Life"), and was shown at the 1972 exhibition "Italy: The New Domestic Landscape, Achievements and Problems in Italian Design" at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. The final film had a running time of 15 minutes and was shot in colour on 16 mm film. Material predominantly includes project drawings, collages and sketches, along with a textual and drawn storyboard for the film. The storyboard was sent in a folder made by Poli, which has been retained as part of the fonds. Material in the folder has been kept in the order in which Poli transferred it. Of note are also 3 larger drawings, one of which is a collage of photos featuring Poli, and another is an immense brightly-coloured collage of a young woman on the edge of a sea with a machine floating beaming down on her. These drawings have been signed Alessandro Poli-Superstudio. Also included is a copy of "L'Espresso" magazine dated 4 June 1972 (no. 23), featuring Umberto Eco's article "Dal cucchiaio alla città".
Project
1971-1972
drawings
AP154.S1.1973.PR01.SS2.029
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Drawings numbered 1-15, 17, 19, 20, 99-101, 103-109, 130-131, 135-136, 145. Includes skin details, extrusions, floor plans (cellar, 1st-38th), core plans, first floor and intermediate level core and details, roof bulkhead core, door and frame details, roof bulkheads (lower level and main floor, elevator machine room level), roof bulkhead sections and details, elevations (east and south), and column details.
1955-1959
Copies of drawings for the Seagram Building, 375 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y.
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AP154.S1.1973.PR01.SS2.029
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Drawings numbered 1-15, 17, 19, 20, 99-101, 103-109, 130-131, 135-136, 145. Includes skin details, extrusions, floor plans (cellar, 1st-38th), core plans, first floor and intermediate level core and details, roof bulkhead core, door and frame details, roof bulkheads (lower level and main floor, elevator machine room level), roof bulkhead sections and details, elevations (east and south), and column details.
drawings
1955-1959
Project
AP164.S1.1997.D4
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The project series documents the design of the “Green House” for Mariano Maqueda and Olga Montón, in Pozuelo de Alarcón, in the Community of Madrid, Spain. The firm identified this project as number 103. “The project is located in a typical bit of middle-class suburbia, in which low-density housing, wasteland, amenities and clumps of pine trees intermingle, giving form to the idea of an urban existence that is in contact with nature. [Abalos & Herreros] decided to be extremely direct and to stress this aspiration by using gardening techniques. In fact, the house as a whole can be understood as an example of a giant ars-topiaria, an idea that is not at odds with the fact that it will be lived in by a landscape architect. The sloping topography is taken advantage of to build a house that has continuity with the natural environment, avoiding differentiation between the house and the terrain: the whole house is garden and the whole garden is house. The project is, then, a topological mechanism for arranging and modeling the land so as to increase and to obtain maximum enjoyment from the landscape’s weaker stimuli: the pine trees, the near-by stream, the setting of the sun over the skyline of Madrid from the house’s highest point… Natural views and artificial views: a green machine.” (ARCH270971) Documenting the project are conceptual, design development and working drawings, forms, invoices and contracts.
1995-1999, predominant 1997-1998
Casa Verde, Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid, Spain (1997)
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AP164.S1.1997.D4
Description:
The project series documents the design of the “Green House” for Mariano Maqueda and Olga Montón, in Pozuelo de Alarcón, in the Community of Madrid, Spain. The firm identified this project as number 103. “The project is located in a typical bit of middle-class suburbia, in which low-density housing, wasteland, amenities and clumps of pine trees intermingle, giving form to the idea of an urban existence that is in contact with nature. [Abalos & Herreros] decided to be extremely direct and to stress this aspiration by using gardening techniques. In fact, the house as a whole can be understood as an example of a giant ars-topiaria, an idea that is not at odds with the fact that it will be lived in by a landscape architect. The sloping topography is taken advantage of to build a house that has continuity with the natural environment, avoiding differentiation between the house and the terrain: the whole house is garden and the whole garden is house. The project is, then, a topological mechanism for arranging and modeling the land so as to increase and to obtain maximum enjoyment from the landscape’s weaker stimuli: the pine trees, the near-by stream, the setting of the sun over the skyline of Madrid from the house’s highest point… Natural views and artificial views: a green machine.” (ARCH270971) Documenting the project are conceptual, design development and working drawings, forms, invoices and contracts.
Project
1995-1999, predominant 1997-1998
photographs
PH1980:1036:001-011
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Album containing photographic views of buildings by Stone & Webster contractors located in the United States (Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Conowingo (Maryland), Boston, Baltimore and Long Beach (California). The views depict a hospital, an insurance company, a stadium, hydro-electric development plants, a talking machine company, a telegraph building, a bank, an elevator company, a sugar refining company and a steam plant. Each photograph is preceeded by a letter of approval from clients.
architecture, engineering
ca. 1920s
Photographic views of buildings built in various cities by Stone & Webster contracters, with letters of approval from clients, United States
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PH1980:1036:001-011
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Album containing photographic views of buildings by Stone & Webster contractors located in the United States (Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Conowingo (Maryland), Boston, Baltimore and Long Beach (California). The views depict a hospital, an insurance company, a stadium, hydro-electric development plants, a talking machine company, a telegraph building, a bank, an elevator company, a sugar refining company and a steam plant. Each photograph is preceeded by a letter of approval from clients.
photographs
ca. 1920s
architecture, engineering
drawings
ARCH276025
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Détails des enceintes des radiateurs, des cadres de porte, de la maçonnerie, du plan d'implantation de la salle des machines, de la première pierre, des carneaux, du vitrage de la toiture, des salles du sous-sol, des élévations de l'entrée principale, des cheminés. Détails structuraux de la salle des machines et des tours.
1936 - 1939
Détails des enceintes des radiateurs, des cadres de porte
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ARCH276025
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Détails des enceintes des radiateurs, des cadres de porte, de la maçonnerie, du plan d'implantation de la salle des machines, de la première pierre, des carneaux, du vitrage de la toiture, des salles du sous-sol, des élévations de l'entrée principale, des cheminés. Détails structuraux de la salle des machines et des tours.
drawings
1936 - 1939
articles
Noise Versus Noise
The rest of your senses
20th century, acouphène, acoustics, acoustique, ambiance, atmosphere, BLDGBLOG, bruit, construction, flooring, Geoff@CCA, Geoff Manaugh, hauts talons, high heels, histoire, history, isolant phonique, machine, noise, paysage sonore, plancher, Sabine von Fischer, son, sound, soundproofing, soundscape, tinnitus, XXe siècle
13 February 2017
The rest of your senses
Project
AP018.S1.1960.PR02
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This project series documents the Imperial Oil Ontario region office in North York, Ontario from 1960-1962. The office identified the project number as 6049. This project consisted of a three-storey, 110,000 square foot building located at the corner of Don Mills Road and Eglington Avenue. The front entrance was accessed from a circular driveway off Wynford Drive, with parking lots on either side that held 330 vehicles. The basement level had storage rooms, machine and boiler rooms, a telephone switch gear room and shipping areas. The first floor included food service areas, offices, locker rooms, and a doctor's office complete with x-ray rooms, treatment areas and a quiet room for female employees, among others. The second floor contained administrative areas for accounting, data control and banking, while the third floor contained more offices. The building's frame consisted of a rectangular steel skeleton faced with concrete panels. The ground level was recessed 20 feet to allow for sidewalks around the building. Concrete columns at this level supported the upper two storeys. The landscaped surroundings include long, fountain-spotted reflecting pools. This project won the silver Massey Medal for Architecture in 1964, as well as an honourable distinction at the International Exhibition of Architects VIII Biennial of São Paula in 1965. The project is recorded through drawings, textual records and a photograph dating from 1961-1970. The drawings are mostly reprographic copies that include plans, sections, elevations, details, schedules and electrical, mechanical and structural drawings. The textual records consist of specifications originally arranged with the drawings. The photograph shows the finished buillding.
1961 - 1970
Imperial Oil Limited, Ontario Region Office Building, North York (1960-1962)
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AP018.S1.1960.PR02
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This project series documents the Imperial Oil Ontario region office in North York, Ontario from 1960-1962. The office identified the project number as 6049. This project consisted of a three-storey, 110,000 square foot building located at the corner of Don Mills Road and Eglington Avenue. The front entrance was accessed from a circular driveway off Wynford Drive, with parking lots on either side that held 330 vehicles. The basement level had storage rooms, machine and boiler rooms, a telephone switch gear room and shipping areas. The first floor included food service areas, offices, locker rooms, and a doctor's office complete with x-ray rooms, treatment areas and a quiet room for female employees, among others. The second floor contained administrative areas for accounting, data control and banking, while the third floor contained more offices. The building's frame consisted of a rectangular steel skeleton faced with concrete panels. The ground level was recessed 20 feet to allow for sidewalks around the building. Concrete columns at this level supported the upper two storeys. The landscaped surroundings include long, fountain-spotted reflecting pools. This project won the silver Massey Medal for Architecture in 1964, as well as an honourable distinction at the International Exhibition of Architects VIII Biennial of São Paula in 1965. The project is recorded through drawings, textual records and a photograph dating from 1961-1970. The drawings are mostly reprographic copies that include plans, sections, elevations, details, schedules and electrical, mechanical and structural drawings. The textual records consist of specifications originally arranged with the drawings. The photograph shows the finished buillding.
Project
1961 - 1970
drawings
ARCH274252
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Détails des cadres de porte en acier : escaliers, salle des machines, chaufferie, salle des transformateurs. Détails des bordures d'avant-toit, des cages pour le laveur de vitre, des meneaux, des carreaux de revêtement muraux de la chaufferie, du kiosque d'information, des cloisons vitrées intérieures, des rampes des escaliers de la salle des machines et des serrures de montage.
1953-1954
Détails des cadres de porte en acier
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ARCH274252
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Détails des cadres de porte en acier : escaliers, salle des machines, chaufferie, salle des transformateurs. Détails des bordures d'avant-toit, des cages pour le laveur de vitre, des meneaux, des carreaux de revêtement muraux de la chaufferie, du kiosque d'information, des cloisons vitrées intérieures, des rampes des escaliers de la salle des machines et des serrures de montage.
drawings
1953-1954