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AP148.S1.1972.PR01
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Project series documents Poli's research and design work on his major project about a peasant farmer named Zeno from Riparbella. This project, entitled "Zeno, una cultura autosufficiente," was presented at the 1978 Venice Biennale with Superstudio as "La Coscienza di Zeno (Zeno's consciousness)". The project also appears to have some overlap with another research project in which Poli and other members of Superstudio were involved: Culture materiale extraurbane. This involved research and the development of a course in the architecture programme at the University of Florence on research into traditional tools and other aspects of rural material culture. The research work on rural culture was published in the magazine Modo (no.7) in March 1978. The Zeno project reflects a major project in Poli's output, with work beginning on it in 1972 and into 1980. There are numerous narratives at work in this project. There is the narrative of Zeno's relationship to the small house built by his grandfather and in which he was born, and has always lived. Alongside this, is Poli's interest in Zeno's relationship to his tools, his clothes, all the material elements of his life in the only house he has ever known. The fictional narrative that Poli weaves into this project involves an imagined encounter between Zeno and astronaut Buzz Aldrin. Poli's fascination with Zeno's material culture extends into a comparison of these two men and their physical interactions with their worlds: both self-sufficient capsules of a kind. Material in this project includes a large number of drawings and collages depicting different domestic and working spaces and tools in Zeno's life. A number of these drawings feature artefacts, such as cloth pillowcases, metal pieces, and a rope. In addition, the project series includes a number of physical artefacts, such as tools and even Zeno's door. A notable element in this series is an artist book by Poli which features a catalogue or register of elements in Zeno's life, detailing everything about his spaces, his working days, and even the food he eats.
1972-1980
Zeno, una cultura autosufficiente [Zeno, a self-sufficient culture] (1972-1980)
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AP148.S1.1972.PR01
Description:
Project series documents Poli's research and design work on his major project about a peasant farmer named Zeno from Riparbella. This project, entitled "Zeno, una cultura autosufficiente," was presented at the 1978 Venice Biennale with Superstudio as "La Coscienza di Zeno (Zeno's consciousness)". The project also appears to have some overlap with another research project in which Poli and other members of Superstudio were involved: Culture materiale extraurbane. This involved research and the development of a course in the architecture programme at the University of Florence on research into traditional tools and other aspects of rural material culture. The research work on rural culture was published in the magazine Modo (no.7) in March 1978. The Zeno project reflects a major project in Poli's output, with work beginning on it in 1972 and into 1980. There are numerous narratives at work in this project. There is the narrative of Zeno's relationship to the small house built by his grandfather and in which he was born, and has always lived. Alongside this, is Poli's interest in Zeno's relationship to his tools, his clothes, all the material elements of his life in the only house he has ever known. The fictional narrative that Poli weaves into this project involves an imagined encounter between Zeno and astronaut Buzz Aldrin. Poli's fascination with Zeno's material culture extends into a comparison of these two men and their physical interactions with their worlds: both self-sufficient capsules of a kind. Material in this project includes a large number of drawings and collages depicting different domestic and working spaces and tools in Zeno's life. A number of these drawings feature artefacts, such as cloth pillowcases, metal pieces, and a rope. In addition, the project series includes a number of physical artefacts, such as tools and even Zeno's door. A notable element in this series is an artist book by Poli which features a catalogue or register of elements in Zeno's life, detailing everything about his spaces, his working days, and even the food he eats.
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1972-1980
archives
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AP181
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The COOP HIMMELB(L)AU BMW Welt project records, 1994-2007, document the design of the firm’s BMW Welt project, also known as BMW World, in Munich, Germany. The archive consists of approximately 52, 400 born-digital files representing the greater part of the digital archive of the project, as well as 52 of the study models made in the earlier stages of the project.
1994-2015
COOP HIMMELB(L)AU BMW Welt project records
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AP181
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The COOP HIMMELB(L)AU BMW Welt project records, 1994-2007, document the design of the firm’s BMW Welt project, also known as BMW World, in Munich, Germany. The archive consists of approximately 52, 400 born-digital files representing the greater part of the digital archive of the project, as well as 52 of the study models made in the earlier stages of the project.
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1994-2015
textual records
DR2012:0015:022:015
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File containing documents in English (predominant), with Dutch and French, including press clippings and reference materials related to the following projects and/or events: - Royal architectural institute of Canada, honorary fellows induction; - Un dictionnaire; - Aux portes du jardin; - 7th Venice Biennale international architecture exhibition; - Melvin Charney's honorary Doctor of Letters, honoris causa, Faculty of Arts and Faculty of Religious Studies, McGill University; - Canadian tribute to human rights; - Commandeur de l'Ordre des arts et des lettres; - Melvin Charney: oeuvres, 1970-1979; - Exhibition at Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto, 2006; - About memory and archive [Autour de la Mémoire et de l'Archive] exhibition; - Skyscraper, waterfall, brooks - a construction; - Visions of the temple; - Parable series; - CCA garden; - Montréal, plus ou moins?; - Corridart. Original folder inscribed in graphite: MC DOSSIER DE PRESSE + WEB
1977, 1994-2009
Press clippings and reference material related to Melvin Charney's projects
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DR2012:0015:022:015
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File containing documents in English (predominant), with Dutch and French, including press clippings and reference materials related to the following projects and/or events: - Royal architectural institute of Canada, honorary fellows induction; - Un dictionnaire; - Aux portes du jardin; - 7th Venice Biennale international architecture exhibition; - Melvin Charney's honorary Doctor of Letters, honoris causa, Faculty of Arts and Faculty of Religious Studies, McGill University; - Canadian tribute to human rights; - Commandeur de l'Ordre des arts et des lettres; - Melvin Charney: oeuvres, 1970-1979; - Exhibition at Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto, 2006; - About memory and archive [Autour de la Mémoire et de l'Archive] exhibition; - Skyscraper, waterfall, brooks - a construction; - Visions of the temple; - Parable series; - CCA garden; - Montréal, plus ou moins?; - Corridart. Original folder inscribed in graphite: MC DOSSIER DE PRESSE + WEB
textual records
1977, 1994-2009
research
Visiting Scholars 2002–2003
Chiara Baglione, IUAV-Istituto Universitario di Archittetura di Venezia, Venice, Italy Topic: Becoming an Architect in the Rome of Urban VIII: Architectural Training and Early Works of Pietro da Cortona Laurent Baridon, Université Marc Bloch, Strasbourg, France Topic: Dinocrate ou l’architecte en représentation Martin Bressani, McGill University, Montreal,(...)
5 January 2003 to 31 August 2003
Visiting Scholars 2002–2003
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Chiara Baglione, IUAV-Istituto Universitario di Archittetura di Venezia, Venice, Italy Topic: Becoming an Architect in the Rome of Urban VIII: Architectural Training and Early Works of Pietro da Cortona Laurent Baridon, Université Marc Bloch, Strasbourg, France Topic: Dinocrate ou l’architecte en représentation Martin Bressani, McGill University, Montreal,(...)
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5 January 2003 to
31 August 2003
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AP171
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This fonds documents the professional practice and activities of the Foreign Office Architects between 1989 and 2011, with a primary focus on their architectural projects. The documents in the fonds include drawings and plans, photographic materials, presentation panels, models, textual records, and digital files relating to 192 projects and international exhibitions . Additionally, the fonds includes material relating to publications, office activities, and research.
circa 1983-2011
Foreign Office Architects fonds
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AP171
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This fonds documents the professional practice and activities of the Foreign Office Architects between 1989 and 2011, with a primary focus on their architectural projects. The documents in the fonds include drawings and plans, photographic materials, presentation panels, models, textual records, and digital files relating to 192 projects and international exhibitions . Additionally, the fonds includes material relating to publications, office activities, and research.
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circa 1983-2011
*Cities of Artificial Excavation: The Work of Peter Eisenman, 1978–1988* explores how American architect and writer Peter Eisenman questioned the concept of “site,” and demonstrates the importance of drawing and modelmaking in generating his ideas. The exhibition reveals the richness and complexity of the design process by looking carefully at Eisenman’s drawings and(...)
Main galleries
2 March 1994 to 19 June 1994
Cities of Artificial Excavation: The Work of Peter Eisenman, 1978-1988
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*Cities of Artificial Excavation: The Work of Peter Eisenman, 1978–1988* explores how American architect and writer Peter Eisenman questioned the concept of “site,” and demonstrates the importance of drawing and modelmaking in generating his ideas. The exhibition reveals the richness and complexity of the design process by looking carefully at Eisenman’s drawings and(...)
Main galleries
research
Visiting Scholars 2012
Elke Krasny, Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien, Vienna, Austria Topic: Shim-Sutcliffe: Crafting Architecture. A Monograph as Critical Reflection Shannon Mattern, The New School, New York, United States Topic: Urban Media Archaeology. Communication Infrastructure and Material Cities Manfredo Nicolis di Robilant, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy Topic: Utility versus(...)
2 April 2012 to 31 August 2012
Visiting Scholars 2012
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Elke Krasny, Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien, Vienna, Austria Topic: Shim-Sutcliffe: Crafting Architecture. A Monograph as Critical Reflection Shannon Mattern, The New School, New York, United States Topic: Urban Media Archaeology. Communication Infrastructure and Material Cities Manfredo Nicolis di Robilant, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy Topic: Utility versus(...)
research
2 April 2012 to
31 August 2012
photographs
DR2012:0012:112:002
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Ring binder containing transparencies, related to the following projects from 1970 to 1989: - Une histoire, 1974-1977 (4 transparencies); - Fragments, 1975-1978 (1 transparency); - Streetwork, 1978 (3 transparencies); - Edifice, 1979 (2 transparencies, including 1 duplicate); - A Chicago construction, 1981-1983 (4 transparencies, including 1 duplicate); - A Toronto construction, 1982 (1 transparency); - A construction in Venice, 1985-1986 (2 transparencies); - Pliny on my mind, 1983 (1 transparency); - German series 1, 1980-1983 (6 transparencies, including 3 duplicates); - German series 2, 1981-1985 (2 transparencies, including 1 duplicate); - German series 3, 1980-1990 (3 transparencies, including 2 duplicates); - German series 4, 1983-1987 (3 transparencies); - From Laugier to Popova, 1985 (3 transparencies, including 1 duplicate); - A Lethbridge construction, 1985 (5 transparencies, including 2 duplicates); - CCA garden, 1987-1990 (40 transparencies, 1 negative, including 11 duplicates).
1975-1990
Photographs of various artworks from Melvin Charney's projects
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DR2012:0012:112:002
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Ring binder containing transparencies, related to the following projects from 1970 to 1989: - Une histoire, 1974-1977 (4 transparencies); - Fragments, 1975-1978 (1 transparency); - Streetwork, 1978 (3 transparencies); - Edifice, 1979 (2 transparencies, including 1 duplicate); - A Chicago construction, 1981-1983 (4 transparencies, including 1 duplicate); - A Toronto construction, 1982 (1 transparency); - A construction in Venice, 1985-1986 (2 transparencies); - Pliny on my mind, 1983 (1 transparency); - German series 1, 1980-1983 (6 transparencies, including 3 duplicates); - German series 2, 1981-1985 (2 transparencies, including 1 duplicate); - German series 3, 1980-1990 (3 transparencies, including 2 duplicates); - German series 4, 1983-1987 (3 transparencies); - From Laugier to Popova, 1985 (3 transparencies, including 1 duplicate); - A Lethbridge construction, 1985 (5 transparencies, including 2 duplicates); - CCA garden, 1987-1990 (40 transparencies, 1 negative, including 11 duplicates).
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1975-1990
graphic materials
DR2012:0015:027
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Portfolio containing ephemera and posters advertising the following conferences, events, and exhibitions: - mailout/poster for a Frank Stella exhibition at Leo Castelli Gallery, New York; - mailout/poster for an exhibition at the Hyde Park Art Centre, Chicago; - posters for the 7th Venice biennale of architeture; - poster for the 1. Kolloquium Funktionialismus, Hamburg; - poster for a Jean Rustin exhibition at Maison de la culture et des loisirs; - signed poster for a Ric Evans exhibition, at David Mirvish Books, Toronto; - poster for an Edward Keinholz exhibition, London; - poster for a Frank Auerbach exhibition at the 42nd Venice Biennale; - paper placemat of the Taj Mahal; - poster of Hindu deities; - poster for Perspecta, the Yale School of design journal, in which Melvin Charney's article, Experimental strategies: notes for environmental design, appeared in the 11th edition; - poster of Albrecht Dürer's Rhinoceros; - mailout/poster for a Roy Lichtenstein exhibition at Leo Castelli gallery; - poster for a Pierre Alechinsky exhibition, in Brussels; - poster for an exhibition on Pliny the Younger's La villa Laurentine, Paris; - poster for an exhibition, Places and monuments, in Paris; - poster for an event at George Gund Hall, Harvard; - posters for the exhibition, Rothmans salutes citysite sculpture, Visual Arts Ontario, Toronto (Melvin Charney participated); - poster for event, Coop Himmelblau: der Engel des Tons; - poster, "Seize the time"; - poster, "Meeting solidarité Chili"; - poster for Don Judd exhibition at Leo Castelli Gallery, New York; - posters for Aurora Borealis event at le Centre international d'art contemporain de Montréal (Melvin Charney participated); - poster for James Stirling exhibition at Riba Heinz Gallery, London; - untitled poster; - poster for political demonstration, UQAM; - poster for Joe Zucker exhibition, Combinations, at Holly Solomon Gallery, New York; - poster, "The drifting acropolis"; - poster for Lucas Samaras exhibition, Reconstructions, boxes, and photo-transformations, at Richard Grey Gallery, Chicago; - poster for Erica Lennard exhibition, Les femmes, les soeurs, at Agatha Gaillard Gallery, Paris.
1965-1985, 1994, 2000-2003
Portfolio of assorted posters
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DR2012:0015:027
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Portfolio containing ephemera and posters advertising the following conferences, events, and exhibitions: - mailout/poster for a Frank Stella exhibition at Leo Castelli Gallery, New York; - mailout/poster for an exhibition at the Hyde Park Art Centre, Chicago; - posters for the 7th Venice biennale of architeture; - poster for the 1. Kolloquium Funktionialismus, Hamburg; - poster for a Jean Rustin exhibition at Maison de la culture et des loisirs; - signed poster for a Ric Evans exhibition, at David Mirvish Books, Toronto; - poster for an Edward Keinholz exhibition, London; - poster for a Frank Auerbach exhibition at the 42nd Venice Biennale; - paper placemat of the Taj Mahal; - poster of Hindu deities; - poster for Perspecta, the Yale School of design journal, in which Melvin Charney's article, Experimental strategies: notes for environmental design, appeared in the 11th edition; - poster of Albrecht Dürer's Rhinoceros; - mailout/poster for a Roy Lichtenstein exhibition at Leo Castelli gallery; - poster for a Pierre Alechinsky exhibition, in Brussels; - poster for an exhibition on Pliny the Younger's La villa Laurentine, Paris; - poster for an exhibition, Places and monuments, in Paris; - poster for an event at George Gund Hall, Harvard; - posters for the exhibition, Rothmans salutes citysite sculpture, Visual Arts Ontario, Toronto (Melvin Charney participated); - poster for event, Coop Himmelblau: der Engel des Tons; - poster, "Seize the time"; - poster, "Meeting solidarité Chili"; - poster for Don Judd exhibition at Leo Castelli Gallery, New York; - posters for Aurora Borealis event at le Centre international d'art contemporain de Montréal (Melvin Charney participated); - poster for James Stirling exhibition at Riba Heinz Gallery, London; - untitled poster; - poster for political demonstration, UQAM; - poster for Joe Zucker exhibition, Combinations, at Holly Solomon Gallery, New York; - poster, "The drifting acropolis"; - poster for Lucas Samaras exhibition, Reconstructions, boxes, and photo-transformations, at Richard Grey Gallery, Chicago; - poster for Erica Lennard exhibition, Les femmes, les soeurs, at Agatha Gaillard Gallery, Paris.
graphic materials
1965-1985, 1994, 2000-2003
photographs
AP140.S2.SS7.D2.P8
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views of projects by the successive firms of James Stirling, James Stirling and Partner and James Stirling, Michael Wilford, and Associates, including the History Faculty Building, University of Cambridge, and Dorman Long Headquarters, and one view of the State Gallery Addition and New Chamber Theatre, and of the Biennale Bookshop, also views of Liverpool, probably photographed in the early 1960s, of the Maison de verre in Paris by architect Pierre Charreau, of the Villa Lante, in Bagnaia, Italy, of Villa Caprola, of churches by architect Balthasar Neumann, of buildings by architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel, also views of Gloucester, Oxford, Salisbury, Longleat, Blenheim, Bath and Stourhead, and of travels in the United States, probably photographed in the 1950s or early 1960s, in Berlin, in Italy, dated 1975, Spain, dated 1976, India, dated 1975 and 1986, Iran, dated 1976, Lambay Island, dated 1981, and Venice, dated 1984
Views of projects by the successive firms of James Stirling
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AP140.S2.SS7.D2.P8
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views of projects by the successive firms of James Stirling, James Stirling and Partner and James Stirling, Michael Wilford, and Associates, including the History Faculty Building, University of Cambridge, and Dorman Long Headquarters, and one view of the State Gallery Addition and New Chamber Theatre, and of the Biennale Bookshop, also views of Liverpool, probably photographed in the early 1960s, of the Maison de verre in Paris by architect Pierre Charreau, of the Villa Lante, in Bagnaia, Italy, of Villa Caprola, of churches by architect Balthasar Neumann, of buildings by architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel, also views of Gloucester, Oxford, Salisbury, Longleat, Blenheim, Bath and Stourhead, and of travels in the United States, probably photographed in the 1950s or early 1960s, in Berlin, in Italy, dated 1975, Spain, dated 1976, India, dated 1975 and 1986, Iran, dated 1976, Lambay Island, dated 1981, and Venice, dated 1984
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