The Mound of Vendôme
The mound of Vendôme is a seemingly simple yet provocative artifact: an earthwork that became a central part of a radical attempt to transform urban iconography during the two-month rule of the Paris Commune in 1871. This exhibition and research project recalls this lost structure and calls for its contemporary reconstruction and historicization. Curated by David Gissen,(...)
Octagonal gallery
19 June 2014 to 28 September 2014
The Mound of Vendôme
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The mound of Vendôme is a seemingly simple yet provocative artifact: an earthwork that became a central part of a radical attempt to transform urban iconography during the two-month rule of the Paris Commune in 1871. This exhibition and research project recalls this lost structure and calls for its contemporary reconstruction and historicization. Curated by David Gissen,(...)
Octagonal gallery
textual records
ARCH269031
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Includes textual records: - "Avance de planeamiento" (Advance planning); - "Expediente de modificación de elementos del plan general de ordenación urbana de Santander" (Elements of modification to the general plan for the urban management of Santander); - "Informe técnico y situación urbanística" (Technical report and urbanistic situation) [3 copies]; - "Estudios previos" (Previous studies).
1987
Advance planning, Ordenación de Nueva Montaña Quijano en Santander, Spain
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Includes textual records: - "Avance de planeamiento" (Advance planning); - "Expediente de modificación de elementos del plan general de ordenación urbana de Santander" (Elements of modification to the general plan for the urban management of Santander); - "Informe técnico y situación urbanística" (Technical report and urbanistic situation) [3 copies]; - "Estudios previos" (Previous studies).
textual records
1987
drawings
Sketchbook 322: Boavista - Ceramica- Candeeiro - Vitra - Salemi - Lusitania - Holanda- V. do Conde
AP178.S2.1991.009
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This sketchbook includes sketches for the Vitra International in Germany, Complexo de Habitação e Escritórios na Avenida da Boavista, urban and circulation study for Praça de Espanha and reconstruction of Chiado in Portugal, as well as residential settlement in Schilderswijk and Ceramic Terrain housing and offices in Netherlands. It also includes notes, sketches of people, animals, churches, and kitchen accessories.
October 1991
Sketchbook 322: Boavista - Ceramica- Candeeiro - Vitra - Salemi - Lusitania - Holanda- V. do Conde
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AP178.S2.1991.009
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This sketchbook includes sketches for the Vitra International in Germany, Complexo de Habitação e Escritórios na Avenida da Boavista, urban and circulation study for Praça de Espanha and reconstruction of Chiado in Portugal, as well as residential settlement in Schilderswijk and Ceramic Terrain housing and offices in Netherlands. It also includes notes, sketches of people, animals, churches, and kitchen accessories.
drawings
October 1991
photographs
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12 photograph(s)
ARCH187131
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David & Boulva, architects - exterior and interior views of Montreal Institute of Diagnostic and Clinical Research Building, model of Montreal Urban Renewal project, Dow Planetarium, Place-des-Arts metro station, Theatre Maisonneuve - Place des Arts, perspective drawing of Palais de Justice - Montreal, athletic stadium, interior of hockey arena, other un-identified
Photographs of Miscellaneous Projects
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David & Boulva, architects - exterior and interior views of Montreal Institute of Diagnostic and Clinical Research Building, model of Montreal Urban Renewal project, Dow Planetarium, Place-des-Arts metro station, Theatre Maisonneuve - Place des Arts, perspective drawing of Palais de Justice - Montreal, athletic stadium, interior of hockey arena, other un-identified
photographs
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12 photograph(s)
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Networks
DR2007:0015
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Black and white collage, 10" x 12"; newspaper print, black ink, and marker on board; published in Larry Richards Works, 1977-1980 (Tech-Press, Halifax, 1980, p.6). This piece symbolizes the intentions of the experimental group called Networks, established in Halifax in 1978 by Eric Fiss, Brain Lyons, Larry Richards, and Frederic Urban.
1980
Networks
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DR2007:0015
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Black and white collage, 10" x 12"; newspaper print, black ink, and marker on board; published in Larry Richards Works, 1977-1980 (Tech-Press, Halifax, 1980, p.6). This piece symbolizes the intentions of the experimental group called Networks, established in Halifax in 1978 by Eric Fiss, Brain Lyons, Larry Richards, and Frederic Urban.
drawings
1980
Corinne Jaquand presents “Planning through Landscape, German and French Experiences, 2010 and Backwards” on 29 July, a discussion of select examples of urban renewal in France and Germany in which the landscape project intervenes at the beginning of the planning process. View a complete listing of this summer’s seminars.
Shaughnessy House
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Corinne Jaquand, visiting scholar seminar
29 July 2010
Visiting Scholar Seminar: Corinne Jaquand
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Corinne Jaquand presents “Planning through Landscape, German and French Experiences, 2010 and Backwards” on 29 July, a discussion of select examples of urban renewal in France and Germany in which the landscape project intervenes at the beginning of the planning process. View a complete listing of this summer’s seminars.
Shaughnessy House
Presented in English Keyword(s):
Corinne Jaquand, visiting scholar seminar
research
Visiting Scholars 2005
Paolo Amaldi, Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium Topic: Analyse du rapport entre espace architectural et instrument de représentation dans l’oeuvre de Mies van der Rohe Jean-François Bédard, Paris Program, Columbia University, New York, United States Topic: Honnêteté and the Grotesque: a Study of the Album by Gilles-Marie Oppenord(...)
3 January 2005 to 30 September 2005
Visiting Scholars 2005
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Paolo Amaldi, Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium Topic: Analyse du rapport entre espace architectural et instrument de représentation dans l’oeuvre de Mies van der Rohe Jean-François Bédard, Paris Program, Columbia University, New York, United States Topic: Honnêteté and the Grotesque: a Study of the Album by Gilles-Marie Oppenord(...)
research
3 January 2005 to
30 September 2005
archives
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Fonds
AP051
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The Groupe de recherche sur Montréal fonds, 1975-1997, documents the Groupe de recherche sur Montréal’s (GRM) extensive research on the development of pre and post-industrial Montreal’s built environment. In addition to this extensive collection of research materials, the fonds also includes administrative files relating to the GRM’s everyday administration and management. Materials found in this fonds consist of approximately 40 l.m. of textual documentation, approximately 2000 maps and 1 model.
1975-1997
Groupe de recherche sur Montréal fonds
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AP051
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The Groupe de recherche sur Montréal fonds, 1975-1997, documents the Groupe de recherche sur Montréal’s (GRM) extensive research on the development of pre and post-industrial Montreal’s built environment. In addition to this extensive collection of research materials, the fonds also includes administrative files relating to the GRM’s everyday administration and management. Materials found in this fonds consist of approximately 40 l.m. of textual documentation, approximately 2000 maps and 1 model.
archives
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Fonds
1975-1997
As part of the CCA’s ongoing exploration of key issues in contemporary architecture with a specific focus on urban, social, and environmental concerns, Some Ideas on Living in London and Tokyo by Stephen Taylor and Ryue Nishizawa features recent architectural projects that propose new solutions to the challenges of building homes in dense urban environments. London and(...)
Main galleries
14 May 2008 to 26 October 2008
Some Ideas on Living in London and Tokyo by Stephen Taylor and Ryue Nishizawa
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As part of the CCA’s ongoing exploration of key issues in contemporary architecture with a specific focus on urban, social, and environmental concerns, Some Ideas on Living in London and Tokyo by Stephen Taylor and Ryue Nishizawa features recent architectural projects that propose new solutions to the challenges of building homes in dense urban environments. London and(...)
Main galleries
On the occasion of the opening of How architects, experts, politicians, international agencies, and citizens negotiate modern planning: Casablanca Chandigarh the two featured photographers Yto Barrada and Takashi Homma join a conversation with the exhibition curators. They discuss how inhabitants take ownership of the city and urban life in Casablanca and Chandigarh.
27 November 2013
In conversation: Yto Barrada & Takashi Homma
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On the occasion of the opening of How architects, experts, politicians, international agencies, and citizens negotiate modern planning: Casablanca Chandigarh the two featured photographers Yto Barrada and Takashi Homma join a conversation with the exhibition curators. They discuss how inhabitants take ownership of the city and urban life in Casablanca and Chandigarh.