Learning from... Mumbai
Rahul Mehrotra presents a reading of Mumbai’s form as a symbol of India’s emerging urban culture. The lecture examines Mumbai, a megalopolis with more than 13 million inhabitants, as two distinct elements that occupy the same physical space. The first, the Static City, built of permanent materials like concrete, steel and brick, can be captured as a two-dimensional entity(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
9 April 2009
Learning from... Mumbai
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Rahul Mehrotra presents a reading of Mumbai’s form as a symbol of India’s emerging urban culture. The lecture examines Mumbai, a megalopolis with more than 13 million inhabitants, as two distinct elements that occupy the same physical space. The first, the Static City, built of permanent materials like concrete, steel and brick, can be captured as a two-dimensional entity(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
photographs
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7 photograph(s)
ARCH269660
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Group consists of various photographs and plans of Chandigarh, India, including: - General layout plans drawn by Le Corbusier - General layout plan of Chandigarh - Master plan for the Post Graduate Institute for Medical Research in sector 12 - Oxen pulling carts - Portrait of two girls at Shimla, near Chandigarh - People near the Sukhna Lake
between 1951 and 1965
Photographs and plans of Chandigarh
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ARCH269660
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Group consists of various photographs and plans of Chandigarh, India, including: - General layout plans drawn by Le Corbusier - General layout plan of Chandigarh - Master plan for the Post Graduate Institute for Medical Research in sector 12 - Oxen pulling carts - Portrait of two girls at Shimla, near Chandigarh - People near the Sukhna Lake
photographs
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7 photograph(s)
between 1951 and 1965
photographs
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6 photograph(s)
Photographs of Chandigarh
ARCH274233
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Group consists of various photographs of Chandigarh, India, including: - Reproduction of a site plan of Brasilia by Maciej Nowicki - Portrait of Le Corbusier with the Bhakra Dam model - Interior of the City Library in sector 17 - Sketch by Le Corbusier - City master plan by Le Corbusier - Detail of the façade of a building in Chandigarh
between 1951 and 1965
Photographs of Chandigarh
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ARCH274233
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Group consists of various photographs of Chandigarh, India, including: - Reproduction of a site plan of Brasilia by Maciej Nowicki - Portrait of Le Corbusier with the Bhakra Dam model - Interior of the City Library in sector 17 - Sketch by Le Corbusier - City master plan by Le Corbusier - Detail of the façade of a building in Chandigarh
photographs
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6 photograph(s)
between 1951 and 1965
drawings
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7 reprographic copy(ies)
ARCH268528
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Group consists of a site plan, elevations and perspectives for various projects in Chandigarh, India, by Maciej (Matthew) Nowicki, including the Civic Centre, the Superblock, the Bazar Office Building, the Central Business District (a preliminary study), the Railroad Station, a single drawing showing a housing study and an apartment block, and an project called Brasilia.
A site plan, elevations and perspectives for various projects in Chandigarh
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ARCH268528
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Group consists of a site plan, elevations and perspectives for various projects in Chandigarh, India, by Maciej (Matthew) Nowicki, including the Civic Centre, the Superblock, the Bazar Office Building, the Central Business District (a preliminary study), the Railroad Station, a single drawing showing a housing study and an apartment block, and an project called Brasilia.
drawings
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7 reprographic copy(ies)
drawings
ARCH268047
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Plans, sections and elevations showing the Museum of Knowledge (“Maison de connaissance”) in Chandigarh, India. 2 sets of plans showing the following levels: 1, 1B, 2 (ground floor), 2B, 3, 4, 4B, and 5. 2 identical sets showing sections and elevations: Section A-A, North West Elevation, North East Elevation, and South West Elevation.
1961
Plans, sections and elevations showing the Museum of Knowledge
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ARCH268047
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Plans, sections and elevations showing the Museum of Knowledge (“Maison de connaissance”) in Chandigarh, India. 2 sets of plans showing the following levels: 1, 1B, 2 (ground floor), 2B, 3, 4, 4B, and 5. 2 identical sets showing sections and elevations: Section A-A, North West Elevation, North East Elevation, and South West Elevation.
drawings
1961
PHCON2002:0016:002:037
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Letter from Alan Saret (c/o Siri Ramanraman, Tirwannamalui, Tamil Nadu, India) to Gordon Matta-Clark (28 E. 4th Street, NYC) thanking him for the money order; Says that he can sell the things he left; Asks again about Sam Wagstaff and says that Heizer and Barbara Rose know him. Saret is learning Sanscrit.
17 June 1971
Letter from Alan Saret to Gordon Matta-Clark
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PHCON2002:0016:002:037
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Letter from Alan Saret (c/o Siri Ramanraman, Tirwannamalui, Tamil Nadu, India) to Gordon Matta-Clark (28 E. 4th Street, NYC) thanking him for the money order; Says that he can sell the things he left; Asks again about Sam Wagstaff and says that Heizer and Barbara Rose know him. Saret is learning Sanscrit.
17 June 1971
photographs
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8 photograph(s)
Photographs of Chandigarh
ARCH269669
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Group consists of various photographs of Chandigarh, India, including: - Circuit House in sector 6 - University Hostel for Boys at the Panjab University in sector 14 - House Type 10-JB in sector 22 - House 12-JE in an unidentified sector - Peon's Houses in an unidentified sector - House 13-J in an unidentified sector - House Type 1 in sector 6
between 1951 and 1965
Photographs of Chandigarh
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ARCH269669
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Group consists of various photographs of Chandigarh, India, including: - Circuit House in sector 6 - University Hostel for Boys at the Panjab University in sector 14 - House Type 10-JB in sector 22 - House 12-JE in an unidentified sector - Peon's Houses in an unidentified sector - House 13-J in an unidentified sector - House Type 1 in sector 6
photographs
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8 photograph(s)
between 1951 and 1965
textual records
AP206.S2.015
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File was originally housed in a binder along with content arranged in AP206.S2.014, AP206.S2.016, AP206.S2.017 and AP206.S2.018. This file includes the following papers: "New Trends in India Architecture," 1972 "Trends in Modern Architecture," 1974 Untitled poems, 1975 "Architecture: The Total Man" "Some thoughts on Architecture," 1974 "Thoughts on Interior Design," 1974 Paper in Hindi "Vibration"
1968-1979
Published and unpublished papers (folder 2 of 5)
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AP206.S2.015
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File was originally housed in a binder along with content arranged in AP206.S2.014, AP206.S2.016, AP206.S2.017 and AP206.S2.018. This file includes the following papers: "New Trends in India Architecture," 1972 "Trends in Modern Architecture," 1974 Untitled poems, 1975 "Architecture: The Total Man" "Some thoughts on Architecture," 1974 "Thoughts on Interior Design," 1974 Paper in Hindi "Vibration"
textual records
1968-1979
drawings
AP206.S3.061
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These drawings consist of architectural drawings "by Prakash, dated 1984, retrospectively recalling the design process of the School of Art while working with Le Corbusier,"[1] frame control drawings, a Chandigarh sun chart and Modulor drawings. [1]Vikramaditya Prakash, One Continuous Line: Art, Architecture and Urbanism of Aditya Prakash (Ahmedabad, India: Mapin Publishing Pvt. Ltd., 2019), 75.
1984
Architectural and Modulor drawings
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AP206.S3.061
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These drawings consist of architectural drawings "by Prakash, dated 1984, retrospectively recalling the design process of the School of Art while working with Le Corbusier,"[1] frame control drawings, a Chandigarh sun chart and Modulor drawings. [1]Vikramaditya Prakash, One Continuous Line: Art, Architecture and Urbanism of Aditya Prakash (Ahmedabad, India: Mapin Publishing Pvt. Ltd., 2019), 75.
drawings
1984
Project
AP206.S1.1985.PR10
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This project series documents the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) in India, likely around 1985-2000. The project was probably for the main campus, located in New Delhi. The project proposed a complete campus made up of round structures and roadways. The roads and buildings were proposed as one and the same, as both the roads and parking would make up the roofs of the buildings. This, it was said, would maximize the campus's space and separate cars from pedestrians. The project also proposed the design of energy efficient and sustainable infrastructure and processes for the campus. The drawings highlight the creation of waste management facilities, a biogas plant, sewage systems, an animal husbandry block, vegetable farming, efficient furniture and windmills mounted on the laboratories. The project is recorded through drawings, which are mostly reprographic copies, textual records and slides, likely dating from around 1985-2000. The drawings consist of a campus diagram, area survey plans, elevations, a section and details, while the textual records consist of a project proposal report. The slides show presentation plans and the project model.
circa 1985-2000
Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi (circa 1985-2000)
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AP206.S1.1985.PR10
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This project series documents the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) in India, likely around 1985-2000. The project was probably for the main campus, located in New Delhi. The project proposed a complete campus made up of round structures and roadways. The roads and buildings were proposed as one and the same, as both the roads and parking would make up the roofs of the buildings. This, it was said, would maximize the campus's space and separate cars from pedestrians. The project also proposed the design of energy efficient and sustainable infrastructure and processes for the campus. The drawings highlight the creation of waste management facilities, a biogas plant, sewage systems, an animal husbandry block, vegetable farming, efficient furniture and windmills mounted on the laboratories. The project is recorded through drawings, which are mostly reprographic copies, textual records and slides, likely dating from around 1985-2000. The drawings consist of a campus diagram, area survey plans, elevations, a section and details, while the textual records consist of a project proposal report. The slides show presentation plans and the project model.
Project
circa 1985-2000