Pedro Ignacio Alonso, CCA Visiting Scholar, professor at the Universidad Católica de Chile and Visiting Tutor at the Architectural Association, London, presents the process of donation and installation of Soviet concrete panel factories in Fidel Castro’s Cuba and Salvador Allende’s Chile during the Cold War. Click here for the Facebook event.
Shaughnessy House
26 May 2011 , 6PM
Visiting Scholar Seminar: Pedro Ignacio Alonso
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Pedro Ignacio Alonso, CCA Visiting Scholar, professor at the Universidad Católica de Chile and Visiting Tutor at the Architectural Association, London, presents the process of donation and installation of Soviet concrete panel factories in Fidel Castro’s Cuba and Salvador Allende’s Chile during the Cold War. Click here for the Facebook event.
Shaughnessy House
drawings
Quantity:
33 working drawing(s)
DR1995:0185:178-214
Description:
consultant drawings showing structural details for cables, assemblies, mesh, steps, aviary access equipment, walks, gutters, railings, retaining walls, seats, shelter, entrance gate, concrete supports, including plans, elevations, site plan axonometric drawing, and sections
Consultant drawings showing structural details for cables
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DR1995:0185:178-214
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consultant drawings showing structural details for cables, assemblies, mesh, steps, aviary access equipment, walks, gutters, railings, retaining walls, seats, shelter, entrance gate, concrete supports, including plans, elevations, site plan axonometric drawing, and sections
drawings
Quantity:
33 working drawing(s)
photographs
Quantity:
10 photograph(s)
Photographs of Chandigarh
ARCH269673
Description:
Group consists of photographs of Chandigarh, India, including: - Bas-relief of a tree in concrete - Bas-relief of the "Modulor Man" in concrete - The Assembly tower in construction in the Capitol Complex - Detail of the Assembly cornice (2 photographs) - Workers in a scaffolding - Women carrying a basket in their hands - The administration building at the Panjab University in sector 14 - Children and a baby sleeping in a basket - Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret and Parmeshwari Lal Varma discussing in front of the Chandigarh general layout model
between 1951 and 1965
Photographs of Chandigarh
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ARCH269673
Description:
Group consists of photographs of Chandigarh, India, including: - Bas-relief of a tree in concrete - Bas-relief of the "Modulor Man" in concrete - The Assembly tower in construction in the Capitol Complex - Detail of the Assembly cornice (2 photographs) - Workers in a scaffolding - Women carrying a basket in their hands - The administration building at the Panjab University in sector 14 - Children and a baby sleeping in a basket - Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret and Parmeshwari Lal Varma discussing in front of the Chandigarh general layout model
photographs
Quantity:
10 photograph(s)
between 1951 and 1965
textual records
ARCH274536
Description:
Project manual for the residence, contains technical specifications, form of agreement between owner and contractor, general requirements and special provisions, sitework, concrete and masonry, metals, wood and plastics, thermal and moisture protection, doors and windows, finishes.
circa 1980
Specifications and agreement between owner and contractor
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ARCH274536
Description:
Project manual for the residence, contains technical specifications, form of agreement between owner and contractor, general requirements and special provisions, sitework, concrete and masonry, metals, wood and plastics, thermal and moisture protection, doors and windows, finishes.
textual records
circa 1980
drawings
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21 File
ARCH47015
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floor tile patterns, upset beam, Venetian room, roof hatch, curtain tracks, planting boxes, concrete locker bases, Saskatchewan room ceiling, kitchen entrance, fern stand, lighting cove, showcases, chief cashier, service staff, drainage trenches and hatchways
Floor tile patterns, upset beam, Venetian room, roof hatch, curtain tracks, planting boxes
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ARCH47015
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floor tile patterns, upset beam, Venetian room, roof hatch, curtain tracks, planting boxes, concrete locker bases, Saskatchewan room ceiling, kitchen entrance, fern stand, lighting cove, showcases, chief cashier, service staff, drainage trenches and hatchways
drawings
Quantity:
21 File
archives
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Collection
Ciudad del Sol collection
CD050
Synopsis:
This collection largely documents Pietro Roveda’s Ciudad del Sol project in Mexico from 1907 – 1913. The project was a planned community for workers – a community model that Roveda proposed to implement internationally. The project is documented through planning and presentation materials, reports, newspaper clippings, correspondence, limited drawings, and stationery items.
1907 - 1913
Ciudad del Sol collection
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CD050
Synopsis:
This collection largely documents Pietro Roveda’s Ciudad del Sol project in Mexico from 1907 – 1913. The project was a planned community for workers – a community model that Roveda proposed to implement internationally. The project is documented through planning and presentation materials, reports, newspaper clippings, correspondence, limited drawings, and stationery items.
archives
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collection documentaire
1907 - 1913
drawings
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18 File
ARCH37916
Description:
layout of electrical services, dust collecting apparatus, nurse's work room, radiator change, new elevator, detector heads, 3rd floor wards, booster pump, chapel details, exhaust hood, dark room, telephone equipment, booster heater, concrete and brickwork detail
Layout of electrical services, dust collecting apparatus, nurse's work room, radiator change
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ARCH37916
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layout of electrical services, dust collecting apparatus, nurse's work room, radiator change, new elevator, detector heads, 3rd floor wards, booster pump, chapel details, exhaust hood, dark room, telephone equipment, booster heater, concrete and brickwork detail
drawings
Quantity:
18 File
textual records
ARCH218639
Description:
envelopes and file folders of newspaper and periodical clippings, issues of architectural periodicals, including Amepnko, Casabella, L'architettura, Spazio, Domus, Metron, Der Stahlbau, Arts & Architecture, Architectural Forum, Steel Construction, Informes and Journal of the American Concrete Institute
ca.1951-1963
Envelopes and file folders of newspaper and periodical clippings
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ARCH218639
Description:
envelopes and file folders of newspaper and periodical clippings, issues of architectural periodicals, including Amepnko, Casabella, L'architettura, Spazio, Domus, Metron, Der Stahlbau, Arts & Architecture, Architectural Forum, Steel Construction, Informes and Journal of the American Concrete Institute
textual records
ca.1951-1963
Project
AP075.S1.2005.PR02
Description:
Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's landscape project for the Braun Residence roof deck in Vancouver. The project consists in designing a roof terrace on the 17th floor of the Shawn Tower on West Cordova Street. The design includes a deck paved area with concrete planters, and landscaped area. Oberlander worked on this project in 2004 with the firm James K.M. Cheng Architects Inc. The project series contains correspondence, including with architect, consultants, contractors and client, specifications, financial documents, notes and sketches, and documentation. The project series also includes floor plans and sections of the apartment and plans of the roof deck with landscaping.
2005-2009
Braun Residence rooftop garden, Vancouver, British Columbia (2005)
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AP075.S1.2005.PR02
Description:
Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's landscape project for the Braun Residence roof deck in Vancouver. The project consists in designing a roof terrace on the 17th floor of the Shawn Tower on West Cordova Street. The design includes a deck paved area with concrete planters, and landscaped area. Oberlander worked on this project in 2004 with the firm James K.M. Cheng Architects Inc. The project series contains correspondence, including with architect, consultants, contractors and client, specifications, financial documents, notes and sketches, and documentation. The project series also includes floor plans and sections of the apartment and plans of the roof deck with landscaping.
Project
2005-2009
drawings
AP140.S2.SS1.D33.P27
Description:
site plans, floor plans for apartments and duplexes, schematic elevations, sections and details, including for mechanical systems, concrete panel ribbing, ramps and footbridges, some maps of Bath and Edinburgh, plans of public spaces and squares in Bath and Edinburgh
Site plans, floor plans for apartments and duplexes
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AP140.S2.SS1.D33.P27
Description:
site plans, floor plans for apartments and duplexes, schematic elevations, sections and details, including for mechanical systems, concrete panel ribbing, ramps and footbridges, some maps of Bath and Edinburgh, plans of public spaces and squares in Bath and Edinburgh
drawings