On New Year’s Eve 1987, the people of Gonaïves, an impoverished port town on Haiti’s west coast, awoke to 4,000 tons of toxic ash. Amidst political turmoil in Haiti, officials had approved the import of toxic waste from the United States classified as “fertilizer.” In this case, the ash came from Philadelphia, which was facing a waste management crisis brought on by the(...)
Canada, environment, Jodoin, Müller, It's all happening so fast, toxic, Haiti, voluntary exchange, garbage imperialism, Gonaives
16 March 2017
Here It Is Toxic, There It Is Not
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On New Year’s Eve 1987, the people of Gonaïves, an impoverished port town on Haiti’s west coast, awoke to 4,000 tons of toxic ash. Amidst political turmoil in Haiti, officials had approved the import of toxic waste from the United States classified as “fertilizer.” In this case, the ash came from Philadelphia, which was facing a waste management crisis brought on by the(...)
Canada, environment, Jodoin, Müller, It's all happening so fast, toxic, Haiti, voluntary exchange, garbage imperialism, Gonaives
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AP178.S1.1998.PR07
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This project series documents the C. Cultural e Audit. para a Fundação Ibere Camargo in Porto Alegre, Brazil. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 102/90. The office assigned the date 1998 to this project. At the end of the nineties, an architectural competition was held for the construction of a new building for the Iberê Camargo Foundation. The foundation holds the archives and work of the Brazilian painter Ibere Carmargo, as well as hosts temporary exhibitions and seminars. The project site is located near the Guaíba River, between a cliff and the Avenida Padre Cacique. Collaborators on the project were Barbara Rangel, Pedro Polonia, Michele Gigante, Francesca Montalto, Atsushi Ueno, Rita Amaral, José Luiz Cana, and Camargo Correa. The three-stories building is 88,000 square feet and includes nine galleries, storage spaces, offices, a bookstore, an auditorium, and a video library. Each of the galleries is independent but linked via a system of ramps. One of the unique qualities of the building are the ramps that come out of its concrete façade. Due to the limited space, the parking was built below the Avenida Padre Cacique. The building respects the concept of sustainable development, with a sewage treatment station that redistributes the water to the surrounding vegetation. The museum was Siza's first built project in Brazil and it was inaugurated in 2008. Siza received the Golden Lion award at the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2003 for this project. Documenting this project are sketches, studies, preliminary drawings, working drawings, technical drawings, and electrical drawings. Textual material includes project documentation, correspondence, and documentation regarding exhibitions about the building. Photographic material documents the models, project site, and built project.
1998-2006
C. Cultural e Audit. para a Fundação Iberê Camargo [Iberê Camargo Foundation Museum], Porto Alegre, Brazil (1998)
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AP178.S1.1998.PR07
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This project series documents the C. Cultural e Audit. para a Fundação Ibere Camargo in Porto Alegre, Brazil. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 102/90. The office assigned the date 1998 to this project. At the end of the nineties, an architectural competition was held for the construction of a new building for the Iberê Camargo Foundation. The foundation holds the archives and work of the Brazilian painter Ibere Carmargo, as well as hosts temporary exhibitions and seminars. The project site is located near the Guaíba River, between a cliff and the Avenida Padre Cacique. Collaborators on the project were Barbara Rangel, Pedro Polonia, Michele Gigante, Francesca Montalto, Atsushi Ueno, Rita Amaral, José Luiz Cana, and Camargo Correa. The three-stories building is 88,000 square feet and includes nine galleries, storage spaces, offices, a bookstore, an auditorium, and a video library. Each of the galleries is independent but linked via a system of ramps. One of the unique qualities of the building are the ramps that come out of its concrete façade. Due to the limited space, the parking was built below the Avenida Padre Cacique. The building respects the concept of sustainable development, with a sewage treatment station that redistributes the water to the surrounding vegetation. The museum was Siza's first built project in Brazil and it was inaugurated in 2008. Siza received the Golden Lion award at the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2003 for this project. Documenting this project are sketches, studies, preliminary drawings, working drawings, technical drawings, and electrical drawings. Textual material includes project documentation, correspondence, and documentation regarding exhibitions about the building. Photographic material documents the models, project site, and built project.
Project
1998-2006
Visiting Scholar Irene Sunwoo presents her research: During the 1970s and 1980s, the Architectural Association (AA) in London tested a “marketplace” model of architectural education that supported an array of theoretical investigations. Exploring issues including politics, phenomenology, semiotics, sustainability, literature, and third-world housing, the school became a(...)
Shaughnessy House
27 July 2017, 6pm
Visiting Scholar Seminar: Irene Sunwoo
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Visiting Scholar Irene Sunwoo presents her research: During the 1970s and 1980s, the Architectural Association (AA) in London tested a “marketplace” model of architectural education that supported an array of theoretical investigations. Exploring issues including politics, phenomenology, semiotics, sustainability, literature, and third-world housing, the school became a(...)
Shaughnessy House
textual records
AP075.S3.SS1.019
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Contains typescript text for the following lectures by Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: - The Magic of Sand - Indoors and Out - Planning for Play Everywhere. Play in Hospitals, 1984. - Landscape Architecture in the 20th Century: The Relationship of Architecture and - Landscape Architecture. Museum of Modern Art October 21-22. - Lecture given at the Vancouver Art Gallery, 1954. - The TVA as creator of a Regional Landscape. - Greening the City. University of Texas. November 18, 1994. - The Garden in My Life and My Work. Western Washington University. June 14, 1988. - Nature in the City: or, the City in Nature. Architecture and Urban Studies Alliance, Calgary, Alberta. February 11, 1987. - Address to the Graduating Classes in Agrcultural Sciences, Applied Science, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Community and Regional Planning, Forestry, - Interdisciplinary Studies. The University of British Columbia. May 29, 1991. - The Garden as Art. Van Dusen Botanical Garden. October 2, 1990. - Landscapes that Shaped Vancouver. The Society of Architectural Historians. October 13, 2000. - Breaking Ground. Smith College. March 26, 2001. - Green Spaces: Inspiring Landscapes by Women - Landscape Architecture in the Next Millenium. Hotel Vancouver. March 29, 1999. - Landscape Architecture: Bridge Between Buliding and Nature. Toronto, ON. November 26, 1999. - Limiting Footprints: An Ecological Approach to Landscape Architecture. Harvard University. March 27, 2001. - Leadership in Landscape: Sustainable Development Directions for the Future. Smith College. March 18, 1998. - Linking Places to Design: An Ecological Approach. Alaska Design Forum Lecture. April 1999. - Limiting Footprints: An Ecological Approach to Landscape Architecture. February 22, 2001. - The Meanings of Gardens… Transformed. University of Virginia. March 23, 2001. - Landscape Architecture North of the Arctic Circle. University of Massachusetts, Amherst. March 26, 2007. - Landscape Architecture Aesthetics and Sustainability. Palm Springs, CA. March 15, 2008. - Limiting Footprints: Low Impact Technologies. University of Arkansas. February 20, 2005. - Conservation of 20th Century Canadian Landscapes. ASLA CSLA Montreal. September 22, 2001. - Government Complex of the Province of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC: Changes of a City. October 11, 1979. - Heritage of Green Spaces: Robson Square. Vancouver Heritage Foundation. April 21, 2010. - Where Architecture Meets the Trees. Smith College. February 29, 1992. - Green Roofs and Sustainable Development: Ideas into Action. McGill University. October 21, 2005.
1954-2010
Texts of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander for various lectures
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AP075.S3.SS1.019
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Contains typescript text for the following lectures by Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: - The Magic of Sand - Indoors and Out - Planning for Play Everywhere. Play in Hospitals, 1984. - Landscape Architecture in the 20th Century: The Relationship of Architecture and - Landscape Architecture. Museum of Modern Art October 21-22. - Lecture given at the Vancouver Art Gallery, 1954. - The TVA as creator of a Regional Landscape. - Greening the City. University of Texas. November 18, 1994. - The Garden in My Life and My Work. Western Washington University. June 14, 1988. - Nature in the City: or, the City in Nature. Architecture and Urban Studies Alliance, Calgary, Alberta. February 11, 1987. - Address to the Graduating Classes in Agrcultural Sciences, Applied Science, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Community and Regional Planning, Forestry, - Interdisciplinary Studies. The University of British Columbia. May 29, 1991. - The Garden as Art. Van Dusen Botanical Garden. October 2, 1990. - Landscapes that Shaped Vancouver. The Society of Architectural Historians. October 13, 2000. - Breaking Ground. Smith College. March 26, 2001. - Green Spaces: Inspiring Landscapes by Women - Landscape Architecture in the Next Millenium. Hotel Vancouver. March 29, 1999. - Landscape Architecture: Bridge Between Buliding and Nature. Toronto, ON. November 26, 1999. - Limiting Footprints: An Ecological Approach to Landscape Architecture. Harvard University. March 27, 2001. - Leadership in Landscape: Sustainable Development Directions for the Future. Smith College. March 18, 1998. - Linking Places to Design: An Ecological Approach. Alaska Design Forum Lecture. April 1999. - Limiting Footprints: An Ecological Approach to Landscape Architecture. February 22, 2001. - The Meanings of Gardens… Transformed. University of Virginia. March 23, 2001. - Landscape Architecture North of the Arctic Circle. University of Massachusetts, Amherst. March 26, 2007. - Landscape Architecture Aesthetics and Sustainability. Palm Springs, CA. March 15, 2008. - Limiting Footprints: Low Impact Technologies. University of Arkansas. February 20, 2005. - Conservation of 20th Century Canadian Landscapes. ASLA CSLA Montreal. September 22, 2001. - Government Complex of the Province of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC: Changes of a City. October 11, 1979. - Heritage of Green Spaces: Robson Square. Vancouver Heritage Foundation. April 21, 2010. - Where Architecture Meets the Trees. Smith College. February 29, 1992. - Green Roofs and Sustainable Development: Ideas into Action. McGill University. October 21, 2005.
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1954-2010
The drawings presented in this exhibition are annotated to show the Italian Renaissance master architect Andrea Palladio as a draughtsman considering a blank sheet of paper. Palladio at Work considers a life sustained by drawing, the process by which Palladio’s design was developed, argued, and communicated. Curated by Guido Beltramini and Charles Hind. Co-organized with(...)
Octagonal gallery
3 March 2011 to 22 May 2011
Palladio at Work: An annotated exhibition
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The drawings presented in this exhibition are annotated to show the Italian Renaissance master architect Andrea Palladio as a draughtsman considering a blank sheet of paper. Palladio at Work considers a life sustained by drawing, the process by which Palladio’s design was developed, argued, and communicated. Curated by Guido Beltramini and Charles Hind. Co-organized with(...)
Octagonal gallery
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Eva Hollo Vecsei collection
CD041
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The Eva Hollo Vecsei collection documents the career of Hungarian-Canadian architect Eva Hollo Vecsei with a few materials from her husband’s, Andrei Vecsei, work. Records in this collection, ranging from 1959 to 2019, document key elements of several of Vecsei’s projects, including built and unbuilt designs.
1959-2019
Eva Hollo Vecsei collection
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The Eva Hollo Vecsei collection documents the career of Hungarian-Canadian architect Eva Hollo Vecsei with a few materials from her husband’s, Andrei Vecsei, work. Records in this collection, ranging from 1959 to 2019, document key elements of several of Vecsei’s projects, including built and unbuilt designs.
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1959-2019
Mabel O. Wilson and Jordan Carver present the ongoing advocacy project Who Builds Your Architecture? (WBYA?), which asks architects and allied fields to better understand how the production of buildings connects their practices to migrant construction workers who build their designs. WBYA?, a group of designers, scholars, and activists based in New York City, has(...)
28 January 2016
Practicing Advocacy: Who Builds Your Architecture?
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Mabel O. Wilson and Jordan Carver present the ongoing advocacy project Who Builds Your Architecture? (WBYA?), which asks architects and allied fields to better understand how the production of buildings connects their practices to migrant construction workers who build their designs. WBYA?, a group of designers, scholars, and activists based in New York City, has(...)
H.E.R.E (Homecoming Equity + Regenerative Encounters) and Back Again: Letters, Land, and Living Memory assembles research, storytelling, and community dialogue to explore how relationships to land are remembered, maintained, and reimagined across generations. Initiated in the context of the CCA-Mellon Multidisciplinary Research Program (In the Hurricane, On the Land), the(...)
H.E.R.E. and Back Again: Letters, Land, and Living Memory
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H.E.R.E (Homecoming Equity + Regenerative Encounters) and Back Again: Letters, Land, and Living Memory assembles research, storytelling, and community dialogue to explore how relationships to land are remembered, maintained, and reimagined across generations. Initiated in the context of the CCA-Mellon Multidisciplinary Research Program (In the Hurricane, On the Land), the(...)
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: Ecological Landscapes demonstrates Oberlanders pioneering vision of socially conscious and environmentally sustainable landscape design in Canada. The exhibition presents a selection of projects executed in Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Yellowknife, and Berlin over a period of more than 30 years. Drawings and writings from the CCA’s Oberlander(...)
Octagonal gallery
11 May 2006 to 30 July 2006
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: Ecological Landscapes
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Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: Ecological Landscapes demonstrates Oberlanders pioneering vision of socially conscious and environmentally sustainable landscape design in Canada. The exhibition presents a selection of projects executed in Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Yellowknife, and Berlin over a period of more than 30 years. Drawings and writings from the CCA’s Oberlander(...)
Octagonal gallery
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Fonds
AP075
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The Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds documents Oberlander's professional activities as a landscape architect. It contains over 203 projects that span from 1950 to 2018 predominantly in Canada and in the United States, but also in Germany. The fonds is a complete record of Oberlander's work, and comprises her playground projects, roof gardens, and public space landscapes, as well as landscape designs for private residences, as well as administrative records from her practice, her professional engagements, and her research materials. The material in this fonds is dated from 1936 to 2021.
1936-2021
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds
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AP075
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The Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds documents Oberlander's professional activities as a landscape architect. It contains over 203 projects that span from 1950 to 2018 predominantly in Canada and in the United States, but also in Germany. The fonds is a complete record of Oberlander's work, and comprises her playground projects, roof gardens, and public space landscapes, as well as landscape designs for private residences, as well as administrative records from her practice, her professional engagements, and her research materials. The material in this fonds is dated from 1936 to 2021.
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1936-2021