Starting From... The Bubble
The bubble is a wonder of surface tension. In its architectural interpretation, the bubble can be understood as a feat of engineering or as a metaphor for an enclosed hermetic environment. As such, the bubble emerges, in the architect Cedric Price’s words, “in any shape or any size” as a powerful symbol of the future, or becomes synonymous with the condition of isolation(...)
Hall cases
26 November 2009 to 17 January 2010
Starting From... The Bubble
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The bubble is a wonder of surface tension. In its architectural interpretation, the bubble can be understood as a feat of engineering or as a metaphor for an enclosed hermetic environment. As such, the bubble emerges, in the architect Cedric Price’s words, “in any shape or any size” as a powerful symbol of the future, or becomes synonymous with the condition of isolation(...)
Hall cases
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AP207.S1.1969.PR01
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This project series documents the "Babele" Tavolo, a table design by Pettena in 1967 and produced in 1968 by Gufram, an Italian seat and furniture manufacturer based in Barolo. "A sculpture that has become a stand for objects: it consists of a tree (with a marble base and metal trunk) whose leaf-shelves in lacquered wood can be placed in any position." [1] The table was designed in the context of designing furnishings for Pettena's studio-home in Florence. The project series contains a sketch showing different configurations of the table and its components, drawings, photographs and project descriptions in Italian and in English. Source: [1] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/design-babele-table-1969/ (last accessed 4 November 2019)
circa 1969-2015
Tavolo “Babele“ [Table “Babele”] (1969)
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AP207.S1.1969.PR01
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This project series documents the "Babele" Tavolo, a table design by Pettena in 1967 and produced in 1968 by Gufram, an Italian seat and furniture manufacturer based in Barolo. "A sculpture that has become a stand for objects: it consists of a tree (with a marble base and metal trunk) whose leaf-shelves in lacquered wood can be placed in any position." [1] The table was designed in the context of designing furnishings for Pettena's studio-home in Florence. The project series contains a sketch showing different configurations of the table and its components, drawings, photographs and project descriptions in Italian and in English. Source: [1] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/design-babele-table-1969/ (last accessed 4 November 2019)
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circa 1969-2015
125 Kilos of Books
125 Kilos of Books presents a selection of printed architectural works from the CCA collection dating from the fifteenth century to the present in order to provoke thought about what seems, at first sight, the most banal fact of any book: its size. With dimensions ranging from 10 centimetres to 1 metre, the works are explored through such themes as Buildings are Bigger(...)
Octagonal gallery
23 March 2006 to 30 April 2006
125 Kilos of Books
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125 Kilos of Books presents a selection of printed architectural works from the CCA collection dating from the fifteenth century to the present in order to provoke thought about what seems, at first sight, the most banal fact of any book: its size. With dimensions ranging from 10 centimetres to 1 metre, the works are explored through such themes as Buildings are Bigger(...)
Octagonal gallery
textual records
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14 file
ARCH240884
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Opening Remarks Cynthia Davidson: In Any Event ANYquestions (Jeffrey Kipnis) Warning (Jeffrey Kipnis) Philosopher Panel Intro Discussion - Philosophers Panel - [Roberto Mangabeira] Unger / [Kojin] Karatani Anyone Conference Discussions Discussion - Venue A - [Peter] Eisenman / [Rosalind] Krauss Discussion - Venue A - [Mark. C.] Taylor / [Rem] Koolhaas Discussion - Venue A - [Arata] Isozaki / [Akira] Asada Discussion - Venue B - Morning Discussion - Venue B - Afternoon Schnabel Discussion ANYletters
Opening Remarks, ANYquestions, Discussions
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Opening Remarks Cynthia Davidson: In Any Event ANYquestions (Jeffrey Kipnis) Warning (Jeffrey Kipnis) Philosopher Panel Intro Discussion - Philosophers Panel - [Roberto Mangabeira] Unger / [Kojin] Karatani Anyone Conference Discussions Discussion - Venue A - [Peter] Eisenman / [Rosalind] Krauss Discussion - Venue A - [Mark. C.] Taylor / [Rem] Koolhaas Discussion - Venue A - [Arata] Isozaki / [Akira] Asada Discussion - Venue B - Morning Discussion - Venue B - Afternoon Schnabel Discussion ANYletters
textual records
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14 file
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AP207.S1.1989.PR02
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The project series documents "Mappe Recinti Itinerari Territori", a rug made of eleven small tapestries hand-woven together. Pettena designed this rug for a special production for "Megalopoli" in 1989. Each of the tapestries represent four subjects: itineraries, territories, maps and enclosures. These subjects "are the means required for the definition of space inside or outside those “magic circles” that are the walls of a city, the beginning of a construction, as the rituals that are performed inside any enclosure take on a unique quality and role, different from whatever lies beyond this boundary." [1] The project series contains a reference photograph and photo montages of the eleven small tapestries forming the rug. Source: [1] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/design-itineraries-territories-1989/ (last accessed 11 December 2019).
circa 1989-2015
Mappe Recinti Itinerari Territori [Itineraires Territoires Maps Enclosures] (1989)
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AP207.S1.1989.PR02
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The project series documents "Mappe Recinti Itinerari Territori", a rug made of eleven small tapestries hand-woven together. Pettena designed this rug for a special production for "Megalopoli" in 1989. Each of the tapestries represent four subjects: itineraries, territories, maps and enclosures. These subjects "are the means required for the definition of space inside or outside those “magic circles” that are the walls of a city, the beginning of a construction, as the rituals that are performed inside any enclosure take on a unique quality and role, different from whatever lies beyond this boundary." [1] The project series contains a reference photograph and photo montages of the eleven small tapestries forming the rug. Source: [1] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/design-itineraries-territories-1989/ (last accessed 11 December 2019).
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circa 1989-2015
Édouard Baldus, more than any other photographer, defined the modern landscape and established the standard for architectural photography. The Photographs of Édouard Baldus: Landscapes and Monuments of France chronicles the Golden Age of France as seen by the photographer. The Photographs of Édouard Baldus is organized by chronological sections to reveal the evolution of(...)
Main galleries
25 January 1995 to 23 April 1995
The Photographs of Édouard Baldus: Landscapes and Monuments of France
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Édouard Baldus, more than any other photographer, defined the modern landscape and established the standard for architectural photography. The Photographs of Édouard Baldus: Landscapes and Monuments of France chronicles the Golden Age of France as seen by the photographer. The Photographs of Édouard Baldus is organized by chronological sections to reveal the evolution of(...)
Main galleries
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AP207.S1.1987.PR01
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The project series documents "Paesaggi Della Memoria", an installation presented at the Castello Aragonese, in Otranto in 1987. The installation consists of a small mound of sand on which is placed a plastic open suitcase and plastic cuttings that represent the mountains from Pettena's childhood landscape. This work by Pettena is a "metaphor for any possible personal interpretation of the universal theme of the landscape, bestow on it an artistic significance, the charge carried by the values of poetry, of the memory of a space and a time that here also acquire, thanks to the context, the “Mediterranean” dimension, reinforced by the presence of sand and the essential character of the setting." [1] The project series contains sketches and installation photographs and videos. Source: [1] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/inst-landscapes-of-memory-1987/ (last accessed 11 December 2019).
circa 1987-2015
Paesaggi Della Memoria [Landscapes of Memory] (1987)
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AP207.S1.1987.PR01
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The project series documents "Paesaggi Della Memoria", an installation presented at the Castello Aragonese, in Otranto in 1987. The installation consists of a small mound of sand on which is placed a plastic open suitcase and plastic cuttings that represent the mountains from Pettena's childhood landscape. This work by Pettena is a "metaphor for any possible personal interpretation of the universal theme of the landscape, bestow on it an artistic significance, the charge carried by the values of poetry, of the memory of a space and a time that here also acquire, thanks to the context, the “Mediterranean” dimension, reinforced by the presence of sand and the essential character of the setting." [1] The project series contains sketches and installation photographs and videos. Source: [1] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/inst-landscapes-of-memory-1987/ (last accessed 11 December 2019).
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circa 1987-2015
Shaughnessy House
15 August 2018 to 21 August 2018
Shaughnessy House
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Weaver software
AP174.S2
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This series contains records relating to Weaver, a software script developed by the Emergent Design Group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and written in Maya Embedded Language (MEL) for Alias|Wavefront Maya. Weaver algorithmically generates woven strands and applies these strands to a surface within a 3D design model. The resulting weaves “can be complex, and depend on both the description of the weaver pattern and the topology of any user-defined surface or scaffolding in Maya on which Weaver is applied.”[1] The records in this series date from approximately 2001-2004 and include the script in Maya Executable Language (MEL) and standalone executable formats, annotated source code, tutorials, and file outputs such as images and Maya 3D models. Sources: [1] Testa, Peter and Devyn Weiser. “Material Agency,” in Network Practices: New Strategies in Architecture and Design. New York: Princeton Architectural Press (2007): 128.
ca. 2001-2004
Weaver software
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AP174.S2
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This series contains records relating to Weaver, a software script developed by the Emergent Design Group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and written in Maya Embedded Language (MEL) for Alias|Wavefront Maya. Weaver algorithmically generates woven strands and applies these strands to a surface within a 3D design model. The resulting weaves “can be complex, and depend on both the description of the weaver pattern and the topology of any user-defined surface or scaffolding in Maya on which Weaver is applied.”[1] The records in this series date from approximately 2001-2004 and include the script in Maya Executable Language (MEL) and standalone executable formats, annotated source code, tutorials, and file outputs such as images and Maya 3D models. Sources: [1] Testa, Peter and Devyn Weiser. “Material Agency,” in Network Practices: New Strategies in Architecture and Design. New York: Princeton Architectural Press (2007): 128.
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ca. 2001-2004
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ARCH240659
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Any Exhibition - textual file Eavesdropping on Architecture exhibition tapes (4 video cassettes) [Tape 1] - Eavesdropping on Architecture exhibition tape June 3 - July 10, 2000 / Anyone: Derrida, Unger, Gehry, Gibson / Party Tape 2 - Eavesdropping on Architecture exhibition tape / Anywhere: Kipnis, Libeskind, Diller, Sola-Morales, Isozaki Tape 3 - Eavesdropping on Architecture exhibition tape / Koolhaas, von Berke, Sassen, Tschumi (Anyway), Grosz (Anyplace) Tape 4 - Eavesdropping on Architecture exhibition tape / Anyhow: Kwinter, Eisenman / Anymore: Lynn, Krauss, Vidler
1999 - 2000
Video recordings of Eavesdropping on Architecture Exhibition
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Any Exhibition - textual file Eavesdropping on Architecture exhibition tapes (4 video cassettes) [Tape 1] - Eavesdropping on Architecture exhibition tape June 3 - July 10, 2000 / Anyone: Derrida, Unger, Gehry, Gibson / Party Tape 2 - Eavesdropping on Architecture exhibition tape / Anywhere: Kipnis, Libeskind, Diller, Sola-Morales, Isozaki Tape 3 - Eavesdropping on Architecture exhibition tape / Koolhaas, von Berke, Sassen, Tschumi (Anyway), Grosz (Anyplace) Tape 4 - Eavesdropping on Architecture exhibition tape / Anyhow: Kwinter, Eisenman / Anymore: Lynn, Krauss, Vidler
5 file
1999 - 2000