Project
AP148.S1.1970.PR02
Description:
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.
1969-1971
Architettura Interplanetaria [Interplanetary Architecture] (1970-1971)
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AP148.S1.1970.PR02
Description:
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.
Project
1969-1971
drawings, textual records, photographs
AP148.S1.1972.PR02.001
Description:
70 pages drawings and texts, with graphic materials interspersed throughout. Some textual documents are copies. Material in has been kept in the order in which Poli transferred it to the CCA, and was stored in 7 folders that reflect the divisions he created within the material. Includes materials for the film "Supersuperficie - Vita."
1972
Notes, sketches, and reprographic copies, Supersurface
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AP148.S1.1972.PR02.001
Description:
70 pages drawings and texts, with graphic materials interspersed throughout. Some textual documents are copies. Material in has been kept in the order in which Poli transferred it to the CCA, and was stored in 7 folders that reflect the divisions he created within the material. Includes materials for the film "Supersuperficie - Vita."
drawings, textual records, photographs
1972
PH1987:1223:002
Description:
- There are eighteen single photographs and two promotional panels (each comprising three photographs) which show at least six different housing projects in Frankfurt taken by Ella Bergmann-Michel for a documentary film with the working title 'Frankfurter Siedlungen' [Frankfurt Housing Complexes]: first project -- PH1987:1235 - PH1987:1236, PH1987:1238, PH1987:0531, PH1987:0533, PH1987:0536 - PH1987:0540, PH1987:1223.02:001-003, PH1987:1223.03:001-003); second project -- PH1987:1239, PH1987:0535; and various projects -- PH1987:0534, PH1987:1237, PH1987:0532, PH1987:0530. Photographs PH1987:1241 - PH1987:1242, which also show views of housing projects, are possibly related to the same film project. -- Hoffmann erroneously identifies PH1987:1223.02:001 (p. 70) and PH1987:1223.02:002 (p. 71) as views of Budge-Altersheim, the Budge Foundation Old People's Home in Frankfurt am Main.
between 1927 and 1929
Photo study of a housing project for a documentary film with the working title 'Frankfurter Siedlungen' [Frankfurt Housing Complexes], Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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PH1987:1223:002
Description:
- There are eighteen single photographs and two promotional panels (each comprising three photographs) which show at least six different housing projects in Frankfurt taken by Ella Bergmann-Michel for a documentary film with the working title 'Frankfurter Siedlungen' [Frankfurt Housing Complexes]: first project -- PH1987:1235 - PH1987:1236, PH1987:1238, PH1987:0531, PH1987:0533, PH1987:0536 - PH1987:0540, PH1987:1223.02:001-003, PH1987:1223.03:001-003); second project -- PH1987:1239, PH1987:0535; and various projects -- PH1987:0534, PH1987:1237, PH1987:0532, PH1987:0530. Photographs PH1987:1241 - PH1987:1242, which also show views of housing projects, are possibly related to the same film project. -- Hoffmann erroneously identifies PH1987:1223.02:001 (p. 70) and PH1987:1223.02:002 (p. 71) as views of Budge-Altersheim, the Budge Foundation Old People's Home in Frankfurt am Main.
drawings, textual records, born digital, photographs
AP181.S1.011
Description:
Original directory name: "11_Publikation". File consists chiefly of presentations (Powerpoint, PDF and InDesign files), organized by date and topic such as the double cone, the interior design, the restaurants, the lighting, etc. Often, drawings or images used in the presentations are kept within the same directory. In some instances Adobe InDesign files might have dependencies on those drawings and images, so duplicates were not removed. Presentations seemed to have served various purposes such as showing design proposals or the construction’s progress. Some system files, true type font and photographs predate the BMW Welt project. File notably contains the film commissioned by COOP HIMMELB(L)AU to Imaginary Forces in order to show BMW the magnitude of the project of BMW Welt. A six meter long model was created for this purpose. The film was shown to the client on a 8 x 10 meter screen. Film is in directory "o_Präsentation\050407_INNENAUSBAU" and there are also preliminary and alternate versions in other directories in this file. Most common file formats: JPEG File Interchange Format, Acrobat PDF 1.4 - Portable Document Format, Adobe Illustrator, Encapsulated PostScript File Format, Acrobat PDF 1.5 - Portable Document Format
1995-2007
Presentations, BMW Welt, Munich
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AP181.S1.011
Description:
Original directory name: "11_Publikation". File consists chiefly of presentations (Powerpoint, PDF and InDesign files), organized by date and topic such as the double cone, the interior design, the restaurants, the lighting, etc. Often, drawings or images used in the presentations are kept within the same directory. In some instances Adobe InDesign files might have dependencies on those drawings and images, so duplicates were not removed. Presentations seemed to have served various purposes such as showing design proposals or the construction’s progress. Some system files, true type font and photographs predate the BMW Welt project. File notably contains the film commissioned by COOP HIMMELB(L)AU to Imaginary Forces in order to show BMW the magnitude of the project of BMW Welt. A six meter long model was created for this purpose. The film was shown to the client on a 8 x 10 meter screen. Film is in directory "o_Präsentation\050407_INNENAUSBAU" and there are also preliminary and alternate versions in other directories in this file. Most common file formats: JPEG File Interchange Format, Acrobat PDF 1.4 - Portable Document Format, Adobe Illustrator, Encapsulated PostScript File Format, Acrobat PDF 1.5 - Portable Document Format
drawings, textual records, born digital, photographs
1995-2007
drawings
Quantity:
20 design development drawing(s)
DR1995:0188:161-180
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plans and sections of horizontal and vertical structure, proposed site plans at Lea Valley, axonometric drawings of partial structure, volumetric structural diagram, and grid layouts, section, elevation, plan and axonometric drawings of film model, sections at Mill Meads site, interior perspectives, tables of comparative theatre seating analysis, and sections, plans, and axonometric drawings of stairwell variations
Plans and sections of horizontal and vertical structure
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DR1995:0188:161-180
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plans and sections of horizontal and vertical structure, proposed site plans at Lea Valley, axonometric drawings of partial structure, volumetric structural diagram, and grid layouts, section, elevation, plan and axonometric drawings of film model, sections at Mill Meads site, interior perspectives, tables of comparative theatre seating analysis, and sections, plans, and axonometric drawings of stairwell variations
drawings
Quantity:
20 design development drawing(s)
drawings, photographs
DR1995:0188:505-519
Description:
photographs of model with drawn elements showing interior and exterior perspectives of Fun Palace, exterior perspective of Camden Town proposal, photograph of film crew, photomechanical prints, some on photographic paper of Pilot Project, including perspectives, diagrammatic plans and elevations, plan and axonometric details of Fun Palace, clippings, map of Mill Meads, and Pilot Project axonometric site plan
Perspectives, axonometric drawings, layouts, plans, and annotated photographs of model
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DR1995:0188:505-519
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photographs of model with drawn elements showing interior and exterior perspectives of Fun Palace, exterior perspective of Camden Town proposal, photograph of film crew, photomechanical prints, some on photographic paper of Pilot Project, including perspectives, diagrammatic plans and elevations, plan and axonometric details of Fun Palace, clippings, map of Mill Meads, and Pilot Project axonometric site plan
drawings, photographs
photographs
Quantity:
3 file
Miscellaneous Images
ARCH242868
Description:
Miscellaneous Images: Misc. Photos to be Returned (Cesar Pelli & Associates sketch of 10 Columbus Circle, Richard Meier model for Berlin Office Building, J.P. Kleihues detail of Museum of Pre- and Early- History, Frankfurt Miscellaneous Artists (including Jasper Johns, Jackson Pollock, Sarah Rothe, and architecture and film stills) Kipnis (clippings of various articles by Herbert Muschamp)
Miscellaneous Images
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ARCH242868
Description:
Miscellaneous Images: Misc. Photos to be Returned (Cesar Pelli & Associates sketch of 10 Columbus Circle, Richard Meier model for Berlin Office Building, J.P. Kleihues detail of Museum of Pre- and Early- History, Frankfurt Miscellaneous Artists (including Jasper Johns, Jackson Pollock, Sarah Rothe, and architecture and film stills) Kipnis (clippings of various articles by Herbert Muschamp)
photographs
Quantity:
3 file
photographs
ARCH268585
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Contains photographic materials on 3 projects by Abalos & Herreros: - Polideportivo Parquesol, AP164.S1.1990.D2 (116 slides: plans, interior/exterior/aerial views, collages) - Polideportivo Madrigal de las Altas Torres, AP164.S1.1990.D6 (39 slides: plans, aerial views, model, presentation drawing) - Cityvips, Fuencarral, AP164.S1.1990.D7 (121 slides, 34 colour reversal films: plans, interior/exterior views, construction phase, furnitures)
1990
Ring binder with photographic materials related to three projects by Abalos & Herreros
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ARCH268585
Description:
Contains photographic materials on 3 projects by Abalos & Herreros: - Polideportivo Parquesol, AP164.S1.1990.D2 (116 slides: plans, interior/exterior/aerial views, collages) - Polideportivo Madrigal de las Altas Torres, AP164.S1.1990.D6 (39 slides: plans, aerial views, model, presentation drawing) - Cityvips, Fuencarral, AP164.S1.1990.D7 (121 slides, 34 colour reversal films: plans, interior/exterior views, construction phase, furnitures)
photographs
1990
PHCON2003:0005:046:001
Description:
Reel includes the inscription "Reel A." Sound print including sync marks. A-wind; fullcoat magnetic soundtrack; existing splices; opening splices; grease pencil marks; film creases; perforation damage; sections were held together with masking tape; Large section of leader at end of reel. Fullcoat magnetic tape; inscriptions read: "Reel #4 - mag track - Food - Matta - Snippet and wild sound - evening."
1972
Audio recording for the film "Food"
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PHCON2003:0005:046:001
Description:
Reel includes the inscription "Reel A." Sound print including sync marks. A-wind; fullcoat magnetic soundtrack; existing splices; opening splices; grease pencil marks; film creases; perforation damage; sections were held together with masking tape; Large section of leader at end of reel. Fullcoat magnetic tape; inscriptions read: "Reel #4 - mag track - Food - Matta - Snippet and wild sound - evening."
1972
PH2007:0005
Description:
DVD made from an original film documents the performance by Gordon Matta-Clark and others using his Fresh Air Cart which brought fresh air in tanks to New Yorkers. The performance was presented twice: first on Wall Street in Manhattan on September 8, 1972 and a second time on September 15, 1972 on 42nd Street near Grand Central Station, also in Manhattan.
recorded 1972, transferred 15 April 2006
DVD copy of "Breathe Deep NYC No Charge" (1980) film by Richard P. Rubenstein
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PH2007:0005
Description:
DVD made from an original film documents the performance by Gordon Matta-Clark and others using his Fresh Air Cart which brought fresh air in tanks to New Yorkers. The performance was presented twice: first on Wall Street in Manhattan on September 8, 1972 and a second time on September 15, 1972 on 42nd Street near Grand Central Station, also in Manhattan.
recorded 1972, transferred 15 April 2006