Architecture, though constrained by boundaries of function and structure, is always ultimately an act of the imagination. Potential Architecture: Construction Toys from the CCA Collection explores twenty-one construction toys, made in the hundred years from 1850 to 1950, that were designed to challenge a child’s creativity. The toys illustrate how children learn to invent(...)
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4 December 1991 to 8 March 1992
Potential Architecture: Construction Toys from the CCA Collection
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Architecture, though constrained by boundaries of function and structure, is always ultimately an act of the imagination. Potential Architecture: Construction Toys from the CCA Collection explores twenty-one construction toys, made in the hundred years from 1850 to 1950, that were designed to challenge a child’s creativity. The toys illustrate how children learn to invent(...)
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AP178.S1.2002.PR06.SS2
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This project subseries documents the Piscina Pública in Pedras Salgadas, Portugal. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 50/00. The office assigned the dates 2008-2010 to this project. This project consisted of two outdoor public pools for the Pedras Salgadas Spa and Nature Park. One large pool was built for adults and a smaller children's pool sat diagonally from it. A small building that contained a bar was also built next to the pools. The project was realized. This project subseries is documented through drawings, photographic materials and textual records dating from 2007-2010. The drawings are mostly printed reprographic copies of CAD drawings, many of which have annotations, showing plans and details. The photographic materials, which are printed digital photos, show the site and construction. The textual records include technical documentation for the water, fire and gas systems, structural and electrical documentation, supplier catalogues, budgets, specifications and correspondence.
2007-2010
Piscina Pública [Public swimming pool], Pedras Salgadas, Portugal (2008-2010)
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AP178.S1.2002.PR06.SS2
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This project subseries documents the Piscina Pública in Pedras Salgadas, Portugal. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 50/00. The office assigned the dates 2008-2010 to this project. This project consisted of two outdoor public pools for the Pedras Salgadas Spa and Nature Park. One large pool was built for adults and a smaller children's pool sat diagonally from it. A small building that contained a bar was also built next to the pools. The project was realized. This project subseries is documented through drawings, photographic materials and textual records dating from 2007-2010. The drawings are mostly printed reprographic copies of CAD drawings, many of which have annotations, showing plans and details. The photographic materials, which are printed digital photos, show the site and construction. The textual records include technical documentation for the water, fire and gas systems, structural and electrical documentation, supplier catalogues, budgets, specifications and correspondence.
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2007-2010
Project
Furniture, Worthing
AP144.S2.D49
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File documents an executed project for children's furniture, in Worthing, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom, and shows designs for custom furniture units for sleeping, working, washing, dressing, and storage for a 9' x 12' room. The project was for the same clients, Mr and Mrs T. L. Blau, who commissioned the garden pavilion, which Price designed in 1962 (AP144.S2.D32). Drawings include fabrication drawings for a bunk bed, dresser, bunk bed tables, wardrobe and retractable desk; perspective and isometric views of proposed bedroom layouts; and construction details of manufactured "Dexion slotted aluminum angle hardware." (Price with Murray 1971, 35). Material from this file was published in "Cedric Price Supplement No. 2", 'Architectural Design', vol. 41, (January 1971), 35. Material in this file was produced between 1963 and 1964. File contains working drawings, textual records, and photographic materials.
1963-1964
Furniture, Worthing
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AP144.S2.D49
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File documents an executed project for children's furniture, in Worthing, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom, and shows designs for custom furniture units for sleeping, working, washing, dressing, and storage for a 9' x 12' room. The project was for the same clients, Mr and Mrs T. L. Blau, who commissioned the garden pavilion, which Price designed in 1962 (AP144.S2.D32). Drawings include fabrication drawings for a bunk bed, dresser, bunk bed tables, wardrobe and retractable desk; perspective and isometric views of proposed bedroom layouts; and construction details of manufactured "Dexion slotted aluminum angle hardware." (Price with Murray 1971, 35). Material from this file was published in "Cedric Price Supplement No. 2", 'Architectural Design', vol. 41, (January 1971), 35. Material in this file was produced between 1963 and 1964. File contains working drawings, textual records, and photographic materials.
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1963-1964
textual records
AP075.S3.SS2.149
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This box contains professional correspondence, organized in chronological order, from 1958-1993, with a bulk of documents dated from 1978-1993. This correspondence contains chiefly letters related to publishing in landscape architecture publications, correspondence with schools of architecture and landscape architects associations, such as the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects, about membership or attendance to events. It also comprises correspondence related to research on play and playgrounds, collaboration with organizations for children education, research and involvement in sustainable development. It also contains correspondence with city planning committees or other governmental institutions related to projects or consultation in landscape design, and letters of reference or offer of services. This correspondence also comprises a few letters related to Oberlander's projects such as Children's Creative Centre Playground at Expo '67 in Montréal, University of British Columbia Faculty Club additions (which includes correspondence with Arthur Erickson), the Museum of Anthropology. It includes mainly letters of congratulations or comments for her design.
1958-1993
Professional correspondence from 1958-1993
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AP075.S3.SS2.149
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This box contains professional correspondence, organized in chronological order, from 1958-1993, with a bulk of documents dated from 1978-1993. This correspondence contains chiefly letters related to publishing in landscape architecture publications, correspondence with schools of architecture and landscape architects associations, such as the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects, about membership or attendance to events. It also comprises correspondence related to research on play and playgrounds, collaboration with organizations for children education, research and involvement in sustainable development. It also contains correspondence with city planning committees or other governmental institutions related to projects or consultation in landscape design, and letters of reference or offer of services. This correspondence also comprises a few letters related to Oberlander's projects such as Children's Creative Centre Playground at Expo '67 in Montréal, University of British Columbia Faculty Club additions (which includes correspondence with Arthur Erickson), the Museum of Anthropology. It includes mainly letters of congratulations or comments for her design.
textual records
1958-1993
Series
Architectural projects
AP166.S1
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Series 1, Architectural Projects (1990-2012, predominant 1990-1996) contains files for seven projects developed by Shoei Yoh and the firm Shoei Yoh + Architects. Six of these projects were developed during the period 1990-1996 in Japan. The Galaxy Toyama Gymnasium in Imizu, Toyama Prefecture, Japan, is the most voluminous project file and is related to two other projects in the series—the Odawara Municipal Sports Complex and the Prospecta Toyama ’92 Observatory Tower. The Odawara Municipal Sports Complex and the Galaxy Toyama Gymnasium were developed at approximately the same time, and, for both projects, digital technology was used to calculate the dimensions of elements in a space frame roof structure. The Galaxy Toyama Gymnasium and the Prospecta Toyama ’92 Observatory Tower were both designed by Shoei Yoh for the 1st Japan Expo Toyama ’92 (JET ‘92) and each of the two project files contains some material related to the other. The Galaxy Toyama Gymnasium project contains CAD files related to the roof design, printouts from computer simulations of the roof, design drawings, presentation material, architectural and structural working drawings, models and textual records. The project file for the Odawara Municipal Sports Complex contains some design drawings--including printouts from computer simulations of the roof, proposal documents and some photographs of the site. The other built projects—the Prospecta Toyama ’92 Observatory Tower, the Glass Station, the Naiju Community Center and Nursery School, and the Uchino Community Center for Seniors and Children—are documented through drawings, models, and photographic material. The final project file in the series--a project for a tower in Taichung, Taiwan—is composed of a few presentation documents. Drawings in the series include hand drawings and printouts or photocopies of images created using digital design software. Apart from the CAD files related to the roof design for the Galaxy Toyama Gymnasium, digital material in the series is composed of still images in .jpg format related to the projects for the Odawara Municipal Sports Complex and the Galaxy Toyama Gymnasium. Some of the documents in .jpg format are duplicates of paper documents in the series.
1990-2012, predominant 1990-1996
Architectural projects
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AP166.S1
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Series 1, Architectural Projects (1990-2012, predominant 1990-1996) contains files for seven projects developed by Shoei Yoh and the firm Shoei Yoh + Architects. Six of these projects were developed during the period 1990-1996 in Japan. The Galaxy Toyama Gymnasium in Imizu, Toyama Prefecture, Japan, is the most voluminous project file and is related to two other projects in the series—the Odawara Municipal Sports Complex and the Prospecta Toyama ’92 Observatory Tower. The Odawara Municipal Sports Complex and the Galaxy Toyama Gymnasium were developed at approximately the same time, and, for both projects, digital technology was used to calculate the dimensions of elements in a space frame roof structure. The Galaxy Toyama Gymnasium and the Prospecta Toyama ’92 Observatory Tower were both designed by Shoei Yoh for the 1st Japan Expo Toyama ’92 (JET ‘92) and each of the two project files contains some material related to the other. The Galaxy Toyama Gymnasium project contains CAD files related to the roof design, printouts from computer simulations of the roof, design drawings, presentation material, architectural and structural working drawings, models and textual records. The project file for the Odawara Municipal Sports Complex contains some design drawings--including printouts from computer simulations of the roof, proposal documents and some photographs of the site. The other built projects—the Prospecta Toyama ’92 Observatory Tower, the Glass Station, the Naiju Community Center and Nursery School, and the Uchino Community Center for Seniors and Children—are documented through drawings, models, and photographic material. The final project file in the series--a project for a tower in Taichung, Taiwan—is composed of a few presentation documents. Drawings in the series include hand drawings and printouts or photocopies of images created using digital design software. Apart from the CAD files related to the roof design for the Galaxy Toyama Gymnasium, digital material in the series is composed of still images in .jpg format related to the projects for the Odawara Municipal Sports Complex and the Galaxy Toyama Gymnasium. Some of the documents in .jpg format are duplicates of paper documents in the series.
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1990-2012, predominant 1990-1996
Inter / Faces
How can architecture respond to a specific urban context? How can the various typologies and cultural needs of diverse inhabitants influence design? How to capture the character of a city through its buildings? Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza’s social housing projects Bonjour Tristesse and Punt en Komma, designed for immigrant communities in Berlin and The Hague(...)
29 November 2015, 2:30pm - 4:30pm
Inter / Faces
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How can architecture respond to a specific urban context? How can the various typologies and cultural needs of diverse inhabitants influence design? How to capture the character of a city through its buildings? Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza’s social housing projects Bonjour Tristesse and Punt en Komma, designed for immigrant communities in Berlin and The Hague(...)
drawings
AP178.S2.2001.001
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This sketchbook includes sketches for the Ribera Serrallo Sports Complex in Barcelona, Spain, and probably for the Viana do Castelo Public Library in Spain. It also contains sketches of Porto Real, childrens, and people, as well as notes from a visit to the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Principe.
February 2001-March 2001
Sketchbook 492: Cornella-S. Tome
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AP178.S2.2001.001
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This sketchbook includes sketches for the Ribera Serrallo Sports Complex in Barcelona, Spain, and probably for the Viana do Castelo Public Library in Spain. It also contains sketches of Porto Real, childrens, and people, as well as notes from a visit to the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Principe.
drawings
February 2001-March 2001
Project
Merrifield, Tone Vale
AP144.S2.D55
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File documents an unexecuted proposal for additions to the Merrifield Unit of the Tone Vale Hospital in Taunton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom. The additions to this children's mental hospital unit were to be implemented in phases due to budget constraints and also because it allowed for a "re-think" of the design and construction between phases. The hospital expansion is based on a modular construction system using an open timber cube, and is similar to that used for the Fun Palace Pilot Project (AP144.S2.D46). A set of stapled drawings includes plans and diagrammatic axonometric drawings which show numerous addition phases and emphasizes the functional relationships between the various phases. A complete sequence of numbered drawings includes plans and axonometric drawings for the existing structure, landscaping, and the modular unit structures for different phases of the additions. Reprographic copies were created from original drawings and notes on some of the copies indicate possible variations in the use of major activity areas in phase 1. A number of drawings are marked with cropping dimensions, possibly for publication purposes. Material in this file was produced in1964. File contains presentation drawings, photographic materials, and textual records.
1964
Merrifield, Tone Vale
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AP144.S2.D55
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File documents an unexecuted proposal for additions to the Merrifield Unit of the Tone Vale Hospital in Taunton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom. The additions to this children's mental hospital unit were to be implemented in phases due to budget constraints and also because it allowed for a "re-think" of the design and construction between phases. The hospital expansion is based on a modular construction system using an open timber cube, and is similar to that used for the Fun Palace Pilot Project (AP144.S2.D46). A set of stapled drawings includes plans and diagrammatic axonometric drawings which show numerous addition phases and emphasizes the functional relationships between the various phases. A complete sequence of numbered drawings includes plans and axonometric drawings for the existing structure, landscaping, and the modular unit structures for different phases of the additions. Reprographic copies were created from original drawings and notes on some of the copies indicate possible variations in the use of major activity areas in phase 1. A number of drawings are marked with cropping dimensions, possibly for publication purposes. Material in this file was produced in1964. File contains presentation drawings, photographic materials, and textual records.
File 55
1964
Shaughnessy House
articles
25 September 2023
Dangerous, Immoral, Ahead of Its Time
Notes on the history of the Fun Palace Project
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