Making Mamak, Emerging curator 2022-2023, Malaysian art collectives, south east asia, commoning
25 August 2024
Field Notes: From an Island to a Peninsula, and Back to Another Island
Clarissa Lim Kye Lee reflects on the findings from Making Mamak
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25 August 2024
Nuit Blanche 2025: 38%
It is time for a systemic change in the way we design and value the built environment. The way we build is not ecologically sustainable. The building industry is responsible for 38% of the worlds annual production of greenhouse gases. During the Nuit Blanche at the CCA, we invite you to come and discuss, reflect and be inspired by the actions of the German architecture(...)
Nuit Blanche 2025
1 March 2025 to 2 March 2025, 7pm to 1am
Nuit Blanche 2025: 38%
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It is time for a systemic change in the way we design and value the built environment. The way we build is not ecologically sustainable. The building industry is responsible for 38% of the worlds annual production of greenhouse gases. During the Nuit Blanche at the CCA, we invite you to come and discuss, reflect and be inspired by the actions of the German architecture(...)
Nuit Blanche 2025
Visiting Scholar Katie Lloyd Thomas presents her research: In the United Kingdom, the naming and selection of building products—or ‘shopping’ on behalf of the client—only became part of the architect’s role during the vast expansion of mass manufacturing in the 1930s. These radical transformations, largely overlooked today, were enthusiastically embraced and debated by(...)
Shaughnessy House
20 July 2017, 6pm
Visiting Scholar Seminar: Katie Lloyd Thomas
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Visiting Scholar Katie Lloyd Thomas presents her research: In the United Kingdom, the naming and selection of building products—or ‘shopping’ on behalf of the client—only became part of the architect’s role during the vast expansion of mass manufacturing in the 1930s. These radical transformations, largely overlooked today, were enthusiastically embraced and debated by(...)
Shaughnessy House
Building Knowledge
This lecture discusses a range of projects from Anupama Kundoo’s practice, research, and teaching. In these distinct but complementary areas of her work, she attempts to build collective knowledge in collaboration with engineers, masons, craftsmen, infrastructure providers, residents, material suppliers, and all other stakeholders involved in constructing and occupying(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
16 April 2015 , 6pm
Building Knowledge
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This lecture discusses a range of projects from Anupama Kundoo’s practice, research, and teaching. In these distinct but complementary areas of her work, she attempts to build collective knowledge in collaboration with engineers, masons, craftsmen, infrastructure providers, residents, material suppliers, and all other stakeholders involved in constructing and occupying(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
Antoni Folkers discusses a collection related to modern architecture in Africa that was recently acquired by the CCA. His account traces the activity of three travellers involved in building the collection: Georg Lippsmeier in the 1950s, Coen Beeker in the 1960s, and Kiran Mukerji in the 1970s. An architect and urban designer, Folkers is the author of Modern Architecture(...)
Shaughnessy House
14 July 2016, 6pm
Antoni Folkers: Modern Architecture in Africa
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Antoni Folkers discusses a collection related to modern architecture in Africa that was recently acquired by the CCA. His account traces the activity of three travellers involved in building the collection: Georg Lippsmeier in the 1950s, Coen Beeker in the 1960s, and Kiran Mukerji in the 1970s. An architect and urban designer, Folkers is the author of Modern Architecture(...)
Shaughnessy House
Learning from... Brussels
Rotor members Michael Ghyoot and Maarten Gielen investigate the processes and practices of material management in Brussels and its suburbs. The concept of waste played a key role in their research and was informed by hundreds of visits to businesses, work sites, and recycling plants. The examination of discarded, unfinished products or those considered of inferior quality(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
19 April 2012 , 7pm
Learning from... Brussels
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Rotor members Michael Ghyoot and Maarten Gielen investigate the processes and practices of material management in Brussels and its suburbs. The concept of waste played a key role in their research and was informed by hundreds of visits to businesses, work sites, and recycling plants. The examination of discarded, unfinished products or those considered of inferior quality(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
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What, if not the family?
A Social Reset
Soirée, gala, family, what if not the family?, Miranda July, Other Architects, Grace Mortlock, David Neustein, Elena Schütz, Julian Schubert, Leonard Streich, Something Fantastic, Edit Collective, Marisa Morán Jahn, Rafi Segal, Carehaus, Johanna Hurme, 5468796 Architecture, Nahira Gerster-Sim, Frida Escobedo, Kumiko Inui, Emanuel Admasu, AD-WO
7 June 2021
What, if not the family?
Guests from multidisciplinary perspectives discuss the spatial implications of ongoing shifts in ideas of the family
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A Social Reset
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AP066.S2.D4
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Le dossier documente la construction de la Coopérative d'habitation L'Union située sur le Boulevard Perras, à Rivières-des-Prairies, Québec. Le budget aloué pour ce projet était de 500 000$. Le dossier contient des dessins, des reprographies et des documents textuels. Description du projet par l'architecte: "La Coopérative d'Habitation l'Union est un groupe de familles haïtiennes qui, collectivement a soutenu un travail durant plus de trois ans pour voir se réaliser un projet de construction de 12 logements coopératifs." Jacques Rousseau, "MAISON VILLA CHALET RÉSIDENCE HUTTE ABRI CABANE…COOP…", texte daté du 2 août 1982.
1981-1982
Coopérative d'habitation L'Union
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AP066.S2.D4
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Le dossier documente la construction de la Coopérative d'habitation L'Union située sur le Boulevard Perras, à Rivières-des-Prairies, Québec. Le budget aloué pour ce projet était de 500 000$. Le dossier contient des dessins, des reprographies et des documents textuels. Description du projet par l'architecte: "La Coopérative d'Habitation l'Union est un groupe de familles haïtiennes qui, collectivement a soutenu un travail durant plus de trois ans pour voir se réaliser un projet de construction de 12 logements coopératifs." Jacques Rousseau, "MAISON VILLA CHALET RÉSIDENCE HUTTE ABRI CABANE…COOP…", texte daté du 2 août 1982.
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1981-1982
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AP066.S5.D1
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Le dossier documente la participation de Rousseau à l'exposition "Les tables urbaines 1, une idée en or", tenue dans la Galerie Christiane Chassay, à Montréal, Québec, du 4 au 25 octobre 1986. L'exposition collective comptait 11 artistes et des architectes. Le dossier contient des documents textuels, des reprographies, des photographies et des dessins. Description du projet : "Dans la mesure du présentable et dans la démesure de l'imprésentable, la maquette de Jacques Rousseau met en situation deux lieux construits en parallèle, la surface terrestre et le sous-sol s'occultant réciproquement." Gaston St-Pierre, " Du poétique de la maquette et de ses répliques ", p. 5. 66-E-001-002T.
4-25 octobre 1986
Du poétique de la maquette et de ses répliques - "Les tables urbaines I - une idée en or"
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AP066.S5.D1
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Le dossier documente la participation de Rousseau à l'exposition "Les tables urbaines 1, une idée en or", tenue dans la Galerie Christiane Chassay, à Montréal, Québec, du 4 au 25 octobre 1986. L'exposition collective comptait 11 artistes et des architectes. Le dossier contient des documents textuels, des reprographies, des photographies et des dessins. Description du projet : "Dans la mesure du présentable et dans la démesure de l'imprésentable, la maquette de Jacques Rousseau met en situation deux lieux construits en parallèle, la surface terrestre et le sous-sol s'occultant réciproquement." Gaston St-Pierre, " Du poétique de la maquette et de ses répliques ", p. 5. 66-E-001-002T.
Dossier 1
4-25 octobre 1986
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AP156.S3.SS1.D22
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Le dossier documente le projet de Pierre Jeanneret pour Unités d'habitation collective en Europe, vers 1946 et 1946. Le matériel dans ce dossier a été produit entre 1946 et 1947. Le dossier contient des dessins et des reprographies, dont des dessins de présentation, et une chemise. File documents Pierre Jeanneret's project for the Communal multi-story dwellings in Europe, around 1946 and 1947. Material in this file was produced between 1946 and 1947. The file contains drawings and reprographic copies, such as presentation drawings, and a folder.
1946-1947
Unités d’habitation collective = Communal multi-story dwellings
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AP156.S3.SS1.D22
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Le dossier documente le projet de Pierre Jeanneret pour Unités d'habitation collective en Europe, vers 1946 et 1946. Le matériel dans ce dossier a été produit entre 1946 et 1947. Le dossier contient des dessins et des reprographies, dont des dessins de présentation, et une chemise. File documents Pierre Jeanneret's project for the Communal multi-story dwellings in Europe, around 1946 and 1947. Material in this file was produced between 1946 and 1947. The file contains drawings and reprographic copies, such as presentation drawings, and a folder.
Dossier 22
1946-1947