Nîmes. Fontaine
PH1981:0816:039
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This fountain was designed by Questel, architect and sculpted by Pradier. The figures represent the rivers Gardon (Vardo), Eure (Vra) Rhône (Rhonadvs) and the Gallo-Roman city Némausa (Nemavsa). It was inaugurated on 1st of June, 1851 on the Esplanade de Nîmes. (Pieyre, Adolphe, Extrait de la Revue du Midi, 1er novembre 1899, http://www.nimausensis.com/Nimes/FontPradPieyre.htm)
architecture, sculpture
ca. 1861
Nîmes. Fontaine
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PH1981:0816:039
Description:
This fountain was designed by Questel, architect and sculpted by Pradier. The figures represent the rivers Gardon (Vardo), Eure (Vra) Rhône (Rhonadvs) and the Gallo-Roman city Némausa (Nemavsa). It was inaugurated on 1st of June, 1851 on the Esplanade de Nîmes. (Pieyre, Adolphe, Extrait de la Revue du Midi, 1er novembre 1899, http://www.nimausensis.com/Nimes/FontPradPieyre.htm)
architecture, sculpture
textual records
ARCH254133
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correspondence, call for proposal, draft copies of proposal, proposal: Proposal for Comprehensive Community Survey for Metropolitan Saint John, New Brunswick by Saint John Metropolitan Consultants [Foundation of Canada Engineering Corporation Limited, van Ginkel Associates, and Traffic Research Corporation Limited], submitted on January 31, 1964 to Town Planning Commission, City of Saint John, N.B.
1963-1965
St. John, N.B. Study of Metropolitan
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ARCH254133
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correspondence, call for proposal, draft copies of proposal, proposal: Proposal for Comprehensive Community Survey for Metropolitan Saint John, New Brunswick by Saint John Metropolitan Consultants [Foundation of Canada Engineering Corporation Limited, van Ginkel Associates, and Traffic Research Corporation Limited], submitted on January 31, 1964 to Town Planning Commission, City of Saint John, N.B.
textual records
1963-1965
articles
Glasgow Improvements Act
Take care
19th century, albumen silver print, carbon print, Écosse, épreuve argentique à l'albumine, épreuve au charbon, Glasgow, Glasgow City Improvement Trust, health, photoengraving, photographie, photography, photogravure, santé, Scotland, slum, taudis, Thomas Annan, XIXe siècle
17 November 2011
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Project
AP198.S1.1997.PR02
Description:
Project records document the design process for OCEAN North’s competition entry for the Jyväskylä Music and Arts Centre in 1997. The project was titled Terra Cultura by OCEAN North. The international competition called to create a multi-usage space that would include a venue for the symphonic orchestra, a music school, exhibition spaces, and the possibility to host a variety of small cultural events in the Finnish city of Jyväskylä. The proposed site is in the center of the town, across the street from the Jyväskylä city church and its park, and nearby buildings designed by Alvar Aalto. OCEAN North’s concept presents a topological surface as an extension of the surrounding urban scape with two masses that would host the formal functions of the building (concert hall, music school, exhibition halls). The two volumes, or raised blocks, are divided along a diagonal elevated space, which is the extension of the ground’s topological surface filled and dubbed “Liquid Flow Space” by the design team. In their interview with Greg Lynn, Johan Bettum and Kivi Sotamaa mentioned that the idea for Jyväskylä was that it was a cloud. Digital files, in particular, show the process to achieve the projected design. Drawings provide views of streamed particles and of resulting peels. They also include plans, elevations and axonometric views of the structure. Most files are raster or vector images, likely saved from CAD software. A few files are in CAD formats such as Microstation, 3D Studio and form*Z. Digital files also present sine wave analysis and resulting charts for each component of the program. The analysis and charts present the relationships between various components of the building’s program such as the Art Museum, the Concert Halls, the technical space, and the Common facilities. These files are raster images and spreadsheets. Photographs of the site in Jyväskylä and of models built by OCEAN North were digitized and are included with the digital working files. Physical drawings are chiefly floor plans for the building, but also include sections and sketches. Finally, project files include photographic prints of two built models. One of these models, a small model of the conceptual masses of the building structure, is itself in the archive. Photographs show the model in the context of a city scape model. The second model, not part of the archive at CCA, was built at a bigger scale and was an intricate cardboard and wooden stick structure. Sources: Softspace: from a representation of form to a simulation of space, Edited by Sean Lally and Jessica Young. London, New York: Routledge, 2007. Greg Lynn, ed. Archaeology of the Digital 17: OCEAN North, Jyväskylä Music and Arts Centre, Montréal: Canadian Centre for Architecture, 2017. ePub.
1997
Terra Cultura – Jyväskylä Music and Arts Centre, international competition entry
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AP198.S1.1997.PR02
Description:
Project records document the design process for OCEAN North’s competition entry for the Jyväskylä Music and Arts Centre in 1997. The project was titled Terra Cultura by OCEAN North. The international competition called to create a multi-usage space that would include a venue for the symphonic orchestra, a music school, exhibition spaces, and the possibility to host a variety of small cultural events in the Finnish city of Jyväskylä. The proposed site is in the center of the town, across the street from the Jyväskylä city church and its park, and nearby buildings designed by Alvar Aalto. OCEAN North’s concept presents a topological surface as an extension of the surrounding urban scape with two masses that would host the formal functions of the building (concert hall, music school, exhibition halls). The two volumes, or raised blocks, are divided along a diagonal elevated space, which is the extension of the ground’s topological surface filled and dubbed “Liquid Flow Space” by the design team. In their interview with Greg Lynn, Johan Bettum and Kivi Sotamaa mentioned that the idea for Jyväskylä was that it was a cloud. Digital files, in particular, show the process to achieve the projected design. Drawings provide views of streamed particles and of resulting peels. They also include plans, elevations and axonometric views of the structure. Most files are raster or vector images, likely saved from CAD software. A few files are in CAD formats such as Microstation, 3D Studio and form*Z. Digital files also present sine wave analysis and resulting charts for each component of the program. The analysis and charts present the relationships between various components of the building’s program such as the Art Museum, the Concert Halls, the technical space, and the Common facilities. These files are raster images and spreadsheets. Photographs of the site in Jyväskylä and of models built by OCEAN North were digitized and are included with the digital working files. Physical drawings are chiefly floor plans for the building, but also include sections and sketches. Finally, project files include photographic prints of two built models. One of these models, a small model of the conceptual masses of the building structure, is itself in the archive. Photographs show the model in the context of a city scape model. The second model, not part of the archive at CCA, was built at a bigger scale and was an intricate cardboard and wooden stick structure. Sources: Softspace: from a representation of form to a simulation of space, Edited by Sean Lally and Jessica Young. London, New York: Routledge, 2007. Greg Lynn, ed. Archaeology of the Digital 17: OCEAN North, Jyväskylä Music and Arts Centre, Montréal: Canadian Centre for Architecture, 2017. ePub.
Project
1997
articles
The planet is the client
research
Visiting Scholars 2006
Jean Attali, École Nationale Supérieure dArchitecture de Paris-Malaquais, Paris, France Topic: Figures d’énonciation de la pensée architecturale et spatiale: manifestes et oppositions dans les oeuvres d’Aldo Rossi, Peter Eisenman et Rem Koolhaas Cammy Brothers, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, United States Topic: Drawing from Memory: Giuliano da Sangallo and(...)
10 January 2006 to 15 September 2006
Visiting Scholars 2006
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Jean Attali, École Nationale Supérieure dArchitecture de Paris-Malaquais, Paris, France Topic: Figures d’énonciation de la pensée architecturale et spatiale: manifestes et oppositions dans les oeuvres d’Aldo Rossi, Peter Eisenman et Rem Koolhaas Cammy Brothers, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, United States Topic: Drawing from Memory: Giuliano da Sangallo and(...)
research
10 January 2006 to
15 September 2006
Sub-series
Exhibitions
AP140.S2.SS3
Description:
Sub-series documents exhibitions of the projects of James Stirling, and the successive firms of James Stirling; Stirling and Gowan; James Stirling and Partner; James Stirling, Michael Wilford, and Associates; and Michael Wilford and Partners. Exhibitions were held in London, England and New York City, New York, and several other locations, including Dortmund, Germany; Venice, Rome, Bologna and Vicenza, Italy; and Arc-et-Senans, France. Material in this sub-series was produced between 1969 and 2000. Sub-series contains a few reference and design development drawings, presentation panels, and a small number of working drawings. Photographic materials include views of exhibitions by photographers George Cserna and Bevan Davies. It also contains textual records, including drawings for exhibition layouts, drafts of texts and layouts of exhibition catalogues, clippings and correspondence.
1969-2000
Exhibitions
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AP140.S2.SS3
Description:
Sub-series documents exhibitions of the projects of James Stirling, and the successive firms of James Stirling; Stirling and Gowan; James Stirling and Partner; James Stirling, Michael Wilford, and Associates; and Michael Wilford and Partners. Exhibitions were held in London, England and New York City, New York, and several other locations, including Dortmund, Germany; Venice, Rome, Bologna and Vicenza, Italy; and Arc-et-Senans, France. Material in this sub-series was produced between 1969 and 2000. Sub-series contains a few reference and design development drawings, presentation panels, and a small number of working drawings. Photographic materials include views of exhibitions by photographers George Cserna and Bevan Davies. It also contains textual records, including drawings for exhibition layouts, drafts of texts and layouts of exhibition catalogues, clippings and correspondence.
Sub-Series 3
1969-2000
photographs
Nîmes. Fontaine
PH1986:0054:022
Description:
This fountain was designed by Questel, architect and sculpted by Pradier. The figures represent the rivers Gardon (Vardo), Eure (Vra) Rhône (Rhonadvs) and the Gallo-Roman city Némausa (Nemavsa). It was inaugurated on 1st of June, 1851 on the Esplanade de Nîmes. (Pieyre, Adolphe, Extrait de la Revue du Midi, 1er novembre 1899, http://www.nimausensis.com/Nimes/FontPradPieyre.htm)
architecture, sculpture
ca. 1861
Nîmes. Fontaine
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PH1986:0054:022
Description:
This fountain was designed by Questel, architect and sculpted by Pradier. The figures represent the rivers Gardon (Vardo), Eure (Vra) Rhône (Rhonadvs) and the Gallo-Roman city Némausa (Nemavsa). It was inaugurated on 1st of June, 1851 on the Esplanade de Nîmes. (Pieyre, Adolphe, Extrait de la Revue du Midi, 1er novembre 1899, http://www.nimausensis.com/Nimes/FontPradPieyre.htm)
photographs
ca. 1861
architecture, sculpture
textual records
AP075.S3.SS3.016
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Contains: . Award from the City of Vancouver for the Robson Square, ca 1971 . Certificat of the Commemorative Medal for the 125th Anniversary of the Conferedation of Canada in 1992 . Certificat of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012 . Merit award from the Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia for the VanDusen Botanical Garden Visitor Centre in 2012
circa 1971-2016
Awards and certificates to Cornelia Hahn Oberlander from governmental entities
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AP075.S3.SS3.016
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Contains: . Award from the City of Vancouver for the Robson Square, ca 1971 . Certificat of the Commemorative Medal for the 125th Anniversary of the Conferedation of Canada in 1992 . Certificat of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012 . Merit award from the Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia for the VanDusen Botanical Garden Visitor Centre in 2012
textual records
circa 1971-2016
drawings
AP178.S2.1993.001
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This sketchbook contains sketches and notes of the Galician Centre of Contemporary Art in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, the Vitra International factory in Weil am Rhein, Germany, the urban plan for São João in Costa da Caparica, Portugal, and the urban plan for city centre of Montreuil in France. It also includes sketches of people and furniture.
January 1993
Sketchbook 341: Escritorio Filandia - Setubal - Chiado - Caparica - Metro - Santiago - Vitra
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AP178.S2.1993.001
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This sketchbook contains sketches and notes of the Galician Centre of Contemporary Art in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, the Vitra International factory in Weil am Rhein, Germany, the urban plan for São João in Costa da Caparica, Portugal, and the urban plan for city centre of Montreuil in France. It also includes sketches of people and furniture.
drawings
January 1993