Gilles Clément
French horticultural engineer and landscape architect Gilles Clément presents his projects and theories in the context of the CCA exhibition Environment: Approaches for Tomorrow (2006). The exhibition proposes a shift in perspective that takes the environment, and not human demands on the environment, as the starting point for reflection. Clément has designed numerous(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
19 October 2006
Gilles Clément
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French horticultural engineer and landscape architect Gilles Clément presents his projects and theories in the context of the CCA exhibition Environment: Approaches for Tomorrow (2006). The exhibition proposes a shift in perspective that takes the environment, and not human demands on the environment, as the starting point for reflection. Clément has designed numerous(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
Super City
This installation by Canadian writer and artist Douglas Coupland (Generation X) investigates the creative impact of the 1960s explosion of toy building kits, offering a reflection on the profound effect toys can have-not only on how children learn to perceive the world, but also in terms of the kinds of things they produce as adults. Named after Super City, a kit(...)
Octagonal gallery
9 June 2005 to 20 November 2005
Super City
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This installation by Canadian writer and artist Douglas Coupland (Generation X) investigates the creative impact of the 1960s explosion of toy building kits, offering a reflection on the profound effect toys can have-not only on how children learn to perceive the world, but also in terms of the kinds of things they produce as adults. Named after Super City, a kit(...)
Octagonal gallery
This exhibition looks at the transformation of Montréal from a nineteenth century merchant city to the metropolis of Canada. It examines the elements that made Montréal a political, social, and economic centre and explores the unique character of its architecture. The exhibition brings together some 350 objects, including drawings from the CCA collection by Montréal(...)
Main galleries
18 March 1998 to 24 May 1998
Montréal Métropole, 1880–1930
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This exhibition looks at the transformation of Montréal from a nineteenth century merchant city to the metropolis of Canada. It examines the elements that made Montréal a political, social, and economic centre and explores the unique character of its architecture. The exhibition brings together some 350 objects, including drawings from the CCA collection by Montréal(...)
Main galleries
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PH1978:0040.01
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First of a series of five illustrated volumes, this album contains mounted plates, engravings and maps, and depicts bridges, viaducts, railways and roads mainly in France (one in Corsica), and two in Constantine, Algeria. Album (Tome I) is titled as follows: Les Travaux Publics de la France. Route et Ponts - Chemins de fer - Rivières et canaux/ Ports de mer - Phares et balises/ par/ MM. F. Lucas et V. Fournié - Ed. Collignon - H. de Lagrené/ Voisin Bey - E. Allard/ ouvrage publié sous les auspices/ du Ministère des Travaux Publics et sous la direction de/ M. Léonce Reynaud/ Inspecteur général des Ponts et Chaussées/ Tome Premier: Routes et Ponts/ par/ Félix Lucas et Victor Fournié/ Ingénieurs en Chef des Ponts et Chaussées/ avec 50 planches phototypées, 100 gravures et une carte en chromolithographie/ Paris/ J. Rothschild, Éditeur 13 rue des Saints-Pères, 13 M DCCC LXXXIII and the album is divided as follows: Préface, dated 'novembre 1879' - Léonce Reynaud (biographical note on Léonce Reynaud) with lithograph glued and signed by Jules Lefebre and Léon Gaucherel - Routes et Ponts. Introduction - Chapitre Premier. Époque Gallo-Romaine - Chapitre II. Le Moyen Age et les Temps Modernes - Chapitre III. Époque contemporaine - Chapitre IV. Statistique - Explications des planches - Table des matières - Table alphabétique des matières, des figures et des 50 planches. The 50 plates are listed as follows: I Défilé de la CLue de Saint-André, près de Nice (Alpes-Maritimes) II Gorges de La Loue (Doubs) III Route Nationale no 20, dans les Pyrénées (Ariège) IV Souterrain de Duranus (Alpes-Maritimes) V Défil de Lantosque (Alpes-Maritimes) VI Grotte du Mas-d'Azil ou de l'Arize (Ariège) VII Chemin de la Corniche à Marseille VIII Route de la Grande Chartreuse (Isère) IX Détroit du Cieix (Savoie) XI Route dans la Vallée du Tech (Pyrénées-Orientales) XII Pont de Valentré, sur le Lot, à Cahors XIII Pont-neuf, sur la Seine, à Paris XIV Pont de Bétharram (Basses-Pyrénées) XV Pont du Gouedic (Côtes-du-Nord) XVI Ponte Nuovo (Corse) XVII Pont de Lavaur (Tarn) XVIII Pont Saint-Louis XIX Pont de Bordeaux XX Pont de Vieille-Brioude (Haute-Loire) XXI Viaduc de Dinan (Côtes-du-Nord) XXII Pont des Invalides, sur la Seine, à Paris XXIII Pont de l'Alma, sur la Seine, à Paris XXIV Viaduc sur le Torrent de Saint-Ferréol (Alpes-Maritimes) XXV Pont de Mascas, sur la Vésubie (Alpes-Maritimes) XXVI Pont de Saint-Sauveur (Hautes-Pyrénées) XXVII Pont-Viaduc du Point-du-Jour, à Paris XXVIII Pont-neuf à Albi (Tarn) XXIX Pont de Chaabet-El-Akhra (Constantine) XXX Viaduc du Duzon (Ardèche) XXXI Pont de Pau (Pont de Jurançon) XXXII Ponts de Claix (Isère) XXXIII Pont de la Trinité XXXIV Pont des Saints-Pères, à Paris XXXV Pont d'Arcole, à Paris XXXVI Pont Saint-Esprit, sur le Rhone (Gard) XXXVII Pont de Solferino, à Paris XXXVIII Pont de la Grande-Jatte (Seine) XXXIX Pont Saint-Louis, à Paris XL Pont du Var, près de Nice (Alpes-Maritimes) XLI Pont d'El Kantara, à Constantine XLII Pont de Vichy, sur l'Allier (Allier) XLIII Pont Garibaldi, sur le Paillon, à Nice XLIV Pont de Clichy-La-Garenne (Seine) XLV Pont de Grenelle, sur la Seine, à Paris XLVI Pont Sully, sur la Seine, à Paris XLVII Pont de La Roche-Bernard (Morbihan) XLVIII Pont de Saint-Christophe sur le Scorff (Morbihan) XLIX Pont de La Mescla, sur le Var (Alpes-Maritimes) L Pont tournant des bassins de Radoub de Marseille
engineering, topographic
between 1876-1883
Les Travaux Publics de la France. Tome 1. Routes et Ponts
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PH1978:0040.01
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First of a series of five illustrated volumes, this album contains mounted plates, engravings and maps, and depicts bridges, viaducts, railways and roads mainly in France (one in Corsica), and two in Constantine, Algeria. Album (Tome I) is titled as follows: Les Travaux Publics de la France. Route et Ponts - Chemins de fer - Rivières et canaux/ Ports de mer - Phares et balises/ par/ MM. F. Lucas et V. Fournié - Ed. Collignon - H. de Lagrené/ Voisin Bey - E. Allard/ ouvrage publié sous les auspices/ du Ministère des Travaux Publics et sous la direction de/ M. Léonce Reynaud/ Inspecteur général des Ponts et Chaussées/ Tome Premier: Routes et Ponts/ par/ Félix Lucas et Victor Fournié/ Ingénieurs en Chef des Ponts et Chaussées/ avec 50 planches phototypées, 100 gravures et une carte en chromolithographie/ Paris/ J. Rothschild, Éditeur 13 rue des Saints-Pères, 13 M DCCC LXXXIII and the album is divided as follows: Préface, dated 'novembre 1879' - Léonce Reynaud (biographical note on Léonce Reynaud) with lithograph glued and signed by Jules Lefebre and Léon Gaucherel - Routes et Ponts. Introduction - Chapitre Premier. Époque Gallo-Romaine - Chapitre II. Le Moyen Age et les Temps Modernes - Chapitre III. Époque contemporaine - Chapitre IV. Statistique - Explications des planches - Table des matières - Table alphabétique des matières, des figures et des 50 planches. The 50 plates are listed as follows: I Défilé de la CLue de Saint-André, près de Nice (Alpes-Maritimes) II Gorges de La Loue (Doubs) III Route Nationale no 20, dans les Pyrénées (Ariège) IV Souterrain de Duranus (Alpes-Maritimes) V Défil de Lantosque (Alpes-Maritimes) VI Grotte du Mas-d'Azil ou de l'Arize (Ariège) VII Chemin de la Corniche à Marseille VIII Route de la Grande Chartreuse (Isère) IX Détroit du Cieix (Savoie) XI Route dans la Vallée du Tech (Pyrénées-Orientales) XII Pont de Valentré, sur le Lot, à Cahors XIII Pont-neuf, sur la Seine, à Paris XIV Pont de Bétharram (Basses-Pyrénées) XV Pont du Gouedic (Côtes-du-Nord) XVI Ponte Nuovo (Corse) XVII Pont de Lavaur (Tarn) XVIII Pont Saint-Louis XIX Pont de Bordeaux XX Pont de Vieille-Brioude (Haute-Loire) XXI Viaduc de Dinan (Côtes-du-Nord) XXII Pont des Invalides, sur la Seine, à Paris XXIII Pont de l'Alma, sur la Seine, à Paris XXIV Viaduc sur le Torrent de Saint-Ferréol (Alpes-Maritimes) XXV Pont de Mascas, sur la Vésubie (Alpes-Maritimes) XXVI Pont de Saint-Sauveur (Hautes-Pyrénées) XXVII Pont-Viaduc du Point-du-Jour, à Paris XXVIII Pont-neuf à Albi (Tarn) XXIX Pont de Chaabet-El-Akhra (Constantine) XXX Viaduc du Duzon (Ardèche) XXXI Pont de Pau (Pont de Jurançon) XXXII Ponts de Claix (Isère) XXXIII Pont de la Trinité XXXIV Pont des Saints-Pères, à Paris XXXV Pont d'Arcole, à Paris XXXVI Pont Saint-Esprit, sur le Rhone (Gard) XXXVII Pont de Solferino, à Paris XXXVIII Pont de la Grande-Jatte (Seine) XXXIX Pont Saint-Louis, à Paris XL Pont du Var, près de Nice (Alpes-Maritimes) XLI Pont d'El Kantara, à Constantine XLII Pont de Vichy, sur l'Allier (Allier) XLIII Pont Garibaldi, sur le Paillon, à Nice XLIV Pont de Clichy-La-Garenne (Seine) XLV Pont de Grenelle, sur la Seine, à Paris XLVI Pont Sully, sur la Seine, à Paris XLVII Pont de La Roche-Bernard (Morbihan) XLVIII Pont de Saint-Christophe sur le Scorff (Morbihan) XLIX Pont de La Mescla, sur le Var (Alpes-Maritimes) L Pont tournant des bassins de Radoub de Marseille
photographs
between 1876-1883
engineering, topographic
In this lecture, Christophe Girot discusses digital landscape models: A quiet revolution has taken place in digital landscape design and analysis over the past decade, caused by the introduction of digital point-cloud models. The scope and precision of these digital landscape models, created with terrestrial laser scanners and mobile and airborne lidar, lead to new(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
6 October 2016, 6pm
Unravelling the Digital Landscape
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In this lecture, Christophe Girot discusses digital landscape models: A quiet revolution has taken place in digital landscape design and analysis over the past decade, caused by the introduction of digital point-cloud models. The scope and precision of these digital landscape models, created with terrestrial laser scanners and mobile and airborne lidar, lead to new(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
Centring on Eadweard Muybridge’s panoramas, this exhibition examines the representations of San Francisco from 1850 to 1880, a period of phenomenal growth and development for the city. Contextualizing Muybridge’s work, the exhibition includes multi-panel daguerreotype panoramas, photographic panoramas (including sets of stereocards), photographic-view books and albums,(...)
Main galleries
31 March 1993 to 25 July 1993
Eadweard Muybridge and the Photographic Panorama of San Francisco, 1850-1880
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Centring on Eadweard Muybridge’s panoramas, this exhibition examines the representations of San Francisco from 1850 to 1880, a period of phenomenal growth and development for the city. Contextualizing Muybridge’s work, the exhibition includes multi-panel daguerreotype panoramas, photographic panoramas (including sets of stereocards), photographic-view books and albums,(...)
Main galleries
Other Space Odysseys presents three approaches to the idea of an adventurous journey that started forty years ago after the 1969 moon landing. Featuring the work of architects Greg Lynn, Michael Maltzan, and Alessandro Poli, Other Space Odysseys comes at a time when space exploration is the subject of renewed enthusiasm, but also of debate which questions its(...)
Main galleries
8 April 2010 to 19 September 2010
Other Space Odysseys: Greg Lynn, Michael Maltzan, Alessandro Poli
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Other Space Odysseys presents three approaches to the idea of an adventurous journey that started forty years ago after the 1969 moon landing. Featuring the work of architects Greg Lynn, Michael Maltzan, and Alessandro Poli, Other Space Odysseys comes at a time when space exploration is the subject of renewed enthusiasm, but also of debate which questions its(...)
Main galleries
The exhibition addresses a central and timely aspect of the work of Carlo Scarpa: its distinctive approach to contending with the layers of history that mark the fabric of a city and a building. In addressing Scarpa’s ability to weave new work into, and often out of, the disparate fragments of the old, Carlo Scarpa, Architect: Intervening with History begins to unravel(...)
Main galleries
26 May 1999 to 31 October 1999
Carlo Scarpa, Architect: Intervening with History
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The exhibition addresses a central and timely aspect of the work of Carlo Scarpa: its distinctive approach to contending with the layers of history that mark the fabric of a city and a building. In addressing Scarpa’s ability to weave new work into, and often out of, the disparate fragments of the old, Carlo Scarpa, Architect: Intervening with History begins to unravel(...)
Main galleries
What role can history play in contemporary architecture practice? Rather than adopting a postmodern attitude or evoking past discussions and historical architectural forms, Go Hasegawa, Kersten Geers, and David Van Severen address contemporary issues in their work while remaining in dialogue with history. Even with distinct pasts and contexts, affinities emerge in shared(...)
Main galleries Keyword(s):
Besides, History, Go Hasegawa, Kersten Geers, David Van Severen, Office, KGDVS, Bas Princen
10 May 2017 to 15 October 2017
Besides, History: Go Hasegawa, Kersten Geers, David Van Severen
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What role can history play in contemporary architecture practice? Rather than adopting a postmodern attitude or evoking past discussions and historical architectural forms, Go Hasegawa, Kersten Geers, and David Van Severen address contemporary issues in their work while remaining in dialogue with history. Even with distinct pasts and contexts, affinities emerge in shared(...)
Main galleries Keyword(s):
Besides, History, Go Hasegawa, Kersten Geers, David Van Severen, Office, KGDVS, Bas Princen
Starting From... The Suburbs
We are more likely today to consider suburbs formless, vacant, or unsustainable compared to the dense social and economic activity of cities. Starting from… The Suburbs looks at the past fifty years of suburban culture through the lens of the CCA Collection’s photography holdings, produced by photographers’ longstanding attraction and aversion to this urban form. The(...)
Hall cases
16 February 2012 to 10 June 2012
Starting From... The Suburbs
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We are more likely today to consider suburbs formless, vacant, or unsustainable compared to the dense social and economic activity of cities. Starting from… The Suburbs looks at the past fifty years of suburban culture through the lens of the CCA Collection’s photography holdings, produced by photographers’ longstanding attraction and aversion to this urban form. The(...)
Hall cases