Project
AP154.S1.1979.PR01
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Project series AP154.S1.1979.PR01, George & Annette Murphy Center at Asphalt Green, New York, N.Y. (1979), documents an executed project to recycle a municipal asphalt plant into a youth sports and arts center. Clients for the project were the New York City Department of General Services and the Neighborhood Committee for the Asphalt Green, chaired by Dr. George Murphy. The asphalt plant was a parabolic structure built in the 1940s by the firm Kahn and Jacobs. Pasanella + Klein worked on the adaptive reuse project with HOK, successors to Kahn and Jacobs. The transformed interior includes two gymnasia of different sizes, a running track, art and photography studios, offices, lockers, showers and a theatre. The design includes an on-site total energy plant. The project series consists of presentation drawings. References: Kerr, Laurie. "Back to the future", Oculus, v. 64, no. 7/8 (March/April 2002), p. 7-8. Dixon, John Morris. "25-year watch", Oculus, v. 71, issue 1 (spring 2009) Doubilet, Susan. "Arch support", Progressive architecture, v. 66, no. 11 (Nov. 1985), p. 101 Architektur + Wettbewerbe, 127 (Sept. 1986), p. 16-17
between 1979 and 1984?
George & Annette Murphy Center at Asphalt Green, New York, N.Y. (1979)
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AP154.S1.1979.PR01
Description:
Project series AP154.S1.1979.PR01, George & Annette Murphy Center at Asphalt Green, New York, N.Y. (1979), documents an executed project to recycle a municipal asphalt plant into a youth sports and arts center. Clients for the project were the New York City Department of General Services and the Neighborhood Committee for the Asphalt Green, chaired by Dr. George Murphy. The asphalt plant was a parabolic structure built in the 1940s by the firm Kahn and Jacobs. Pasanella + Klein worked on the adaptive reuse project with HOK, successors to Kahn and Jacobs. The transformed interior includes two gymnasia of different sizes, a running track, art and photography studios, offices, lockers, showers and a theatre. The design includes an on-site total energy plant. The project series consists of presentation drawings. References: Kerr, Laurie. "Back to the future", Oculus, v. 64, no. 7/8 (March/April 2002), p. 7-8. Dixon, John Morris. "25-year watch", Oculus, v. 71, issue 1 (spring 2009) Doubilet, Susan. "Arch support", Progressive architecture, v. 66, no. 11 (Nov. 1985), p. 101 Architektur + Wettbewerbe, 127 (Sept. 1986), p. 16-17
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between 1979 and 1984?
Project
AP164.S1.2001.D4
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The project series documents the competition entry for the international competition “Jubilee-Gardens” for the reorganization of the Southbank in London, England. Abalos & Herreros worked with an international team and the firm's entry was a finalist in the competition. The firm identified this project as number 139. “The competition programme asked for a new center for London. A center which would be perceived as a global icon. Comparing the statement with analogue enclaves showed that the Southbank was very small for such ambition, especially because of the fact that the project had to let as much metropolitan space open as possible. This forced to investigate how to enlarge the site. The problem was resolved by connecting adjacent areas in three levels. The original conditions and the programme offered a diverse mix of urban and natural elements: history, entertainment, culture, open spaces, the Thames… from where the conquest of the adjacent areas, the sub terrain and the margins of a linked event starts.” (ARCH270975) Documenting the project are conceptual and design development drawings, photographic and reference materials, notes, competition documents, and correspondence.
1999-2001
Southbank Londres, London, United Kingdom (2001)
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AP164.S1.2001.D4
Description:
The project series documents the competition entry for the international competition “Jubilee-Gardens” for the reorganization of the Southbank in London, England. Abalos & Herreros worked with an international team and the firm's entry was a finalist in the competition. The firm identified this project as number 139. “The competition programme asked for a new center for London. A center which would be perceived as a global icon. Comparing the statement with analogue enclaves showed that the Southbank was very small for such ambition, especially because of the fact that the project had to let as much metropolitan space open as possible. This forced to investigate how to enlarge the site. The problem was resolved by connecting adjacent areas in three levels. The original conditions and the programme offered a diverse mix of urban and natural elements: history, entertainment, culture, open spaces, the Thames… from where the conquest of the adjacent areas, the sub terrain and the margins of a linked event starts.” (ARCH270975) Documenting the project are conceptual and design development drawings, photographic and reference materials, notes, competition documents, and correspondence.
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1999-2001
Project
AP164.S1.2002.D8
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The project series documents the design for a residential tower for youth in the district of Sant Andreu, Barcelona. The design was for the account of the City Council and the Patronat Municipal de l'Habitatge. The promoter REGESA, Societat Urbanística Metropolitana Rehabilitació i Gestió, worked with Abalos & Herreros for this project that was never built. The project site was located between the streets Ferran Junoy, Tucuman and Borredà, nearby the shopping center La Maquinista. The firm identified this project as number 152. Records document first and second iterations of the design for the tower, primarily differentiated by the base of the building. The first design includes a rectangular base. The firm identified this iteration of the project as number 152-1. The second design of the tower includes a triangular base for the building. The firm identified this iteration as number 152-2. Documenting the project are conceptual, design development, presentation and working drawings, cartographic, digital and reference materials, project descriptions, correspondence, proposals, budgets, notes, agendas, contracts, invoices, trade catalogues, and paper models. Records predominantly date from 2001 to 2007.
1985-2007
10JH, Sant Andreu viviendas para jóvenes, Barcelona, Spain (2002)
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AP164.S1.2002.D8
Description:
The project series documents the design for a residential tower for youth in the district of Sant Andreu, Barcelona. The design was for the account of the City Council and the Patronat Municipal de l'Habitatge. The promoter REGESA, Societat Urbanística Metropolitana Rehabilitació i Gestió, worked with Abalos & Herreros for this project that was never built. The project site was located between the streets Ferran Junoy, Tucuman and Borredà, nearby the shopping center La Maquinista. The firm identified this project as number 152. Records document first and second iterations of the design for the tower, primarily differentiated by the base of the building. The first design includes a rectangular base. The firm identified this iteration of the project as number 152-1. The second design of the tower includes a triangular base for the building. The firm identified this iteration as number 152-2. Documenting the project are conceptual, design development, presentation and working drawings, cartographic, digital and reference materials, project descriptions, correspondence, proposals, budgets, notes, agendas, contracts, invoices, trade catalogues, and paper models. Records predominantly date from 2001 to 2007.
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1985-2007
Project
Southend Roof
AP144.S2.D85
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File documents an unexecuted design for a suspended inflatable roof over the pedestrian area of High Street in Southend-on-Sea, England, for client David Keddie. Cedric Price and Frank Newby designed a roof system that could respond to adverse weather conditions. The final proposal consists of three inflatable reinforced tubes suspended at intervals from metal posts. The tubes can be staggered irregularly to accommodate variations in the cornice heights and canopies of adjacent buildings. Conceptual sketches show preliminary sections for alternate designs for the roof, and presentation drawings show alternate designs for the roof layout. Other drawings include site plan, street layout plans, and details, including one showing a tensioned pneumatic membrane and connection details to post. Many conceptual sketches and drawings are also included within the textual records. Some material in this file was published in "Southend Roof", 'Architectural Design', October 1972, 596-597, and 'Techniques et Architecture', May-June 1975. Material in this file was produced between 1971 and 1975. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, model, photographic materials, presentation drawings, and textual records.
1971-1975
Southend Roof
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AP144.S2.D85
Description:
File documents an unexecuted design for a suspended inflatable roof over the pedestrian area of High Street in Southend-on-Sea, England, for client David Keddie. Cedric Price and Frank Newby designed a roof system that could respond to adverse weather conditions. The final proposal consists of three inflatable reinforced tubes suspended at intervals from metal posts. The tubes can be staggered irregularly to accommodate variations in the cornice heights and canopies of adjacent buildings. Conceptual sketches show preliminary sections for alternate designs for the roof, and presentation drawings show alternate designs for the roof layout. Other drawings include site plan, street layout plans, and details, including one showing a tensioned pneumatic membrane and connection details to post. Many conceptual sketches and drawings are also included within the textual records. Some material in this file was published in "Southend Roof", 'Architectural Design', October 1972, 596-597, and 'Techniques et Architecture', May-June 1975. Material in this file was produced between 1971 and 1975. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, model, photographic materials, presentation drawings, and textual records.
File 85
1971-1975
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AP144.S2.D31
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File documents the new aviary built at The London Zoological Gardens at Regent's Park, in London, England, for the Zoological Society of London. It was designed by Lord Snowdon, Cedric Price and engineer Frank Newby. The aviary was constructed using aluminium cast tubes, cables, and welded aluminium mesh, and incorporated an elevated walkway. Material in this file includes early site surveys, development and landscaping plans for the zoo and adjacent areas; conceptual sketches; design development sketches; working drawings, including plans, elevations, sections, axonometric drawings, and details showing footings, elevated walkway, planting and nesting boxes, pool cliffs and waterfalls, retaining wall, public entrance, perch prototype, diagrams showing bird activities/locations, structural details, work schedules; and working drawings by associate architects, engineering consultants, and manufacturers. Publication materials include originals and copies for an article in 'Architectural Design' (Sept. 1965), 451-459. Material is this file was produced between 1958 and 2001, but predominantly between 1960 and 1966. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, presentation drawings, reference drawings, working drawings, photographic materials, and textual records.
1958-2001, predominant 1960-1966
New Aviary, Zoological Society
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AP144.S2.D31
Description:
File documents the new aviary built at The London Zoological Gardens at Regent's Park, in London, England, for the Zoological Society of London. It was designed by Lord Snowdon, Cedric Price and engineer Frank Newby. The aviary was constructed using aluminium cast tubes, cables, and welded aluminium mesh, and incorporated an elevated walkway. Material in this file includes early site surveys, development and landscaping plans for the zoo and adjacent areas; conceptual sketches; design development sketches; working drawings, including plans, elevations, sections, axonometric drawings, and details showing footings, elevated walkway, planting and nesting boxes, pool cliffs and waterfalls, retaining wall, public entrance, perch prototype, diagrams showing bird activities/locations, structural details, work schedules; and working drawings by associate architects, engineering consultants, and manufacturers. Publication materials include originals and copies for an article in 'Architectural Design' (Sept. 1965), 451-459. Material is this file was produced between 1958 and 2001, but predominantly between 1960 and 1966. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, presentation drawings, reference drawings, working drawings, photographic materials, and textual records.
File 31
1958-2001, predominant 1960-1966
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AP178.S1.1995.PR10
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This project series documents the Conjunto Habitações, Remodelação de Duas Habitações and BAC – Banco de Arte Contemporãnea in Quinta da Palmeira, Evora, Portugal. While the records were held in the office's archives, this project was assigned the number 66/90 and was further divided as follows : 66/90 A/B Conjunto Habitações; 66/90 [B] Remodelação de Duas Habitações; and 66/90 C BAC, Banco de Arte Contemporãnea. The office assigned the date 1995 to this project. These projects were commisioned as a part of Sociedade Hoteleira Do Arez's venture to maintain the historical zone of Quinta da Palmeira. Sociedade Hoteleira Do Arez contracted Siza to restore two existing houses, construct seven new houses to join to the Hotel da Cartuxa, and later, transform a warehouse building into an art museum. The BAC was not realized. Documenting this project are sketches, studies, and plans. Photographic material includes photographs, slides and negatives of the project sites and models. Textual material includes project documentation, notes, meeting minutes, contracts, technical specifications, and correpondence with Câmara Municipal de Évora, Sociedade Hoteleira Do Arez, and the Gabinete de Organização e Projectos.
1995-2008
Sociedade Hoteleira do Arez, Quinta da Palmeira, Evora, Portugal (1995)
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AP178.S1.1995.PR10
Description:
This project series documents the Conjunto Habitações, Remodelação de Duas Habitações and BAC – Banco de Arte Contemporãnea in Quinta da Palmeira, Evora, Portugal. While the records were held in the office's archives, this project was assigned the number 66/90 and was further divided as follows : 66/90 A/B Conjunto Habitações; 66/90 [B] Remodelação de Duas Habitações; and 66/90 C BAC, Banco de Arte Contemporãnea. The office assigned the date 1995 to this project. These projects were commisioned as a part of Sociedade Hoteleira Do Arez's venture to maintain the historical zone of Quinta da Palmeira. Sociedade Hoteleira Do Arez contracted Siza to restore two existing houses, construct seven new houses to join to the Hotel da Cartuxa, and later, transform a warehouse building into an art museum. The BAC was not realized. Documenting this project are sketches, studies, and plans. Photographic material includes photographs, slides and negatives of the project sites and models. Textual material includes project documentation, notes, meeting minutes, contracts, technical specifications, and correpondence with Câmara Municipal de Évora, Sociedade Hoteleira Do Arez, and the Gabinete de Organização e Projectos.
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1995-2008
Project
AP075.S1.1971.PR02
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Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's project of gardens for a housing project Marine Gardens, situated at the corner of S. W. Marine Drive and Yukon Street in Vancouver, British Columbia. Oberlander worked on this project in 1971 with architect Michael Katz. It was created as a demonstration project for the United Nation Habitat Conference held in Vancouver in 1976. The project consisted in a middle income family housing complex of 70 two-storey town houses connected by walkways and a shared garden space. The housing complex also included a day care centre. Oberlander was in charged of designing the gardens for the row houses development and the central shared courtyard. The development has been progressively destroyed and remplaced by condo towers since 2015. The project series contains a perspective drawing and working drawings such as a site plan, a unit plan, sections and elevations, a parking level plan, landscape plans, planting plans and sections of planters. The project is also recorded through photographs of the landscape work and textual records, including specifications, correspondence, inspection reports, and plant lists.
1971
Marine Gardens housing project, S. W. Marine Drive, Vancouver, British Columbia (1971)
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AP075.S1.1971.PR02
Description:
Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's project of gardens for a housing project Marine Gardens, situated at the corner of S. W. Marine Drive and Yukon Street in Vancouver, British Columbia. Oberlander worked on this project in 1971 with architect Michael Katz. It was created as a demonstration project for the United Nation Habitat Conference held in Vancouver in 1976. The project consisted in a middle income family housing complex of 70 two-storey town houses connected by walkways and a shared garden space. The housing complex also included a day care centre. Oberlander was in charged of designing the gardens for the row houses development and the central shared courtyard. The development has been progressively destroyed and remplaced by condo towers since 2015. The project series contains a perspective drawing and working drawings such as a site plan, a unit plan, sections and elevations, a parking level plan, landscape plans, planting plans and sections of planters. The project is also recorded through photographs of the landscape work and textual records, including specifications, correspondence, inspection reports, and plant lists.
Project
1971
Sub-series
Corridart
AP041.S3.SS02
Description:
The sub-series documents the executed exhibition project for entitled "Corridart" in Montréal, Québec, in 1976. The exhibition consists of a series of 16 installations by 60 artists spread on 7 km on Sherbrooke street between Atwater and Pie XI streets. The exhibition was curated by Melvin Charney and was financed by the ministère de la Culture du Québec as a cultural component for the Montreal Summer Olympics of 1976. Charney himself designed one of the installation "Les maison de la rue Sherbrooke" representing historical buildings of Sherbrooke street that were demolished to built new structures for the Expo 67 and later the Summer Olympics. The installations were illegally demolished after a week, on the evening of July 13th, two days before the opening of the Olympics by the City of Montréal in a controversial decision by the Mayor of Montréal, Jean Drapeau. The sub-series includes diazoprints for installation supports and maps of the installation site, photographs documenting the complete length of the North and South sides of Sherbrooke Street and a report with photographic documentation.
1976
Corridart
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AP041.S3.SS02
Description:
The sub-series documents the executed exhibition project for entitled "Corridart" in Montréal, Québec, in 1976. The exhibition consists of a series of 16 installations by 60 artists spread on 7 km on Sherbrooke street between Atwater and Pie XI streets. The exhibition was curated by Melvin Charney and was financed by the ministère de la Culture du Québec as a cultural component for the Montreal Summer Olympics of 1976. Charney himself designed one of the installation "Les maison de la rue Sherbrooke" representing historical buildings of Sherbrooke street that were demolished to built new structures for the Expo 67 and later the Summer Olympics. The installations were illegally demolished after a week, on the evening of July 13th, two days before the opening of the Olympics by the City of Montréal in a controversial decision by the Mayor of Montréal, Jean Drapeau. The sub-series includes diazoprints for installation supports and maps of the installation site, photographs documenting the complete length of the North and South sides of Sherbrooke Street and a report with photographic documentation.
Subseries
1976
Sub-series
AP178.S1.1988.PR07.SS11
Description:
This project series documents the Estaçäo de Metropolitano Baixa Chiado in Lisbon, Portugal. The office assigned the dates 1992-1998 for this project. The Estaçäo de Metropolitano Baixa Chiado was built between 1992 and 1998. The station played a key role in Siza's functional reconstruction plan of the Chiado area. It was an essential part of Siza's recovery plan for the district of Chiado in order to create more access to different parts of town due to the irregular elevations of the district. The station's escalators were created to give access to the Rua do Crucifixo and Largo do Chiado square. Elevators were also built to give access to Rua Ivens. Drawings include sketches, studies, working drawings, shop drawings and mechanical drawings. Textual documentation includes specifications, correspondence, permit and supplier documentation, and meeting reports. Photographic materials document the model, site and construction work. The materials that were donated in the 2019 accession document the elevators built to give access to Rua Ivens. Additional documentation for this project can also be found in the project subseries AP178.S1.1988.PR07.SS1.
1987-2012
Estação de Metropolitano Baixa Chiado [Baixa Chiado Metropolitan Station], Lisbon, Portugal (1988-1998)
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AP178.S1.1988.PR07.SS11
Description:
This project series documents the Estaçäo de Metropolitano Baixa Chiado in Lisbon, Portugal. The office assigned the dates 1992-1998 for this project. The Estaçäo de Metropolitano Baixa Chiado was built between 1992 and 1998. The station played a key role in Siza's functional reconstruction plan of the Chiado area. It was an essential part of Siza's recovery plan for the district of Chiado in order to create more access to different parts of town due to the irregular elevations of the district. The station's escalators were created to give access to the Rua do Crucifixo and Largo do Chiado square. Elevators were also built to give access to Rua Ivens. Drawings include sketches, studies, working drawings, shop drawings and mechanical drawings. Textual documentation includes specifications, correspondence, permit and supplier documentation, and meeting reports. Photographic materials document the model, site and construction work. The materials that were donated in the 2019 accession document the elevators built to give access to Rua Ivens. Additional documentation for this project can also be found in the project subseries AP178.S1.1988.PR07.SS1.
Project
1987-2012
Project
House 11a
AP143.S4.D23
Description:
File documents an unexecuted project for House 11a, designed for Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Forster, Palo Alto, California, United States. File also includes one drawing for the International Seminary of Design in the Area of Cannaregio-West in Venice, Italy. Material in this file was produced in 1978. File does not contain any conceptual drawings by Eisenman. Freehand diagrams explain the series of "topological" operations at the origin of the design (DR1994:0139:001-008). The original presentation drawings are published in 'Progressive Architecture' (DR1994:0139:283-301). File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, and presentation drawings. - Conceptual drawings include elevations, sections, and axonometrics - mostly black and coloured felt-tip pen on tracing vellum. Design development drawings include plans and axonometrics - some black felt-tip pen and some graphite on yellow tracing paper; and reprographic copies include - one photocopy on wove paper. Presentation drawings include plans, elevations, and axonometrics - mostly pen and black ink on tracing vellum. Copies include a stat of an axonometric of House 11a and a photocopy of part of the Cannaregio site plan.
1978
House 11a
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AP143.S4.D23
Description:
File documents an unexecuted project for House 11a, designed for Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Forster, Palo Alto, California, United States. File also includes one drawing for the International Seminary of Design in the Area of Cannaregio-West in Venice, Italy. Material in this file was produced in 1978. File does not contain any conceptual drawings by Eisenman. Freehand diagrams explain the series of "topological" operations at the origin of the design (DR1994:0139:001-008). The original presentation drawings are published in 'Progressive Architecture' (DR1994:0139:283-301). File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, and presentation drawings. - Conceptual drawings include elevations, sections, and axonometrics - mostly black and coloured felt-tip pen on tracing vellum. Design development drawings include plans and axonometrics - some black felt-tip pen and some graphite on yellow tracing paper; and reprographic copies include - one photocopy on wove paper. Presentation drawings include plans, elevations, and axonometrics - mostly pen and black ink on tracing vellum. Copies include a stat of an axonometric of House 11a and a photocopy of part of the Cannaregio site plan.
File 23
1978