In an age of unprecedented human impact on the planet, certain countries stand out for their privileged positions and the complexity of their relationships with the land. Stories about Canada closely follow the discovery and appropriation of vast and varied natural resources as well as changing ideas of the proper relationship between people and their environment.(...)
16 November 2016 to 9 April 2017
It’s All Happening So Fast
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In an age of unprecedented human impact on the planet, certain countries stand out for their privileged positions and the complexity of their relationships with the land. Stories about Canada closely follow the discovery and appropriation of vast and varied natural resources as well as changing ideas of the proper relationship between people and their environment.(...)
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CD037.S5
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This series consists of the Institut für Tropenbau's (Institute for Tropical Building) slide collection on buildings in tropical climates, from the1960s to 2000s. The slides are organized alphabetically by the country documented. The series also includes an inventory of the slides used by the staff members of the Institut to access the slide collection. The inventory arranges the slides alphabetically by country and each slide is numbered.
1960s-2012
Institute of Tropical Building slide collection
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CD037.S5
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This series consists of the Institut für Tropenbau's (Institute for Tropical Building) slide collection on buildings in tropical climates, from the1960s to 2000s. The slides are organized alphabetically by the country documented. The series also includes an inventory of the slides used by the staff members of the Institut to access the slide collection. The inventory arranges the slides alphabetically by country and each slide is numbered.
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1960s-2012
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Chennai House
AP182.S1.2013.D1
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File documents a project for a private house in Chennai, India. The design takes the form of a rectangular pavilion surrounding an open-air courtyard. The site is a former cricket pitch surrounded by a tropical garden. The structure is in granite, a material commonly used in Chennai, paired with lighter materials such as brick and timber. To address the city's hot and humid climate, the house is conceived as a porous structure that allows free circulation of air and water. An integrated irrigation system carries water between the home's corrugated roof, its exterior walls, and a series of surrounding lotus ponds and gardens. This movement mimics the visual and cooling effects of a rain shower multiple times each day. File contains drawings, photographs, and models.
2013-2014
Chennai House
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AP182.S1.2013.D1
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File documents a project for a private house in Chennai, India. The design takes the form of a rectangular pavilion surrounding an open-air courtyard. The site is a former cricket pitch surrounded by a tropical garden. The structure is in granite, a material commonly used in Chennai, paired with lighter materials such as brick and timber. To address the city's hot and humid climate, the house is conceived as a porous structure that allows free circulation of air and water. An integrated irrigation system carries water between the home's corrugated roof, its exterior walls, and a series of surrounding lotus ponds and gardens. This movement mimics the visual and cooling effects of a rain shower multiple times each day. File contains drawings, photographs, and models.
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2013-2014
textual records
AP075.S2.SS3.001
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Includes Berlin city guide, correspondence, printouts of flight and hotel information, photocopy of article, typscript of lecture entitled "Canadian efforts to halt climate change", delivered at TU Berlin - Institut fur Landschaftsarchitektur und Umweltplanung on November 17, 2006. Original folder entitled "Berlin 2006 Nov.".
2006-2007
Correspondence for the planning of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander participation to an exhibition at the Goethe Institute in Berlin, Germany
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AP075.S2.SS3.001
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Includes Berlin city guide, correspondence, printouts of flight and hotel information, photocopy of article, typscript of lecture entitled "Canadian efforts to halt climate change", delivered at TU Berlin - Institut fur Landschaftsarchitektur und Umweltplanung on November 17, 2006. Original folder entitled "Berlin 2006 Nov.".
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2006-2007
While we wait for the climate crisis to convince us that it is real, what is the right attitude to take? Should we panic, start saving food, or just lie down and try to relax? Join us in a temporary tv studio for a live recording of diverse thinkers presenting their work and reflecting on how it suggests different ways forward. To mark the opening of It’s All Happening(...)
16 November 2016
Hostile or docile?
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While we wait for the climate crisis to convince us that it is real, what is the right attitude to take? Should we panic, start saving food, or just lie down and try to relax? Join us in a temporary tv studio for a live recording of diverse thinkers presenting their work and reflecting on how it suggests different ways forward. To mark the opening of It’s All Happening(...)
articles
Troubled Waters
Nature reorganized
20 January 2017
Troubled Waters
The Hudson River as Symbol of America’s Past and Harbinger of the Future
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Nature reorganized
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AP189
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L’installation Météorologie d’intérieur fut présentée au Centre Canadien d’Architecture (CCA) lors de l’exposition Environ(ne)ment (18 octobre 2006-10 juin 2007) et à Rovereto en Italie lors de l’exposition Manifesta 7 (19 juillet-2 novembre 2008). Les documents d’archives de l’installation comprennent le logiciel développé pour l’installation et une sélection des objets installés dans les deux espaces d’exposition. *** The installation Interior Weather was presented at the Candian Centre for Architecture (CCA) as part of the exhibition Environ(ne)ment (October 18, 2006-June 10, 2007) and in Rovereto, Italy as part of Manifesta 7 (July 19-November 2, 2008). The records of the installation Interior Weather include the software developed for the installation and a selection of objects installed in the exhibition spaces.
2000-2008
Philippe Rahm "Interior Weather" installation records
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L’installation Météorologie d’intérieur fut présentée au Centre Canadien d’Architecture (CCA) lors de l’exposition Environ(ne)ment (18 octobre 2006-10 juin 2007) et à Rovereto en Italie lors de l’exposition Manifesta 7 (19 juillet-2 novembre 2008). Les documents d’archives de l’installation comprennent le logiciel développé pour l’installation et une sélection des objets installés dans les deux espaces d’exposition. *** The installation Interior Weather was presented at the Candian Centre for Architecture (CCA) as part of the exhibition Environ(ne)ment (October 18, 2006-June 10, 2007) and in Rovereto, Italy as part of Manifesta 7 (July 19-November 2, 2008). The records of the installation Interior Weather include the software developed for the installation and a selection of objects installed in the exhibition spaces.
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2000-2008
Join us in Toronto for a conversation between writer and activist Naomi Klein and CCA Director Mirko Zardini that will address conflicted and conflicting views of what we call the “natural environment.” What role will architects, landscape architects, urban designers, artists, and activists play in finding ways forward in the face of the climate crisis? This conversation(...)
John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design, University of Toronto
17 October 2016, 6:30pm
What Comes After the Environment?
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Join us in Toronto for a conversation between writer and activist Naomi Klein and CCA Director Mirko Zardini that will address conflicted and conflicting views of what we call the “natural environment.” What role will architects, landscape architects, urban designers, artists, and activists play in finding ways forward in the face of the climate crisis? This conversation(...)
John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design, University of Toronto
articles
From Commodity to Community?
The planet is the client
22 December 2016
The planet is the client
textual records
ARCH276060
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16 files - Group contains office files labeled, "AE General" followed by subjects. Contains: correspondence: David Boulva Cleve; miscellaneous notes; miscellaneous correspondence; personnel applications; visitors to office; personnel correspondence; articles Re climate; biography proofs correspondence; Darlington Amenity Research Trust - Michael Dower; Keith Loffler; energy codes; furniture orders - misc.; Arcology Consultation Service; Bing Thom Association; MacMillan Building renovations, contract documents.
1975-1980
Correspondence, notes, contract and furniture orders from Erickson's office
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ARCH276060
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16 files - Group contains office files labeled, "AE General" followed by subjects. Contains: correspondence: David Boulva Cleve; miscellaneous notes; miscellaneous correspondence; personnel applications; visitors to office; personnel correspondence; articles Re climate; biography proofs correspondence; Darlington Amenity Research Trust - Michael Dower; Keith Loffler; energy codes; furniture orders - misc.; Arcology Consultation Service; Bing Thom Association; MacMillan Building renovations, contract documents.
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1975-1980