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CD035.S1.1979.PR01.026
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Documents previously stored in a box labelled "BEEKER / AFRIKA / VARIA / ARTIKELEN / EVALATIES / 1979-2010". Contains also copies of agreements, copies correspondence with ambassador of Netherlands in Burkina Faso, reports and urban plannnig shemes for Ouagadougou for the 2000s.
CD035.S1.1979.PR01.026
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Documents previously stored in a box labelled "BEEKER / AFRIKA / VARIA / ARTIKELEN / EVALATIES / 1979-2010". Contains also copies of agreements, copies correspondence with ambassador of Netherlands in Burkina Faso, reports and urban plannnig shemes for Ouagadougou for the 2000s.
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1990-2005
1990-2005
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Reference material, articles and press clippings on the urban planning of Ouagadougou area, Burkina Faso
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CD035.S1.1979.PR01.026
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Documents previously stored in a box labelled "BEEKER / AFRIKA / VARIA / ARTIKELEN / EVALATIES / 1979-2010". Contains also copies of agreements, copies correspondence with ambassador of Netherlands in Burkina Faso, reports and urban plannnig shemes for Ouagadougou for the 2000s.
Reference material, articles and press clippings on the urban planning of Ouagadougou area, Burkina Faso
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CD035.S1.1979.PR01.026
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Documents previously stored in a box labelled "BEEKER / AFRIKA / VARIA / ARTIKELEN / EVALATIES / 1979-2010". Contains also copies of agreements, copies correspondence with ambassador of Netherlands in Burkina Faso, reports and urban plannnig shemes for Ouagadougou for the 2000s.
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textual records
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1990-2005
1990-2005
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AP041.S6
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This series documents Melvin Charney's student years, travels and professional activities, artistic and architectural projects from 1947 to 2010. The series contains notebooks and sketchbooks related to Charney's studies, his travels in Europe, as well as notes and sketches related to his projects. It also contains travel photographs, photographic documentation of his projects and his artworks, collected ephemera of events of interest or events to which he participated, including exhibitions. The series includes also reference materials, such as publications and press clippings, used for his artistic and architectural work, and some awards and honours received by Melvin Charney during his career.
AP041.S6
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This series documents Melvin Charney's student years, travels and professional activities, artistic and architectural projects from 1947 to 2010. The series contains notebooks and sketchbooks related to Charney's studies, his travels in Europe, as well as notes and sketches related to his projects. It also contains travel photographs, photographic documentation of his projects and his artworks, collected ephemera of events of interest or events to which he participated, including exhibitions. The series includes also reference materials, such as publications and press clippings, used for his artistic and architectural work, and some awards and honours received by Melvin Charney during his career.
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1902-2010
1902-2010
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Professional papers and other materials
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AP041.S6
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This series documents Melvin Charney's student years, travels and professional activities, artistic and architectural projects from 1947 to 2010. The series contains notebooks and sketchbooks related to Charney's studies, his travels in Europe, as well as notes and sketches related to his projects. It also contains travel photographs, photographic documentation of his projects and his artworks, collected ephemera of events of interest or events to which he participated, including exhibitions. The series includes also reference materials, such as publications and press clippings, used for his artistic and architectural work, and some awards and honours received by Melvin Charney during his career.
Professional papers and other materials
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AP041.S6
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This series documents Melvin Charney's student years, travels and professional activities, artistic and architectural projects from 1947 to 2010. The series contains notebooks and sketchbooks related to Charney's studies, his travels in Europe, as well as notes and sketches related to his projects. It also contains travel photographs, photographic documentation of his projects and his artworks, collected ephemera of events of interest or events to which he participated, including exhibitions. The series includes also reference materials, such as publications and press clippings, used for his artistic and architectural work, and some awards and honours received by Melvin Charney during his career.
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1902-2010
1902-2010
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Geoff Manaugh examines urban design in the context of epidemiology, pandemics and quarantine, including measures taken by the United States’ government agency Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC. Geoff Manaugh is the author of BLDGBLOG and The BLDGBLOG Book, and a contributing editor at Wired UK. His fall 2009 design studio Landscapes of Quarantine examines(...)
Geoff Manaugh examines urban design in the context of epidemiology, pandemics and quarantine, including measures taken by the United States’ government agency Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC. Geoff Manaugh is the author of BLDGBLOG and The BLDGBLOG Book, and a contributing editor at Wired UK. His fall 2009 design studio Landscapes of Quarantine examines(...)
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Paul Desmarais Theatre
Paul Desmarais Theatre
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22 October 2009 , 7pm
22 October 2009 , 7pm
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Geoff Manaugh: Cities of the CDC
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Geoff Manaugh examines urban design in the context of epidemiology, pandemics and quarantine, including measures taken by the United States’ government agency Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC. Geoff Manaugh is the author of BLDGBLOG and The BLDGBLOG Book, and a contributing editor at Wired UK. His fall 2009 design studio Landscapes of Quarantine examines(...)
Geoff Manaugh: Cities of the CDC
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Geoff Manaugh examines urban design in the context of epidemiology, pandemics and quarantine, including measures taken by the United States’ government agency Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC. Geoff Manaugh is the author of BLDGBLOG and The BLDGBLOG Book, and a contributing editor at Wired UK. His fall 2009 design studio Landscapes of Quarantine examines(...)
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22 October 2009
7pm
22 October 2009
7pm
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Paul Desmarais Theatre
Paul Desmarais Theatre
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Curatorial practice as it emerged during the twentieth century is no doubt being extensively recast. The tremendous change in the status of the object, of culture, of the various disciplines, or information and education, implies an inevitable transformation of the curator’s role and competences. A renewed interest for curatorial practice has emerged within the field of(...)
Curatorial practice as it emerged during the twentieth century is no doubt being extensively recast. The tremendous change in the status of the object, of culture, of the various disciplines, or information and education, implies an inevitable transformation of the curator’s role and competences. A renewed interest for curatorial practice has emerged within the field of(...)
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Paul Desmarais Theatre
Paul Desmarais Theatre
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11 November 2010 to 13 November 2010
11 November 2010 to 13 November 2010
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The CCA in an Expanding Curatorial Field
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Curatorial practice as it emerged during the twentieth century is no doubt being extensively recast. The tremendous change in the status of the object, of culture, of the various disciplines, or information and education, implies an inevitable transformation of the curator’s role and competences. A renewed interest for curatorial practice has emerged within the field of(...)
The CCA in an Expanding Curatorial Field
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Curatorial practice as it emerged during the twentieth century is no doubt being extensively recast. The tremendous change in the status of the object, of culture, of the various disciplines, or information and education, implies an inevitable transformation of the curator’s role and competences. A renewed interest for curatorial practice has emerged within the field of(...)
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11 November 2010 to
13 November 2010
11 November 2010 to
13 November 2010
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Paul Desmarais Theatre
Paul Desmarais Theatre
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drawings
drawings
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Profiles and studies, Edifício de Escritórios na Av. D. Afonso Henriques, Porto (folder 1 of 4)
Profiles and studies, Edifício de Escritórios na Av. D. Afonso Henriques, Porto (folder 1 of 4)
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AP178.S1.1968.PR02.025.1
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Original file title : Avenida da Ponte I. (Nouos - escritorio Arq. Madureira - 25-10-2010) Estudos e 2 ''originais'' do out.68 (AP2- Orig. em reprolar e Ape copia em reprolar). E maitrizes da Avenida Da Ponte II. + Estudos Arq. Siza gav. Do protecto.
AP178.S1.1968.PR02.025.1
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Original file title : Avenida da Ponte I. (Nouos - escritorio Arq. Madureira - 25-10-2010) Estudos e 2 ''originais'' do out.68 (AP2- Orig. em reprolar e Ape copia em reprolar). E maitrizes da Avenida Da Ponte II. + Estudos Arq. Siza gav. Do protecto.
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1968-1974
1968-1974
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Profiles and studies, Edifício de Escritórios na Av. D. Afonso Henriques, Porto (folder 1 of 4)
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AP178.S1.1968.PR02.025.1
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Original file title : Avenida da Ponte I. (Nouos - escritorio Arq. Madureira - 25-10-2010) Estudos e 2 ''originais'' do out.68 (AP2- Orig. em reprolar e Ape copia em reprolar). E maitrizes da Avenida Da Ponte II. + Estudos Arq. Siza gav. Do protecto.
Profiles and studies, Edifício de Escritórios na Av. D. Afonso Henriques, Porto (folder 1 of 4)
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AP178.S1.1968.PR02.025.1
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Original file title : Avenida da Ponte I. (Nouos - escritorio Arq. Madureira - 25-10-2010) Estudos e 2 ''originais'' do out.68 (AP2- Orig. em reprolar e Ape copia em reprolar). E maitrizes da Avenida Da Ponte II. + Estudos Arq. Siza gav. Do protecto.
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1968-1974
1968-1974
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Profiles and studies, Edifício de Escritórios na Av. D. Afonso Henriques, Porto (folder 2 of 4)
Profiles and studies, Edifício de Escritórios na Av. D. Afonso Henriques, Porto (folder 2 of 4)
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AP178.S1.1968.PR02.025.2
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Original file title : Avenida da Ponte I. (Nouos - escritorio Arq. Madureira - 25-10-2010) Estudos e 2 ''originais'' do out.68 (AP2- Orig. em reprolar e Ape copia em reprolar). E maitrizes da Avenida Da Ponte II. + Estudos Arq. Siza gav. Do protecto.
AP178.S1.1968.PR02.025.2
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Original file title : Avenida da Ponte I. (Nouos - escritorio Arq. Madureira - 25-10-2010) Estudos e 2 ''originais'' do out.68 (AP2- Orig. em reprolar e Ape copia em reprolar). E maitrizes da Avenida Da Ponte II. + Estudos Arq. Siza gav. Do protecto.
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1968-1974
1968-1974
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Profiles and studies, Edifício de Escritórios na Av. D. Afonso Henriques, Porto (folder 2 of 4)
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AP178.S1.1968.PR02.025.2
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Original file title : Avenida da Ponte I. (Nouos - escritorio Arq. Madureira - 25-10-2010) Estudos e 2 ''originais'' do out.68 (AP2- Orig. em reprolar e Ape copia em reprolar). E maitrizes da Avenida Da Ponte II. + Estudos Arq. Siza gav. Do protecto.
Profiles and studies, Edifício de Escritórios na Av. D. Afonso Henriques, Porto (folder 2 of 4)
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AP178.S1.1968.PR02.025.2
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Original file title : Avenida da Ponte I. (Nouos - escritorio Arq. Madureira - 25-10-2010) Estudos e 2 ''originais'' do out.68 (AP2- Orig. em reprolar e Ape copia em reprolar). E maitrizes da Avenida Da Ponte II. + Estudos Arq. Siza gav. Do protecto.
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1968-1974
1968-1974
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Profiles and studies, Edifício de Escritórios na Av. D. Afonso Henriques, Porto (folder 3 of 4)
Profiles and studies, Edifício de Escritórios na Av. D. Afonso Henriques, Porto (folder 3 of 4)
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AP178.S1.1968.PR02.025.3
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Original file title : Avenida da Ponte I. (Nouos - escritorio Arq. Madureira - 25-10-2010) Estudos e 2 ''originais'' do out.68 (AP2- Orig. em reprolar e Ape copia em reprolar). E maitrizes da Avenida Da Ponte II. + Estudos Arq. Siza gav. Do protecto.
AP178.S1.1968.PR02.025.3
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Original file title : Avenida da Ponte I. (Nouos - escritorio Arq. Madureira - 25-10-2010) Estudos e 2 ''originais'' do out.68 (AP2- Orig. em reprolar e Ape copia em reprolar). E maitrizes da Avenida Da Ponte II. + Estudos Arq. Siza gav. Do protecto.
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1968-1974
1968-1974
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Profiles and studies, Edifício de Escritórios na Av. D. Afonso Henriques, Porto (folder 3 of 4)
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AP178.S1.1968.PR02.025.3
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Original file title : Avenida da Ponte I. (Nouos - escritorio Arq. Madureira - 25-10-2010) Estudos e 2 ''originais'' do out.68 (AP2- Orig. em reprolar e Ape copia em reprolar). E maitrizes da Avenida Da Ponte II. + Estudos Arq. Siza gav. Do protecto.
Profiles and studies, Edifício de Escritórios na Av. D. Afonso Henriques, Porto (folder 3 of 4)
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AP178.S1.1968.PR02.025.3
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Original file title : Avenida da Ponte I. (Nouos - escritorio Arq. Madureira - 25-10-2010) Estudos e 2 ''originais'' do out.68 (AP2- Orig. em reprolar e Ape copia em reprolar). E maitrizes da Avenida Da Ponte II. + Estudos Arq. Siza gav. Do protecto.
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1968-1974
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AP178.S1.1968.PR02.025.4
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Original file title : Avenida da Ponte I. (Nouos - escritorio Arq. Madureira - 25-10-2010) Estudos e 2 ''originais'' do out.68 (AP2- Orig. em reprolar e Ape copia em reprolar). E maitrizes da Avenida Da Ponte II. + Estudos Arq. Siza gav. Do protecto.
AP178.S1.1968.PR02.025.4
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Original file title : Avenida da Ponte I. (Nouos - escritorio Arq. Madureira - 25-10-2010) Estudos e 2 ''originais'' do out.68 (AP2- Orig. em reprolar e Ape copia em reprolar). E maitrizes da Avenida Da Ponte II. + Estudos Arq. Siza gav. Do protecto.
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1968-1974
1968-1974
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Profiles and studies, Edifício de Escritórios na Av. D. Afonso Henriques, Porto (folder 4 of 4)
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AP178.S1.1968.PR02.025.4
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Original file title : Avenida da Ponte I. (Nouos - escritorio Arq. Madureira - 25-10-2010) Estudos e 2 ''originais'' do out.68 (AP2- Orig. em reprolar e Ape copia em reprolar). E maitrizes da Avenida Da Ponte II. + Estudos Arq. Siza gav. Do protecto.
Profiles and studies, Edifício de Escritórios na Av. D. Afonso Henriques, Porto (folder 4 of 4)
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AP178.S1.1968.PR02.025.4
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Original file title : Avenida da Ponte I. (Nouos - escritorio Arq. Madureira - 25-10-2010) Estudos e 2 ''originais'' do out.68 (AP2- Orig. em reprolar e Ape copia em reprolar). E maitrizes da Avenida Da Ponte II. + Estudos Arq. Siza gav. Do protecto.
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1968-1974
1968-1974
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AP178.S1.1985.PR02.SS2
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This project subseries documents the Projecto para um Edifício de Habitação em Campo di Marte in Giudecca, Italy. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 34/80 A. The office assigned the date 1985 to this project. The building was part of Siza's intervention in Giudecca. The L-shaped housing building included three floors and 32 apartments. The building respected the Venetian architectural style. Due to financial problems, construction of the building stopped in 2010. Construction eventually continued later on and the project was finished in 2016. Documenting this project are sketches, studies and plans. Photographic materials include photographs and negatives of the project site and model. Textual materials include competition documentation, project documentation, notes and technical specifications.
AP178.S1.1985.PR02.SS2
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This project subseries documents the Projecto para um Edifício de Habitação em Campo di Marte in Giudecca, Italy. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 34/80 A. The office assigned the date 1985 to this project. The building was part of Siza's intervention in Giudecca. The L-shaped housing building included three floors and 32 apartments. The building respected the Venetian architectural style. Due to financial problems, construction of the building stopped in 2010. Construction eventually continued later on and the project was finished in 2016. Documenting this project are sketches, studies and plans. Photographic materials include photographs and negatives of the project site and model. Textual materials include competition documentation, project documentation, notes and technical specifications.
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1984-2005
1984-2005
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Projecto para um Edifício de Habitação em Campo di Marte [Housing complex, Campo di Marte], Giudecca, Venice, Italy, (1985)
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AP178.S1.1985.PR02.SS2
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This project subseries documents the Projecto para um Edifício de Habitação em Campo di Marte in Giudecca, Italy. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 34/80 A. The office assigned the date 1985 to this project. The building was part of Siza's intervention in Giudecca. The L-shaped housing building included three floors and 32 apartments. The building respected the Venetian architectural style. Due to financial problems, construction of the building stopped in 2010. Construction eventually continued later on and the project was finished in 2016. Documenting this project are sketches, studies and plans. Photographic materials include photographs and negatives of the project site and model. Textual materials include competition documentation, project documentation, notes and technical specifications.
Projecto para um Edifício de Habitação em Campo di Marte [Housing complex, Campo di Marte], Giudecca, Venice, Italy, (1985)
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AP178.S1.1985.PR02.SS2
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This project subseries documents the Projecto para um Edifício de Habitação em Campo di Marte in Giudecca, Italy. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 34/80 A. The office assigned the date 1985 to this project. The building was part of Siza's intervention in Giudecca. The L-shaped housing building included three floors and 32 apartments. The building respected the Venetian architectural style. Due to financial problems, construction of the building stopped in 2010. Construction eventually continued later on and the project was finished in 2016. Documenting this project are sketches, studies and plans. Photographic materials include photographs and negatives of the project site and model. Textual materials include competition documentation, project documentation, notes and technical specifications.
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1984-2005
1984-2005
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AP148.S1.1970.PR02
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The project series documents Poli's work on the Interplanetary Architecture project, which was also made into a film by Superstudio directed by Alessandro Poli (the film is not included in the fonds). The project reflects Poli's deep fascination with the moon landing in 1969. Poli uses this major media event as a catalyst for thinking about a new approach to architecture and tools for design, including the idea that film and the movie camera should become part of the toolset. The project also seems to be in some way a response to Epoch magazine's challenge for a "Primo concorso di architettura nello spazio" (the first architectural competition in space), and includes much imagery and textual references to a new road or architectural links between the earth and other planets, including an earth moon highway. In his storyboard, Poli also makes reference to his earlier Piper project, and some imagery features wheels and an amusement park. The Interplanetary Architecture project was exhibited by Superstudio in Rome in 1972 and featured in "Casabella" magazine in April 1972 (no. 364). The project was also featured in the 2010 CCA exhibition "Other Space Odysseys". In the accompanying CCA publication, Poli describes this project as "a voyage off earthbound routes in quest of architecture unfettered by the urban nightmare, by induced needs or by planning as the only tool for regulating and solving the world's problems" (Poli quoted in Borasi and Zardini, 2010, 110). Poli's work on this project is deeply tied to the Zeno project, which was also featured in this exhibition and is included in this fonds (see AP148.S1.1972.PR01). For the Zeno project, Poli envisioned a dialogue between astronaut Buzz Aldrin and an Italian peasant, Zeno of Riparbella. Poli felt that these two shared a similarity in that both their homes were isolated capsules, one that provided a lens from which to see the rest of the world and understand their place in it. The material in the series includes numerous photomontages and collages of astronauts in space, as well as drawings of plantery shapes and structures. There are also texts, some of which include calculations of distances and diameters of planets, as well as notebooks and sketchbooks, many of which Poli included in a folder he entitled "Storyboard." The series also includes an unsent letter from Poli to Adolfo Natalini which describes how, after the moon landing, everything - the planet, the moon, the stars - is architecture, and that this will necessitate the need for new design tools, such as the movie camera. Some works are signed Alessandro Poli-Superstudio. Source cited: Giovanna Borasi and Mirko Zardini, eds., Other Space Odysseys, Montreal and Baden: Canadian Centre for Architecture/Lars Müller Publishers, 2010.
AP148.S1.1970.PR02
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The project series documents Poli's work on the Interplanetary Architecture project, which was also made into a film by Superstudio directed by Alessandro Poli (the film is not included in the fonds). The project reflects Poli's deep fascination with the moon landing in 1969. Poli uses this major media event as a catalyst for thinking about a new approach to architecture and tools for design, including the idea that film and the movie camera should become part of the toolset. The project also seems to be in some way a response to Epoch magazine's challenge for a "Primo concorso di architettura nello spazio" (the first architectural competition in space), and includes much imagery and textual references to a new road or architectural links between the earth and other planets, including an earth moon highway. In his storyboard, Poli also makes reference to his earlier Piper project, and some imagery features wheels and an amusement park. The Interplanetary Architecture project was exhibited by Superstudio in Rome in 1972 and featured in "Casabella" magazine in April 1972 (no. 364). The project was also featured in the 2010 CCA exhibition "Other Space Odysseys". In the accompanying CCA publication, Poli describes this project as "a voyage off earthbound routes in quest of architecture unfettered by the urban nightmare, by induced needs or by planning as the only tool for regulating and solving the world's problems" (Poli quoted in Borasi and Zardini, 2010, 110). Poli's work on this project is deeply tied to the Zeno project, which was also featured in this exhibition and is included in this fonds (see AP148.S1.1972.PR01). For the Zeno project, Poli envisioned a dialogue between astronaut Buzz Aldrin and an Italian peasant, Zeno of Riparbella. Poli felt that these two shared a similarity in that both their homes were isolated capsules, one that provided a lens from which to see the rest of the world and understand their place in it. The material in the series includes numerous photomontages and collages of astronauts in space, as well as drawings of plantery shapes and structures. There are also texts, some of which include calculations of distances and diameters of planets, as well as notebooks and sketchbooks, many of which Poli included in a folder he entitled "Storyboard." The series also includes an unsent letter from Poli to Adolfo Natalini which describes how, after the moon landing, everything - the planet, the moon, the stars - is architecture, and that this will necessitate the need for new design tools, such as the movie camera. Some works are signed Alessandro Poli-Superstudio. Source cited: Giovanna Borasi and Mirko Zardini, eds., Other Space Odysseys, Montreal and Baden: Canadian Centre for Architecture/Lars Müller Publishers, 2010.
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1969-1971
1969-1971
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Architettura Interplanetaria [Interplanetary Architecture] (1970-1971)
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AP148.S1.1970.PR02
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The project series documents Poli's work on the Interplanetary Architecture project, which was also made into a film by Superstudio directed by Alessandro Poli (the film is not included in the fonds). The project reflects Poli's deep fascination with the moon landing in 1969. Poli uses this major media event as a catalyst for thinking about a new approach to architecture and tools for design, including the idea that film and the movie camera should become part of the toolset. The project also seems to be in some way a response to Epoch magazine's challenge for a "Primo concorso di architettura nello spazio" (the first architectural competition in space), and includes much imagery and textual references to a new road or architectural links between the earth and other planets, including an earth moon highway. In his storyboard, Poli also makes reference to his earlier Piper project, and some imagery features wheels and an amusement park. The Interplanetary Architecture project was exhibited by Superstudio in Rome in 1972 and featured in "Casabella" magazine in April 1972 (no. 364). The project was also featured in the 2010 CCA exhibition "Other Space Odysseys". In the accompanying CCA publication, Poli describes this project as "a voyage off earthbound routes in quest of architecture unfettered by the urban nightmare, by induced needs or by planning as the only tool for regulating and solving the world's problems" (Poli quoted in Borasi and Zardini, 2010, 110). Poli's work on this project is deeply tied to the Zeno project, which was also featured in this exhibition and is included in this fonds (see AP148.S1.1972.PR01). For the Zeno project, Poli envisioned a dialogue between astronaut Buzz Aldrin and an Italian peasant, Zeno of Riparbella. Poli felt that these two shared a similarity in that both their homes were isolated capsules, one that provided a lens from which to see the rest of the world and understand their place in it. The material in the series includes numerous photomontages and collages of astronauts in space, as well as drawings of plantery shapes and structures. There are also texts, some of which include calculations of distances and diameters of planets, as well as notebooks and sketchbooks, many of which Poli included in a folder he entitled "Storyboard." The series also includes an unsent letter from Poli to Adolfo Natalini which describes how, after the moon landing, everything - the planet, the moon, the stars - is architecture, and that this will necessitate the need for new design tools, such as the movie camera. Some works are signed Alessandro Poli-Superstudio. Source cited: Giovanna Borasi and Mirko Zardini, eds., Other Space Odysseys, Montreal and Baden: Canadian Centre for Architecture/Lars Müller Publishers, 2010.
Architettura Interplanetaria [Interplanetary Architecture] (1970-1971)
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AP148.S1.1970.PR02
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The project series documents Poli's work on the Interplanetary Architecture project, which was also made into a film by Superstudio directed by Alessandro Poli (the film is not included in the fonds). The project reflects Poli's deep fascination with the moon landing in 1969. Poli uses this major media event as a catalyst for thinking about a new approach to architecture and tools for design, including the idea that film and the movie camera should become part of the toolset. The project also seems to be in some way a response to Epoch magazine's challenge for a "Primo concorso di architettura nello spazio" (the first architectural competition in space), and includes much imagery and textual references to a new road or architectural links between the earth and other planets, including an earth moon highway. In his storyboard, Poli also makes reference to his earlier Piper project, and some imagery features wheels and an amusement park. The Interplanetary Architecture project was exhibited by Superstudio in Rome in 1972 and featured in "Casabella" magazine in April 1972 (no. 364). The project was also featured in the 2010 CCA exhibition "Other Space Odysseys". In the accompanying CCA publication, Poli describes this project as "a voyage off earthbound routes in quest of architecture unfettered by the urban nightmare, by induced needs or by planning as the only tool for regulating and solving the world's problems" (Poli quoted in Borasi and Zardini, 2010, 110). Poli's work on this project is deeply tied to the Zeno project, which was also featured in this exhibition and is included in this fonds (see AP148.S1.1972.PR01). For the Zeno project, Poli envisioned a dialogue between astronaut Buzz Aldrin and an Italian peasant, Zeno of Riparbella. Poli felt that these two shared a similarity in that both their homes were isolated capsules, one that provided a lens from which to see the rest of the world and understand their place in it. The material in the series includes numerous photomontages and collages of astronauts in space, as well as drawings of plantery shapes and structures. There are also texts, some of which include calculations of distances and diameters of planets, as well as notebooks and sketchbooks, many of which Poli included in a folder he entitled "Storyboard." The series also includes an unsent letter from Poli to Adolfo Natalini which describes how, after the moon landing, everything - the planet, the moon, the stars - is architecture, and that this will necessitate the need for new design tools, such as the movie camera. Some works are signed Alessandro Poli-Superstudio. Source cited: Giovanna Borasi and Mirko Zardini, eds., Other Space Odysseys, Montreal and Baden: Canadian Centre for Architecture/Lars Müller Publishers, 2010.
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Date:
1969-1971
1969-1971
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