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ARCH274175
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6 files- conferences and presentations information packages, participation forms, travel documents, agendas, topic papers. Includes "Art in the City" jointly organized by Nardoni Gallery and Unesco, Prague, 11-13 May 1987; World Biennale of Architecture, Interarch '87, Sophia, Bulgaria, 21-27 September 1987; International Conference on Tall Buildings, Hong Kong, China, 2-4 May 1988; Standford Design Conference, Stanford, California, 27-29 May 1989.
Presentations informations packages, participation forms, agendas and topis papers related to various conferences
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ARCH274175
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6 files- conferences and presentations information packages, participation forms, travel documents, agendas, topic papers. Includes "Art in the City" jointly organized by Nardoni Gallery and Unesco, Prague, 11-13 May 1987; World Biennale of Architecture, Interarch '87, Sophia, Bulgaria, 21-27 September 1987; International Conference on Tall Buildings, Hong Kong, China, 2-4 May 1988; Standford Design Conference, Stanford, California, 27-29 May 1989.
textual records
textual records
ARCH276124
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20 files - Group contains office records from Arthur Erickson Architectural Corporation and Aitken & Wregelsworth Associates, where Arthur Erickon worked as design consultant. Includes: Bob Williams; Ex Staff; Bankruptcy Letters; Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver Art Gallery, correspondence (business, reference and some persona)l; Project Proposals (old AEAC); files on current, potential and future projects; Environment - a file related to the Clayoquot Sound protests in 1993.
1990-2000
Correspondence and proposals from Erickson's office
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ARCH276124
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20 files - Group contains office records from Arthur Erickson Architectural Corporation and Aitken & Wregelsworth Associates, where Arthur Erickon worked as design consultant. Includes: Bob Williams; Ex Staff; Bankruptcy Letters; Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver Art Gallery, correspondence (business, reference and some persona)l; Project Proposals (old AEAC); files on current, potential and future projects; Environment - a file related to the Clayoquot Sound protests in 1993.
textual records
1990-2000
textual records
AP206.S2.059
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File was originally housed in a binder along with content arranged in AP206.S2.056, AP206.S2.057 and AP206.S2.058. This file includes the following papers: "The Role of Architects in Urban and Rural Growth" "The Environment of Chandigarh," 1985 "Memo on a possible New Capital for Haryana" "Manifesto of the Peoples of Haryana" "Spatial Planning of Human Settlements," 1984 Poem delivered at art exhibition inauguration at Lalit Kala Academy, 1985
1982-1985
Published and unpublished papers (folder 4 of 4)
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AP206.S2.059
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File was originally housed in a binder along with content arranged in AP206.S2.056, AP206.S2.057 and AP206.S2.058. This file includes the following papers: "The Role of Architects in Urban and Rural Growth" "The Environment of Chandigarh," 1985 "Memo on a possible New Capital for Haryana" "Manifesto of the Peoples of Haryana" "Spatial Planning of Human Settlements," 1984 Poem delivered at art exhibition inauguration at Lalit Kala Academy, 1985
textual records
1982-1985
exhibitions
As they fill their sketchbooks with both texts and images, architects capture initial reactions to sites; record impressions and make drawings as they travel; organise work to be done; articulate design concepts and pose solutions; draft essays, lectures, and letters; write research notes; and copy inspirational passages from their readings. The Architect’s Sketchbook:(...)
Hall cases
26 February 1992 to 24 May 1992
The Architect's Sketchbook: Current Practice
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As they fill their sketchbooks with both texts and images, architects capture initial reactions to sites; record impressions and make drawings as they travel; organise work to be done; articulate design concepts and pose solutions; draft essays, lectures, and letters; write research notes; and copy inspirational passages from their readings. The Architect’s Sketchbook:(...)
exhibitions
26 February 1992 to
24 May 1992
Hall cases
Series
AP193.S2
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Series 2, I’ve heard about and Hypnosis chamber, 2004-2006, relates to the conception of the urban structure “I’ve heard about”. The records contain algorithmically-generated images, renderings, pictures of models and exhibitions. There are also photographs of the contour crafting process, 3D models and animated renderings illustrating the construction process of the structure. The project is a conceptual, unbuilt project that is meant to be a habitable organism, an adaptive landscape in a constant state of evolution. By means of transitory scenarios in which the operational mode is entropy and uncertainty, it develops open algorithms based on growth scripts permeable not only to human expressions, but also to the most discrete data such as the chemical emissions (for example due to stress or anxiety) of those who inhabit it. The chemical information is harvested through nanoreceptors feeding the VIAB machine with information. This biostructure becomes the visible part of human contingencies and their negotiation in real time. The structure is conceptualized to be in constant construction through the VIAB machine which is also a constituent of the structure itself. It secretes fiber cement, shaping the landscape where it is located and through which it moves. It generates the reticular structure using a process modelled on contour crafting. The VIAB machine was developed with Robotics Research Lab of the University of Southern California and takes its name from the terms viability and variability. R&Sie(n) considers that due to its mode of emergence “I’ve heard about” fabrication is not subjugated to any political power. Hypnosis chamber is a component of “I’ve heard about”. It consists of an indoor chamber, which was realized as a full-scale sample constructed through automated machinery. The chamber is situated as a part of the whole urban structure presented by “I’ve heard about,” and its goal is to immerse the audience into the project, into a fictional environment only reachable by hypnosis. In this context, hypnosis is a way to help citizens escape from their social condition and experience the new condition of citizenship imagined in “I’ve heard about”, where democracy is re-evaluated as a process of self-determination. Both parts of the projects were shown in contemporary art museums. First at Musée d’art de la ville de Paris in Paris (2005), the Hypnotic chamber is permanently on view at Towada Art Center in Towanda, Japan. AP193.S4 contains a video orienting the project into François Roche theoretical stance, research as speculation, that can be summarize as the use of technological tools to take a critical and political position through esthetic in order to open new lines of thoughts. AP193.S4 contains an updated version of the VIAB machine
2004-2006
I’ve heard about and Hypnosis chamber
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AP193.S2
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Series 2, I’ve heard about and Hypnosis chamber, 2004-2006, relates to the conception of the urban structure “I’ve heard about”. The records contain algorithmically-generated images, renderings, pictures of models and exhibitions. There are also photographs of the contour crafting process, 3D models and animated renderings illustrating the construction process of the structure. The project is a conceptual, unbuilt project that is meant to be a habitable organism, an adaptive landscape in a constant state of evolution. By means of transitory scenarios in which the operational mode is entropy and uncertainty, it develops open algorithms based on growth scripts permeable not only to human expressions, but also to the most discrete data such as the chemical emissions (for example due to stress or anxiety) of those who inhabit it. The chemical information is harvested through nanoreceptors feeding the VIAB machine with information. This biostructure becomes the visible part of human contingencies and their negotiation in real time. The structure is conceptualized to be in constant construction through the VIAB machine which is also a constituent of the structure itself. It secretes fiber cement, shaping the landscape where it is located and through which it moves. It generates the reticular structure using a process modelled on contour crafting. The VIAB machine was developed with Robotics Research Lab of the University of Southern California and takes its name from the terms viability and variability. R&Sie(n) considers that due to its mode of emergence “I’ve heard about” fabrication is not subjugated to any political power. Hypnosis chamber is a component of “I’ve heard about”. It consists of an indoor chamber, which was realized as a full-scale sample constructed through automated machinery. The chamber is situated as a part of the whole urban structure presented by “I’ve heard about,” and its goal is to immerse the audience into the project, into a fictional environment only reachable by hypnosis. In this context, hypnosis is a way to help citizens escape from their social condition and experience the new condition of citizenship imagined in “I’ve heard about”, where democracy is re-evaluated as a process of self-determination. Both parts of the projects were shown in contemporary art museums. First at Musée d’art de la ville de Paris in Paris (2005), the Hypnotic chamber is permanently on view at Towada Art Center in Towanda, Japan. AP193.S4 contains a video orienting the project into François Roche theoretical stance, research as speculation, that can be summarize as the use of technological tools to take a critical and political position through esthetic in order to open new lines of thoughts. AP193.S4 contains an updated version of the VIAB machine
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2004-2006
born digital, photographs
AP170.S4.002
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This directory chiefly contains images and animated GIFs for various publications related to HypoSurface and other dECOi projects, including Art and Architecture magazine and an unidentified book. Directory also includes Paul Steenhuisen audio files of modified cow sounds. Original directory name: "ftp-data". Most common file formats: Aegis Files, Tagged Image File Format, Graphics Interchange Format, Audio Interchange File Format, Exchangeable Image File Format (Compressed).
25 February 1999 - 23 April 2007
Publication images and animations for HypoSurface and other dECOi projects (1 of 2)
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AP170.S4.002
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This directory chiefly contains images and animated GIFs for various publications related to HypoSurface and other dECOi projects, including Art and Architecture magazine and an unidentified book. Directory also includes Paul Steenhuisen audio files of modified cow sounds. Original directory name: "ftp-data". Most common file formats: Aegis Files, Tagged Image File Format, Graphics Interchange Format, Audio Interchange File Format, Exchangeable Image File Format (Compressed).
born digital, photographs
25 February 1999 - 23 April 2007
As Building Director of Baden in southwest Germany, Friedrich Weinbrenner (1766–1826) had the unique opportunity to create in Karlsruhe—the capital and his native city—one of the most homogeneous architectural ensembles ever achieved by a single architect. The exhibition focuses on the impact of scientific and administrative reform on the urban and agricultural(...)
Main galleries
31 January 1990 to 18 March 1990
Friedrich Weinbrenner, Architect of Karlsruhe
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As Building Director of Baden in southwest Germany, Friedrich Weinbrenner (1766–1826) had the unique opportunity to create in Karlsruhe—the capital and his native city—one of the most homogeneous architectural ensembles ever achieved by a single architect. The exhibition focuses on the impact of scientific and administrative reform on the urban and agricultural(...)
Main galleries
textual records
AP075.S3.SS3.018
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Contains: . Honoris Causa from the Ryerson Polytechnic University in 1999 . Honoris Causa from McGill University in 2008 . Honoris Causa from Dalhousie University in 2008 . Honoris Causa from Brisith Columbia Institute of Technology . Honoris Causa from University of British Columbia . Honoris Causa from Emily Carr University of Art & Design . Margolese National Design for Living Prize 2015 of the Faculty of Applied Science at the University of British Columbia
1999-2016
Honoris Causa to Cornelia Hahn Oberlander from Canadian universities
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AP075.S3.SS3.018
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Contains: . Honoris Causa from the Ryerson Polytechnic University in 1999 . Honoris Causa from McGill University in 2008 . Honoris Causa from Dalhousie University in 2008 . Honoris Causa from Brisith Columbia Institute of Technology . Honoris Causa from University of British Columbia . Honoris Causa from Emily Carr University of Art & Design . Margolese National Design for Living Prize 2015 of the Faculty of Applied Science at the University of British Columbia
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1999-2016
The Dark Edge of a Clear-cut
In a conversation moderated by Louise Désy, CCA Curator, Photographs, Lorraine Gilbert presents her work: The documentation of landscapes I have lived and worked in has resulted in a body of work that questions our place within nature and within our built environments. The seemingly objective nature of the way I have pictured these natural and urban spaces, has given way(...)
Main galleries Keyword(s):
The Dark Edge of a Clear-cut, Canada, It's all happening so fast, conversation
4 February 2017, 3pm
The Dark Edge of a Clear-cut
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In a conversation moderated by Louise Désy, CCA Curator, Photographs, Lorraine Gilbert presents her work: The documentation of landscapes I have lived and worked in has resulted in a body of work that questions our place within nature and within our built environments. The seemingly objective nature of the way I have pictured these natural and urban spaces, has given way(...)
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The Dark Edge of a Clear-cut, Canada, It's all happening so fast, conversation
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Collection
Rohault de Fleury collection
CI001
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The Rohault de Fleury collection documents the work of three generations of French architects, Hubert, his son Charles, and his grandson Georges, spanning from the early 18th to late 19th century. The collection is extremely varied encompassing both private and government commissions and including domestic work, institutional buildings, commercial buildings, urban planning, and student work from both the École des beaux-arts and the École polytechnique, and archaeological studies. Stylistically, the projects incorporate the two dominant contemporary directions in French architecture - functionalism as advocated by Jean-Nicolas-Louis Durand and the classicism of the École des beaux-arts.
1717-[1884]
Rohault de Fleury collection
CI001
Synopsis:
The Rohault de Fleury collection documents the work of three generations of French architects, Hubert, his son Charles, and his grandson Georges, spanning from the early 18th to late 19th century. The collection is extremely varied encompassing both private and government commissions and including domestic work, institutional buildings, commercial buildings, urban planning, and student work from both the École des beaux-arts and the École polytechnique, and archaeological studies. Stylistically, the projects incorporate the two dominant contemporary directions in French architecture - functionalism as advocated by Jean-Nicolas-Louis Durand and the classicism of the École des beaux-arts.
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Collection 1
1717-[1884]