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AP164.S1.1986.D6
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This project series documents a competition entry for the organization of the Plaza de Castilla. Specifically, the project had to accommodate two small plots as well as find solutions for the existing and future needs of a traffic interchange in Madrid, Spain. The project includes a mixed-use tower block for public and private activities. The firm identified this project as number 42. In 1986, Abalos & Herreros won second prize for this project at a national competition organised by the Ayuntamiento de Madrid. Documenting this project are design development and presentation drawings, textual documentation, panels and a model.
1986-1987
Ordenación de la Plaza de Castilla, Madrid, Spain (1986)
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AP164.S1.1986.D6
Description:
This project series documents a competition entry for the organization of the Plaza de Castilla. Specifically, the project had to accommodate two small plots as well as find solutions for the existing and future needs of a traffic interchange in Madrid, Spain. The project includes a mixed-use tower block for public and private activities. The firm identified this project as number 42. In 1986, Abalos & Herreros won second prize for this project at a national competition organised by the Ayuntamiento de Madrid. Documenting this project are design development and presentation drawings, textual documentation, panels and a model.
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1986-1987
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AP164.S1.1997.D7
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The project series documents the restructuring of public space in Ramos, a neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro. The design was for an international competition “Rio cidade 2,” organized by Rio de Janeiro City Council. In 1997, Héctor Vigliecca (Héctor Vigliecca e Associados), Eduardo Horta and Fabiana Izaga (Izaga e Horta Arquitectos Associados Ltda.), and Abalos & Herreros won the competition. The project was built and final touches were left to German artist Albert Oehlen, who designed the pavement. The firm identified this project as number 106. Documenting this project are conceptual and design development drawings, correspondence, reports, guides, contracts, clippings and digital materials.
1996-1998
Recualificación del espacio público de Ramos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1997)
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AP164.S1.1997.D7
Description:
The project series documents the restructuring of public space in Ramos, a neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro. The design was for an international competition “Rio cidade 2,” organized by Rio de Janeiro City Council. In 1997, Héctor Vigliecca (Héctor Vigliecca e Associados), Eduardo Horta and Fabiana Izaga (Izaga e Horta Arquitectos Associados Ltda.), and Abalos & Herreros won the competition. The project was built and final touches were left to German artist Albert Oehlen, who designed the pavement. The firm identified this project as number 106. Documenting this project are conceptual and design development drawings, correspondence, reports, guides, contracts, clippings and digital materials.
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1996-1998
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AP142.S1.D230
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File documents an unexecuted project for a building complex and public square in Verbania, Italy. Material in this file was produced between 1990 and 1993. File contains a conceptual drawing, design development drawings and presentation drawings. File also contains textual records, including sketches, drawings, maps, photographs, Polaroids of a model, an architect's statement, a proposal, a building programme, specifications, standards, regulations, calculations, an administrative record, clippings, a technical report, schedules of drawings, labels for drawings, minutes of meetings, a business card, the 1 February 1991 edition of 'Il Giornale di Verbania', and the 2 February 1991 editions of 'Il VCO' and 'Il Verbano'.
1990-1993
Piazza del mercato, Verbania Intra
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AP142.S1.D230
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File documents an unexecuted project for a building complex and public square in Verbania, Italy. Material in this file was produced between 1990 and 1993. File contains a conceptual drawing, design development drawings and presentation drawings. File also contains textual records, including sketches, drawings, maps, photographs, Polaroids of a model, an architect's statement, a proposal, a building programme, specifications, standards, regulations, calculations, an administrative record, clippings, a technical report, schedules of drawings, labels for drawings, minutes of meetings, a business card, the 1 February 1991 edition of 'Il Giornale di Verbania', and the 2 February 1991 editions of 'Il VCO' and 'Il Verbano'.
File 230
1990-1993
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AP143.S4.D182
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File documents miscellaneous unidentified architectural projects, including drawings, mostly conceptual sketches by Eisenman, for an unidentified large scale project, possibly housing, a public square and a skyscraper and also documents relating to potential projects that never advanced, including: Rutgers Baseball Stadiums, New Brunswick, New Jersey (2005) (#50507), a design proposal to help the university raise funds; OBBC, New York Botanical Garden; VW Artwagen (2005) (5200501 BBC), a request to design a Volkswagon; Police Bldg., the proposed conversion of the building into a residential apartment; Tulsa Arena (2004), preparation for the interview for a project that did not advance.
1951-1978
Miscellaneous and Unidentified Documents
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AP143.S4.D182
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File documents miscellaneous unidentified architectural projects, including drawings, mostly conceptual sketches by Eisenman, for an unidentified large scale project, possibly housing, a public square and a skyscraper and also documents relating to potential projects that never advanced, including: Rutgers Baseball Stadiums, New Brunswick, New Jersey (2005) (#50507), a design proposal to help the university raise funds; OBBC, New York Botanical Garden; VW Artwagen (2005) (5200501 BBC), a request to design a Volkswagon; Police Bldg., the proposed conversion of the building into a residential apartment; Tulsa Arena (2004), preparation for the interview for a project that did not advance.
File 182
1951-1978
Project
AP041.S1.1967.D2
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This project series documents a submission for a design competition commissioned by the Government of Canada for its pavilion at the 1970 World Exposition in Osaka, Japan. Fashioned from construction cranes and scaffolding, Melvin Charney's submission (in collaboration with Harry Parnass and Janos Barancs) garnered significant interest and media coverage, and served as a turning point away from traditional architecture practice towards public art. The competition was won by architect Arthur Erickson. Material includes presentation drawings, a photograph of the no longer existant model, and competition documents including correspondence and a copy of the competition programme.
1967
Canadian government pavilion, Japan world exposition, Osaka, Japan
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AP041.S1.1967.D2
Description:
This project series documents a submission for a design competition commissioned by the Government of Canada for its pavilion at the 1970 World Exposition in Osaka, Japan. Fashioned from construction cranes and scaffolding, Melvin Charney's submission (in collaboration with Harry Parnass and Janos Barancs) garnered significant interest and media coverage, and served as a turning point away from traditional architecture practice towards public art. The competition was won by architect Arthur Erickson. Material includes presentation drawings, a photograph of the no longer existant model, and competition documents including correspondence and a copy of the competition programme.
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1967
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AP056.S1.2000.PR06
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This project series documents the design for McGill University and Génome Québec Innovation Centre in Montréal from 2000-2002. The office identified the project number as 2000-25. "This project was conceived to act as a networking site for research initiatives in the fields of genomics and proteomics. It accommodated five distinct research groups within a 92,000 square-foot facility: the Montreal Genome Centre, the Montreal Proteomics Centre, the Génome Québec Expertise Centre, the Montreal Bone Research Centre, and 5 bio-business incubators. The plan balanced specialized laboratory and office space with three key interactive spaces – the public passage through the building which linked the city to the campus, the atrium which provided an interactive social space for the facility, and the teleconference room. The laboratories, where raw data was gathered, were located on the east, while the bioinformatics offices for data analysis were located on the west. The intent was to create a building that acted as an instrument for knowledge, and to position the public spaces strategically and symbolically as reminders that the work of science was directly connected to humanity."[1] The project is recorded through drawings dating from around 2002. These are mostly original drawings and include sketches, plans, sections, elevations, perspectives, and details. [1]"McGill University and Génome Québec Innovation Centre." KPMB. Accessed July 2019. http://www.kpmb.com/project/mcgill-university-and-genome-quebec-innovation-centre/
circa 2002
McGill University and Génome Québec Innovation Centre, Montréal (2000-2002)
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AP056.S1.2000.PR06
Description:
This project series documents the design for McGill University and Génome Québec Innovation Centre in Montréal from 2000-2002. The office identified the project number as 2000-25. "This project was conceived to act as a networking site for research initiatives in the fields of genomics and proteomics. It accommodated five distinct research groups within a 92,000 square-foot facility: the Montreal Genome Centre, the Montreal Proteomics Centre, the Génome Québec Expertise Centre, the Montreal Bone Research Centre, and 5 bio-business incubators. The plan balanced specialized laboratory and office space with three key interactive spaces – the public passage through the building which linked the city to the campus, the atrium which provided an interactive social space for the facility, and the teleconference room. The laboratories, where raw data was gathered, were located on the east, while the bioinformatics offices for data analysis were located on the west. The intent was to create a building that acted as an instrument for knowledge, and to position the public spaces strategically and symbolically as reminders that the work of science was directly connected to humanity."[1] The project is recorded through drawings dating from around 2002. These are mostly original drawings and include sketches, plans, sections, elevations, perspectives, and details. [1]"McGill University and Génome Québec Innovation Centre." KPMB. Accessed July 2019. http://www.kpmb.com/project/mcgill-university-and-genome-quebec-innovation-centre/
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circa 2002
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AP164.S1.1997.D12
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The subseries documents the show-event base “Fabricaciones / Fabrications,” held at the Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA) (February 10th to April 20th, 1998). The firm identified this project as number 110. “Fabrications was an innovative exhibition on architecture conceived and produced jointly by MACBA, MoMA, the Wexner Center for the Arts and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. The exhibition presented sixteen life-size architectural interventions, four at each participating center, each produced by a team of architects who explored tectonic issues in a broad sense. The four installations presented at Plaça dels Àngels – the square in front of the MACBA building – explored and modified the surfaces that defined this public space. Vicente Gualla (Barcelona) created an intervention on the façade opposite the Museum, which drew attention to the occupation and the population density that was absent from the buildings in the square. Abalos & Herreros (Madrid) acted upon the façade of the MACBA building itself, cladding and decorating its most monumental elements: the tower and the balcony. Riegler Riewe (Graz) worked with the whole of the square, inscribing a broken horizontal line along the perimeter of the public space. Finally, MVRDV (Rotterdam) acted upon the paving through an evocation of a series of different kinds of sports grounds.” (MACBA website) Documenting the exhibition are design development drawings, correspondence, project descriptions, budgets, notes, and reference, graphic and photographic materials.
1996-2002
MACBA [Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona] (1997)
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AP164.S1.1997.D12
Description:
The subseries documents the show-event base “Fabricaciones / Fabrications,” held at the Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA) (February 10th to April 20th, 1998). The firm identified this project as number 110. “Fabrications was an innovative exhibition on architecture conceived and produced jointly by MACBA, MoMA, the Wexner Center for the Arts and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. The exhibition presented sixteen life-size architectural interventions, four at each participating center, each produced by a team of architects who explored tectonic issues in a broad sense. The four installations presented at Plaça dels Àngels – the square in front of the MACBA building – explored and modified the surfaces that defined this public space. Vicente Gualla (Barcelona) created an intervention on the façade opposite the Museum, which drew attention to the occupation and the population density that was absent from the buildings in the square. Abalos & Herreros (Madrid) acted upon the façade of the MACBA building itself, cladding and decorating its most monumental elements: the tower and the balcony. Riegler Riewe (Graz) worked with the whole of the square, inscribing a broken horizontal line along the perimeter of the public space. Finally, MVRDV (Rotterdam) acted upon the paving through an evocation of a series of different kinds of sports grounds.” (MACBA website) Documenting the exhibition are design development drawings, correspondence, project descriptions, budgets, notes, and reference, graphic and photographic materials.
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1996-2002
Project
AP178.S1.2002.PR06
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This project series documents the Parque de Pedras Salgadas in Pedras Salgadas, Portugal. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 50/00. The office assigned the date 2002 to this project. The project consisted of extensive work to the spa resort located in Pedras Salgadas Park for owner VMPS - Águas & Turismo, S.A, part of Unicer (now Super Bock Group). The work included the demolition of many buildings, the restauration and alterations of others and the construction of new buildings. Work on the Hotel Avelames, the thermal spa, the public pools and the Casa de Chá were the primary focus of the site for Siza. These four components of the project were divided by the office, with the Hotel Avelames, spa and Casa de Chá arranged together under AP178.S1.2002.PR06.SS1 and the public pools arranged under AP178.S1.2002.PR06.SS2. Architect Luís Rebelo de Andrade also constructed eco-houses and treehouses on the site later on. This project was realized in tandem with a similar project by Siza, the Parque de Vidago (AP178.S1.2002.PR05), also owned by Unicer. For this reason, the materials for both projects are mixed together. A large number of materials for this project can be found in project subseries AP178.S1.2002.PR05.SS1. These files have been identified at the file level in the Parque de Vidago project subseries.
2002-2010
Parque de Pedras Salgadas, Pedras Salgadas, Portugal (2002-2010)
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AP178.S1.2002.PR06
Description:
This project series documents the Parque de Pedras Salgadas in Pedras Salgadas, Portugal. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 50/00. The office assigned the date 2002 to this project. The project consisted of extensive work to the spa resort located in Pedras Salgadas Park for owner VMPS - Águas & Turismo, S.A, part of Unicer (now Super Bock Group). The work included the demolition of many buildings, the restauration and alterations of others and the construction of new buildings. Work on the Hotel Avelames, the thermal spa, the public pools and the Casa de Chá were the primary focus of the site for Siza. These four components of the project were divided by the office, with the Hotel Avelames, spa and Casa de Chá arranged together under AP178.S1.2002.PR06.SS1 and the public pools arranged under AP178.S1.2002.PR06.SS2. Architect Luís Rebelo de Andrade also constructed eco-houses and treehouses on the site later on. This project was realized in tandem with a similar project by Siza, the Parque de Vidago (AP178.S1.2002.PR05), also owned by Unicer. For this reason, the materials for both projects are mixed together. A large number of materials for this project can be found in project subseries AP178.S1.2002.PR05.SS1. These files have been identified at the file level in the Parque de Vidago project subseries.
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2002-2010
photographs
Quantity:
21 photograph(s)
ARCH280881
Description:
Group consists of photographs of various public buildings in Chandigarh, India. There are photographs of the healthcare buildings including the Medical Research Institute (Post Graduate Institute for Medical Research) in sector 12 and the Dispensary in sector 40. There are also photographs of the Architects' Office in sector 19, the Main Bus Terminus in sector 17, the Chandigarh Club in sector 1 and the Boating Club in sector 1.
between 1953 and 1965
Photographs of miscellaneous buildings in Chandigarh, India
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ARCH280881
Description:
Group consists of photographs of various public buildings in Chandigarh, India. There are photographs of the healthcare buildings including the Medical Research Institute (Post Graduate Institute for Medical Research) in sector 12 and the Dispensary in sector 40. There are also photographs of the Architects' Office in sector 19, the Main Bus Terminus in sector 17, the Chandigarh Club in sector 1 and the Boating Club in sector 1.
photographs
Quantity:
21 photograph(s)
between 1953 and 1965
textual records
CCM / General / 7803
ARCH267579
Description:
This group consists of a folder on the finalist projects for the Palais des Congrès de Montréal competition, including the submission by Victor Prus. There is also a brochure presenting the winning project and plans (perspectives and floor plans). The group also includes notes and information about the architectural team PLLL (Prus; LeMoyne & Associates; Lebelle, Marchand, Geoffroy; Hébert & Lalonde) and about the client, the Ministrère des Travaux Publics et de l'Approvisionnement du Québec.
1978
CCM / General / 7803
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ARCH267579
Description:
This group consists of a folder on the finalist projects for the Palais des Congrès de Montréal competition, including the submission by Victor Prus. There is also a brochure presenting the winning project and plans (perspectives and floor plans). The group also includes notes and information about the architectural team PLLL (Prus; LeMoyne & Associates; Lebelle, Marchand, Geoffroy; Hébert & Lalonde) and about the client, the Ministrère des Travaux Publics et de l'Approvisionnement du Québec.
textual records
1978