Geoff Manaugh examines urban design in the context of epidemiology, pandemics and quarantine, including measures taken by the United States’ government agency Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC. Geoff Manaugh is the author of BLDGBLOG and The BLDGBLOG Book, and a contributing editor at Wired UK. His fall 2009 design studio Landscapes of Quarantine examines(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
22 October 2009 , 7pm
Geoff Manaugh: Cities of the CDC
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Geoff Manaugh examines urban design in the context of epidemiology, pandemics and quarantine, including measures taken by the United States’ government agency Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC. Geoff Manaugh is the author of BLDGBLOG and The BLDGBLOG Book, and a contributing editor at Wired UK. His fall 2009 design studio Landscapes of Quarantine examines(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
drawings
AP046.S1.1983.PR01.442
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This file includes a context map issued by the Ville de Montréal.
1983-1989
Context maps, Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, Québec
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AP046.S1.1983.PR01.442
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This file includes a context map issued by the Ville de Montréal.
drawings
1983-1989
drawings
AP046.S1.1983.PR02.028
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This file includes context maps showing the Old Port and Old Montréal.
1983-1992
Context maps, Old Port of Montreal Master Plan, Montréal, Québec
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AP046.S1.1983.PR02.028
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This file includes context maps showing the Old Port and Old Montréal.
drawings
1983-1992
On New Year’s Eve 1987, the people of Gonaïves, an impoverished port town on Haiti’s west coast, awoke to 4,000 tons of toxic ash. Amidst political turmoil in Haiti, officials had approved the import of toxic waste from the United States classified as “fertilizer.” In this case, the ash came from Philadelphia, which was facing a waste management crisis brought on by the(...)
Canada, environment, Jodoin, Müller, It's all happening so fast, toxic, Haiti, voluntary exchange, garbage imperialism, Gonaives
16 March 2017
Here It Is Toxic, There It Is Not
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On New Year’s Eve 1987, the people of Gonaïves, an impoverished port town on Haiti’s west coast, awoke to 4,000 tons of toxic ash. Amidst political turmoil in Haiti, officials had approved the import of toxic waste from the United States classified as “fertilizer.” In this case, the ash came from Philadelphia, which was facing a waste management crisis brought on by the(...)
Canada, environment, Jodoin, Müller, It's all happening so fast, toxic, Haiti, voluntary exchange, garbage imperialism, Gonaives
Learning from the practice of DnA and architect Xu Tiantian, participants are invited to discover how various local materials from across the coastal ecosystem of Meizhou Island, are sourced, studied, and implemented into an architectural project. From bamboo to mangroves to oyster shells, this workshop is an invitation to explore how materials with diverse(...)
25 June 2024 to 17 November 2024
Material Workshop: In Low Tide
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Learning from the practice of DnA and architect Xu Tiantian, participants are invited to discover how various local materials from across the coastal ecosystem of Meizhou Island, are sourced, studied, and implemented into an architectural project. From bamboo to mangroves to oyster shells, this workshop is an invitation to explore how materials with diverse(...)
Learning from... Mexico City
Arturo Ortiz Struck describes the boundaries of formal and legal building in the context of Mexico:“In order to build a critical view of the production of space and architecture in this environment, we should start from two fundamental premises. The first considers that spaces reflect who we are, and they express our cultural ways and how we unfold in everyday life. The(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
10 May 2012 , 7pm
Learning from... Mexico City
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Arturo Ortiz Struck describes the boundaries of formal and legal building in the context of Mexico:“In order to build a critical view of the production of space and architecture in this environment, we should start from two fundamental premises. The first considers that spaces reflect who we are, and they express our cultural ways and how we unfold in everyday life. The(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
A super-library combining five national collections in one building, Paris’s National Library of France was the final Grands travaux of President François Mitterrand. Initially commissioned to house all French production of words, images, and sounds since 1945, its architectural competition captured the confusion and variety of architectural thinking in 1989. OMA’s(...)
Octagonal gallery
15 May 2012 to 9 September 2012
Très Grande Bibliothèque (Very Big Library)
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A super-library combining five national collections in one building, Paris’s National Library of France was the final Grands travaux of President François Mitterrand. Initially commissioned to house all French production of words, images, and sounds since 1945, its architectural competition captured the confusion and variety of architectural thinking in 1989. OMA’s(...)
Octagonal gallery
drawings
AP046.S1.1983.PR02.001
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This file includes a context map of the Old Port, basins and surrounding city.
1983-1992
Context map, Old Port of Montreal Master Plan, Montréal, Québec
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AP046.S1.1983.PR02.001
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This file includes a context map of the Old Port, basins and surrounding city.
drawings
1983-1992
photographs
AP178.S1.2003.PR02.047.1
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Original file title: Palazzo Donaregina Napoli fotos 1 priliminary, antes obra, ruas, context, coper(?)
circa 2002-2003
Photographs of the area and the museum, Recupero del Palazzo Donnaregina / Museu de Arte Contemporâneo, Naples (folder 1 of 3)
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AP178.S1.2003.PR02.047.1
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Original file title: Palazzo Donaregina Napoli fotos 1 priliminary, antes obra, ruas, context, coper(?)
photographs
circa 2002-2003
photographs
AP178.S1.2003.PR02.047.2
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Original file title: Palazzo Donaregina Napoli fotos 1 priliminary, antes obra, ruas, context, coper(?)
ca. 2002-2003
Photographs of the area and the museum, Recupero del Palazzo Donnaregina / Museu de Arte Contemporâneo, Naples (folder 2 of 3)
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AP178.S1.2003.PR02.047.2
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Original file title: Palazzo Donaregina Napoli fotos 1 priliminary, antes obra, ruas, context, coper(?)
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ca. 2002-2003