PH2014:0004
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Group consists of a box, handpainted by the artist, containing 15 colour photographic prints of modern urban planning and architecture in Casablanca, Morocco. Commissioned by the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, for "Casablanca/Chandigarh," 2013-2014.
August 2013
Box for Reprendre Casa, Carrieres Centrales, Casablanca
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PH2014:0004
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Group consists of a box, handpainted by the artist, containing 15 colour photographic prints of modern urban planning and architecture in Casablanca, Morocco. Commissioned by the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, for "Casablanca/Chandigarh," 2013-2014.
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AP198.S1
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Series consists of records documenting two of Kivi Sotamaa and OCEAN North’s projects: the Open Arena – Töölö Football Stadium and the Terra Cultura – Jyväskylä Music and Art Centre. Both projects were international architectural competitions worked on concurrently in 1997. The collaborative process around these projects allowed exploring design methods through the usage of digital tools. Records, for the most part, consist of digital files and show the design process for both projects. In discussions with Greg Lynn, Johan Bettum and Kivi Sotamaa have expressed that they had broached Töölö as a landscape and Jyväskylä as a cloud. Altogether, this vision is visible in the digital drawings for both projects, although more predominantly in the Jyväskylä records which also includes detailed plans. For both projects, digital drawings and models were created using CAD software (Microstation, form*Z, 3D Studio). Many drawings were saved exclusively as raster or vector images. Project records include physical drawings. For Töölö, drawings show mainly the work on the shape of the structure and include printouts from CAD drawings. These are partial plans and sections. The records for Jyväskylä include sections and plans of the different levels of the building as well as an annotated sketch. Textual records in Series 2 provide more context for the design process and the creation and use of methodologies such as particle streaming, used in the design process for Jyväskylä, and Channelling Systems, used in the design process for Töölö. Sources: Greg Lynn, ed. Archaeology of the Digital 17: OCEAN North, Jyväskylä Music and Arts Centre, Montréal: Canadian Centre for Architecture, 2017. ePub.
1997
Projects
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AP198.S1
Description:
Series consists of records documenting two of Kivi Sotamaa and OCEAN North’s projects: the Open Arena – Töölö Football Stadium and the Terra Cultura – Jyväskylä Music and Art Centre. Both projects were international architectural competitions worked on concurrently in 1997. The collaborative process around these projects allowed exploring design methods through the usage of digital tools. Records, for the most part, consist of digital files and show the design process for both projects. In discussions with Greg Lynn, Johan Bettum and Kivi Sotamaa have expressed that they had broached Töölö as a landscape and Jyväskylä as a cloud. Altogether, this vision is visible in the digital drawings for both projects, although more predominantly in the Jyväskylä records which also includes detailed plans. For both projects, digital drawings and models were created using CAD software (Microstation, form*Z, 3D Studio). Many drawings were saved exclusively as raster or vector images. Project records include physical drawings. For Töölö, drawings show mainly the work on the shape of the structure and include printouts from CAD drawings. These are partial plans and sections. The records for Jyväskylä include sections and plans of the different levels of the building as well as an annotated sketch. Textual records in Series 2 provide more context for the design process and the creation and use of methodologies such as particle streaming, used in the design process for Jyväskylä, and Channelling Systems, used in the design process for Töölö. Sources: Greg Lynn, ed. Archaeology of the Digital 17: OCEAN North, Jyväskylä Music and Arts Centre, Montréal: Canadian Centre for Architecture, 2017. ePub.
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1997
articles
On Legibility / Tracing Illegibility
Başak Eren, Emma Larcelet, Fabrizio Furiassi, Katie Filek, Ushma Thakrar, and Robin Hueppe
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DR2012:0015:022:012
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File containing documents in English, including press clippings related to the following projects: - CCA garden; - Skyscraper, waterfall, brooks - a construction; - Une célébration... de l'eau à la lumière; - The American city: out of the heartland, Kansas; - Between observation and intervention: the painted photographs of Melvin Charney; - Canadian tribute to human rights. Original folder inscribed in graphite: DOSSIER DE PRESSE TO FILE
1967, 1990, 2008, 2010
Press clippings related to Melvin Charney's projects
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DR2012:0015:022:012
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File containing documents in English, including press clippings related to the following projects: - CCA garden; - Skyscraper, waterfall, brooks - a construction; - Une célébration... de l'eau à la lumière; - The American city: out of the heartland, Kansas; - Between observation and intervention: the painted photographs of Melvin Charney; - Canadian tribute to human rights. Original folder inscribed in graphite: DOSSIER DE PRESSE TO FILE
textual records
1967, 1990, 2008, 2010
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When I Think of Home
3 March 2024
When I Think of Home
Reanna Merasty, Johanna Minde, and Robyn Adams recollect childhood memories
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24 February 2025
Heritage, Between Education and Practice
Nzinga B. Mboup identifies the value of Senegal’s architectural heritage with Jean-Augustin Carvalho, Fodé Diop, Andrée Diop-Depret, and Xavier Ricou
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PH1990:0019:001-003
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Group consists of three colour photographic prints that form a panorama of the entrance hall at Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec. Commissioned by the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, for "Ernest Cormier: Université de Montréal," 1988-1990
June 1989
Panorama of the entrance hall, looking west, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
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PH1990:0019:001-003
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Group consists of three colour photographic prints that form a panorama of the entrance hall at Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec. Commissioned by the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, for "Ernest Cormier: Université de Montréal," 1988-1990
PH2006:0214
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Basilica II consists of 17 black and white photographic prints of the ruins of Pompeii in Napoli, Italy. Basilica II comprises PH2006:0214 to PH2006:0231. Commissioned by the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, for "Tangent," 2006
2006
Basilica II, Pompeii, Napoli, Italy
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PH2006:0214
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Basilica II consists of 17 black and white photographic prints of the ruins of Pompeii in Napoli, Italy. Basilica II comprises PH2006:0214 to PH2006:0231. Commissioned by the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, for "Tangent," 2006
DR2013:0002:004
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Box containing awards and honours granted to Melvin Charney, including the following: - Commandeur de l'ordre des arts et des lettres, 2005; - Le Prix Orange, Urbanisme et design urbaine, for the CCA garden, 1989; - Admittance to the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, 2000; - Diploma di collaborazione, Triennale di Milano, 1973; - Chevalier de l'Ordre national du Québec, 2003; - Prix Paul-Emile-Borduas, 1996.
between 1973 and 2005
Various awards and honours granted to Melvin Charney
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DR2013:0002:004
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Box containing awards and honours granted to Melvin Charney, including the following: - Commandeur de l'ordre des arts et des lettres, 2005; - Le Prix Orange, Urbanisme et design urbaine, for the CCA garden, 1989; - Admittance to the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, 2000; - Diploma di collaborazione, Triennale di Milano, 1973; - Chevalier de l'Ordre national du Québec, 2003; - Prix Paul-Emile-Borduas, 1996.
between 1973 and 2005