drawings
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408 drawing(s)
sketches
ARCH285197
Description:
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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ARCH285197
Description:
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)
textual records
ARCH255585
Description:
22 publicity files - correspondence from journals: Concrete Quarterly, The Architect's Journal, Prague Quadrennial, Architectural Record, Town and Country; U.S.A. and Europe promotion requests for information; Roy Thompson Hall press kits and publication; Canadian Embassy press conference and press clippings; Teck Mining offices publication; Napp Laboratories publication; press clippings about Erickson; possible exhibition in Cambridge; architectural archives (Alberta, AGO, CCA); inter-office promotion correspondence; Erickson book; interview with Pierluigi Bonvicini.
1983-1985
Correspondence received from various from newspapers and periodicals
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ARCH255585
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22 publicity files - correspondence from journals: Concrete Quarterly, The Architect's Journal, Prague Quadrennial, Architectural Record, Town and Country; U.S.A. and Europe promotion requests for information; Roy Thompson Hall press kits and publication; Canadian Embassy press conference and press clippings; Teck Mining offices publication; Napp Laboratories publication; press clippings about Erickson; possible exhibition in Cambridge; architectural archives (Alberta, AGO, CCA); inter-office promotion correspondence; Erickson book; interview with Pierluigi Bonvicini.
textual records
1983-1985
drawings, textual records, born digital, photographs
AP181.S1.012
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Original directory name: "12_Modelle". File contains lists of the physical models made by COOP HIMMELB(L)AU for the BMW Welt project, including how they were labelled. It also has photographs of the auditorium from a large model (not acquired by the CCA), as well as CAD plans and sections for the forum. Most common file formats: Exchangeable Image File Format (Compressed), Microsoft Excel 97 Workbook (xls), Adobe Illustrator, Encapsulated PostScript File Format
2002-2004
Lists and documentation for physical models, BMW Welt, Munich
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AP181.S1.012
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Original directory name: "12_Modelle". File contains lists of the physical models made by COOP HIMMELB(L)AU for the BMW Welt project, including how they were labelled. It also has photographs of the auditorium from a large model (not acquired by the CCA), as well as CAD plans and sections for the forum. Most common file formats: Exchangeable Image File Format (Compressed), Microsoft Excel 97 Workbook (xls), Adobe Illustrator, Encapsulated PostScript File Format
drawings, textual records, born digital, photographs
2002-2004
Series
Projects
AP194.S1
Description:
Series contains records associated with three OCEAN North projects to which Johan Bettum brought a significant insight: Synthetic Landscape (1995-2000), Jyväskylä Music and Arts Centre (1997) and Töölö Football Stadium (1997). The collaborative process around these projects allowed exploring design methods through the usage of digital tools. 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. Particle streaming and Channelling Systems approaches were applied in these projects and further developed in the third phase of the Synthetic Landscape project and its Pavilion. The Synthetic Landscape project also featured usage of polymer composite materials. All records are born-digital, except for one 1995 drawing from the Synthetic Landscape project. Records include CAD models, raster and vector images, textual records and animated renderings from Channelling Systems studies. CAD models and drawings show design process of the projects, and range from the abstract (particle streaming) to very detailed plans (Jyväskylä). They were created using form*Z, Microstation, Alias, 3D Studio, AutoCAD and Rhinoceros. Some files were saved in IGES and DXF formats. Most CAD drawings have been saved as raster images. Drawings and models might have been saved in more than one file format. Digital textual records include project descriptions, presentations and reports, budgets and meeting notes, often created using the Microsoft Office software suite. Sources: Bettum, Johan and Michael Hensel. “Channelling Systems: Dynamic Processes and Digital Time-Based Methods in Urban Design.” AD Architectural Design 70, no.3 (June 2000): 36-43. Greg Lynn, ed. Archaeology of the Digital 17: OCEAN North, Jyväskylä Music and Arts Centre, Montréal: Canadian Centre for Architecture, 2017. ePub.
1995-2000
Projects
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AP194.S1
Description:
Series contains records associated with three OCEAN North projects to which Johan Bettum brought a significant insight: Synthetic Landscape (1995-2000), Jyväskylä Music and Arts Centre (1997) and Töölö Football Stadium (1997). The collaborative process around these projects allowed exploring design methods through the usage of digital tools. 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. Particle streaming and Channelling Systems approaches were applied in these projects and further developed in the third phase of the Synthetic Landscape project and its Pavilion. The Synthetic Landscape project also featured usage of polymer composite materials. All records are born-digital, except for one 1995 drawing from the Synthetic Landscape project. Records include CAD models, raster and vector images, textual records and animated renderings from Channelling Systems studies. CAD models and drawings show design process of the projects, and range from the abstract (particle streaming) to very detailed plans (Jyväskylä). They were created using form*Z, Microstation, Alias, 3D Studio, AutoCAD and Rhinoceros. Some files were saved in IGES and DXF formats. Most CAD drawings have been saved as raster images. Drawings and models might have been saved in more than one file format. Digital textual records include project descriptions, presentations and reports, budgets and meeting notes, often created using the Microsoft Office software suite. Sources: Bettum, Johan and Michael Hensel. “Channelling Systems: Dynamic Processes and Digital Time-Based Methods in Urban Design.” AD Architectural Design 70, no.3 (June 2000): 36-43. Greg Lynn, ed. Archaeology of the Digital 17: OCEAN North, Jyväskylä Music and Arts Centre, Montréal: Canadian Centre for Architecture, 2017. ePub.
Series
1995-2000
drawings
DR2012:0015:023:002-002
Description:
Ring binder containing notes and sketches related to the following events, locations, and/or projects: - A museum construction; - Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; - New York piece; - Tryptich; - Toronto construction; - Kassel piece; - Forgotten city series; - Table and chair; - CCA garden; - Settlers square, Calgary; - In flight ...; - Square Berri; - All the riches in the world; - Canadian tribute to human rights; - Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art [Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal]; - Hampstead; - Jerusalem; - Lenin's tomb; - Engineer's golems.
1980-1995
Notes and sketches by Melvin Charney on his middle and later works
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DR2012:0015:023:002-002
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Ring binder containing notes and sketches related to the following events, locations, and/or projects: - A museum construction; - Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; - New York piece; - Tryptich; - Toronto construction; - Kassel piece; - Forgotten city series; - Table and chair; - CCA garden; - Settlers square, Calgary; - In flight ...; - Square Berri; - All the riches in the world; - Canadian tribute to human rights; - Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art [Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal]; - Hampstead; - Jerusalem; - Lenin's tomb; - Engineer's golems.
drawings
1980-1995
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Study Room
20 November 2024, 4pm to 7pm
Wiki Edit-a-thon: Foregrounding Canadian Women Architects
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Join us Wednesday November 20 from 4–7 pm to honour the women who planned and designed our built environment. This event is free and open to the public.
Study Room
Series
AP189.S2
Description:
Series 2, Software for producing the projection and narration, 2007-2008, is composed of ten different versions of the module that generates the projection and narration in the open gallery. Seven of the versions were among the files saved to a compact disc following the CCA exhibition and have been kept together as group ARCH275207. Three of the versions were on a hard drive that was used in Rovereto and comprise group ARCH275212. The core elements of each module are two application files. One of these, whose name begins with "VE1" uses parameters contained in a file called "config.txt". The other application file, called "VECalibration" displays the entire volume of the projected architectural space. The geometric parameters for a room are recorded in a separate image file called "ecan-angles.jpg". A readme file in each module explains how the different files interact with one another. It also identifies the version of the "VE1" application files and any issues that may be related to the version. Each module includes hundreds of Shockwave Flash files (.swf), each containing an animated or still image of a person or persons and/or one or more pieces of furniture. Some of the .swf files contain an image of one or more furnished rooms inhabited by one or more persons. In most versions, the config.txt file contains a URL that accesses the database containing the sensor data. The URL references the file "captorsxml.aspx". As mentioned earlier, the config.txt file also contains parameters for the projected image, including scene geometry, colors and space occupation, and lists of the .swf files for persons and objects. Most versions of the module also include twenty-one .mp3 files, one of which is "empty". The other twenty each contain an audio recording of a female voice that states values for temperature, illumination and relative humidity and narrates a scenario written by Alain Robbe-Grillet. There is a French- and English-language version of each scenario
2007-2008
Software for producing the projection and narration
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AP189.S2
Description:
Series 2, Software for producing the projection and narration, 2007-2008, is composed of ten different versions of the module that generates the projection and narration in the open gallery. Seven of the versions were among the files saved to a compact disc following the CCA exhibition and have been kept together as group ARCH275207. Three of the versions were on a hard drive that was used in Rovereto and comprise group ARCH275212. The core elements of each module are two application files. One of these, whose name begins with "VE1" uses parameters contained in a file called "config.txt". The other application file, called "VECalibration" displays the entire volume of the projected architectural space. The geometric parameters for a room are recorded in a separate image file called "ecan-angles.jpg". A readme file in each module explains how the different files interact with one another. It also identifies the version of the "VE1" application files and any issues that may be related to the version. Each module includes hundreds of Shockwave Flash files (.swf), each containing an animated or still image of a person or persons and/or one or more pieces of furniture. Some of the .swf files contain an image of one or more furnished rooms inhabited by one or more persons. In most versions, the config.txt file contains a URL that accesses the database containing the sensor data. The URL references the file "captorsxml.aspx". As mentioned earlier, the config.txt file also contains parameters for the projected image, including scene geometry, colors and space occupation, and lists of the .swf files for persons and objects. Most versions of the module also include twenty-one .mp3 files, one of which is "empty". The other twenty each contain an audio recording of a female voice that states values for temperature, illumination and relative humidity and narrates a scenario written by Alain Robbe-Grillet. There is a French- and English-language version of each scenario
Series 2
2007-2008
born digital
Quantity:
2 DVD(s)
PH2005:0033
Description:
The film is about the Forth railway Bridge in Edinburgh, Scotland. The box contains the original DVD and a security copy as well as a written note by Dieter Appelt. Video and sound are choppy. Commissioned by the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, for "Tangent," 2002-2006
2003-2004
Forth-Bridge-Cinema Metric Space
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PH2005:0033
Description:
The film is about the Forth railway Bridge in Edinburgh, Scotland. The box contains the original DVD and a security copy as well as a written note by Dieter Appelt. Video and sound are choppy. Commissioned by the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, for "Tangent," 2002-2006
born digital
Quantity:
2 DVD(s)
2003-2004
Sub-series
AP149.S2.SS3
Description:
File related to various documents used as documentation and reference material for the Minimum Cost Housing Group's publications and research projects. The material in this file was produced between the late 1940s and 1999. The file contains an important collection of photocopies of book chapters, periodical, published reports, commercial leaflets, photographs and slides on various subjects related to the research field of the Minimum Cost Housing Group, and also a collection of maps of cities planning in India. The published reports in this series include the following: - Assessment of construction materials for use in emergency housing carried out on behalf of OXFAM (An) / A.K. Green - Brazil : sites and services project: staff appraisal report / World Bank - Cocoon / Hollingshead - Evaluation report on the village sanitation scheme of the Gandhi Smarak Nidhi in Maharashtra / Programme Evaluation Organisation, Planning Commission Govt. of India - International Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Decade : end of decade review (as at December 1990) (The) (World Health Organization) - Lucknow urban development project : an approach document / Lucknow Development Authority - Preliminary investigations into the use of atomised sprays for handwashing and showering / T.C. Porter and M.E. Rump (Building Research Establishment Note) - Project completion report: India: Madhya Pradesh Urban Development Project (loan 2329-IN) (World Bank) - Racing alone: a visionary architect's quest for houses made with earth and fire / Nader Khalili (advertisement brochure for a book, including text of introduction; actual book in CCA collection) - Reflexiones sobre el tema de la vivienda (CENAC) - Report on toilet units / J.W. Grainge and J.W. Slupsky - Technology development for a zero-gravity whole body shower / A.A. Rosener [and 5 others] - Urban sector survey: Republic of Zambia (World Bank), v. 1-2 - Workshop on implications of the recommendations of National commission on urbanisation on planning practice and education / Department of Urban and Regional Planning, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi
late 1940s-1999
Reference and research for publications
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AP149.S2.SS3
Description:
File related to various documents used as documentation and reference material for the Minimum Cost Housing Group's publications and research projects. The material in this file was produced between the late 1940s and 1999. The file contains an important collection of photocopies of book chapters, periodical, published reports, commercial leaflets, photographs and slides on various subjects related to the research field of the Minimum Cost Housing Group, and also a collection of maps of cities planning in India. The published reports in this series include the following: - Assessment of construction materials for use in emergency housing carried out on behalf of OXFAM (An) / A.K. Green - Brazil : sites and services project: staff appraisal report / World Bank - Cocoon / Hollingshead - Evaluation report on the village sanitation scheme of the Gandhi Smarak Nidhi in Maharashtra / Programme Evaluation Organisation, Planning Commission Govt. of India - International Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Decade : end of decade review (as at December 1990) (The) (World Health Organization) - Lucknow urban development project : an approach document / Lucknow Development Authority - Preliminary investigations into the use of atomised sprays for handwashing and showering / T.C. Porter and M.E. Rump (Building Research Establishment Note) - Project completion report: India: Madhya Pradesh Urban Development Project (loan 2329-IN) (World Bank) - Racing alone: a visionary architect's quest for houses made with earth and fire / Nader Khalili (advertisement brochure for a book, including text of introduction; actual book in CCA collection) - Reflexiones sobre el tema de la vivienda (CENAC) - Report on toilet units / J.W. Grainge and J.W. Slupsky - Technology development for a zero-gravity whole body shower / A.A. Rosener [and 5 others] - Urban sector survey: Republic of Zambia (World Bank), v. 1-2 - Workshop on implications of the recommendations of National commission on urbanisation on planning practice and education / Department of Urban and Regional Planning, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi
Sub-series
late 1940s-1999
articles
Bridging a Chasm
postmodern, postmodernism, meanwhile in Japan, Toyo Ito, Commodified Housing Study Group, Koji Ichikawa, Kayoko Ota
23 January 2022