This exhibition features British architect Will Alsop’s preparatory work for the Sharp Centre for Design at the Ontario College of Art Design (OCAD) in Toronto and explores the role of painting in his design process. Completed in 2004, OCAD’s Sharp Centre for Design was designed by Alsop Architects in collaboration with the Toronto-based firm Robbie/Young + Wright. The(...)
Octagonal gallery
13 June 2008 to 5 October 2008
Will Alsop: OCAD, An Urban Manifesto
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This exhibition features British architect Will Alsop’s preparatory work for the Sharp Centre for Design at the Ontario College of Art Design (OCAD) in Toronto and explores the role of painting in his design process. Completed in 2004, OCAD’s Sharp Centre for Design was designed by Alsop Architects in collaboration with the Toronto-based firm Robbie/Young + Wright. The(...)
Octagonal gallery
Project
AP207.S1.1986.PR01
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The project series documents "Ombra", an installation presented for the first time at the Expo Arte of Galleria Speciale, in Bari, in 1986. It consists of an overcoat with flexible elements inserted in the lining of the fabric that form a structure to either create a seat for the wearer to sit on it or to stand on its own, if not worn. "So the multiplicity of roles, functions and subjects gives rise to an ambiguity, and a source of anxiety for he who, having conceived, made and “inhabited” it, perceives its more disquieting implications, those of an anomalous shadow, of another self that exists even in our absence." [1] The project series contains a sketch, photographs of the installation at the Galleria Speciale in 1986, a montage of film stills from Pettena's video explaining the installation, and digital versions of the installation film. Source: [1] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/inst-armchair-1986/ (last accessed 11 December 2019).
circa 1985-2015
Ombra ["Shadow" Armchair] (1986)
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AP207.S1.1986.PR01
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The project series documents "Ombra", an installation presented for the first time at the Expo Arte of Galleria Speciale, in Bari, in 1986. It consists of an overcoat with flexible elements inserted in the lining of the fabric that form a structure to either create a seat for the wearer to sit on it or to stand on its own, if not worn. "So the multiplicity of roles, functions and subjects gives rise to an ambiguity, and a source of anxiety for he who, having conceived, made and “inhabited” it, perceives its more disquieting implications, those of an anomalous shadow, of another self that exists even in our absence." [1] The project series contains a sketch, photographs of the installation at the Galleria Speciale in 1986, a montage of film stills from Pettena's video explaining the installation, and digital versions of the installation film. Source: [1] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/inst-armchair-1986/ (last accessed 11 December 2019).
Project
circa 1985-2015
Learning from… Lagos
Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas and a team of students from The Harvard Project on the City are followed over a 2-year period as they research Lagos, Nigeria in Lagos Wide and Close (Netherlands, 2005), a documentary by Bregtje van der Haak. Lagos is home to an estimated 15 million people whose survival depends on improvisation, networking, and risk-taking. Despite extreme(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
29 March 2007 , 6pm
Learning from… Lagos
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Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas and a team of students from The Harvard Project on the City are followed over a 2-year period as they research Lagos, Nigeria in Lagos Wide and Close (Netherlands, 2005), a documentary by Bregtje van der Haak. Lagos is home to an estimated 15 million people whose survival depends on improvisation, networking, and risk-taking. Despite extreme(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
photographs
DR2012:0012:087:002
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File containing photographs, and positive film frames (all duplicates) of Memo 136 - Mies on his way to Los Angeles. Originally held in a box labelled: "PUBL / PUBS ON 2000+
1969-1970
Photographs, Royal Canadian Air Force Memorial Competition, Ottawa, Ontario
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DR2012:0012:087:002
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File containing photographs, and positive film frames (all duplicates) of Memo 136 - Mies on his way to Los Angeles. Originally held in a box labelled: "PUBL / PUBS ON 2000+
photographs
1969-1970
textual records, photographs
DR2012:0012:095:004
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File containing 35mm film negatives, photographs, and transparencies related to the From Laugier to Popova project. Original folder inscribed in graphite: Building Displacements From Laugier to Popova
1985
Copies of drawings and photographs of the installation, From Laugier to Popova
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DR2012:0012:095:004
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File containing 35mm film negatives, photographs, and transparencies related to the From Laugier to Popova project. Original folder inscribed in graphite: Building Displacements From Laugier to Popova
textual records, photographs
1985
drawings
AP148.S1.1971.PR03.001
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Inscribed on the original folder is the following: Materiale film - Super 8 - Passo Ridotto- L'Architettura scrittura - Inserto 2. Poli identifies this material in his inventory as a Storyboard.
1972-1973
Compiled drawings, notes, and graphic materials, L'Architettura scrittura
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AP148.S1.1971.PR03.001
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Inscribed on the original folder is the following: Materiale film - Super 8 - Passo Ridotto- L'Architettura scrittura - Inserto 2. Poli identifies this material in his inventory as a Storyboard.
drawings
1972-1973
Sub-series
Studies and Work in Rome
AP032.S1.SS3.D2
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Student papers from Goldsmith's studies at the University of Rome (1953-1955), including notes, lectures, drawings, photographs and material on projects by Goldsmith in collaboration with other students and on his own. Photographic glass plate negatives of Goldsmith's un-built projects in Rome, particularily the competition enteries for the Garabaldi Bridge and a circular sports complex (1954-1955). Also includes some film negatives showing house plans, scenic views, and Garabaldi Bridge project.
1953-1955
Studies and Work in Rome
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AP032.S1.SS3.D2
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Student papers from Goldsmith's studies at the University of Rome (1953-1955), including notes, lectures, drawings, photographs and material on projects by Goldsmith in collaboration with other students and on his own. Photographic glass plate negatives of Goldsmith's un-built projects in Rome, particularily the competition enteries for the Garabaldi Bridge and a circular sports complex (1954-1955). Also includes some film negatives showing house plans, scenic views, and Garabaldi Bridge project.
File 2
1953-1955
photographs
ARCH268584
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Contains photographic materials on 3 projects by Abalos & Herreros: - Exposición Coam, AP164.S2.SS1.D2 (3 colour reversal films: interior views of the exhibition) - Concurso Embajada de Francia, AP164.S1.1991.D1 (5 colour slides: model) - Palencia Parque Europa, AP164.S1.1991.D2 (281 slides, 9 colour reversal films, 2 chromogenic colour prints: exterior views, perspectives, plans, model, aerial views) Several images were taken by Juan Merimero.
1990-1991
Ring binder with photographic materials related to three projects by Abalos & Herreros
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ARCH268584
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Contains photographic materials on 3 projects by Abalos & Herreros: - Exposición Coam, AP164.S2.SS1.D2 (3 colour reversal films: interior views of the exhibition) - Concurso Embajada de Francia, AP164.S1.1991.D1 (5 colour slides: model) - Palencia Parque Europa, AP164.S1.1991.D2 (281 slides, 9 colour reversal films, 2 chromogenic colour prints: exterior views, perspectives, plans, model, aerial views) Several images were taken by Juan Merimero.
photographs
1990-1991
textual records
DR2012:0012:101:005
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File containing a contact sheet, film negatives, photographs, and slides related to the Canadian tribute to human rights. Original folder inscribed in graphite: CAN TRIB OTTAWA - Photos 1987+
circa 1992
Photographs, The Canadian tribute to human rights
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DR2012:0012:101:005
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File containing a contact sheet, film negatives, photographs, and slides related to the Canadian tribute to human rights. Original folder inscribed in graphite: CAN TRIB OTTAWA - Photos 1987+
textual records
circa 1992
PHCON2003:0005:039
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Insciptions read: "GMC Estate Original #39"; "GMC 'Day's End'/Pier 52"; "'Test/Pier 52'"; "8/9/75." Attached sticker reads: "No Kruger footage used in Day's End film."
1975-08-09
Video recording of unused test pier 52 footage filmed by Jack Kruger for the film Day's End
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PHCON2003:0005:039
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Insciptions read: "GMC Estate Original #39"; "GMC 'Day's End'/Pier 52"; "'Test/Pier 52'"; "8/9/75." Attached sticker reads: "No Kruger footage used in Day's End film."
1975-08-09