What role can history play in contemporary architecture practice? Rather than adopting a postmodern attitude or evoking past discussions and historical architectural forms, Go Hasegawa, Kersten Geers, and David Van Severen address contemporary issues in their work while remaining in dialogue with history. Even with distinct pasts and contexts, affinities emerge in shared(...)
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Besides, History, Go Hasegawa, Kersten Geers, David Van Severen, Office, KGDVS, Bas Princen
10 May 2017 to 15 October 2017
Besides, History: Go Hasegawa, Kersten Geers, David Van Severen
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What role can history play in contemporary architecture practice? Rather than adopting a postmodern attitude or evoking past discussions and historical architectural forms, Go Hasegawa, Kersten Geers, and David Van Severen address contemporary issues in their work while remaining in dialogue with history. Even with distinct pasts and contexts, affinities emerge in shared(...)
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Besides, History, Go Hasegawa, Kersten Geers, David Van Severen, Office, KGDVS, Bas Princen
Since 2006, the Aggregate Architectural History Collaborative has engaged in numerous shared projects from collected volumes and joint authorship to peer review workshopping and website publishing, alongside conferences, symposia, and public presentations. Operated as a self-funded, non-profit corporation, Aggregate continues to evolve its means and outputs of production(...)
13 July 2023, 2pm to 4pm (EST)
Modes and Bounds of Collaboration
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Since 2006, the Aggregate Architectural History Collaborative has engaged in numerous shared projects from collected volumes and joint authorship to peer review workshopping and website publishing, alongside conferences, symposia, and public presentations. Operated as a self-funded, non-profit corporation, Aggregate continues to evolve its means and outputs of production(...)
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(...)
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