Project
Tumbleweeds Catcher (1972)
AP207.S1.1972.PR03
Description:
The project series documents "Tumbleweeds Catcher", an installation by Pettena and a group of his students from the University of Utah, in Salt Lake City, in 1972. The installation consisted of a tower-scaffold built on a vacant lot near the city centre and covered with mesh so it could capture the tumbleweeds blown by the wind. Through this installation Pettena's intention was to "highlight the 'work of the land', the tumbleweeds moved by the wind and intercepted by the mesh of the tower, 'naturalize' it, contaminate it, thereby embodying the revenge of nature over urbanized space." [1] A second edition was later presented at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art in Salt Lake City in 2013. The project series contains photographs of the installation in 1972 and 2013, and drawings and sketches of the tower. Source: [1] Marco Scotini, editor. Non-conscious architecture: Gianni Pettena, Sternberg Press, 2018, 235 pages. p. 162.
circa 1972-2017
Tumbleweeds Catcher (1972)
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AP207.S1.1972.PR03
Description:
The project series documents "Tumbleweeds Catcher", an installation by Pettena and a group of his students from the University of Utah, in Salt Lake City, in 1972. The installation consisted of a tower-scaffold built on a vacant lot near the city centre and covered with mesh so it could capture the tumbleweeds blown by the wind. Through this installation Pettena's intention was to "highlight the 'work of the land', the tumbleweeds moved by the wind and intercepted by the mesh of the tower, 'naturalize' it, contaminate it, thereby embodying the revenge of nature over urbanized space." [1] A second edition was later presented at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art in Salt Lake City in 2013. The project series contains photographs of the installation in 1972 and 2013, and drawings and sketches of the tower. Source: [1] Marco Scotini, editor. Non-conscious architecture: Gianni Pettena, Sternberg Press, 2018, 235 pages. p. 162.
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circa 1972-2017
Project
AP018.S1.1975.PR05
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This project series documents the site development for the Etobicoke General Hospital in Etobicoke, Ontario from 1975-1978. The office identified the project number as 7510. Along with his firm, John C. Parkin began the design and construction of the Etobicoke General Hospital in 1966. Following this date, he completed numerous additional projects for the site. This project documents the development of the land around the hospital following its construction. Work included excavations, paving, landscaping, and parking studies, among others. The project is recorded through drawings and textual records dating from 1975-1978. The majority of drawings are reprographic copies of site plans. Textual records include tender documents, supplementary instructions, correspondence, meeting minutes and reports, inspection reports, change orders, certificates of payment, interoffice letters, and consultancy records. File AP018.S1.1975.PR05.005 includes an index to the textual records, which was created by the office.
1975-1978
Etobicoke General Hospital, Site Development, Etobicoke, Ontario (1975-1978)
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AP018.S1.1975.PR05
Description:
This project series documents the site development for the Etobicoke General Hospital in Etobicoke, Ontario from 1975-1978. The office identified the project number as 7510. Along with his firm, John C. Parkin began the design and construction of the Etobicoke General Hospital in 1966. Following this date, he completed numerous additional projects for the site. This project documents the development of the land around the hospital following its construction. Work included excavations, paving, landscaping, and parking studies, among others. The project is recorded through drawings and textual records dating from 1975-1978. The majority of drawings are reprographic copies of site plans. Textual records include tender documents, supplementary instructions, correspondence, meeting minutes and reports, inspection reports, change orders, certificates of payment, interoffice letters, and consultancy records. File AP018.S1.1975.PR05.005 includes an index to the textual records, which was created by the office.
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1975-1978
drawings
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105 drawing(s)
DR1995:0159:001-107
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This file consists of presentation drawings, perspectives, elevations, plans, sections, working drawings, exercises, details, site plans, conceptual drawings, sketches, axonometric drawings, notes, diagrams, schedules, presentation panel, cadastral map, photograph, land survey, plan of Le Corbusier's Palace of Soviets, notebook, and certificates, primarily from Price's time at the University of Cambridge.
Drawings for various University of Cambridge school projects and exercises
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DR1995:0159:001-107
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This file consists of presentation drawings, perspectives, elevations, plans, sections, working drawings, exercises, details, site plans, conceptual drawings, sketches, axonometric drawings, notes, diagrams, schedules, presentation panel, cadastral map, photograph, land survey, plan of Le Corbusier's Palace of Soviets, notebook, and certificates, primarily from Price's time at the University of Cambridge.
drawings
Quantity:
105 drawing(s)
textual records
ARCH278481
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File's title: A&H 1997 1995 B1 Areas de impunidad (1997) "Las afueras" (1995) / Charla en Chipre, Area de impunidad. List of seminars, workshops and conferences: - Las afueras. Siete visiones de la vida metropolitana (book presentation); - Areas de impunidad y espacios vectoriales; - Land-FACE (Nicosia, Cyprus). The documents are in English and Spanish.
ca. 1995-1997
Writings, flyers, reference materials and correspondence regarding seminars, workshops and conferences
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ARCH278481
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File's title: A&H 1997 1995 B1 Areas de impunidad (1997) "Las afueras" (1995) / Charla en Chipre, Area de impunidad. List of seminars, workshops and conferences: - Las afueras. Siete visiones de la vida metropolitana (book presentation); - Areas de impunidad y espacios vectoriales; - Land-FACE (Nicosia, Cyprus). The documents are in English and Spanish.
textual records
ca. 1995-1997
Project
AP018.S1.1978.PR07
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This project series documents a site study for the new National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, Ontario in 1978. The office identified the project number as 7809. In 1977, Parkin Architects Planners won a limited architectural competition for their design of the new National Gallery of Canada. The selected site for the competition, next to the Ottawa River, was controversial due to its uneven ground and lack of access to main streets in Ottawa. This project consisted of an extended site study for the construction of that building following the announcement of the competition winner if the original site was to be used. This was a brief urban design study to consider appropriate massing, exterior spaces, access, and vistas to and from the proposed building. It also included studying the best use of land next to the new gallery. The project is recorded through drawings and textual records dating from 1976-1978. The textual records include the predesign programme and schemes, correspondence, notes, meeting reports and research.
1976-1978
National Gallery of Canada, Extended Site Study, Ottawa, Ontario (1978)
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AP018.S1.1978.PR07
Description:
This project series documents a site study for the new National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, Ontario in 1978. The office identified the project number as 7809. In 1977, Parkin Architects Planners won a limited architectural competition for their design of the new National Gallery of Canada. The selected site for the competition, next to the Ottawa River, was controversial due to its uneven ground and lack of access to main streets in Ottawa. This project consisted of an extended site study for the construction of that building following the announcement of the competition winner if the original site was to be used. This was a brief urban design study to consider appropriate massing, exterior spaces, access, and vistas to and from the proposed building. It also included studying the best use of land next to the new gallery. The project is recorded through drawings and textual records dating from 1976-1978. The textual records include the predesign programme and schemes, correspondence, notes, meeting reports and research.
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1976-1978
Sub-series
AP178.S1.1998.PR03.SS3
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This project subseries documents the Casa Pátio building attached to the Edifício Zaida in Granada, Spain. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 98/90 C. The office assigned the dates 1998-2006 to this project subseries. This was phase 2 of the larger project to redevelop three parcels of land that faced the Plaza Puerta Real. This part of the larger Zaida building, an old courtyard house, was located between the Zaida building and neighbouring buildings. The exterior was reimagined in the style of the new Zaida building, but it was visually separated through its unique window arrangement. Documenting this project subseries are drawings, textual records and photographic materials dating from 2003-2005. The textual records include correspondence and documentation on the design of furniture, accessories, artwork and the mechanical and techinical aspects of the buildings. The drawings include structural, mechanical and technical drawings, as well as details. The photographic materials show the building's construction and the built project.
2003-2005
Edifício Zaida, Casa Pátio [Zaida building, Courtyard House], Granada, Spain (1998-2006)
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AP178.S1.1998.PR03.SS3
Description:
This project subseries documents the Casa Pátio building attached to the Edifício Zaida in Granada, Spain. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 98/90 C. The office assigned the dates 1998-2006 to this project subseries. This was phase 2 of the larger project to redevelop three parcels of land that faced the Plaza Puerta Real. This part of the larger Zaida building, an old courtyard house, was located between the Zaida building and neighbouring buildings. The exterior was reimagined in the style of the new Zaida building, but it was visually separated through its unique window arrangement. Documenting this project subseries are drawings, textual records and photographic materials dating from 2003-2005. The textual records include correspondence and documentation on the design of furniture, accessories, artwork and the mechanical and techinical aspects of the buildings. The drawings include structural, mechanical and technical drawings, as well as details. The photographic materials show the building's construction and the built project.
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2003-2005
Peter Galison, Joseph Pellegrino University Professor of the History of Science and of Physics at Harvard University, discusses his current project – writing and filming about nuclear waste sites and the future of land. “As they are usually understood, ‘wasteland’ and ‘wilderness’ are opposites; when they merge on the sites of decommissioned weapons lands, when land is at(...)
CCA Bookstore
14 February 2010 , 3pm
Peter Galison: Waste-Wilderness
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Peter Galison, Joseph Pellegrino University Professor of the History of Science and of Physics at Harvard University, discusses his current project – writing and filming about nuclear waste sites and the future of land. “As they are usually understood, ‘wasteland’ and ‘wilderness’ are opposites; when they merge on the sites of decommissioned weapons lands, when land is at(...)
CCA Bookstore
Project
AP144.S2.D93
Description:
File documents studies for temporary, moveable transportation exchanges. Three site-independent proposals are outlined for sea, land and air transportation: 'Dock Ahoy', a proposal for docks; 'Trucksafe', a truck park; and 'Air Portable', a limited-life airport. "The projects are concerned with finding flexible solutions to problems which occur when conditions change within a transportation network [...] the projects should be a further physical recognition of the value of short term toys." (Cedric Price, textual records). Preliminary design development drawings show plans for parking lot layouts for 'Air Portable'. Charts and graphs include aircraft and boat capacity studies, runway and cargo studies, and value/weight import graphs. Textual records contain correspondence regarding a possible exhibition of this material at the Walker Art Center in 1980. Some material from this file was published in 'Cedric Price-Works II' (London: Architectural Press, 1984), 18, 31. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, and textual records.
1973-1990, predominant 1973-1979
Trucksafe Air Portable Dock Ahoy
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AP144.S2.D93
Description:
File documents studies for temporary, moveable transportation exchanges. Three site-independent proposals are outlined for sea, land and air transportation: 'Dock Ahoy', a proposal for docks; 'Trucksafe', a truck park; and 'Air Portable', a limited-life airport. "The projects are concerned with finding flexible solutions to problems which occur when conditions change within a transportation network [...] the projects should be a further physical recognition of the value of short term toys." (Cedric Price, textual records). Preliminary design development drawings show plans for parking lot layouts for 'Air Portable'. Charts and graphs include aircraft and boat capacity studies, runway and cargo studies, and value/weight import graphs. Textual records contain correspondence regarding a possible exhibition of this material at the Walker Art Center in 1980. Some material from this file was published in 'Cedric Price-Works II' (London: Architectural Press, 1984), 18, 31. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, and textual records.
File 93
1973-1990, predominant 1973-1979
DR1984:0569
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- An engraved map of Marylebone Park and the streets bordering it to the south, with the outline of the street system for an early version of Nash's plan for Regent's Park superimposed in pen and coloured wash.
architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning
1811-1812 over a print of ca. 1805
A preliminary design for Regent's Park drawn over a map of the existing site
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DR1984:0569
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- An engraved map of Marylebone Park and the streets bordering it to the south, with the outline of the street system for an early version of Nash's plan for Regent's Park superimposed in pen and coloured wash.
architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning
DR1984:0570
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- An early plan for John Nash's Regent's Park, canal, and connecting streets. The canal, which circles the park to the north, is lined on either side by terrace housing, and the park is traversed by an artificial water system that connects in the northeast with the canal.
architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning
1812-1814
A preliminary design for Regent's Park
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DR1984:0570
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- An early plan for John Nash's Regent's Park, canal, and connecting streets. The canal, which circles the park to the north, is lined on either side by terrace housing, and the park is traversed by an artificial water system that connects in the northeast with the canal.
architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning