research
Visiting Scholars 2012
Elke Krasny, Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien, Vienna, Austria Topic: Shim-Sutcliffe: Crafting Architecture. A Monograph as Critical Reflection Shannon Mattern, The New School, New York, United States Topic: Urban Media Archaeology. Communication Infrastructure and Material Cities Manfredo Nicolis di Robilant, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy Topic: Utility versus(...)
2 April 2012 to 31 August 2012
Visiting Scholars 2012
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Elke Krasny, Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien, Vienna, Austria Topic: Shim-Sutcliffe: Crafting Architecture. A Monograph as Critical Reflection Shannon Mattern, The New School, New York, United States Topic: Urban Media Archaeology. Communication Infrastructure and Material Cities Manfredo Nicolis di Robilant, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy Topic: Utility versus(...)
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2 April 2012 to
31 August 2012
Project
AP142.S1.D182
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File documents an unexecuted project for a new Palazzo dei Congressi in Milan, Italy. This was Aldo Rossi's second proposal for a new Palazzo dei Congressi in Milan. Material in this file was produced between 1987 and 1992. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, presentation drawings, a study model, presentation models, and reprographic copies of views of models. File also contains textual records, including sketches, drawings, maps, photographs, colour photocopies of views, correspondence, an architect's statement, technical reports, building programmes, specifications, standards, regulations, quantity surveys, estimates, a purchase order, calculations, a bidding announcement, a bid, trade catalogues, a technical manual, clippings, labels for drawings, lists of drawings, and notes.
1987-1992
Palazzo dei Congressi (1987-1992)
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AP142.S1.D182
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File documents an unexecuted project for a new Palazzo dei Congressi in Milan, Italy. This was Aldo Rossi's second proposal for a new Palazzo dei Congressi in Milan. Material in this file was produced between 1987 and 1992. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, presentation drawings, a study model, presentation models, and reprographic copies of views of models. File also contains textual records, including sketches, drawings, maps, photographs, colour photocopies of views, correspondence, an architect's statement, technical reports, building programmes, specifications, standards, regulations, quantity surveys, estimates, a purchase order, calculations, a bidding announcement, a bid, trade catalogues, a technical manual, clippings, labels for drawings, lists of drawings, and notes.
File 182
1987-1992
photographs
DR2012:0015:024:003
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File containing photographic materials held in plastic sleeves and glassine, related to the following events, locations, and/or projects: - Melvin Charney’s travels through Italy (118 black-and-white negative frames, 91 contact sheet frames, 1 colour slide); - Corridart project (1 gelatin silver print); - CCA garden (5 colour slides); - Montréal, plus ou moins? (19 black-and-white slides). Materials possibly gathered for inclusion in Louis Martin's 2013 book, On architecture: Melvin Charney: a critical anthology. Original folder inscribed in graphite: AIGEUS MORT OSTIA ANTICA 1961
1960-1961, 1986, 2000
Photographs of various artworks from Melvin Charney's projects and events
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DR2012:0015:024:003
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File containing photographic materials held in plastic sleeves and glassine, related to the following events, locations, and/or projects: - Melvin Charney’s travels through Italy (118 black-and-white negative frames, 91 contact sheet frames, 1 colour slide); - Corridart project (1 gelatin silver print); - CCA garden (5 colour slides); - Montréal, plus ou moins? (19 black-and-white slides). Materials possibly gathered for inclusion in Louis Martin's 2013 book, On architecture: Melvin Charney: a critical anthology. Original folder inscribed in graphite: AIGEUS MORT OSTIA ANTICA 1961
photographs
1960-1961, 1986, 2000
Project
AP142.S1.D131
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File documents an unexecuted project for the renewal of an Italian harbour area. Material in this file was produced in approximately 1988. File contains design development drawings.
[ca. 1988]
Sistemazione di un’area portuale italiana
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AP142.S1.D131
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File documents an unexecuted project for the renewal of an Italian harbour area. Material in this file was produced in approximately 1988. File contains design development drawings.
File 131
[ca. 1988]
Project
AP142.S1.D145
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File documents an executed project for the construction of a hotel, golf club and recreation area in Marina di Pisa, near Tirrenia, Italy. The proposal called for new construction as well as the demolition and renovation of existing structures, including former film studios. Material in this file was produced between 1988 and 1994. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings and presentation drawings. File also contains textual records, including sketches, drawings, correspondence, proposals, architect's reports, a building programme, notes, a schedule, financial records, appraisals, quantity surveys, calculations, specifications, reference documents, regulations, building codes, standards, clippings, promotional material, brochures, a pamphlet, photographic materials and printed images of the site before and during construction.
1988-1994
Sviluppo dell’area Cosmopolitan Pisorno a Tirrenia
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AP142.S1.D145
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File documents an executed project for the construction of a hotel, golf club and recreation area in Marina di Pisa, near Tirrenia, Italy. The proposal called for new construction as well as the demolition and renovation of existing structures, including former film studios. Material in this file was produced between 1988 and 1994. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings and presentation drawings. File also contains textual records, including sketches, drawings, correspondence, proposals, architect's reports, a building programme, notes, a schedule, financial records, appraisals, quantity surveys, calculations, specifications, reference documents, regulations, building codes, standards, clippings, promotional material, brochures, a pamphlet, photographic materials and printed images of the site before and during construction.
File 145
1988-1994
Project
AP140.S2.SS1.D51
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File documents an unexecuted project for the regional government (wilaya) headquarters in Skikda, Algeria. Material in this file was produced between 1975 and 1978. File contains several conceptual and design development drawings for alternative schemes for site layout and buildings. File also contains photographs of site and of models, and textual records including reprographic copies of a 1977 proposal by Italian architectural firm Gregotti Associati for the same site and urban planning studies by Italian engineering firm IN.CO. S.p.A..
1975-1978
Administrative Headquarters, Skikda, Algeria
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AP140.S2.SS1.D51
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File documents an unexecuted project for the regional government (wilaya) headquarters in Skikda, Algeria. Material in this file was produced between 1975 and 1978. File contains several conceptual and design development drawings for alternative schemes for site layout and buildings. File also contains photographs of site and of models, and textual records including reprographic copies of a 1977 proposal by Italian architectural firm Gregotti Associati for the same site and urban planning studies by Italian engineering firm IN.CO. S.p.A..
File 51
1975-1978
Project
AP148.S1.1972.PR02
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Project series documents Poli's design and development work on the Supersurface project created with Superstudio in 1972. Part of Superstudio's project, "Five Fundamental Acts: Life, Education, Ceremony, Love and Death", included films created on each theme, Supersurface was the first in the series ("Life"), and was shown at the 1972 exhibition "Italy: The New Domestic Landscape, Achievements and Problems in Italian Design" at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. The final film had a running time of 15 minutes and was shot in colour on 16 mm film. Material predominantly includes project drawings, collages and sketches, along with a textual and drawn storyboard for the film. The storyboard was sent in a folder made by Poli, which has been retained as part of the fonds. Material in the folder has been kept in the order in which Poli transferred it. Of note are also 3 larger drawings, one of which is a collage of photos featuring Poli, and another is an immense brightly-coloured collage of a young woman on the edge of a sea with a machine floating beaming down on her. These drawings have been signed Alessandro Poli-Superstudio. Also included is a copy of "L'Espresso" magazine dated 4 June 1972 (no. 23), featuring Umberto Eco's article "Dal cucchiaio alla città".
1971-1972
Supersuperficie [Supersurface] (1972)
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AP148.S1.1972.PR02
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Project series documents Poli's design and development work on the Supersurface project created with Superstudio in 1972. Part of Superstudio's project, "Five Fundamental Acts: Life, Education, Ceremony, Love and Death", included films created on each theme, Supersurface was the first in the series ("Life"), and was shown at the 1972 exhibition "Italy: The New Domestic Landscape, Achievements and Problems in Italian Design" at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. The final film had a running time of 15 minutes and was shot in colour on 16 mm film. Material predominantly includes project drawings, collages and sketches, along with a textual and drawn storyboard for the film. The storyboard was sent in a folder made by Poli, which has been retained as part of the fonds. Material in the folder has been kept in the order in which Poli transferred it. Of note are also 3 larger drawings, one of which is a collage of photos featuring Poli, and another is an immense brightly-coloured collage of a young woman on the edge of a sea with a machine floating beaming down on her. These drawings have been signed Alessandro Poli-Superstudio. Also included is a copy of "L'Espresso" magazine dated 4 June 1972 (no. 23), featuring Umberto Eco's article "Dal cucchiaio alla città".
Project
1971-1972
Luigi Ghirri / Aldo Rossi: Things Which Are Only Themselves presents a visual dialogue between two leading figures in contemporary Italian art and culture. Their discussion is based on a sympathy between photographer and architect that is grounded in a shared fascination for a region—the Padana of northern Italy—and a common belief both in the autonomous eye of the(...)
Octagonal gallery
21 August 1996 to 24 November 1996
Luigi Ghirri/Aldo Rossi: Things Which Are Only Themselves
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Luigi Ghirri / Aldo Rossi: Things Which Are Only Themselves presents a visual dialogue between two leading figures in contemporary Italian art and culture. Their discussion is based on a sympathy between photographer and architect that is grounded in a shared fascination for a region—the Padana of northern Italy—and a common belief both in the autonomous eye of the(...)
Octagonal gallery
DR1986:0017
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- This perspective sketch for an interior was formerly believed to be for a chapel or church on the basis of what appeared to be an altar and altarpiece sketched in at the lower right. Alternatively, it was also suggested to be possibly for a palace "salone". It was correctly identified as a preliminary skectch by Juvarra for the salone of the Villa della regina (Turin) in Giuseppe Dardanello «Circa 1730: Filippo Juvarra e le origini del rococò a Torino» in Disegnare L'Ornato, Interni piemontesi di Sei e Settecento, Fondazione Cassa Di Risparmio Di Torino, Torino, Italy, 2007, pp. 199-202.
architecture
ca. 1733
Perspective sketch for the salone of the Villa della Regina, Turin
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DR1986:0017
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- This perspective sketch for an interior was formerly believed to be for a chapel or church on the basis of what appeared to be an altar and altarpiece sketched in at the lower right. Alternatively, it was also suggested to be possibly for a palace "salone". It was correctly identified as a preliminary skectch by Juvarra for the salone of the Villa della regina (Turin) in Giuseppe Dardanello «Circa 1730: Filippo Juvarra e le origini del rococò a Torino» in Disegnare L'Ornato, Interni piemontesi di Sei e Settecento, Fondazione Cassa Di Risparmio Di Torino, Torino, Italy, 2007, pp. 199-202.
architecture
Sub-series
Exhibitions
AP140.S2.SS3
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Sub-series documents exhibitions of the projects of James Stirling, and the successive firms of James Stirling; Stirling and Gowan; James Stirling and Partner; James Stirling, Michael Wilford, and Associates; and Michael Wilford and Partners. Exhibitions were held in London, England and New York City, New York, and several other locations, including Dortmund, Germany; Venice, Rome, Bologna and Vicenza, Italy; and Arc-et-Senans, France. Material in this sub-series was produced between 1969 and 2000. Sub-series contains a few reference and design development drawings, presentation panels, and a small number of working drawings. Photographic materials include views of exhibitions by photographers George Cserna and Bevan Davies. It also contains textual records, including drawings for exhibition layouts, drafts of texts and layouts of exhibition catalogues, clippings and correspondence.
1969-2000
Exhibitions
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AP140.S2.SS3
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Sub-series documents exhibitions of the projects of James Stirling, and the successive firms of James Stirling; Stirling and Gowan; James Stirling and Partner; James Stirling, Michael Wilford, and Associates; and Michael Wilford and Partners. Exhibitions were held in London, England and New York City, New York, and several other locations, including Dortmund, Germany; Venice, Rome, Bologna and Vicenza, Italy; and Arc-et-Senans, France. Material in this sub-series was produced between 1969 and 2000. Sub-series contains a few reference and design development drawings, presentation panels, and a small number of working drawings. Photographic materials include views of exhibitions by photographers George Cserna and Bevan Davies. It also contains textual records, including drawings for exhibition layouts, drafts of texts and layouts of exhibition catalogues, clippings and correspondence.
Sub-Series 3
1969-2000