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AP142.S1.D5
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File documents the execution of the comprehensive plan for the municipality of Abbiategrasso, Italy. Material in this file was produced between 1962 and 1973. File contains design development drawings and presentation drawings. File also contains textual records, including correspondence, administrative records, financial records, standards, a building programme, architect's report, clippings, sketches, drawings and photographic material.
1962-1973
Piano regolatore generale, Abbiategrasso, Italy
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AP142.S1.D5
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File documents the execution of the comprehensive plan for the municipality of Abbiategrasso, Italy. Material in this file was produced between 1962 and 1973. File contains design development drawings and presentation drawings. File also contains textual records, including correspondence, administrative records, financial records, standards, a building programme, architect's report, clippings, sketches, drawings and photographic material.
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1962-1973
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AP148.S1.1988.PR02
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Project series comprises material related to a design entry for a 1988 competition on the environmental redevelopment of the San Carlo quarry in the comune of Castelnuovo Berardenga near Siena, Italy. Poli dates this project as 1988, though most of the material is undated (only 2 drawings are dated 1988). However, the project description text includes a bibliography making reference to 1991 publications, though it is possible that this document was created later than the drawings. Project material includes numerous drawings and collages, some which are overlayed with wax, one which features a metal object, and some drawn directly onto topographical maps. Project material also includes a model, a photomontage featuring images of the quarry site and geological strata, and a typed project description. Parts of the text in the project description also appear on some of the drawings. Many of the drawings feature a circular design that is repeated throughout the drawing material in this series. Poli's proposal for the redevelopment seemed to involve the addition of trees to the area and the development of a passageway. One of Poli's drawings makes reference to the earth moon highway featured in an earlier project, Interplanetary Architecture (see AP148.S1.1970.PR02).
1988
Ideas competition, Riqualificazione cava di San Carlo [Redevelopment San Carlo quarry], San Vincenzo, Livorno, Italy (1988)
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AP148.S1.1988.PR02
Description:
Project series comprises material related to a design entry for a 1988 competition on the environmental redevelopment of the San Carlo quarry in the comune of Castelnuovo Berardenga near Siena, Italy. Poli dates this project as 1988, though most of the material is undated (only 2 drawings are dated 1988). However, the project description text includes a bibliography making reference to 1991 publications, though it is possible that this document was created later than the drawings. Project material includes numerous drawings and collages, some which are overlayed with wax, one which features a metal object, and some drawn directly onto topographical maps. Project material also includes a model, a photomontage featuring images of the quarry site and geological strata, and a typed project description. Parts of the text in the project description also appear on some of the drawings. Many of the drawings feature a circular design that is repeated throughout the drawing material in this series. Poli's proposal for the redevelopment seemed to involve the addition of trees to the area and the development of a passageway. One of Poli's drawings makes reference to the earth moon highway featured in an earlier project, Interplanetary Architecture (see AP148.S1.1970.PR02).
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1988
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Phun City
AP144.S2.D77
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File documents the executed project for Phun City, a "temporary city" for an outdoor pop music festival at Ecclesden Commons in Sussex, England. Cedric Price was commissioned to coordinate the design and construction of the site, which was to include a stage, tower, cinema, theatre, administration and medical buildings, movable sleeping structures, public toilets, fencing, crash barriers and access roads. Drawings illustrate the development of the functional relationships among activities, as well as, access to, and circulation within, the concert site. A site plan shows the broader context of Ecclesden Commons; keyed diagrammatic plans locate main activity enclosures, pedestrian and vehicular access routes, proposed parking, emergency routes to and from the site, and wire and chain link barriers and fences. A diagrammatic site plan shows the final layout, including last minute alterations prior to the opening of the concert. A second site plan has been marked up with notes indicating how the spectators appropriated the site during the concert, moving some of the portable buildings and circulating in patterns that were different than those anticipated by Price. The client for Phun City Festival, Mick Farren was involved at the Isle of Wright Festival which was held one month later (Price with Murray 1971, 40). Some material in this file was published in "Cedric Price Supplement No. 2", 'Architectural Design', vol. 41, (January 1971), 40, and 'Cedric Price-Works II' (London: Architectural Press, 1984), 18, 30. Material in this file was produced between 1970 and 1971. File contains design development drawings, map, photographic materials, and textual records.
1970-1971
Phun City
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AP144.S2.D77
Description:
File documents the executed project for Phun City, a "temporary city" for an outdoor pop music festival at Ecclesden Commons in Sussex, England. Cedric Price was commissioned to coordinate the design and construction of the site, which was to include a stage, tower, cinema, theatre, administration and medical buildings, movable sleeping structures, public toilets, fencing, crash barriers and access roads. Drawings illustrate the development of the functional relationships among activities, as well as, access to, and circulation within, the concert site. A site plan shows the broader context of Ecclesden Commons; keyed diagrammatic plans locate main activity enclosures, pedestrian and vehicular access routes, proposed parking, emergency routes to and from the site, and wire and chain link barriers and fences. A diagrammatic site plan shows the final layout, including last minute alterations prior to the opening of the concert. A second site plan has been marked up with notes indicating how the spectators appropriated the site during the concert, moving some of the portable buildings and circulating in patterns that were different than those anticipated by Price. The client for Phun City Festival, Mick Farren was involved at the Isle of Wright Festival which was held one month later (Price with Murray 1971, 40). Some material in this file was published in "Cedric Price Supplement No. 2", 'Architectural Design', vol. 41, (January 1971), 40, and 'Cedric Price-Works II' (London: Architectural Press, 1984), 18, 30. Material in this file was produced between 1970 and 1971. File contains design development drawings, map, photographic materials, and textual records.
File 77
1970-1971
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Windmaschinen (1968-1987)
AP187.S1.1968.PR01
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This project series documents wind machines. Material was produced in 1998. Documenting the project is one sketch.
1968
Windmaschinen (1968-1987)
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AP187.S1.1968.PR01
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This project series documents wind machines. Material was produced in 1998. Documenting the project is one sketch.
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1968
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AP018.S1.1972.PR10
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This project series documents the Life Sciences Complex at Memorial University (MUN) in St. John’s, Newfoundland in 1972. The office identified the project number as 7211. In 1971, Parkin Architects Planners began work on the Health Sciences Complex located on MUN's north campus. This was a large teaching hospital that also contained the university's medical school. During the conception of the Health Sciences Complex, the Life Sciences Complex was proposed as a future expansion to the hospital. It would include MUN's life sciences department and additional hospital spaces related to those practices, such as pyscology. It is not clear from the materials in this project series whether Parkin Architects Planners proceeded with construction of the Life Sciences Complex. The project is recorded through a meeting report dating from 1972.
1972
Memorial University of Newfoundland, Life Sciences Complex, St. Johns, Newfoundland (1972)
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AP018.S1.1972.PR10
Description:
This project series documents the Life Sciences Complex at Memorial University (MUN) in St. John’s, Newfoundland in 1972. The office identified the project number as 7211. In 1971, Parkin Architects Planners began work on the Health Sciences Complex located on MUN's north campus. This was a large teaching hospital that also contained the university's medical school. During the conception of the Health Sciences Complex, the Life Sciences Complex was proposed as a future expansion to the hospital. It would include MUN's life sciences department and additional hospital spaces related to those practices, such as pyscology. It is not clear from the materials in this project series whether Parkin Architects Planners proceeded with construction of the Life Sciences Complex. The project is recorded through a meeting report dating from 1972.
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1972
textual records
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AP173.S2.2008.D1
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Series documents Lars Spuybroek's project for the invited competition for the Horse and Sound in Heusden, Netherlands, a public artwork for the City of Heusden. Material in this series was produced around 2008. The series contains a reprographic copy of a presentation drawing. This project may also include digital design material, which has yet to be processed and which will available for consultation in 2017.
ca. 2008
Horse and Sound, Heusden, Netherlands (2008)
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AP173.S2.2008.D1
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Series documents Lars Spuybroek's project for the invited competition for the Horse and Sound in Heusden, Netherlands, a public artwork for the City of Heusden. Material in this series was produced around 2008. The series contains a reprographic copy of a presentation drawing. This project may also include digital design material, which has yet to be processed and which will available for consultation in 2017.
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ca. 2008
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AP142.S1.D79
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File documents an executed project for a commercial and residential building on Giulio Cesare Boulevard, in Turin, Italy. Accommodating the Doira s.r.l. offices, this building is adjacent to Aldo Rossi "Casa Aurora". Material in this file was produced between 1984 and 1992. File contains presentation drawings and textual records, including correspondence, financial records, drawings, sketches and photographic material.
1984-1992
Palazzo di corso Giulio Cesare da destinazione uffici e residenziale
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AP142.S1.D79
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File documents an executed project for a commercial and residential building on Giulio Cesare Boulevard, in Turin, Italy. Accommodating the Doira s.r.l. offices, this building is adjacent to Aldo Rossi "Casa Aurora". Material in this file was produced between 1984 and 1992. File contains presentation drawings and textual records, including correspondence, financial records, drawings, sketches and photographic material.
File 79
1984-1992
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AP114.S1
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Series contains material documenting Gene Summers’ professional work from 1957 - 2004. It includes records from Summers’ architectural and furniture projects, promotional material, and documents related to the preparation of Gene Summers: Art / Architecture, a 2003 monograph by Werner Blaser. The records in this series mostly consist of drawings, including reprographic copies, photographs, artefacts, and textual records.
1957 - 2004
Professional documents (1957-2004)
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AP114.S1
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Series contains material documenting Gene Summers’ professional work from 1957 - 2004. It includes records from Summers’ architectural and furniture projects, promotional material, and documents related to the preparation of Gene Summers: Art / Architecture, a 2003 monograph by Werner Blaser. The records in this series mostly consist of drawings, including reprographic copies, photographs, artefacts, and textual records.
Series 1
1957 - 2004
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AP142.S1.D114
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File documents an unexecuted project for a Prototype of an IP (Italiana Petroli SpA) service station near Milan, Italy. Material in this file was produced between 1987 and 1989. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings and presentation drawings. File also contains textual records, including correspondence, an invoice, a list of building material, a proposal and drawings.
1987-1989
Stazione di servizio autostradale per l'area Milano - Autostrada dei Fiori
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AP142.S1.D114
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File documents an unexecuted project for a Prototype of an IP (Italiana Petroli SpA) service station near Milan, Italy. Material in this file was produced between 1987 and 1989. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings and presentation drawings. File also contains textual records, including correspondence, an invoice, a list of building material, a proposal and drawings.
File 114
1987-1989
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Canary Wharf
AP142.S1.D155
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File documents a partially executed project for the Canary Wharf development for Olympia & York in London, England. Material in this file was produced between 1990 and 1992, and in 1997. File contains presentation drawings and working drawings. File also contains textual records, including correspondence, maps, sketches, drawings, photographs, specifications, contracts, minutes of meetings, and promotional material.
1990-1992, 1997
Canary Wharf
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AP142.S1.D155
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File documents a partially executed project for the Canary Wharf development for Olympia & York in London, England. Material in this file was produced between 1990 and 1992, and in 1997. File contains presentation drawings and working drawings. File also contains textual records, including correspondence, maps, sketches, drawings, photographs, specifications, contracts, minutes of meetings, and promotional material.
File 155
1990-1992, 1997