Project
AP178.S1.1985.PR01
Description:
This project series documents the Van der Vennepark, Schilderswijk-west in The Hague, The Netherlands. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 32/80. The office assigned the date 1985 to this project. This small park was designed in connection to the housing and shopping complex in Schilderswijk (see project series AP178.S1.1984.PR03 in this fonds) as part of an urban renewal program in The Hague. Siza also designed the urban plan for Deelgebied Zone 5, Schilderswijk-West and the Punt en Komma social housing for the same urban renewal program. He would later design the residential settlement in Schilderswijk [Plano de Doedijnstraat]. The project was not realized. The project series contains a small amount of material. Documenting the park are plans and details, including reprographic copies, for seating arrangements, ramps, a pedestrian exit, as well as reprographic copies showing the housing and shopping complex in relation to the park. Also included is a written description of the project. This project series also contains information related to the housing and shopping complex.
1983-1988
Jardim Van der Vennepark [Park, Schilderswijk-West], The Hague, The Netherlands (1985-1988)
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AP178.S1.1985.PR01
Description:
This project series documents the Van der Vennepark, Schilderswijk-west in The Hague, The Netherlands. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 32/80. The office assigned the date 1985 to this project. This small park was designed in connection to the housing and shopping complex in Schilderswijk (see project series AP178.S1.1984.PR03 in this fonds) as part of an urban renewal program in The Hague. Siza also designed the urban plan for Deelgebied Zone 5, Schilderswijk-West and the Punt en Komma social housing for the same urban renewal program. He would later design the residential settlement in Schilderswijk [Plano de Doedijnstraat]. The project was not realized. The project series contains a small amount of material. Documenting the park are plans and details, including reprographic copies, for seating arrangements, ramps, a pedestrian exit, as well as reprographic copies showing the housing and shopping complex in relation to the park. Also included is a written description of the project. This project series also contains information related to the housing and shopping complex.
Project
1983-1988
Project
AP178.S1.1990.PR09
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The project series documents the Recuperação do Restaurante Pai Ramiro in Porto, Portugal. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 19/90. The office assigned the dates 1990-1994 for this project. This project consists of a design for the restaurant Pai Ramiro in an existing eighteenth-century home. The restaurant was to have a capacity of 36 people, with a waiting bar, kitchen, storage spaces and a second-floor terrace. The building program proposed a bar area flooded in natural light from windows that revealed a backyard garden. The installation of air conditioning, a fire detection system and ventilation systems were also proposed. This project was not built. The project is recorded through drawings, photographic materials and some textual records dating from 1989-1995. The drawings include sketches, plans, elevations, sections, perspectives, details and framing drawings, while the photographic materials largely document the exisiting building. The textual records consist of correspondence, permit and supplier documentation, and the electrical program.
1989-1995
Recuperação do Restaurante Pai Ramiro [Pai Ramiro restaurant renovations], Porto, Portugal (1990-1994)
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AP178.S1.1990.PR09
Description:
The project series documents the Recuperação do Restaurante Pai Ramiro in Porto, Portugal. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 19/90. The office assigned the dates 1990-1994 for this project. This project consists of a design for the restaurant Pai Ramiro in an existing eighteenth-century home. The restaurant was to have a capacity of 36 people, with a waiting bar, kitchen, storage spaces and a second-floor terrace. The building program proposed a bar area flooded in natural light from windows that revealed a backyard garden. The installation of air conditioning, a fire detection system and ventilation systems were also proposed. This project was not built. The project is recorded through drawings, photographic materials and some textual records dating from 1989-1995. The drawings include sketches, plans, elevations, sections, perspectives, details and framing drawings, while the photographic materials largely document the exisiting building. The textual records consist of correspondence, permit and supplier documentation, and the electrical program.
Project
1989-1995
Series
AP115.S4
Description:
La série document le dôme géodésique Senneville Barn Dome, dit aussi The Barn Dome. Conçu par la firme Jeffrey Lindsay & Associates, il fut construction en 1954. La série contient une photographie montrant, depuis l'intérieur, la structure géodésique de bois dont l'un des triangles est recouvert d'une membrane de fibre de verre qui enveloppait la structure à l'origine, aujourd'hui disparue et remplacée par des feuilles de métal peint. On aperçoit de plus la silhouette d'un homme travaillant à assembler la structure, vraisemblablement le propriétaire du terrain et client John Hackney, qui a commandé à Jeffrey Lindsay (Montréal, 1924-Los Angeles, 1984), architecte, le dôme en question pour s'en servir comme étable. La photographie est accompagné d'un dossier documentaire contenant des photocopies de documents tirés des archives de Senneville (Plot Plan, Application for Permit to Build, Memorendum) et deux photographies récentes de l'édifice (Robert Duchesnay, photographe, avril 2004).
1954-2004
Senneville Barn Dome, Senneville, Québec
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AP115.S4
Description:
La série document le dôme géodésique Senneville Barn Dome, dit aussi The Barn Dome. Conçu par la firme Jeffrey Lindsay & Associates, il fut construction en 1954. La série contient une photographie montrant, depuis l'intérieur, la structure géodésique de bois dont l'un des triangles est recouvert d'une membrane de fibre de verre qui enveloppait la structure à l'origine, aujourd'hui disparue et remplacée par des feuilles de métal peint. On aperçoit de plus la silhouette d'un homme travaillant à assembler la structure, vraisemblablement le propriétaire du terrain et client John Hackney, qui a commandé à Jeffrey Lindsay (Montréal, 1924-Los Angeles, 1984), architecte, le dôme en question pour s'en servir comme étable. La photographie est accompagné d'un dossier documentaire contenant des photocopies de documents tirés des archives de Senneville (Plot Plan, Application for Permit to Build, Memorendum) et deux photographies récentes de l'édifice (Robert Duchesnay, photographe, avril 2004).
Série
1954-2004
textual records
ARCH204172
Description:
Le rapport d'étude propose d'édifier derrière la Place-des-Arts une "Cité culturelle de Montréal" regroupant en un même secteur la Bibliothèque nationale du Québec, le Centre régional de Montréal des Archives nationales, la Bibliothèque de Montréal, le Musée d'art contemporain, une Maison du Cinéma (Institut québécois du cinéma, Bureau de la surveillance en cinéma, Cinémathèque québécoise, Direction générale du cinéma et de l'audio-visuel) et un musée de la science et de la technologie.
1979
Étude de faisabilité, Campus culturel, Montréal, Québec
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ARCH204172
Description:
Le rapport d'étude propose d'édifier derrière la Place-des-Arts une "Cité culturelle de Montréal" regroupant en un même secteur la Bibliothèque nationale du Québec, le Centre régional de Montréal des Archives nationales, la Bibliothèque de Montréal, le Musée d'art contemporain, une Maison du Cinéma (Institut québécois du cinéma, Bureau de la surveillance en cinéma, Cinémathèque québécoise, Direction générale du cinéma et de l'audio-visuel) et un musée de la science et de la technologie.
textual records
1979
Sub-series
Bloco C, Reconstrução do Chiado [Block C, Reconstruction of the Chiado] Lisbon, Portugal, 1988-1998
AP178.S1.1988.PR07.SS7
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This project subseries documents Bloco C of the reconstruction of the Chiado in Lisbon, Portugal. The office's archives identified this project as 58/80. The office assigned the dates 1988-1998 for this project. Bloco C was located between Rua Do Crucifixo, Rua Do Carmo, and Rua Nova Do Almada. Bloco C included buildings 1, 2, 3, 4 (Grandes Armazéns do Chiado), 5 (Grandella building), and 6. The construction work for the buildings of Bloco A included the restoration of windows, doors, façades, painting, stonework, as well as work on the structure and mechanical systems. Drawings include studies and working drawings. Textual material includes project documentation and studies. Photographic materials and slides document the buildings prior to the fire, damaged buildings, project site, and construction work. It is important to note that this subseries includes general details of Bloco C, for more specific details see individual building subseries of the Grandella building (AP178.S1.1988.PR07.SS8) and Grandes Armazéns do Chiado (AP178.S1.1988.PR07.SS9).
1942-2003
Bloco C, Reconstrução do Chiado [Block C, Reconstruction of the Chiado] Lisbon, Portugal, 1988-1998
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AP178.S1.1988.PR07.SS7
Description:
This project subseries documents Bloco C of the reconstruction of the Chiado in Lisbon, Portugal. The office's archives identified this project as 58/80. The office assigned the dates 1988-1998 for this project. Bloco C was located between Rua Do Crucifixo, Rua Do Carmo, and Rua Nova Do Almada. Bloco C included buildings 1, 2, 3, 4 (Grandes Armazéns do Chiado), 5 (Grandella building), and 6. The construction work for the buildings of Bloco A included the restoration of windows, doors, façades, painting, stonework, as well as work on the structure and mechanical systems. Drawings include studies and working drawings. Textual material includes project documentation and studies. Photographic materials and slides document the buildings prior to the fire, damaged buildings, project site, and construction work. It is important to note that this subseries includes general details of Bloco C, for more specific details see individual building subseries of the Grandella building (AP178.S1.1988.PR07.SS8) and Grandes Armazéns do Chiado (AP178.S1.1988.PR07.SS9).
Project
1942-2003
Oscillating Spaces
Oscillating Spaces, curated by Anneke Abhelakh, explores the Rhône Glacier—undergoing fast melting and transformation processes—as a case study to reflect on environmental challenges in a constantly oscillating site. Juxtaposing glacier cartography, photography, film, ecclesiastical documents, tourist souvenirs, and architectural archives, the exhibition questions the(...)
Octagonal gallery
25 April 2025 to 1 February 2026
Oscillating Spaces
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Oscillating Spaces, curated by Anneke Abhelakh, explores the Rhône Glacier—undergoing fast melting and transformation processes—as a case study to reflect on environmental challenges in a constantly oscillating site. Juxtaposing glacier cartography, photography, film, ecclesiastical documents, tourist souvenirs, and architectural archives, the exhibition questions the(...)
Octagonal gallery
archives
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Fonds
Max Wolfe Roth fonds
AP125
Synopsis:
The Max Wolfe Roth fonds, 1933-2000, documents the professional career of architect Max Wolfe Roth. The fonds comprises of materials relating to 15 student projects (1933-1937) and 333 professional projects (1937-2000). Materials in this fonds consist of 7,589 drawings (including reprographic copies), 303 photographs, 22 panels, 2.83 l.m. of textual records, 0.33 l.m.of slides, 82 notebooks, 7 stamps, 1 slide rule and 1 model.
1933-2000
Max Wolfe Roth fonds
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AP125
Synopsis:
The Max Wolfe Roth fonds, 1933-2000, documents the professional career of architect Max Wolfe Roth. The fonds comprises of materials relating to 15 student projects (1933-1937) and 333 professional projects (1937-2000). Materials in this fonds consist of 7,589 drawings (including reprographic copies), 303 photographs, 22 panels, 2.83 l.m. of textual records, 0.33 l.m.of slides, 82 notebooks, 7 stamps, 1 slide rule and 1 model.
archives
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Fonds
1933-2000
Sub-series
AP178.S1.1988.PR07.SS8
Description:
This project series documents the restoration of the Grandella building in Lisbon, Portugal. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 58/80 N5. The office assigned the date 1988-1998 for this project. The destructive fire of 1988 started in The Grandella building. It was part of Bloco C and identified as building 5 in Siza's reconstruction plan. It was originally designed by French architect George Demaye and built by Francisco de Almeida Grandella in 1907. Siza's program included the introduction of new functions, including cultural, administrative, and retail activities. Due to the historic importance of the building in Lisbon, a particular effort was made to restore the original façade. Drawings include studies, working drawings, mechanical drawings and structural drawings. Textual materials include project documentation, studies, meeting reports and correspondence. Photographic material includes photographs of the building before the fire, ruins, and construction work. There is also a study model for this project. Documentation can also be found in subseries Master plans and exterior spaces (AP178.S1.1988.PR07.SS1) and Bloco C (AP178.S1.1988.PR07.SS7).
1948-1999
Recuperação do Edifício Grandella, Bloco C, Reconstrução do Chiado [Restoration of Grandella building, Block C, Reconstruction of the Chiado], Lisbon, Portugal (1988-1998)
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AP178.S1.1988.PR07.SS8
Description:
This project series documents the restoration of the Grandella building in Lisbon, Portugal. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 58/80 N5. The office assigned the date 1988-1998 for this project. The destructive fire of 1988 started in The Grandella building. It was part of Bloco C and identified as building 5 in Siza's reconstruction plan. It was originally designed by French architect George Demaye and built by Francisco de Almeida Grandella in 1907. Siza's program included the introduction of new functions, including cultural, administrative, and retail activities. Due to the historic importance of the building in Lisbon, a particular effort was made to restore the original façade. Drawings include studies, working drawings, mechanical drawings and structural drawings. Textual materials include project documentation, studies, meeting reports and correspondence. Photographic material includes photographs of the building before the fire, ruins, and construction work. There is also a study model for this project. Documentation can also be found in subseries Master plans and exterior spaces (AP178.S1.1988.PR07.SS1) and Bloco C (AP178.S1.1988.PR07.SS7).
Project
1948-1999
Project
AP178.S1.1983.PR08
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This project series documents the Plano de Expansão da Cidade de Macau (Areia P. e Porto E.) in Macau, China. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 16/80. The office assigned the date 1982 to this project. Macau is a Chinese-Portuguese peninsula near the Pear River Delta on the south coast of China. After 1950, the speedy industrial growth caused massive waves of immigration and created housing problems. Macau's governement wanted to reorganize the urban landscape in order to readapt the territory to the economic and political realities. Siza was hired by the P&T Group as part of a team of specialist-consultants to rethink the districts of Areia Preta and Porto Exterior. A first proposal was submitted in 1984. The proposed plans were accepted by the authorities years later, but never realized due to the construction of hotels and casinos instead of housing. Documenting this project are studies, plans and project site plans. Textual materials include project documentation and correspondence. Photographic materials document the models and project site. These materials date from 1981-2012.
1981-2012
Plano de Expansão da Cidade de Macau (Areia P. e Porto E.) [Macau City expansion plan], Macau, China (1982)
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AP178.S1.1983.PR08
Description:
This project series documents the Plano de Expansão da Cidade de Macau (Areia P. e Porto E.) in Macau, China. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 16/80. The office assigned the date 1982 to this project. Macau is a Chinese-Portuguese peninsula near the Pear River Delta on the south coast of China. After 1950, the speedy industrial growth caused massive waves of immigration and created housing problems. Macau's governement wanted to reorganize the urban landscape in order to readapt the territory to the economic and political realities. Siza was hired by the P&T Group as part of a team of specialist-consultants to rethink the districts of Areia Preta and Porto Exterior. A first proposal was submitted in 1984. The proposed plans were accepted by the authorities years later, but never realized due to the construction of hotels and casinos instead of housing. Documenting this project are studies, plans and project site plans. Textual materials include project documentation and correspondence. Photographic materials document the models and project site. These materials date from 1981-2012.
Project
1981-2012
Project
AP178.S1.1994.PR09
Description:
This project series documents the Casa Van Middelem-Dupont in Oudenbourg, Belgium. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 61/90. The office assigned the date 1994 to this project. The project files document the repurposing of a 200 year old farmhouse and stables, as well as the addition of new buildings. Siza collaborated with Roberto Cremascoli, Andrea Smaniotto, Ueli Krauss, Daniela Antonucci, and Maurice Custer on the project. The project is divided into a residential unit, a guest house, and an art gallery. The original farmhouse was transformed into an art gallery and the new buildings serve as housing. The housing units located on agricultural land form a U shape around the courtyard. The forms and materials of the new units were selected in order to respect Flemish architectural typologies. The buildings were designed in 1994 and completed in 2001. Documenting this project are studies, design development drawings, working drawings, structural drawings, and technical drawings. Textual material includes project documentation. Photographic material documents the models, construction work, and the built project.
1992-2000
Casa Van Middelem-Dupont [Van Middelem-Dupont house], Oudenbourg, Belgium (1994)
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AP178.S1.1994.PR09
Description:
This project series documents the Casa Van Middelem-Dupont in Oudenbourg, Belgium. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 61/90. The office assigned the date 1994 to this project. The project files document the repurposing of a 200 year old farmhouse and stables, as well as the addition of new buildings. Siza collaborated with Roberto Cremascoli, Andrea Smaniotto, Ueli Krauss, Daniela Antonucci, and Maurice Custer on the project. The project is divided into a residential unit, a guest house, and an art gallery. The original farmhouse was transformed into an art gallery and the new buildings serve as housing. The housing units located on agricultural land form a U shape around the courtyard. The forms and materials of the new units were selected in order to respect Flemish architectural typologies. The buildings were designed in 1994 and completed in 2001. Documenting this project are studies, design development drawings, working drawings, structural drawings, and technical drawings. Textual material includes project documentation. Photographic material documents the models, construction work, and the built project.
Project
1992-2000