archives
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Fonds
AP170
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The Mark Goulthorpe HypoSurface project records, 1990-2014, document the design development, technical implementation, exhibition, and marketing of various iterations of the HypoSurface wall. The wall has a “skin” divided up into pixel-like metallic facets manipulated by a network of actuating pistons in order to create images, texts and patterns in dynamic relief. Sensors allow people near the wall to influence its movement. The records include approximately 62,700 digital files, 3 folders of textual documents, and 44 prototype pieces, and a working HypoSurface wall module.
1990 - 2014
Mark Goulthorpe Hyposurface project records
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AP170
Synopsis:
The Mark Goulthorpe HypoSurface project records, 1990-2014, document the design development, technical implementation, exhibition, and marketing of various iterations of the HypoSurface wall. The wall has a “skin” divided up into pixel-like metallic facets manipulated by a network of actuating pistons in order to create images, texts and patterns in dynamic relief. Sensors allow people near the wall to influence its movement. The records include approximately 62,700 digital files, 3 folders of textual documents, and 44 prototype pieces, and a working HypoSurface wall module.
archives
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Fonds
1990 - 2014
Making Mamak, Emerging curator 2022-2023, Malaysian art collectives, south east asia, commoning
25 August 2024
Field Notes: From an Island to a Peninsula, and Back to Another Island
Clarissa Lim Kye Lee reflects on the findings from Making Mamak
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articles
25 August 2024
3 August 2023, 6pm to 7:30pm
PH2007:0013:001-012
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Series shows a scale model of the the streets and skyscrapers of New York City, New York, at Tobu World Square in Kinugawa, Tochigi, Japan. Series is one of an edition of ten. Commissioned by the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, for "Tangent," 2002-2006.
2003-2004
New York / Tobu World Square, 2003-2004, from the series "Scales"
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PH2007:0013:001-012
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Series shows a scale model of the the streets and skyscrapers of New York City, New York, at Tobu World Square in Kinugawa, Tochigi, Japan. Series is one of an edition of ten. Commissioned by the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, for "Tangent," 2002-2006.
2003-2004
Elevations, plans and a section for three lamps, probably for Electric House, Battersea Borough
DR1988:0384
Description:
- This reprographic copy shows three lighting fixtures: one lamp and two pendant light fixtures suspended from the ceiling by bronze chains. The designs are probably for Electric House; the CCA collection contains similar designs for showroom light fixtures for Electric House, DR1988:0386 and DR1988:0396, which, like this print, are signed by the Borough Surveyor. - This work is part of an incomplete group of possibly working reprographic copies for Electric House, Battersea Borough, designed by the borough architect, Henry Hyams. The group also includes some reprographic copies which may have been used for publication purposes. - The style of many of these drawings and reprographic copies by Henry Hyams (DR1988:0332 - DR1988:0414) suggests that they were possibly for periodical illustrations. Hyams contributed articles to the periodicals 'The Builder' and 'The Architect'. Two objects in the CCA collections can be directly linked to an article published prior to 1926 in 'The Architect'; a reprographic copy (DR1988:0357) and a drawing (DR1988:0364) (Who's Who in Architecture, 161).
interior design
printed late 1926 or 1927
Elevations, plans and a section for three lamps, probably for Electric House, Battersea Borough
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DR1988:0384
Description:
- This reprographic copy shows three lighting fixtures: one lamp and two pendant light fixtures suspended from the ceiling by bronze chains. The designs are probably for Electric House; the CCA collection contains similar designs for showroom light fixtures for Electric House, DR1988:0386 and DR1988:0396, which, like this print, are signed by the Borough Surveyor. - This work is part of an incomplete group of possibly working reprographic copies for Electric House, Battersea Borough, designed by the borough architect, Henry Hyams. The group also includes some reprographic copies which may have been used for publication purposes. - The style of many of these drawings and reprographic copies by Henry Hyams (DR1988:0332 - DR1988:0414) suggests that they were possibly for periodical illustrations. Hyams contributed articles to the periodicals 'The Builder' and 'The Architect'. Two objects in the CCA collections can be directly linked to an article published prior to 1926 in 'The Architect'; a reprographic copy (DR1988:0357) and a drawing (DR1988:0364) (Who's Who in Architecture, 161).
interior design
photographs
DR2012:0012:090:003
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Box containing photographs, and a printout of an architectural drawing mounted on a panel, of the following projects: - Les maisons de la rue Sherbrooke (2 photographs); - Edifice (2 photographs); - Chicago construction (1 photograph); - Kingston construction (2 photographs); - Toronto construction (2 photograph); - Room 202 (2 photographs); - Streetwork (2 photographs) - HEC Montréal (1 photograph, 1 panel); - CCA garden (2 photographs); - Unidentified (2 photographs). Further investigation is required regarding the projects represented.
1979, 1995-1996
Photographs of various projects by Melvin Charney
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DR2012:0012:090:003
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Box containing photographs, and a printout of an architectural drawing mounted on a panel, of the following projects: - Les maisons de la rue Sherbrooke (2 photographs); - Edifice (2 photographs); - Chicago construction (1 photograph); - Kingston construction (2 photographs); - Toronto construction (2 photograph); - Room 202 (2 photographs); - Streetwork (2 photographs) - HEC Montréal (1 photograph, 1 panel); - CCA garden (2 photographs); - Unidentified (2 photographs). Further investigation is required regarding the projects represented.
photographs
1979, 1995-1996
drawings
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2 drawing(s)
China Drawings, 1978
DR2007:0013:001-003
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Pair of drawings completed after and reflecting on L.W. Richards' 1977 study tour of The People's Republic of China: a) "Preliminary Drawing for a Bank for The People's Republic of China" and b) "Preliminary Drawings for a Factory for The People's Republic of China"; 2 mixed media on tracing paper, each approx. 15" x 25"; dated 11/78. These drawings follow and are related to 1977 Post Card project in the CCA collections.
China Drawings, 1978
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DR2007:0013:001-003
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Pair of drawings completed after and reflecting on L.W. Richards' 1977 study tour of The People's Republic of China: a) "Preliminary Drawing for a Bank for The People's Republic of China" and b) "Preliminary Drawings for a Factory for The People's Republic of China"; 2 mixed media on tracing paper, each approx. 15" x 25"; dated 11/78. These drawings follow and are related to 1977 Post Card project in the CCA collections.
drawings
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2 drawing(s)
Project
Carbon Tower (2001)
AP174.S1.2001.D1
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This project file documents an unbuilt design by Testa & Weiser for Carbon Tower (2001), a forty-storey building made almost entirely of carbon fibre. The project was developed in parallel with scripting software designed while Peter Testa and Devyn Weiser co-directed the Emergent Design Group at MIT. "The tower consists of an interdependent set of parts: floor plates hang from a diagrid structure of bundled fibres reinforced by two double-helix covered ramps, which are run in and out of the structure and are themselves made of strands woven at a finer scale. A thin composite skin—glass would be too heavy—wraps the tower’s parts together. A collaboration with Arup in 2002 allowed Testa & Weiser to simplify the scheme even further, by moving all core elements, from elevators to structural supports, to the tower’s perimeter. To take full advantage of the flexibility and energy efficiency of composite materials, Testa & Weiser also imagined that the carbon fibre structures would be formed on site through a process called pultrusion."[1] The file contains a large number of digital files documenting the conceptual and design development of the project; consultation with Arup Consulting Engineers, New York; research on composite materials; fabrication of 3D printed physical models by 3D Systems and Windform; and exhibition of the project at several museums and galleries, including the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles and the Cooper-Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, New York. Also contained in the file are 56 paper drawings (including some sketches done on top of printed computer-aided designs) and two 3D printed physical models produced by 3D Systems. Sources: [1] Canadian Centre for Architecture. Archaeology of the Digital 12: Testa & Weiser, Carbon Tower, ed. Greg Lynn (2015), ISBN 978-1-927071-25-0.
2002-2014
Carbon Tower (2001)
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AP174.S1.2001.D1
Description:
This project file documents an unbuilt design by Testa & Weiser for Carbon Tower (2001), a forty-storey building made almost entirely of carbon fibre. The project was developed in parallel with scripting software designed while Peter Testa and Devyn Weiser co-directed the Emergent Design Group at MIT. "The tower consists of an interdependent set of parts: floor plates hang from a diagrid structure of bundled fibres reinforced by two double-helix covered ramps, which are run in and out of the structure and are themselves made of strands woven at a finer scale. A thin composite skin—glass would be too heavy—wraps the tower’s parts together. A collaboration with Arup in 2002 allowed Testa & Weiser to simplify the scheme even further, by moving all core elements, from elevators to structural supports, to the tower’s perimeter. To take full advantage of the flexibility and energy efficiency of composite materials, Testa & Weiser also imagined that the carbon fibre structures would be formed on site through a process called pultrusion."[1] The file contains a large number of digital files documenting the conceptual and design development of the project; consultation with Arup Consulting Engineers, New York; research on composite materials; fabrication of 3D printed physical models by 3D Systems and Windform; and exhibition of the project at several museums and galleries, including the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles and the Cooper-Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, New York. Also contained in the file are 56 paper drawings (including some sketches done on top of printed computer-aided designs) and two 3D printed physical models produced by 3D Systems. Sources: [1] Canadian Centre for Architecture. Archaeology of the Digital 12: Testa & Weiser, Carbon Tower, ed. Greg Lynn (2015), ISBN 978-1-927071-25-0.
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2002-2014
Questioning Pictures: Photograph of Judgment of Paris, painting by Lucas Cranach the elder, 1528
PH2018:0005:025
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Photograph by Stefano Graziani of the following work: Lucas Cranach the Elder, The Judgment of the Paris, mixed media on beech wood, 84.7 x 57 cm 1528, Kunstmuseum Basel, Schenkung Martha und Robert von Hirsch 1977, Inv. G 1977.37, Basel Questioning Pictures is a 36 photograph project commissioned by Fondazione Prada, Milan. Artist Stefano Graziani investigates archival and conservation systems in a number of museums. Through photographing museum objects, Graziani, focusing on the relationship between photographs, the museum objects and the power structures at play within institutions. The museums include the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) in Montréal, Canada; Sir John Soane’s Museum in London, UK; the Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland; Museum Insel Hombroich in Neuss, Germany; the Museo di Castelvecchio in Verona, Italy; and the Plaster Cast Gallery at Museo Canova in Possagno, Italy.
2017
Questioning Pictures: Photograph of Judgment of Paris, painting by Lucas Cranach the elder, 1528
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PH2018:0005:025
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Photograph by Stefano Graziani of the following work: Lucas Cranach the Elder, The Judgment of the Paris, mixed media on beech wood, 84.7 x 57 cm 1528, Kunstmuseum Basel, Schenkung Martha und Robert von Hirsch 1977, Inv. G 1977.37, Basel Questioning Pictures is a 36 photograph project commissioned by Fondazione Prada, Milan. Artist Stefano Graziani investigates archival and conservation systems in a number of museums. Through photographing museum objects, Graziani, focusing on the relationship between photographs, the museum objects and the power structures at play within institutions. The museums include the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) in Montréal, Canada; Sir John Soane’s Museum in London, UK; the Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland; Museum Insel Hombroich in Neuss, Germany; the Museo di Castelvecchio in Verona, Italy; and the Plaster Cast Gallery at Museo Canova in Possagno, Italy.
drawings
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408 drawing(s)
sketches
ARCH197122
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Plans, elevations, decorative and structural details for chairs, fireplace ornaments, candlesticks, tables, consoles, benches and vases. Includes room plans and furniture plans for the Canadian Centre for Architecture, dated 1988; the low table for Richar; the Jahn bench and the S/L Chair.
sketches
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ARCH197122
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Plans, elevations, decorative and structural details for chairs, fireplace ornaments, candlesticks, tables, consoles, benches and vases. Includes room plans and furniture plans for the Canadian Centre for Architecture, dated 1988; the low table for Richar; the Jahn bench and the S/L Chair.
drawings
Quantity:
408 drawing(s)