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AP149.S2.SS3
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File related to various documents used as documentation and reference material for the Minimum Cost Housing Group's publications and research projects. The material in this file was produced between the late 1940s and 1999. The file contains an important collection of photocopies of book chapters, periodical, published reports, commercial leaflets, photographs and slides on various subjects related to the research field of the Minimum Cost Housing Group, and also a collection of maps of cities planning in India. The published reports in this series include the following: - Assessment of construction materials for use in emergency housing carried out on behalf of OXFAM (An) / A.K. Green - Brazil : sites and services project: staff appraisal report / World Bank - Cocoon / Hollingshead - Evaluation report on the village sanitation scheme of the Gandhi Smarak Nidhi in Maharashtra / Programme Evaluation Organisation, Planning Commission Govt. of India - International Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Decade : end of decade review (as at December 1990) (The) (World Health Organization) - Lucknow urban development project : an approach document / Lucknow Development Authority - Preliminary investigations into the use of atomised sprays for handwashing and showering / T.C. Porter and M.E. Rump (Building Research Establishment Note) - Project completion report: India: Madhya Pradesh Urban Development Project (loan 2329-IN) (World Bank) - Racing alone: a visionary architect's quest for houses made with earth and fire / Nader Khalili (advertisement brochure for a book, including text of introduction; actual book in CCA collection) - Reflexiones sobre el tema de la vivienda (CENAC) - Report on toilet units / J.W. Grainge and J.W. Slupsky - Technology development for a zero-gravity whole body shower / A.A. Rosener [and 5 others] - Urban sector survey: Republic of Zambia (World Bank), v. 1-2 - Workshop on implications of the recommendations of National commission on urbanisation on planning practice and education / Department of Urban and Regional Planning, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi
late 1940s-1999
Reference and research for publications
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AP149.S2.SS3
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File related to various documents used as documentation and reference material for the Minimum Cost Housing Group's publications and research projects. The material in this file was produced between the late 1940s and 1999. The file contains an important collection of photocopies of book chapters, periodical, published reports, commercial leaflets, photographs and slides on various subjects related to the research field of the Minimum Cost Housing Group, and also a collection of maps of cities planning in India. The published reports in this series include the following: - Assessment of construction materials for use in emergency housing carried out on behalf of OXFAM (An) / A.K. Green - Brazil : sites and services project: staff appraisal report / World Bank - Cocoon / Hollingshead - Evaluation report on the village sanitation scheme of the Gandhi Smarak Nidhi in Maharashtra / Programme Evaluation Organisation, Planning Commission Govt. of India - International Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Decade : end of decade review (as at December 1990) (The) (World Health Organization) - Lucknow urban development project : an approach document / Lucknow Development Authority - Preliminary investigations into the use of atomised sprays for handwashing and showering / T.C. Porter and M.E. Rump (Building Research Establishment Note) - Project completion report: India: Madhya Pradesh Urban Development Project (loan 2329-IN) (World Bank) - Racing alone: a visionary architect's quest for houses made with earth and fire / Nader Khalili (advertisement brochure for a book, including text of introduction; actual book in CCA collection) - Reflexiones sobre el tema de la vivienda (CENAC) - Report on toilet units / J.W. Grainge and J.W. Slupsky - Technology development for a zero-gravity whole body shower / A.A. Rosener [and 5 others] - Urban sector survey: Republic of Zambia (World Bank), v. 1-2 - Workshop on implications of the recommendations of National commission on urbanisation on planning practice and education / Department of Urban and Regional Planning, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi
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late 1940s-1999
textual records
ARCH256343
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inspection reports, transmittals; Central Waterfront: proposals from City of Toronto, notes, design approach and urban planning experience report, MacLaren Eng. CV, work schedules, study area maps, Harbourfront: A Look at the Future (publicity)
1981-1985
Inspection reports, transmittals, Central Waterfront: proposals from City of Toronto, notes
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ARCH256343
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inspection reports, transmittals; Central Waterfront: proposals from City of Toronto, notes, design approach and urban planning experience report, MacLaren Eng. CV, work schedules, study area maps, Harbourfront: A Look at the Future (publicity)
textual records
1981-1985
Project
AP142.S1.D178
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File documents an unexecuted urban planning proposal for Borgoricco, Italy. The proposal included residential, office, commercial and public buildings centred around the existing town hall also designed by Aldo Rossi. Material in this file was produced in 1990. File contains conceptual drawings and design development drawings.
1990
Comune di Borgoricco, piano particolareggiato
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AP142.S1.D178
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File documents an unexecuted urban planning proposal for Borgoricco, Italy. The proposal included residential, office, commercial and public buildings centred around the existing town hall also designed by Aldo Rossi. Material in this file was produced in 1990. File contains conceptual drawings and design development drawings.
File 178
1990
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AP164.S1.1991.D2
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This project series documents the design and construction of 455 social housing residences, as well as business' and garages, in Palencia, Spain. In 1989, Abalos & Herreros won the first prize in the national competition “Unidad Residencial Parque Europa,” organised by the Diputación Provincial de Palencia. The project was partly based on urban design ideas developed by the firm while working on the N.M.Q. and Madrid Sur urban planning projects. The firm identified this project as number 72. Documenting this project are conceptual, design development, competition and working drawings, photographic materials and a model.
1990-1996
Palencia Parque Europa, Palencia, Spain (1991)
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AP164.S1.1991.D2
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This project series documents the design and construction of 455 social housing residences, as well as business' and garages, in Palencia, Spain. In 1989, Abalos & Herreros won the first prize in the national competition “Unidad Residencial Parque Europa,” organised by the Diputación Provincial de Palencia. The project was partly based on urban design ideas developed by the firm while working on the N.M.Q. and Madrid Sur urban planning projects. The firm identified this project as number 72. Documenting this project are conceptual, design development, competition and working drawings, photographic materials and a model.
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1990-1996
textual records
ARCH153846
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Evaluation of IAUS from former students & interns (1976-1977) Planning meeting - June 23, 1976 (Peter Eisenman, Bill Porter, Frederieke Taylor) Interns Meeting, Feb. 21, 1975 Minutes of an Ad Hoc Undergrad. Meeting - no date
1975-1977
Miscellaneous - IAUS Pedagogical Issues
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ARCH153846
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Evaluation of IAUS from former students & interns (1976-1977) Planning meeting - June 23, 1976 (Peter Eisenman, Bill Porter, Frederieke Taylor) Interns Meeting, Feb. 21, 1975 Minutes of an Ad Hoc Undergrad. Meeting - no date
textual records
1975-1977
Project
AP164.S1.2002.D9
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The project series documents the urban planning project under the consortium “Chamartin Operation” for the extension of the avenue Paseo de la Castellana. The firm identified the project as number 153. “Abalos & Herreros developed the architectural consultancy for this ambitious project initiated by R. Bofill and nowadays its in time of adaptation to the urban conditions and the real conditions under the direction of J. M. Ezquiaga. The prime aim of [their] work consists of the establishment of the constructed typologies, the occupation models and the relation between public and housing space for searching a possible compatibility in an environment that soon will be seen as centric in the urban map of Madrid.” (ARCH270975) Documenting the project are conceptual and design development drawings, photographic materials, project descriptions, and notes.
circa 2002
Operación Chamartin, Madrid, Spain (2002)
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AP164.S1.2002.D9
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The project series documents the urban planning project under the consortium “Chamartin Operation” for the extension of the avenue Paseo de la Castellana. The firm identified the project as number 153. “Abalos & Herreros developed the architectural consultancy for this ambitious project initiated by R. Bofill and nowadays its in time of adaptation to the urban conditions and the real conditions under the direction of J. M. Ezquiaga. The prime aim of [their] work consists of the establishment of the constructed typologies, the occupation models and the relation between public and housing space for searching a possible compatibility in an environment that soon will be seen as centric in the urban map of Madrid.” (ARCH270975) Documenting the project are conceptual and design development drawings, photographic materials, project descriptions, and notes.
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circa 2002
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CD035.S1.1988.PR01
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This project series consists of material related to Coen Beeker's urban planning project for the district of Dar el Naim in Port Sudan, Sudan, in the1980s. The project series contains maps and aerial photographs of Port Sudan and the Dar el Naim area, and a restructuring proposal for Dar el Naim.
1982-1988
Restructuring of a suburban area, Port Sudan, Sudan (ca. 1988)
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CD035.S1.1988.PR01
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This project series consists of material related to Coen Beeker's urban planning project for the district of Dar el Naim in Port Sudan, Sudan, in the1980s. The project series contains maps and aerial photographs of Port Sudan and the Dar el Naim area, and a restructuring proposal for Dar el Naim.
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1982-1988
Project
AP149.S1.2004.PR02
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The project series documents Minimum Cost Housing Group's project of a student exchange with universities in Mexico and in the United States to expose the urgent need in urban and sustainable housing in North America. The research project was undertaken in collaboration with the Dalhousie Faculty of Architecture and Planning. The material in this project series was produced between 2004 and 2007 and includes textual records related to the planning of the project, including grant applications, correspondence and project applications.
2004-2007
North American Sustainability, Housing and Community Consortium Student Exchange
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AP149.S1.2004.PR02
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The project series documents Minimum Cost Housing Group's project of a student exchange with universities in Mexico and in the United States to expose the urgent need in urban and sustainable housing in North America. The research project was undertaken in collaboration with the Dalhousie Faculty of Architecture and Planning. The material in this project series was produced between 2004 and 2007 and includes textual records related to the planning of the project, including grant applications, correspondence and project applications.
Project
2004-2007
textual records
ARCH153544
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Documentation concerning the project of a Journal for Discussion, and Criticism of Architecture, Planning and Urban Design, to be edited by Stanford Anderson and Anthony Vidler : with lists of proposed writers and topics for first issues; budget data Photocopy of Denise Levertov : "Some Notes on Organic Form", Poetry, vol. 106, no 6, September 1965 Schedule and introductory text by H.-R. Hitchcock for the "3rd Modern Architecture Symposium", Columbia University, May 13-15, 1966 CASE editorial Board Meeting, May 9 1965 Schedule of Seminar on Constructivism, A.A. 24/6/65 "A Work Study Program" Correspondence between PDE and Anthony Vidler Letter from Stuart Cohen [Statements of the editors about] Re:Form Editorial Statement (CASE/Problems in Architecture) Statement of the Editorial Board New York May 9, 1965; Colin Rowe, Peter Eisenman, Stanford Anderson, Kenneth Frampton, Henry Millon
1965-1971
PDE IAUS, 1971: D Projects - 2 IAUS magazine: CASE Mag. 1965-1971
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ARCH153544
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Documentation concerning the project of a Journal for Discussion, and Criticism of Architecture, Planning and Urban Design, to be edited by Stanford Anderson and Anthony Vidler : with lists of proposed writers and topics for first issues; budget data Photocopy of Denise Levertov : "Some Notes on Organic Form", Poetry, vol. 106, no 6, September 1965 Schedule and introductory text by H.-R. Hitchcock for the "3rd Modern Architecture Symposium", Columbia University, May 13-15, 1966 CASE editorial Board Meeting, May 9 1965 Schedule of Seminar on Constructivism, A.A. 24/6/65 "A Work Study Program" Correspondence between PDE and Anthony Vidler Letter from Stuart Cohen [Statements of the editors about] Re:Form Editorial Statement (CASE/Problems in Architecture) Statement of the Editorial Board New York May 9, 1965; Colin Rowe, Peter Eisenman, Stanford Anderson, Kenneth Frampton, Henry Millon
textual records
1965-1971
textual records
AP206.S2.069
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File was originally housed in a binder along with content arranged in AP206.S2.070 and AP206.S2.071. This file includes the following papers: "A Conceptual Model of Urban Development" "Haryana's New Capital: Beyond Corbusier Planning and Urban Form" "The Capital Story" 1986 "Le Corbusier's Chandigarh: Architectural and the Cultural Context," 1990 "Delhi: The Deepening Urban Crisis edited by Patwant Singh and Ram Dhamija," review "Reflections on Art" "Modulor! A System of Proportions" "Le Corbusier and Later Development in Chandigarh," 1988
1985-1990
Published and unpublished papers (folder 1 of 3)
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AP206.S2.069
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File was originally housed in a binder along with content arranged in AP206.S2.070 and AP206.S2.071. This file includes the following papers: "A Conceptual Model of Urban Development" "Haryana's New Capital: Beyond Corbusier Planning and Urban Form" "The Capital Story" 1986 "Le Corbusier's Chandigarh: Architectural and the Cultural Context," 1990 "Delhi: The Deepening Urban Crisis edited by Patwant Singh and Ram Dhamija," review "Reflections on Art" "Modulor! A System of Proportions" "Le Corbusier and Later Development in Chandigarh," 1988
textual records
1985-1990