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AP173.S1.1997.D1.037
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Group consists of 5 drawings (3 drawings and 2 reprographic copies) and an aerial photographs of H2Oexpo in Neeltje Jans, Netherlands, selected for the exhibition of the Canadian Centre for Architecture "Archaeology of the Digital: Media and Machines / Archéologie du numérique : Environnements virtuels, objets interactifs" in 2014.
between 1993 and 1997
Drawings for the H2Oexpo in Neeltje Jans, Netherlands selected for an exhibition of the Canadian Center for Architecture
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AP173.S1.1997.D1.037
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Group consists of 5 drawings (3 drawings and 2 reprographic copies) and an aerial photographs of H2Oexpo in Neeltje Jans, Netherlands, selected for the exhibition of the Canadian Centre for Architecture "Archaeology of the Digital: Media and Machines / Archéologie du numérique : Environnements virtuels, objets interactifs" in 2014.
drawings
between 1993 and 1997
articles
The planet is the client
1973: Sorry, Out of Gas
1973: Sorry, Out of Gas captures the architectural innovation spurred by the 1973 oil crisis, when the value of oil increased exponentially and triggered economic, political, and social upheaval across the world. Featuring over 350 objects including architectural drawings, photographs, books and pamphlets, archival television footage, and historical artefacts, it maps the(...)
7 November 2007 to 20 April 2008
1973: Sorry, Out of Gas
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1973: Sorry, Out of Gas captures the architectural innovation spurred by the 1973 oil crisis, when the value of oil increased exponentially and triggered economic, political, and social upheaval across the world. Featuring over 350 objects including architectural drawings, photographs, books and pamphlets, archival television footage, and historical artefacts, it maps the(...)
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Troubled Waters
Nature reorganized
20 January 2017
Troubled Waters
The Hudson River as Symbol of America’s Past and Harbinger of the Future
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Nature reorganized
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From Commodity to Community?
The planet is the client
22 December 2016
The planet is the client
This summer, we offer day camps providing children from ages 7 to 10 a wide range of activities that engage with architecture, the built environment, and design. Join us for this opportunity to discover the CCA through visits, workshops, and games that will engage and extend children’s creativity.
summer camp
June 2025 to August 2025
Summer Camp 2025
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This summer, we offer day camps providing children from ages 7 to 10 a wide range of activities that engage with architecture, the built environment, and design. Join us for this opportunity to discover the CCA through visits, workshops, and games that will engage and extend children’s creativity.
summer camp
This summer, we are offering a week-long day camp providing children from ages 7 to 11 a wide range of activities that engage with architecture, the built environment, and design. Join us for this opportunity to discover the CCA through visits, workshops, and games that will engage and extend children’s creativity.
summer camp
August 2024
Summer Camp 2024
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This summer, we are offering a week-long day camp providing children from ages 7 to 11 a wide range of activities that engage with architecture, the built environment, and design. Join us for this opportunity to discover the CCA through visits, workshops, and games that will engage and extend children’s creativity.
summer camp
Gilles Clément
French horticultural engineer and landscape architect Gilles Clément presents his projects and theories in the context of the CCA exhibition Environment: Approaches for Tomorrow (2006). The exhibition proposes a shift in perspective that takes the environment, and not human demands on the environment, as the starting point for reflection. Clément has designed numerous(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
19 October 2006
Gilles Clément
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French horticultural engineer and landscape architect Gilles Clément presents his projects and theories in the context of the CCA exhibition Environment: Approaches for Tomorrow (2006). The exhibition proposes a shift in perspective that takes the environment, and not human demands on the environment, as the starting point for reflection. Clément has designed numerous(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
articles
The planet is the client
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