Project
AP194.S1.1997.PR02
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Project records document the design process for OCEAN North’s competition entry for the Jyväskylä Music and Arts Centre in 1997. The project was titled Terra Cultura by OCEAN North. The competition was to create a multi-usage space that would include a venue for the symphonic orchestra, a music school, exhibition spaces and the possibility to host a variety of small cultural events in the Finnish city of Jyväskylä. The proposed site is in the center of the town, across the street from the Jyväskylä city church and its park, and nearby buildings designed by Alvar Aalto. OCEAN North’s concept presents a topological surface as an extension of the surrounding urban scape with two masses that would host the formal functions of the building (concert hall, music school, exhibition halls). The two volumes, or raised blocks, are divided along a diagonal elevated space, which is the extension of the ground’s topological surface filled and dubbed “Liquid Flow Space” by the design team. In their interview with Greg Lynn, Johan Bettum and Kivi Sotamaa mentioned that the idea for Jyväskylä was that it was a cloud. To reach this goal, the team used CAD software to trace streams of particles as a modelling approach. The masses of linear elements that were generated were further deconstructed and turned into “peels” and rearranged to create the masses of the building. Physical models were also used to test and further what had emerged from the digital design process, with results being fed back into the digital drawings. During the process, Bettum also brought in the idea of the internalisation of the outside, taking inspiration from the Centre Georges Pompidou. Digital records document the creative process with raster and vector images, CAD drawings and models, and few digital textual records describing the project and the program charts. Drawings and models show site and building plans, perspectives and sections; particles streaming and resulting linear masses; peels and sections identified per color; and renderings of aerials, perspectives and elevation views. OCEAN North seems to have mostly used Microstation for modelling, although there are a few files created with form*Z and 3D Studio. Some of the raster images might have been created with these software as well, showing a given stage of the design process and including renderings. There are also screen captures showing the top, front, left and perspective views of 3D models. Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator were also used to create and modify drawings and diagrams. Program charts were created in Microsoft Excel. Sources: Softspace: from a representation of form to a simulation of space, Edited by Sean Lally and Jessica Young. London, New York: Routledge, 2007. Greg Lynn, ed. Archaeology of the Digital 17: OCEAN North, Jyväskylä Music and Arts Centre, Montréal: Canadian Centre for Architecture, 2017. ePub.
1997-1998
Terra Cultura – Jyväskylä Music and Arts Centre, international competition entry, Jyväskylä, Finland (1997)
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AP194.S1.1997.PR02
Description:
Project records document the design process for OCEAN North’s competition entry for the Jyväskylä Music and Arts Centre in 1997. The project was titled Terra Cultura by OCEAN North. The competition was to create a multi-usage space that would include a venue for the symphonic orchestra, a music school, exhibition spaces and the possibility to host a variety of small cultural events in the Finnish city of Jyväskylä. The proposed site is in the center of the town, across the street from the Jyväskylä city church and its park, and nearby buildings designed by Alvar Aalto. OCEAN North’s concept presents a topological surface as an extension of the surrounding urban scape with two masses that would host the formal functions of the building (concert hall, music school, exhibition halls). The two volumes, or raised blocks, are divided along a diagonal elevated space, which is the extension of the ground’s topological surface filled and dubbed “Liquid Flow Space” by the design team. In their interview with Greg Lynn, Johan Bettum and Kivi Sotamaa mentioned that the idea for Jyväskylä was that it was a cloud. To reach this goal, the team used CAD software to trace streams of particles as a modelling approach. The masses of linear elements that were generated were further deconstructed and turned into “peels” and rearranged to create the masses of the building. Physical models were also used to test and further what had emerged from the digital design process, with results being fed back into the digital drawings. During the process, Bettum also brought in the idea of the internalisation of the outside, taking inspiration from the Centre Georges Pompidou. Digital records document the creative process with raster and vector images, CAD drawings and models, and few digital textual records describing the project and the program charts. Drawings and models show site and building plans, perspectives and sections; particles streaming and resulting linear masses; peels and sections identified per color; and renderings of aerials, perspectives and elevation views. OCEAN North seems to have mostly used Microstation for modelling, although there are a few files created with form*Z and 3D Studio. Some of the raster images might have been created with these software as well, showing a given stage of the design process and including renderings. There are also screen captures showing the top, front, left and perspective views of 3D models. Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator were also used to create and modify drawings and diagrams. Program charts were created in Microsoft Excel. Sources: Softspace: from a representation of form to a simulation of space, Edited by Sean Lally and Jessica Young. London, New York: Routledge, 2007. Greg Lynn, ed. Archaeology of the Digital 17: OCEAN North, Jyväskylä Music and Arts Centre, Montréal: Canadian Centre for Architecture, 2017. ePub.
Project
1997-1998
textual records
DR2012:0011:008-008
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Ring binder containing notes and sketches, related to the following events, locations, and/or projects: - Displacements exhibition; - Visions of the temple; - The white city re-visited; - Parables and other allegories; - Un dictionnaire...; - Halifax Garden; - A city in movement; - Struttin' Seattle.
1995-1998
Notes and sketches by Melvin Charney on his later works
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DR2012:0011:008-008
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Ring binder containing notes and sketches, related to the following events, locations, and/or projects: - Displacements exhibition; - Visions of the temple; - The white city re-visited; - Parables and other allegories; - Un dictionnaire...; - Halifax Garden; - A city in movement; - Struttin' Seattle.
textual records
1995-1998
textual records
DR1984:1568
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Includes three montages of photographs, a reprographic copy and typewritten text with colored pencil, graphite and ink with white paint. An explanatory panel for the installation "Les maisons de la rue Sherbrooke" and "Les éléments de la rue", Corridart Exhibition, Montréal, 1976.
1976
Explanatory panel for the installation "Les maisons de la rue Sherbrooke"
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DR1984:1568
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Includes three montages of photographs, a reprographic copy and typewritten text with colored pencil, graphite and ink with white paint. An explanatory panel for the installation "Les maisons de la rue Sherbrooke" and "Les éléments de la rue", Corridart Exhibition, Montréal, 1976.
textual records
1976
textual records
AP140.S2.SS10.D1.P18
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correspondence with Josef Paul Kleihues, Universität Dortmund, relating to the Dortmunder Architkturausstellung exhibition and to reviews of the Hotel in Meineke Strasse, Berlin, by the firm of James Stirling and Partner, also correspondence with Wolf Jobst Siedler, dated between 1976 and 1977
Correspondence with Josef Paul Kleihues, Universität Dortmund
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AP140.S2.SS10.D1.P18
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correspondence with Josef Paul Kleihues, Universität Dortmund, relating to the Dortmunder Architkturausstellung exhibition and to reviews of the Hotel in Meineke Strasse, Berlin, by the firm of James Stirling and Partner, also correspondence with Wolf Jobst Siedler, dated between 1976 and 1977
textual records
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
Rotor Deconstruction
Maarten Gielen presents the work of Rotor, a group of architects, designers and other professionals interested in material flows in industry and construction, particularly in relation to resources, waste, use and reuse. Rotor disseminates creative strategies for salvage and waste reduction through workshops, publications, and exhibitions. Presented in conjunction with(...)
4 February 2016
Rotor Deconstruction
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Maarten Gielen presents the work of Rotor, a group of architects, designers and other professionals interested in material flows in industry and construction, particularly in relation to resources, waste, use and reuse. Rotor disseminates creative strategies for salvage and waste reduction through workshops, publications, and exhibitions. Presented in conjunction with(...)
textual records
ARCH153875
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Two letters to PDE from John Hejduk, 1) 9 March 1978 - Request for recommendation of Raimund Abraham 2) 5 September 1973 - Letter of protest to Architecture Plus concerning the MoMA LRHD exhibition Two letters of complaint from PDE To Architectural Design, 18 January 1973, To the New York Times, 4 March 1974, with handwritten draft Letter from MoMA inviting PDE to exhibit his works Planning program for a hotel to be built in Jerusalem, 10 January 1974 Invitation to Stanley Tigerman's exhibition at PS1, February 1979 Folder : Press releases - Photocopies and newspaper clippings reviewing the MoMA LRHD exhibition Four letters to PDE, 1977- 1978 Letter from PDE to Bill N. Lacy from National Endowment for the Arts describing IAUS educational goals, 28 June 1972 Draft of the Application to the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation describing the Program in Generative Design
1972-1979
Two letters to PDE from John Hejduk
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ARCH153875
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Two letters to PDE from John Hejduk, 1) 9 March 1978 - Request for recommendation of Raimund Abraham 2) 5 September 1973 - Letter of protest to Architecture Plus concerning the MoMA LRHD exhibition Two letters of complaint from PDE To Architectural Design, 18 January 1973, To the New York Times, 4 March 1974, with handwritten draft Letter from MoMA inviting PDE to exhibit his works Planning program for a hotel to be built in Jerusalem, 10 January 1974 Invitation to Stanley Tigerman's exhibition at PS1, February 1979 Folder : Press releases - Photocopies and newspaper clippings reviewing the MoMA LRHD exhibition Four letters to PDE, 1977- 1978 Letter from PDE to Bill N. Lacy from National Endowment for the Arts describing IAUS educational goals, 28 June 1972 Draft of the Application to the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation describing the Program in Generative Design
textual records
1972-1979
born digital
ARCH280043
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Label on post-it: "Cross-section through. Exhibition extension of Javits Center; Reiser + Umemoto; Disk 1 of 9". Annotations on original physical media: "Cross-section 2". Prevalent file formats: unidentified file format, Adobe Illustrator, Encapsulated PostScript File Format.
1999
Presentation materials for the IFCCA competition, Zip disk (1/9), 100 MB
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ARCH280043
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Label on post-it: "Cross-section through. Exhibition extension of Javits Center; Reiser + Umemoto; Disk 1 of 9". Annotations on original physical media: "Cross-section 2". Prevalent file formats: unidentified file format, Adobe Illustrator, Encapsulated PostScript File Format.
born digital
1999
drawings, textual records
DR2012:0011:020
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Ring binder containing notes and sketches related to the following events, locations, and/or projects: - Cities on the move; - Monument to Canadian Aid Workers; - The size of things; - New York exhibition; - Golems on the move; - American city series; - Saigon; - Federation CJA building entrance.
1998-1999
Notes and sketches by Melvin Charney on his later works
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DR2012:0011:020
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Ring binder containing notes and sketches related to the following events, locations, and/or projects: - Cities on the move; - Monument to Canadian Aid Workers; - The size of things; - New York exhibition; - Golems on the move; - American city series; - Saigon; - Federation CJA building entrance.
drawings, textual records
1998-1999
textual records
Research on bank buildings
CD042.S1.003
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Box contains research material on bank architecture, including photocopies of publications, documentation on architects or architectural firms, including leaflets and promotional material. Also includes labels and texts for the exhibition "Money Matters: A Critical Look at Bank Architecture" at the Columbia University.
1926-1993
Research on bank buildings
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CD042.S1.003
Description:
Box contains research material on bank architecture, including photocopies of publications, documentation on architects or architectural firms, including leaflets and promotional material. Also includes labels and texts for the exhibition "Money Matters: A Critical Look at Bank Architecture" at the Columbia University.
textual records
1926-1993