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+ Madrid, Spain (2004)
AP164.S1.2004.D16
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The project series documents consultation work for the urban development of Madrid`s historique center and the Mazanares riverside, in Spain. The firm identified the project as number 187. “A MADRID + PEDESTRIAN. A MADRID + GREEN. A MADRID + SOCIALLY INTEGRATED. [Abalos & Herreros] purpose is [a] strategy based in BLOBS, of new urban public spaces, directly or indirectly joined to a new pedestrian Castellana, a group of HOLLOWS situated in critical points of the urban dynamism which allow us to LINK, SEW, INTEGRATE and ENJOY TOGETHER the town.” (ARCH270975). This project is related to the project M30: parque lineal del río Manzanares (AP164.S1.2005.D6). Documenting the project are conceptual drawings, presentation documents, cartographic materials, project descriptions, notes and a dummy.
1997-2004
+ Madrid, Spain (2004)
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AP164.S1.2004.D16
Description:
The project series documents consultation work for the urban development of Madrid`s historique center and the Mazanares riverside, in Spain. The firm identified the project as number 187. “A MADRID + PEDESTRIAN. A MADRID + GREEN. A MADRID + SOCIALLY INTEGRATED. [Abalos & Herreros] purpose is [a] strategy based in BLOBS, of new urban public spaces, directly or indirectly joined to a new pedestrian Castellana, a group of HOLLOWS situated in critical points of the urban dynamism which allow us to LINK, SEW, INTEGRATE and ENJOY TOGETHER the town.” (ARCH270975). This project is related to the project M30: parque lineal del río Manzanares (AP164.S1.2005.D6). Documenting the project are conceptual drawings, presentation documents, cartographic materials, project descriptions, notes and a dummy.
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1997-2004
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AP206.S1.1982.PR16
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This project series documents a competition entry for clusters of housing blocks in Navi Mumbai, likely sometime in the 1980s or 1990s. The project, proposed for the Kalamboli region of the city, consisted of the site development of diamond shaped housing blocks, each with a sports field in its centre courtyard. Two circular commerce blocks were also planned for the neighbourhood, as well as spaces for a school, playground, public utilities and community services. The project is recorded through original drawings of site plans and elevations, probably dating from sometime in the 1980s-1990s. It should be noted that the previous name of Navi Mumbai was New Bombay, which is the name used on these materials.
circa 1980s-1990s
Housing complex competition, Navi Mumbai (circa 1980s-1990s)
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AP206.S1.1982.PR16
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This project series documents a competition entry for clusters of housing blocks in Navi Mumbai, likely sometime in the 1980s or 1990s. The project, proposed for the Kalamboli region of the city, consisted of the site development of diamond shaped housing blocks, each with a sports field in its centre courtyard. Two circular commerce blocks were also planned for the neighbourhood, as well as spaces for a school, playground, public utilities and community services. The project is recorded through original drawings of site plans and elevations, probably dating from sometime in the 1980s-1990s. It should be noted that the previous name of Navi Mumbai was New Bombay, which is the name used on these materials.
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circa 1980s-1990s
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AP075.S1.1952.PR01
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This project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's landscape design for Schuylkill Falls, a public housing development on Ridge Avenue, in the East Falls neighbourhood of Philadelphia. Oberlander worked on this project from 1952-1955, after she was recruited by architect Oskar Stonorov. Oberlander worked on the landscaping with Dan Kiley. The project was initally divided in six phases and was planned to spread across five city blocks. One of the phases included the construction of two sixteen-storey housing towers, but only one was built. The building was demolished in 1996. The project series contains five landscape plans for all five city blocks project and a set of landscape specifications, the first written by Oberlander.
1952-1954
Schuylkill Falls, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1952)
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AP075.S1.1952.PR01
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This project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's landscape design for Schuylkill Falls, a public housing development on Ridge Avenue, in the East Falls neighbourhood of Philadelphia. Oberlander worked on this project from 1952-1955, after she was recruited by architect Oskar Stonorov. Oberlander worked on the landscaping with Dan Kiley. The project was initally divided in six phases and was planned to spread across five city blocks. One of the phases included the construction of two sixteen-storey housing towers, but only one was built. The building was demolished in 1996. The project series contains five landscape plans for all five city blocks project and a set of landscape specifications, the first written by Oberlander.
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1952-1954
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AP180.S1.1989.PR01
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This project series documents the Piazza San Nazaro, a public square in Milan, Italy. This project was realized. Riva worked on this project from 1989-1993 in collaboration with Giacomo Borella, Paolo Froncillo, Giovanni Drugman, and Franscesca Riva. Umberto Riva also designed the outdoor furnishings of the piazza, including the street lights and the base of a statue. The project was commissioned by the Metropolitana Milanese and was shown in the exhibition "Umberto Riva, sistemazioni urbane" in 1993, at the Pinacoteca civica Franscesco Podesti in Ancona. The project series contains studies and design development drawings, including a site plan, elevations, sections, plans, and details for the street lamps, as well as a small description for the project.
1991-1993
Piazza San Nazaro, Milan, Italy (1989-1993)
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AP180.S1.1989.PR01
Description:
This project series documents the Piazza San Nazaro, a public square in Milan, Italy. This project was realized. Riva worked on this project from 1989-1993 in collaboration with Giacomo Borella, Paolo Froncillo, Giovanni Drugman, and Franscesca Riva. Umberto Riva also designed the outdoor furnishings of the piazza, including the street lights and the base of a statue. The project was commissioned by the Metropolitana Milanese and was shown in the exhibition "Umberto Riva, sistemazioni urbane" in 1993, at the Pinacoteca civica Franscesco Podesti in Ancona. The project series contains studies and design development drawings, including a site plan, elevations, sections, plans, and details for the street lamps, as well as a small description for the project.
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1991-1993
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AP144.S2.D90
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File documents an unsuccessful competition entry for the River Clyde Study & Ideas Competition, organised by the City of Glasgow, Scotland, for the rehabilitation of sections of the river bank. Cedric Price's entry proposed the conversion of existing coal yards and abandoned docks with a "metropolitan farm" including a food-growing complex, fish and hydroponic farms, and marketing facilities, along with a new public river transportation system. An existing conditions survey and a map show the docks and areas along the River Clyde. Design development drawings of diagrams and charts explore the various activities and the accommodation of each activity within the design limitations associated with it. Components of the plan are organized by activity type, location, and the amount of time required per activity. The activities shown include shopping, observation, gardening, employment, sports, and retraining. Other components of the plan are shown in detail: housing, the city farm, research center, a ferry and ferry stop, and a floating jungle. A diagram plots the travel time from the project area to various locations within Glascow. A public survey card monitors the project. One plan compares the size of this project site with other sites including that of Abu Dhabi Breakwater (AP144.S2.D94). Reprographic copies show regional relevance, and explore "test-bed" areas for activities such as forestry and agriculture. Some material in this file was published in 'Cedric Price-Works II' (London: Architectural Press, 1984), 36, 39. Material in this file was produced between 1973 and1988, but predominantly in 1973. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, cartographic materials, and textual records.
1973-1988, predominant 1973
River Clyde Competition
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AP144.S2.D90
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File documents an unsuccessful competition entry for the River Clyde Study & Ideas Competition, organised by the City of Glasgow, Scotland, for the rehabilitation of sections of the river bank. Cedric Price's entry proposed the conversion of existing coal yards and abandoned docks with a "metropolitan farm" including a food-growing complex, fish and hydroponic farms, and marketing facilities, along with a new public river transportation system. An existing conditions survey and a map show the docks and areas along the River Clyde. Design development drawings of diagrams and charts explore the various activities and the accommodation of each activity within the design limitations associated with it. Components of the plan are organized by activity type, location, and the amount of time required per activity. The activities shown include shopping, observation, gardening, employment, sports, and retraining. Other components of the plan are shown in detail: housing, the city farm, research center, a ferry and ferry stop, and a floating jungle. A diagram plots the travel time from the project area to various locations within Glascow. A public survey card monitors the project. One plan compares the size of this project site with other sites including that of Abu Dhabi Breakwater (AP144.S2.D94). Reprographic copies show regional relevance, and explore "test-bed" areas for activities such as forestry and agriculture. Some material in this file was published in 'Cedric Price-Works II' (London: Architectural Press, 1984), 36, 39. Material in this file was produced between 1973 and1988, but predominantly in 1973. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, cartographic materials, and textual records.
File 90
1973-1988, predominant 1973
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AP164.S1.1999.D10
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The project series documents the competition entry for the mixed-use tower “El Mirador” in the Bay of Algeciras. The firm was invited to submit their design proposal which won second prize. The competition was organised by the Algeciras City Council. The firm identified this project as number 123. “The project attempts to express, with an architectural gesture, the beauty of the geography of Algeciras: the bay, the port, the Rock and the Straits of Gibraltar, the proximity of Ceuta and Africa, the cork-oak forests that surround the town. For this [Abalos & Herreros] propose a building that, from a single body, opens out into two towers from one great public viewing platform. This form has strategic holes giving onto the more notable topographical features, establishing a physical relationship with them, while the section is organized as a gradient of privacy that increases with height. The competition […] proposed a mixed programme in a posture parallel to the great avenue of the harbour of Algeciras. An evanescent building apparently fragile appears to let one being stimulated by the effects of the climate and the atmospheric phenomenons with an appearance changing with the function of the hours of the day or the season. Its layered section attends ascending to the different landscapes of the city: first public space, second the cities skyline and at last the 360° horizon rising above the city.” (ARCH270975) Abalos & Herreros worked with Ángel Jaramillo, Renata Sentkiewicz, Jakob Hense. Documenting this project are conceptual, design development and presentation drawings, cartographic and graphic materials, and competition records.
circa 1999
El mirador: torre mixta en la Bahía de Algeciras, Spain (1999)
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AP164.S1.1999.D10
Description:
The project series documents the competition entry for the mixed-use tower “El Mirador” in the Bay of Algeciras. The firm was invited to submit their design proposal which won second prize. The competition was organised by the Algeciras City Council. The firm identified this project as number 123. “The project attempts to express, with an architectural gesture, the beauty of the geography of Algeciras: the bay, the port, the Rock and the Straits of Gibraltar, the proximity of Ceuta and Africa, the cork-oak forests that surround the town. For this [Abalos & Herreros] propose a building that, from a single body, opens out into two towers from one great public viewing platform. This form has strategic holes giving onto the more notable topographical features, establishing a physical relationship with them, while the section is organized as a gradient of privacy that increases with height. The competition […] proposed a mixed programme in a posture parallel to the great avenue of the harbour of Algeciras. An evanescent building apparently fragile appears to let one being stimulated by the effects of the climate and the atmospheric phenomenons with an appearance changing with the function of the hours of the day or the season. Its layered section attends ascending to the different landscapes of the city: first public space, second the cities skyline and at last the 360° horizon rising above the city.” (ARCH270975) Abalos & Herreros worked with Ángel Jaramillo, Renata Sentkiewicz, Jakob Hense. Documenting this project are conceptual, design development and presentation drawings, cartographic and graphic materials, and competition records.
Project
circa 1999
drawings
ARCH193434
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Contains the following drawings: 100 C Location plan, 101 C Plan of ground floor and fireplace details, 102 C Plan of upper level and door frame details, 103 C Sections and elevations, 104 C Interior stair-case details, 105 C Details snack-bar area, 106 C Coffee bar and locker room details, 107 C Details service rooms, snack-bar, 108 C Wall sections and vestibule screen details, 109 C Roof plan and roof drain details, 110 C Public and staff lavatories, and misc. details, and 111 C Section Y-Y.
1955-1959
Site plan, floor plans, details, sections and elevations, Beaver Lake Pavilion, Montréal, Québec
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ARCH193434
Description:
Contains the following drawings: 100 C Location plan, 101 C Plan of ground floor and fireplace details, 102 C Plan of upper level and door frame details, 103 C Sections and elevations, 104 C Interior stair-case details, 105 C Details snack-bar area, 106 C Coffee bar and locker room details, 107 C Details service rooms, snack-bar, 108 C Wall sections and vestibule screen details, 109 C Roof plan and roof drain details, 110 C Public and staff lavatories, and misc. details, and 111 C Section Y-Y.
drawings
1955-1959
textual records, photographs
Documentation et intentions
ARCH167188
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Documentation et intentions 4 feuillets: "Projet de l'esplanade du Faubourg Québec" texte de Jacques Rousseau 1 feuillet: Lettre de Pierre-Luc Dumas (SHDM), 24 août 1994 1 feuillet: Notes manuscrites d'une réunion avec Pierre-Luc Dumas 9 feuillets: Documentation préparatoire pour un document intitulé: "Possibilités ouvertes par le plan; Aménagement du front maritime" 4 photographies couleurs: Vues de la maquette, 10 x 15 cm 34 pages: Rapport préparé pour la SHDM intitulé: "Le paysage du Faubourg Québec, Énoncé du projet d'espace public: secteur ouest" par Ph. Poullaouec-Gonidec & als. mars 1994 1 enveloppe scellée avec notes manuscrites à l'endos
août 1994 - mars 1995
Documentation et intentions
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ARCH167188
Description:
Documentation et intentions 4 feuillets: "Projet de l'esplanade du Faubourg Québec" texte de Jacques Rousseau 1 feuillet: Lettre de Pierre-Luc Dumas (SHDM), 24 août 1994 1 feuillet: Notes manuscrites d'une réunion avec Pierre-Luc Dumas 9 feuillets: Documentation préparatoire pour un document intitulé: "Possibilités ouvertes par le plan; Aménagement du front maritime" 4 photographies couleurs: Vues de la maquette, 10 x 15 cm 34 pages: Rapport préparé pour la SHDM intitulé: "Le paysage du Faubourg Québec, Énoncé du projet d'espace public: secteur ouest" par Ph. Poullaouec-Gonidec & als. mars 1994 1 enveloppe scellée avec notes manuscrites à l'endos
textual records, photographs
août 1994 - mars 1995
Sub-series
CI001.S2.D4
Description:
The CCA collection includes albums of drawings for some of Charles Rohault de Fleury's most important public architectural projects, built and unbuilt. They provide valuable insight into his design development process, construction techniques, and flexibility regarding building types and styles, as well as illuminating the larger issues of urban planning and the complex interaction between architect, contractor, and entrepreneur in mid-19th century France. The neo-Moorish Hippodrome National (DR1974:0002:017:001-060) - an ephemeral structure constructed of a wood frame with canvas sheathing- was built adjacent to the Place de l'Étoile in 1845 and destroyed in 1856. The documents and drawings in the album provide a highly detailed and complete overview of the project from the study of historical models to contract drawings. Written documentation, including cost estimates, a contract, daily accounts of construction, entrepreneur's accounts, and correspondence with the principal contractor, is particularly revealing of the working procedures on a large commercial project. In 1855 Charles and Auguste Joseph Pellechet constructed the Chambre des Notaires on the newly transformed Place du Chatelet - the intended centre point of Haussmann's 'Nouveau Paris' (1). The CCA album contains primarily transfer lithographed working and contract drawings signed by the entrepreneurs and/or contractors (DR1974:0002:022:001-021). The plans reflect Charles' sensitive integration of iron and masonry construction, which allowed for abundant fenestration on the side facades, while maintaining the traditional aspects of character and solidity required in a prominent urban building. Charles' approach to the design of more utilitarian structures is indicated in his album of competition drawings for a municipal slaughterhouse submitted to the city of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 1846-1847 (DR1974:0002:023:001-012). His interpretation of the written programme (included in the album) and the resulting design, is strongly influenced by his father's previous slaughterhouse projects, as well as his own for La Villete, 1835-1836 (see DR1974:0002:014:001-104 in Hubert Rohault de Fleury's Public and Urban Architecture (file CI001.S3.D1)). The pared down Neoclassical style of the slaughterhouse is typical of both Charles and Hubert's utilitarian structures. Charles' largest public urban project outside of Paris was for an unexecuted Hôtel de Prefecture (Departement de la Vienne) and Hôtel de Ville for the city of Poitiers, 1859-1860 (DR1974:0002:020:001-050). The project for the Louis XIIIth style Hotel de Prefecture is fairly complete and includes many working drawings, while the Francis Ist style Hotel de Ville is much less developed and consists primarily of unbound sketches and finished drawings. A site plan indicates that Charles intended the Hôtel de Prefecture and Hôtel de Ville to be located nearly opposite each other and connected by a major thoroughfare. The placement of both structures in the western quarter of the city probably reflects an earlier urban renewal plan proposed by the architects Morandiere et Compaing in 1849. The Hôtel de Prefecture (1864-1868) and Hotel de Ville (1869-1876) were eventually built after designs by Antoine Guerinot, in the same style, and on sites close to those proposed by Charles. Drawings and engravings of antique and contemporary theatres, fountains, honorific monuments, and large public projects by other architects are collected in album DR1974:0002:010:001-048 for reference purposes (some of these may have been collected by his father Hubert). (1) David Van Zanten, "Building Paris: Architectural Institutions and the Transformation of the French Capital, 1830-1870" (Cambridge, Eng.: Cambridge University Press, 1994), p. 235 and pp. 233-241 for the development of the Place du Chatelet.
[1840-1860]
Public and Urban Architecture
CI001.S2.D4
Description:
The CCA collection includes albums of drawings for some of Charles Rohault de Fleury's most important public architectural projects, built and unbuilt. They provide valuable insight into his design development process, construction techniques, and flexibility regarding building types and styles, as well as illuminating the larger issues of urban planning and the complex interaction between architect, contractor, and entrepreneur in mid-19th century France. The neo-Moorish Hippodrome National (DR1974:0002:017:001-060) - an ephemeral structure constructed of a wood frame with canvas sheathing- was built adjacent to the Place de l'Étoile in 1845 and destroyed in 1856. The documents and drawings in the album provide a highly detailed and complete overview of the project from the study of historical models to contract drawings. Written documentation, including cost estimates, a contract, daily accounts of construction, entrepreneur's accounts, and correspondence with the principal contractor, is particularly revealing of the working procedures on a large commercial project. In 1855 Charles and Auguste Joseph Pellechet constructed the Chambre des Notaires on the newly transformed Place du Chatelet - the intended centre point of Haussmann's 'Nouveau Paris' (1). The CCA album contains primarily transfer lithographed working and contract drawings signed by the entrepreneurs and/or contractors (DR1974:0002:022:001-021). The plans reflect Charles' sensitive integration of iron and masonry construction, which allowed for abundant fenestration on the side facades, while maintaining the traditional aspects of character and solidity required in a prominent urban building. Charles' approach to the design of more utilitarian structures is indicated in his album of competition drawings for a municipal slaughterhouse submitted to the city of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 1846-1847 (DR1974:0002:023:001-012). His interpretation of the written programme (included in the album) and the resulting design, is strongly influenced by his father's previous slaughterhouse projects, as well as his own for La Villete, 1835-1836 (see DR1974:0002:014:001-104 in Hubert Rohault de Fleury's Public and Urban Architecture (file CI001.S3.D1)). The pared down Neoclassical style of the slaughterhouse is typical of both Charles and Hubert's utilitarian structures. Charles' largest public urban project outside of Paris was for an unexecuted Hôtel de Prefecture (Departement de la Vienne) and Hôtel de Ville for the city of Poitiers, 1859-1860 (DR1974:0002:020:001-050). The project for the Louis XIIIth style Hotel de Prefecture is fairly complete and includes many working drawings, while the Francis Ist style Hotel de Ville is much less developed and consists primarily of unbound sketches and finished drawings. A site plan indicates that Charles intended the Hôtel de Prefecture and Hôtel de Ville to be located nearly opposite each other and connected by a major thoroughfare. The placement of both structures in the western quarter of the city probably reflects an earlier urban renewal plan proposed by the architects Morandiere et Compaing in 1849. The Hôtel de Prefecture (1864-1868) and Hotel de Ville (1869-1876) were eventually built after designs by Antoine Guerinot, in the same style, and on sites close to those proposed by Charles. Drawings and engravings of antique and contemporary theatres, fountains, honorific monuments, and large public projects by other architects are collected in album DR1974:0002:010:001-048 for reference purposes (some of these may have been collected by his father Hubert). (1) David Van Zanten, "Building Paris: Architectural Institutions and the Transformation of the French Capital, 1830-1870" (Cambridge, Eng.: Cambridge University Press, 1994), p. 235 and pp. 233-241 for the development of the Place du Chatelet.
File 4
[1840-1860]
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Marius Dufresne fonds
AP081
Synopsis:
Le fonds documente la formation et la pratique professionnelle de Marius Dufresne. Il contient ses cahiers de notes de cours et ses album de croquis à l'École polytechnique, datant de 1900 à 1905, ainsi que des manuels scolaires. Il contient également des dessins pour des projets d'architecture, notamment la résidence Dufresne à Montréal. On y retrouve aussi des cahiers d'arpentage (1910-1913) et des documents professionnels relatifs à la ville de Maisonneuve.
1883-1945
Marius Dufresne fonds
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AP081
Synopsis:
Le fonds documente la formation et la pratique professionnelle de Marius Dufresne. Il contient ses cahiers de notes de cours et ses album de croquis à l'École polytechnique, datant de 1900 à 1905, ainsi que des manuels scolaires. Il contient également des dessins pour des projets d'architecture, notamment la résidence Dufresne à Montréal. On y retrouve aussi des cahiers d'arpentage (1910-1913) et des documents professionnels relatifs à la ville de Maisonneuve.
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1883-1945