research
Visiting Scholars 2016
Olumuyiwa Adegun, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa Topic: Informal Urban Housing: from 19th century Europe to 21st century Africa Susanne Bauer, The London Consortium, London, United Kingdom / Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brazil Topic: Investigations Into Case: Peter Eisenman’s Dress Rehearsal For The Institute Of(...)
2 June 2016 to 2 September 2016
Visiting Scholars 2016
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Olumuyiwa Adegun, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa Topic: Informal Urban Housing: from 19th century Europe to 21st century Africa Susanne Bauer, The London Consortium, London, United Kingdom / Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brazil Topic: Investigations Into Case: Peter Eisenman’s Dress Rehearsal For The Institute Of(...)
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2 June 2016 to
2 September 2016
Materiality of Parkour
Engineer, artist, and theoretician Zoe Laughlin presents the new functions of existing materials in public spaces in relation to parkour, an activity which reinterprets the urban landscape. Her ideas focus on the materiality of daily life: how matter behaves, its sensorial qualities, and how people react to it. A member of the Division of Engineering’s Materials Research(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
19 February 2009
Materiality of Parkour
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Engineer, artist, and theoretician Zoe Laughlin presents the new functions of existing materials in public spaces in relation to parkour, an activity which reinterprets the urban landscape. Her ideas focus on the materiality of daily life: how matter behaves, its sensorial qualities, and how people react to it. A member of the Division of Engineering’s Materials Research(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
events
Learning from... London
Kieran Long presents a story about the difficulty of describing a city in all its richness. London contains stories and meanings that are alive to its citizens, but apparently too difficult to talk about, too rich, and too messy to be allowed to affect those who decide how the city changes. The deafness of developers, politicians and architects to these narratives is so(...)
Paul Desmarais Theater
10 March 2011 , 7pm
Learning from... London
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Kieran Long presents a story about the difficulty of describing a city in all its richness. London contains stories and meanings that are alive to its citizens, but apparently too difficult to talk about, too rich, and too messy to be allowed to affect those who decide how the city changes. The deafness of developers, politicians and architects to these narratives is so(...)
events
10 March 2011
7pm
Paul Desmarais Theater
textual records
AP206.S2.034
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File was originally housed in a binder along with content arranged in AP206.S2.031, AP206.S2.032 and AP206.S2.033. This file includes the following papers: "Research Cells" "Chandigarh" "Our Environment," 1977 "Administrative Aspects of Urban and Regional Planning," 1978 "Chandigarh - Its Trials and Travails," 1978 "Technology and Chandigarh," 1978 "Varanasi," 1976
1973-1978
Unpublished papers (folder 4 of 4)
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AP206.S2.034
Description:
File was originally housed in a binder along with content arranged in AP206.S2.031, AP206.S2.032 and AP206.S2.033. This file includes the following papers: "Research Cells" "Chandigarh" "Our Environment," 1977 "Administrative Aspects of Urban and Regional Planning," 1978 "Chandigarh - Its Trials and Travails," 1978 "Technology and Chandigarh," 1978 "Varanasi," 1976
textual records
1973-1978
textual records, journals and magazines
Published papers
AP206.S2.060
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This file includes the following publications: "Architecture, Community Planning and the Urban Systems," from the January-March 1982 issue of Nagarlokand presented at seminar "Industry and environment," published in 1984 edition of The Environmental Society of Chandigarh souvenir magazine "All about Waste Disposal," published in 1983 edition of The Environmental Society of Chandigarh souvenir magazine
1982-1984
Published papers
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AP206.S2.060
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This file includes the following publications: "Architecture, Community Planning and the Urban Systems," from the January-March 1982 issue of Nagarlokand presented at seminar "Industry and environment," published in 1984 edition of The Environmental Society of Chandigarh souvenir magazine "All about Waste Disposal," published in 1983 edition of The Environmental Society of Chandigarh souvenir magazine
textual records, journals and magazines
1982-1984
textual records
Adresses and articles
ARCH186962
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Titles include - "Automation and Training in the Construction Industry", "The Design of a More Human Environment", "Thoughts on Urban Research and Development", "La Faculté de l'Aménagement de l'Université de Montréal", "Colour and Children", Convocation Address University of Concordia, "Systemia and Academia: a tale of two universities", "The Design Professions", "Knowledge and Credibility in Architectural Education"
1961 - 1977
Adresses and articles
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ARCH186962
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Titles include - "Automation and Training in the Construction Industry", "The Design of a More Human Environment", "Thoughts on Urban Research and Development", "La Faculté de l'Aménagement de l'Université de Montréal", "Colour and Children", Convocation Address University of Concordia, "Systemia and Academia: a tale of two universities", "The Design Professions", "Knowledge and Credibility in Architectural Education"
textual records
1961 - 1977
research
Support Grants 2011
Luis Burriel Bielza, Somos.arquitectos Benoît Jacquet, Ecole Française d’Extrême-Orient, Paris Catherine Maumi, École nationale supérieure d’architecture de Grenoble Brendan Cormier, Canadian Archive for Urban Speculation and Enquiry
14 March 2011 to 28 November 2011
Support Grants 2011
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Luis Burriel Bielza, Somos.arquitectos Benoît Jacquet, Ecole Française d’Extrême-Orient, Paris Catherine Maumi, École nationale supérieure d’architecture de Grenoble Brendan Cormier, Canadian Archive for Urban Speculation and Enquiry
research
14 March 2011 to
28 November 2011
archives
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Fonds
AP190
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The Preston Scott Cohen Eyebeam project records, 2001-2016, consist of 281 digital files that document the architect’s competition entry for the Eyebeam Atelier Museum in New York City, developed in 2001. The archive includes 154 digital models in Rhinoceros, 30 digital models in STL, approximately 90 digital images, one video, and a number of Illustrator, Photoshop, PDF, and Microsoft Word files.
2001-2016
Preston Scott Cohen Eyebeam project records
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AP190
Synopsis:
The Preston Scott Cohen Eyebeam project records, 2001-2016, consist of 281 digital files that document the architect’s competition entry for the Eyebeam Atelier Museum in New York City, developed in 2001. The archive includes 154 digital models in Rhinoceros, 30 digital models in STL, approximately 90 digital images, one video, and a number of Illustrator, Photoshop, PDF, and Microsoft Word files.
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Fonds
2001-2016
Learning from… Toronto
Ian Chodikoff, architect, urban designer, and editor of Canadian Architect magazine, presents his research on the contemporary suburb and how the influences of ethnic diversity and multiculturalism affect architecture and urban design within the suburban landscape across the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Today’s suburbs are more ethnically diverse, globally connected and(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
4 March 2010 , 7pm
Learning from… Toronto
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Ian Chodikoff, architect, urban designer, and editor of Canadian Architect magazine, presents his research on the contemporary suburb and how the influences of ethnic diversity and multiculturalism affect architecture and urban design within the suburban landscape across the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Today’s suburbs are more ethnically diverse, globally connected and(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
Hochelaga Depicta: Documenting Montréal traces the urban and architectural development of Montreal since its founding in 1642. Engravings of different scenes of Montreal, guide books, postcards, and other documents from the CCA collection present this history. Curated by Joshua Wolfe, Héritage Montréal, and Helen Malkin, CCA.
Hall cases
7 May 1989 to 15 August 1989
Hochelaga Depicta: Documenting Montréal
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Hochelaga Depicta: Documenting Montréal traces the urban and architectural development of Montreal since its founding in 1642. Engravings of different scenes of Montreal, guide books, postcards, and other documents from the CCA collection present this history. Curated by Joshua Wolfe, Héritage Montréal, and Helen Malkin, CCA.
Hall cases