Project
AP207.S1.1968.PR02
Description:
This project series documents Pettena's installation entitled "Carabinieri". The installation consisted of sheets of corrugated cardboard and metal stays assembled to created the three-dimensional letters of the word "Carabinieri". The final product measured about ten meters long by two meters high. It was first built in the courtyard of the Palazzo Comunale in Novara in 1968. "The construction, left out in the open, gradually degraded due to the damp and rain" [1] which made it an installation project, as well as a performance. The installation was recreated for the exhibition "Gianni Pettena. About non conscious architecture" in the Galleria Giovanni Bonelli in Milan, in 2017. This project is the first of a series of three other similar projects. The project series contains photographs of the construction of the word "Carabinieri", photographs of the final installation at the Palazzo Comunale in Novara, and one photograph of the installation at the Gallerie Giovanni Bonelli. It also inlcudes drawings, a plan of the installation, and photographs of a later model of the cardboard word. Source: [1] Marco Scotini, editor. Non-conscious architecture: Gianni Pettena, Sternberg Press, 2018, 235 pages. p. 108.
circa 1968
Carabinieri [Carabiniers] (1968)
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AP207.S1.1968.PR02
Description:
This project series documents Pettena's installation entitled "Carabinieri". The installation consisted of sheets of corrugated cardboard and metal stays assembled to created the three-dimensional letters of the word "Carabinieri". The final product measured about ten meters long by two meters high. It was first built in the courtyard of the Palazzo Comunale in Novara in 1968. "The construction, left out in the open, gradually degraded due to the damp and rain" [1] which made it an installation project, as well as a performance. The installation was recreated for the exhibition "Gianni Pettena. About non conscious architecture" in the Galleria Giovanni Bonelli in Milan, in 2017. This project is the first of a series of three other similar projects. The project series contains photographs of the construction of the word "Carabinieri", photographs of the final installation at the Palazzo Comunale in Novara, and one photograph of the installation at the Gallerie Giovanni Bonelli. It also inlcudes drawings, a plan of the installation, and photographs of a later model of the cardboard word. Source: [1] Marco Scotini, editor. Non-conscious architecture: Gianni Pettena, Sternberg Press, 2018, 235 pages. p. 108.
Project
circa 1968
Sub-series
AP197.S1.SS2
Description:
This subseries documents Frampton’s academic career as an Associate professor at the Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Princeton University (1967-1972) and as Associate professor and subsequently as Ware professor of Architecture at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP), Columbia University (1972-1977; 1974- present). While at GSAPP, Frampton simultaneously held appointments as Visiting professor at several institutions. These activities are also documented here including documents related to his appointment as Visiting professor at the Berlage Institute, Amsterdam (1990-1997), the Università della Svizzera Italiana, Mendrisio (1998-2003), and École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Switerland (1995). This subseries is made up of textual documentation consisting of course readers, application booklets, university handbooks, correspondence, student works, course syllabi, drafts of slides for lectures, draft lectures and notes, drafts for graduation speeches, take home exams, transcripts of lectures, event posters, and various photographs of student projects/models.
1965-2015
Princeton University, Columbia University, and other academic affiliations
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AP197.S1.SS2
Description:
This subseries documents Frampton’s academic career as an Associate professor at the Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Princeton University (1967-1972) and as Associate professor and subsequently as Ware professor of Architecture at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP), Columbia University (1972-1977; 1974- present). While at GSAPP, Frampton simultaneously held appointments as Visiting professor at several institutions. These activities are also documented here including documents related to his appointment as Visiting professor at the Berlage Institute, Amsterdam (1990-1997), the Università della Svizzera Italiana, Mendrisio (1998-2003), and École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Switerland (1995). This subseries is made up of textual documentation consisting of course readers, application booklets, university handbooks, correspondence, student works, course syllabi, drafts of slides for lectures, draft lectures and notes, drafts for graduation speeches, take home exams, transcripts of lectures, event posters, and various photographs of student projects/models.
Subseries
1965-2015
archives
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Fonds
Barry Downs fonds
AP077
Synopsis:
The Barry Downs fonds contains 6 drawings and 8 presentation panels for a total of 11 projects conceived between 1956 and 1968. This period coincided with Down's position as design architect for Thompson, Berwick, Pratt & Partners, and his subsequent partnership with Fred Thornton Hollingsworth. The documents, particularly the drawings, reveal the considerable skill Downs possessed as both a draughtsman and a designer.
[1956-1968]
Barry Downs fonds
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AP077
Synopsis:
The Barry Downs fonds contains 6 drawings and 8 presentation panels for a total of 11 projects conceived between 1956 and 1968. This period coincided with Down's position as design architect for Thompson, Berwick, Pratt & Partners, and his subsequent partnership with Fred Thornton Hollingsworth. The documents, particularly the drawings, reveal the considerable skill Downs possessed as both a draughtsman and a designer.
archives
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Fonds
[1956-1968]
photographs
AP206.S3.164
Description:
These materials include photographic negatives of paintings, sculptures, family photos and photographs and negatives of the following projects: Punjab Agricultural University, Hisar; Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana; Tagore Theatre, Chandigarh; School of Architecture Hostel; Indo-Swiss Training Centre; Jagat Cinema; Shopping Centre, Chandigarh; and V.C. Residence.
1960s
Negatives of various architectural projects
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AP206.S3.164
Description:
These materials include photographic negatives of paintings, sculptures, family photos and photographs and negatives of the following projects: Punjab Agricultural University, Hisar; Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana; Tagore Theatre, Chandigarh; School of Architecture Hostel; Indo-Swiss Training Centre; Jagat Cinema; Shopping Centre, Chandigarh; and V.C. Residence.
photographs
1960s
photographs
ARCH276683
Description:
File contains visual reference material and landscape architecture projects by other firms. Includes unidentified site photographs, slides of city fountains, graphic references, Battersea Power Station Revitalization project, London and Walter Forest proposal for the Tacoma Thea Foss Waterway Public Esplanade by Ben Tre Ltd.
ca. 2000-2001
Visual reference material and landscape architecture projects by other firms
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ARCH276683
Description:
File contains visual reference material and landscape architecture projects by other firms. Includes unidentified site photographs, slides of city fountains, graphic references, Battersea Power Station Revitalization project, London and Walter Forest proposal for the Tacoma Thea Foss Waterway Public Esplanade by Ben Tre Ltd.
photographs
ca. 2000-2001
Project
Task Force
AP144.S2.D172
Description:
File documents Cedric Price's supervision of a year's educational programme at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in which seven students volunteered to be members of a "Task Force" and sign a contract with Price. Material in this file was produced between 1994 and 1996, but predominantly between 1994 and 1995. File contains a presentation panel, photographs and textual records.
1994-1996, predominant 1994-1995
Task Force
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AP144.S2.D172
Description:
File documents Cedric Price's supervision of a year's educational programme at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in which seven students volunteered to be members of a "Task Force" and sign a contract with Price. Material in this file was produced between 1994 and 1996, but predominantly between 1994 and 1995. File contains a presentation panel, photographs and textual records.
File 172
1994-1996, predominant 1994-1995
Sub-series
Partnerships and Conferences
AP149.S3.SS2
Description:
This sub-series documents the partnerships between Minimum Cost Housing Group and other institutions for planning of conferences and the production of publications on low-cost housing, environments, architecture or human conditions. The material in this series was created between 1970 and 2011 and includes predominantly textual records such as correspondence, reports, financial documents, presentation texts, and photographs for publications or conferences.
1970-2011
Partnerships and Conferences
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AP149.S3.SS2
Description:
This sub-series documents the partnerships between Minimum Cost Housing Group and other institutions for planning of conferences and the production of publications on low-cost housing, environments, architecture or human conditions. The material in this series was created between 1970 and 2011 and includes predominantly textual records such as correspondence, reports, financial documents, presentation texts, and photographs for publications or conferences.
Sub-series
1970-2011
Project
AP207.S1.1985.PR04
Description:
The project series documents "Case Conquistate Dal Verde," a series of photographs of buildings covered in vegetation, and "conquered" by nature. The photographs were "taken at different times but grouped under a single date to indicate the author's interest in the subject in that period, Pettena returns to the theme of the architecture not made by architects that had characterized the work he had done in the United States [...]" [1] The project series contains a sketch showing a house conquered by vegetation and the photographs series. Source: [1] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/nat-buildings-conquered-1985/ (last accessed 11 December 2019).
circa 1985
Case Conquistate Dal Verde [Buildings Conquered by Nature] (1985)
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AP207.S1.1985.PR04
Description:
The project series documents "Case Conquistate Dal Verde," a series of photographs of buildings covered in vegetation, and "conquered" by nature. The photographs were "taken at different times but grouped under a single date to indicate the author's interest in the subject in that period, Pettena returns to the theme of the architecture not made by architects that had characterized the work he had done in the United States [...]" [1] The project series contains a sketch showing a house conquered by vegetation and the photographs series. Source: [1] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/nat-buildings-conquered-1985/ (last accessed 11 December 2019).
Project
circa 1985
Series
Œuvres du prix de Rome
AP120.S2
Description:
La série documente principalement la recherche que l'architecte a poursuivi durant son séjour à Rome, depuis les premières esquisses jusqu'à la création des œuvres définitives présentant le projet La Villa Indeterminata. Les documents permettent ainsi d'observer l'une des composantes fondamentales de la carrière de l'architecte, soit l'intérêt qu'il porte à la réflexion théorique sur l'architecture, et en particulier ici sur le rapport qu'elle entretient avec la nature. La série est en partie constituée de dessins originaux, soit les esquisses et les dessins qui ont précédé la réalisation des dessins de présentation, ainsi que les dessins de présentation eux-mêmes. Aussi, la série contient les œuvres présentées dans le cadre de l'exposition Ingberg, Prix de Rome Canada, 1993-1994, Topographies de l'anomalie et de l'indéterminé / of Anomaly and Indeterminacy, soit des panneaux de présentation, des panneaux de photographies , des reproductions photographiques de dessins de présentation et une maquette du projet. Enfin, la série contient un exemplaire du catalogue de l'exposition et des textes relatifs à la démanche intellectuelle de l'architecte.
1991-1996
Œuvres du prix de Rome
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AP120.S2
Description:
La série documente principalement la recherche que l'architecte a poursuivi durant son séjour à Rome, depuis les premières esquisses jusqu'à la création des œuvres définitives présentant le projet La Villa Indeterminata. Les documents permettent ainsi d'observer l'une des composantes fondamentales de la carrière de l'architecte, soit l'intérêt qu'il porte à la réflexion théorique sur l'architecture, et en particulier ici sur le rapport qu'elle entretient avec la nature. La série est en partie constituée de dessins originaux, soit les esquisses et les dessins qui ont précédé la réalisation des dessins de présentation, ainsi que les dessins de présentation eux-mêmes. Aussi, la série contient les œuvres présentées dans le cadre de l'exposition Ingberg, Prix de Rome Canada, 1993-1994, Topographies de l'anomalie et de l'indéterminé / of Anomaly and Indeterminacy, soit des panneaux de présentation, des panneaux de photographies , des reproductions photographiques de dessins de présentation et une maquette du projet. Enfin, la série contient un exemplaire du catalogue de l'exposition et des textes relatifs à la démanche intellectuelle de l'architecte.
Série 2
1991-1996
Project
Bar "le Business"
AP066.S2.D14
Description:
Le dossier documente l'aménagement intérieur (conception et réalisation) du bar "Le Business", situé au 3500 boul. St-Laurent, à Montréal, Québec. Le budget aloué pour ce projet était de 450 000$. Aussi, le projet s'est mérité le Prix d'excellence de l'OAQ, Mention en architecture, en 1986. Le dossier contient des dessins, des photographies, des reprographies, des documents textuels et des documents photographiques. Description du projet par l'architecte: "Le bar sera le projet de la transformation d'un espace brut au rez-de-chaussée d'un bâtiment industriel construit au centre-ville de Montréal. Il sera un bar pour danser où auront lieu des événements spectaculaires de toutes sortes. À ce programme concret, un projet thématique fait écho: la ville et l'industrie, le bar et le théâtre seront des clés structurantes auxquelles le processus de conception sera lié. Certaines indications du programme révèlent des aspects recherchés qui caractérisent ces thème." Jacques Rousseau, 66-B014-015T.
1985-1987
Bar "le Business"
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AP066.S2.D14
Description:
Le dossier documente l'aménagement intérieur (conception et réalisation) du bar "Le Business", situé au 3500 boul. St-Laurent, à Montréal, Québec. Le budget aloué pour ce projet était de 450 000$. Aussi, le projet s'est mérité le Prix d'excellence de l'OAQ, Mention en architecture, en 1986. Le dossier contient des dessins, des photographies, des reprographies, des documents textuels et des documents photographiques. Description du projet par l'architecte: "Le bar sera le projet de la transformation d'un espace brut au rez-de-chaussée d'un bâtiment industriel construit au centre-ville de Montréal. Il sera un bar pour danser où auront lieu des événements spectaculaires de toutes sortes. À ce programme concret, un projet thématique fait écho: la ville et l'industrie, le bar et le théâtre seront des clés structurantes auxquelles le processus de conception sera lié. Certaines indications du programme révèlent des aspects recherchés qui caractérisent ces thème." Jacques Rousseau, 66-B014-015T.
Projet
1985-1987