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AP056.S1.1999.PR01
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This project series documents the Canadian Embassy in Berlin, Germany from 1999-2005. The office identified the project number as 9903. This project consisted of a new embassy building for Canada in the reunified German capital located at the junction of Leipziger Platz and Potsdamer Platz. The embassy was built in joint venture with Gagnon Letellier Cyr Architects and Smith Carter Architects and Engineers. The firms were selected for the project by the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade after a national competition was held. The competition jury had chosen a different design, by architecture firm Saucier + Perrotte.[1] The embassy, built to follow the original octagonal wall of Leipziger Platz, had a stone exterior punched with windows, as dictated by the District Office of Central Berlin's guidelines.[2] It occupied the first four floors of the Leipziger Platz block and all floors of the Ebertstrasse block. Inside, the Focus Canada Centre off the Ebertstrasse entrance served as the central government information centre and included interactive kiosks. The Embassy Reception Hall, complete was an Inuksuk at its entrance, was a space that greeted guests and provided consular services. The Canada Lounge defined the ground floor and provided a space where visitors could engage with Canadian news through newspapers, radios and televisions. The cylindrical Great Timber Hall pierced through the embassy. This wood-lined space had a sky-light ceiling to allow natural light to flow inside and served as an executive meeting room and a space for special guests, entertainment, events and exhibits. Retail spaces were also provided along Vossstrasse and a residential component made up the upper floors of Leipziger Platz. The project is recorded through a model and drawings dating from 1998-2000. The large part of these drawings are sketches, but plans, elevations, sections, perspectives and details are also included. [1] Adele Weder, "A Berlin Chronicle," The Canadian Architect, June 20, 1999, 20-21. [2] "Canadian Embassy Berlin." KPMB. Accessed April 18, 2019. http://www.kpmb.com/project/canadian-embassy-berlin/
AP056.S1.1999.PR01
Description:
This project series documents the Canadian Embassy in Berlin, Germany from 1999-2005. The office identified the project number as 9903. This project consisted of a new embassy building for Canada in the reunified German capital located at the junction of Leipziger Platz and Potsdamer Platz. The embassy was built in joint venture with Gagnon Letellier Cyr Architects and Smith Carter Architects and Engineers. The firms were selected for the project by the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade after a national competition was held. The competition jury had chosen a different design, by architecture firm Saucier + Perrotte.[1] The embassy, built to follow the original octagonal wall of Leipziger Platz, had a stone exterior punched with windows, as dictated by the District Office of Central Berlin's guidelines.[2] It occupied the first four floors of the Leipziger Platz block and all floors of the Ebertstrasse block. Inside, the Focus Canada Centre off the Ebertstrasse entrance served as the central government information centre and included interactive kiosks. The Embassy Reception Hall, complete was an Inuksuk at its entrance, was a space that greeted guests and provided consular services. The Canada Lounge defined the ground floor and provided a space where visitors could engage with Canadian news through newspapers, radios and televisions. The cylindrical Great Timber Hall pierced through the embassy. This wood-lined space had a sky-light ceiling to allow natural light to flow inside and served as an executive meeting room and a space for special guests, entertainment, events and exhibits. Retail spaces were also provided along Vossstrasse and a residential component made up the upper floors of Leipziger Platz. The project is recorded through a model and drawings dating from 1998-2000. The large part of these drawings are sketches, but plans, elevations, sections, perspectives and details are also included. [1] Adele Weder, "A Berlin Chronicle," The Canadian Architect, June 20, 1999, 20-21. [2] "Canadian Embassy Berlin." KPMB. Accessed April 18, 2019. http://www.kpmb.com/project/canadian-embassy-berlin/
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Date:
1998-2000
1998-2000
Title:
Canadian Embassy, Berlin, Germany (1999-2005)
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AP056.S1.1999.PR01
Description:
This project series documents the Canadian Embassy in Berlin, Germany from 1999-2005. The office identified the project number as 9903. This project consisted of a new embassy building for Canada in the reunified German capital located at the junction of Leipziger Platz and Potsdamer Platz. The embassy was built in joint venture with Gagnon Letellier Cyr Architects and Smith Carter Architects and Engineers. The firms were selected for the project by the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade after a national competition was held. The competition jury had chosen a different design, by architecture firm Saucier + Perrotte.[1] The embassy, built to follow the original octagonal wall of Leipziger Platz, had a stone exterior punched with windows, as dictated by the District Office of Central Berlin's guidelines.[2] It occupied the first four floors of the Leipziger Platz block and all floors of the Ebertstrasse block. Inside, the Focus Canada Centre off the Ebertstrasse entrance served as the central government information centre and included interactive kiosks. The Embassy Reception Hall, complete was an Inuksuk at its entrance, was a space that greeted guests and provided consular services. The Canada Lounge defined the ground floor and provided a space where visitors could engage with Canadian news through newspapers, radios and televisions. The cylindrical Great Timber Hall pierced through the embassy. This wood-lined space had a sky-light ceiling to allow natural light to flow inside and served as an executive meeting room and a space for special guests, entertainment, events and exhibits. Retail spaces were also provided along Vossstrasse and a residential component made up the upper floors of Leipziger Platz. The project is recorded through a model and drawings dating from 1998-2000. The large part of these drawings are sketches, but plans, elevations, sections, perspectives and details are also included. [1] Adele Weder, "A Berlin Chronicle," The Canadian Architect, June 20, 1999, 20-21. [2] "Canadian Embassy Berlin." KPMB. Accessed April 18, 2019. http://www.kpmb.com/project/canadian-embassy-berlin/
Canadian Embassy, Berlin, Germany (1999-2005)
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AP056.S1.1999.PR01
Description:
This project series documents the Canadian Embassy in Berlin, Germany from 1999-2005. The office identified the project number as 9903. This project consisted of a new embassy building for Canada in the reunified German capital located at the junction of Leipziger Platz and Potsdamer Platz. The embassy was built in joint venture with Gagnon Letellier Cyr Architects and Smith Carter Architects and Engineers. The firms were selected for the project by the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade after a national competition was held. The competition jury had chosen a different design, by architecture firm Saucier + Perrotte.[1] The embassy, built to follow the original octagonal wall of Leipziger Platz, had a stone exterior punched with windows, as dictated by the District Office of Central Berlin's guidelines.[2] It occupied the first four floors of the Leipziger Platz block and all floors of the Ebertstrasse block. Inside, the Focus Canada Centre off the Ebertstrasse entrance served as the central government information centre and included interactive kiosks. The Embassy Reception Hall, complete was an Inuksuk at its entrance, was a space that greeted guests and provided consular services. The Canada Lounge defined the ground floor and provided a space where visitors could engage with Canadian news through newspapers, radios and televisions. The cylindrical Great Timber Hall pierced through the embassy. This wood-lined space had a sky-light ceiling to allow natural light to flow inside and served as an executive meeting room and a space for special guests, entertainment, events and exhibits. Retail spaces were also provided along Vossstrasse and a residential component made up the upper floors of Leipziger Platz. The project is recorded through a model and drawings dating from 1998-2000. The large part of these drawings are sketches, but plans, elevations, sections, perspectives and details are also included. [1] Adele Weder, "A Berlin Chronicle," The Canadian Architect, June 20, 1999, 20-21. [2] "Canadian Embassy Berlin." KPMB. Accessed April 18, 2019. http://www.kpmb.com/project/canadian-embassy-berlin/
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Project
Date:
1998-2000
1998-2000
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photographs
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9 photograph(s)
photographs
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9 photograph(s)
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Reference number:
ARCH269657
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Group consists of various photographs predominantly of Chandigarh, India, including: - Model of the Governor's House by Le Corbusier (unrealized) - High Court's cornice in the Capitol Complex (2 photographs) - The Assembly viewed from the Secretariat in the Capitol Complex - The Post Graduate Institute for Medical Research in sector 12 - Roof of the Secretariat in the Capitol Complex - Bhakra Dam workers' houses in Talwara - House Type 5-J in sector 16 - Students in a classroom of an unidentified Higher secondary school
ARCH269657
Description:
Group consists of various photographs predominantly of Chandigarh, India, including: - Model of the Governor's House by Le Corbusier (unrealized) - High Court's cornice in the Capitol Complex (2 photographs) - The Assembly viewed from the Secretariat in the Capitol Complex - The Post Graduate Institute for Medical Research in sector 12 - Roof of the Secretariat in the Capitol Complex - Bhakra Dam workers' houses in Talwara - House Type 5-J in sector 16 - Students in a classroom of an unidentified Higher secondary school
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Date:
between 1951 and 1965
between 1951 and 1965
Title:
Photographs predominantly of Chandigarh
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ARCH269657
Description:
Group consists of various photographs predominantly of Chandigarh, India, including: - Model of the Governor's House by Le Corbusier (unrealized) - High Court's cornice in the Capitol Complex (2 photographs) - The Assembly viewed from the Secretariat in the Capitol Complex - The Post Graduate Institute for Medical Research in sector 12 - Roof of the Secretariat in the Capitol Complex - Bhakra Dam workers' houses in Talwara - House Type 5-J in sector 16 - Students in a classroom of an unidentified Higher secondary school
Photographs predominantly of Chandigarh
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ARCH269657
Description:
Group consists of various photographs predominantly of Chandigarh, India, including: - Model of the Governor's House by Le Corbusier (unrealized) - High Court's cornice in the Capitol Complex (2 photographs) - The Assembly viewed from the Secretariat in the Capitol Complex - The Post Graduate Institute for Medical Research in sector 12 - Roof of the Secretariat in the Capitol Complex - Bhakra Dam workers' houses in Talwara - House Type 5-J in sector 16 - Students in a classroom of an unidentified Higher secondary school
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photographs
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9 photograph(s)
photographs
Quantity:
9 photograph(s)
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between 1951 and 1965
between 1951 and 1965
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PH1978:0038:001
Description:
Album containing 100 photogravures made from photographs by Baldus following a special process of his own, that would restore them on the reverse side. Malcolm Daniel writes: "Baldus's Louvre photographs found their final incarnation in a gravure publication 'Palais du Louvre et des Tuileries'. The three volumes in this set largely parallel the albums that Baldus had made earlier for the Minister of State; again the majority of the images are of sculptural and ornamental details from the New Louvre, but statuary and ornament from the Tuileries Palace and Gardens are also included. The first edition of the 'Palais du Louvre et des Tuileries', published by Baldus himself, was offered for sale in fascicles beginning in late 1869, and the series was completed by the end of 1871. Two volumes, each with 100 plates, focused on interior and exterior decoration. Because of the success of the first two volumes, a third, showing both interior and exterior motifs was produced, and the three-volume set was published by Morel in 1875." ('History of Photography', p. 120-121). In this album, views show sculptural and ornamental details (some of them fragments) of the models made for the decoration of the Manège; Palais des Tuileries (south wing, court façade); quay façade); the New Louvre (south wing, Carrousel façade and quay façade); Guichet de l'Empereur; Pavillon de Flore (quay façade); first floor; Lesdiguières, Turgot and Rohan Pavilions and a view of the Pavillon des Tuileries before destruction by fire by the Commune.
PH1978:0038:001
Description:
Album containing 100 photogravures made from photographs by Baldus following a special process of his own, that would restore them on the reverse side. Malcolm Daniel writes: "Baldus's Louvre photographs found their final incarnation in a gravure publication 'Palais du Louvre et des Tuileries'. The three volumes in this set largely parallel the albums that Baldus had made earlier for the Minister of State; again the majority of the images are of sculptural and ornamental details from the New Louvre, but statuary and ornament from the Tuileries Palace and Gardens are also included. The first edition of the 'Palais du Louvre et des Tuileries', published by Baldus himself, was offered for sale in fascicles beginning in late 1869, and the series was completed by the end of 1871. Two volumes, each with 100 plates, focused on interior and exterior decoration. Because of the success of the first two volumes, a third, showing both interior and exterior motifs was produced, and the three-volume set was published by Morel in 1875." ('History of Photography', p. 120-121). In this album, views show sculptural and ornamental details (some of them fragments) of the models made for the decoration of the Manège; Palais des Tuileries (south wing, court façade); quay façade); the New Louvre (south wing, Carrousel façade and quay façade); Guichet de l'Empereur; Pavillon de Flore (quay façade); first floor; Lesdiguières, Turgot and Rohan Pavilions and a view of the Pavillon des Tuileries before destruction by fire by the Commune.
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Subject:
architecture, ornament, sculpture
architecture, ornament, sculpture
Date:
1869-1871
1869-1871
Title:
Palais du Louvre et des Tuileries. Motifs de décorations tirés des constructions exécutées au nouveau Louvre et au palais des Tuileries sous la direction de M.H.-M. Lefuel, architecte de l'empereur.
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PH1978:0038:001
Description:
Album containing 100 photogravures made from photographs by Baldus following a special process of his own, that would restore them on the reverse side. Malcolm Daniel writes: "Baldus's Louvre photographs found their final incarnation in a gravure publication 'Palais du Louvre et des Tuileries'. The three volumes in this set largely parallel the albums that Baldus had made earlier for the Minister of State; again the majority of the images are of sculptural and ornamental details from the New Louvre, but statuary and ornament from the Tuileries Palace and Gardens are also included. The first edition of the 'Palais du Louvre et des Tuileries', published by Baldus himself, was offered for sale in fascicles beginning in late 1869, and the series was completed by the end of 1871. Two volumes, each with 100 plates, focused on interior and exterior decoration. Because of the success of the first two volumes, a third, showing both interior and exterior motifs was produced, and the three-volume set was published by Morel in 1875." ('History of Photography', p. 120-121). In this album, views show sculptural and ornamental details (some of them fragments) of the models made for the decoration of the Manège; Palais des Tuileries (south wing, court façade); quay façade); the New Louvre (south wing, Carrousel façade and quay façade); Guichet de l'Empereur; Pavillon de Flore (quay façade); first floor; Lesdiguières, Turgot and Rohan Pavilions and a view of the Pavillon des Tuileries before destruction by fire by the Commune.
Palais du Louvre et des Tuileries. Motifs de décorations tirés des constructions exécutées au nouveau Louvre et au palais des Tuileries sous la direction de M.H.-M. Lefuel, architecte de l'empereur.
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PH1978:0038:001
Description:
Album containing 100 photogravures made from photographs by Baldus following a special process of his own, that would restore them on the reverse side. Malcolm Daniel writes: "Baldus's Louvre photographs found their final incarnation in a gravure publication 'Palais du Louvre et des Tuileries'. The three volumes in this set largely parallel the albums that Baldus had made earlier for the Minister of State; again the majority of the images are of sculptural and ornamental details from the New Louvre, but statuary and ornament from the Tuileries Palace and Gardens are also included. The first edition of the 'Palais du Louvre et des Tuileries', published by Baldus himself, was offered for sale in fascicles beginning in late 1869, and the series was completed by the end of 1871. Two volumes, each with 100 plates, focused on interior and exterior decoration. Because of the success of the first two volumes, a third, showing both interior and exterior motifs was produced, and the three-volume set was published by Morel in 1875." ('History of Photography', p. 120-121). In this album, views show sculptural and ornamental details (some of them fragments) of the models made for the decoration of the Manège; Palais des Tuileries (south wing, court façade); quay façade); the New Louvre (south wing, Carrousel façade and quay façade); Guichet de l'Empereur; Pavillon de Flore (quay façade); first floor; Lesdiguières, Turgot and Rohan Pavilions and a view of the Pavillon des Tuileries before destruction by fire by the Commune.
Date:
1869-1871
1869-1871
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Subject:
architecture, ornament, sculpture
architecture, ornament, sculpture
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drawings
drawings
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DR1998:0092:002:006
Description:
Robert Butscher was the draughtsman of this presentation drawing. The drawing, along with the drawing DR1998:0092:002:006 in this file, were done as part of a Third Year Architecture analysis project at Cooper Union School of Architecture. As part of the project, he read a great many of the novels written by the authors represented by the five sets of structures. The drawings were based on measurements taken from the presentation model. They were completed in 1980 and gifted to John Hejduk by Butscher to use in his Masque of Medusa book.
DR1998:0092:002:006
Description:
Robert Butscher was the draughtsman of this presentation drawing. The drawing, along with the drawing DR1998:0092:002:006 in this file, were done as part of a Third Year Architecture analysis project at Cooper Union School of Architecture. As part of the project, he read a great many of the novels written by the authors represented by the five sets of structures. The drawings were based on measurements taken from the presentation model. They were completed in 1980 and gifted to John Hejduk by Butscher to use in his Masque of Medusa book.
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Date:
1974-1979
1974-1979
Title:
Plans and elevations for The Silent Witnesses
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DR1998:0092:002:006
Description:
Robert Butscher was the draughtsman of this presentation drawing. The drawing, along with the drawing DR1998:0092:002:006 in this file, were done as part of a Third Year Architecture analysis project at Cooper Union School of Architecture. As part of the project, he read a great many of the novels written by the authors represented by the five sets of structures. The drawings were based on measurements taken from the presentation model. They were completed in 1980 and gifted to John Hejduk by Butscher to use in his Masque of Medusa book.
Plans and elevations for The Silent Witnesses
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DR1998:0092:002:006
Description:
Robert Butscher was the draughtsman of this presentation drawing. The drawing, along with the drawing DR1998:0092:002:006 in this file, were done as part of a Third Year Architecture analysis project at Cooper Union School of Architecture. As part of the project, he read a great many of the novels written by the authors represented by the five sets of structures. The drawings were based on measurements taken from the presentation model. They were completed in 1980 and gifted to John Hejduk by Butscher to use in his Masque of Medusa book.
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drawings
drawings
Date:
1974-1979
1974-1979
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Form:
drawings
drawings
Reference number:
DR1998:0092:002:007
Description:
Robert Butscher was the draughtsman of this presentation drawing. The drawing, along with the drawing DR1998:0092:002:006 in this file, were done as part of a Third Year Architecture analysis project at Cooper Union School of Architecture. As part of the project, he read a great many of the novels written by the authors represented by the five sets of structures. The drawings were based on measurements taken from the presentation model. They were completed in 1980 and gifted to John Hejduk by Butscher to use in his Masque of Medusa book.
DR1998:0092:002:007
Description:
Robert Butscher was the draughtsman of this presentation drawing. The drawing, along with the drawing DR1998:0092:002:006 in this file, were done as part of a Third Year Architecture analysis project at Cooper Union School of Architecture. As part of the project, he read a great many of the novels written by the authors represented by the five sets of structures. The drawings were based on measurements taken from the presentation model. They were completed in 1980 and gifted to John Hejduk by Butscher to use in his Masque of Medusa book.
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Date:
1974-1979
1974-1979
Title:
Presentation drawing for The Silent Witnesses
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DR1998:0092:002:007
Description:
Robert Butscher was the draughtsman of this presentation drawing. The drawing, along with the drawing DR1998:0092:002:006 in this file, were done as part of a Third Year Architecture analysis project at Cooper Union School of Architecture. As part of the project, he read a great many of the novels written by the authors represented by the five sets of structures. The drawings were based on measurements taken from the presentation model. They were completed in 1980 and gifted to John Hejduk by Butscher to use in his Masque of Medusa book.
Presentation drawing for The Silent Witnesses
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DR1998:0092:002:007
Description:
Robert Butscher was the draughtsman of this presentation drawing. The drawing, along with the drawing DR1998:0092:002:006 in this file, were done as part of a Third Year Architecture analysis project at Cooper Union School of Architecture. As part of the project, he read a great many of the novels written by the authors represented by the five sets of structures. The drawings were based on measurements taken from the presentation model. They were completed in 1980 and gifted to John Hejduk by Butscher to use in his Masque of Medusa book.
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drawings
drawings
Date:
1974-1979
1974-1979
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Project
Project
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AP206.S1.1975.PR01
Description:
This project series documents Aditya Prakash's proposal for an alternative plan for Chandigarh, India, which came to be known as the Linear City. Prakash began developing and advocating for this idea around the early 1970s. The Linear City had two fundamental ideas at its core. The first was to raise the roadways in Chandigarh (or any future city) 10-12 feet from ground level. This, he proposed, would separate vehicular traffic from pedestrians, eliminating all the hazardous impacts of traffic on daily life. The large part of the drawings for this project show sector plans and city blocks with evenly dispersed roundabout roadways as major transit hubs, wrapping around but high above centres of pedestrian activity that included shops, markets and green spaces. The sale of the land below the roadways would pay for the upheaval. He also recommended building this city only a few sectors deep, but endlessly expanding it length-wise, with a raised canal along one side to provide an additional transportation network and irrigation. The second fundamental idea of this city was the creation of self-sustaining sectors in the city plan, advocating that each neighbourhood should have the infrastructure to provide food and recycling for its residents. He fervently argued for the reimagination of modernist Chandigarh by incorporating sustainable, local traditions - the rural should exist in harmony with the urban. In opposition to Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, he believed areas for recycling, animal husbandry, and growing food should be incorporated into the fabric of the city.[1] This project is recorded largely through original drawings of city plans, perspectives and axonometric views detailing Prakash's new vision for the city. It seems that many of the perspectives were drawn by family friend Sandeep Virmani, after listening to Prakash's ideas.[2] The project is also recorded through photographs, negatives and slides showing plans and the project model. A small amount of notes and an article on the project are also included. [1]Vikramaditya Prakash, One Continuous Line: Art, Architecture and Urbanism of Aditya Prakash (Ahmedabad, India: Mapin Publishing Pvt. Ltd., 2019), 164-181. [2]Prakash, One Continuous Line, 169.
AP206.S1.1975.PR01
Description:
This project series documents Aditya Prakash's proposal for an alternative plan for Chandigarh, India, which came to be known as the Linear City. Prakash began developing and advocating for this idea around the early 1970s. The Linear City had two fundamental ideas at its core. The first was to raise the roadways in Chandigarh (or any future city) 10-12 feet from ground level. This, he proposed, would separate vehicular traffic from pedestrians, eliminating all the hazardous impacts of traffic on daily life. The large part of the drawings for this project show sector plans and city blocks with evenly dispersed roundabout roadways as major transit hubs, wrapping around but high above centres of pedestrian activity that included shops, markets and green spaces. The sale of the land below the roadways would pay for the upheaval. He also recommended building this city only a few sectors deep, but endlessly expanding it length-wise, with a raised canal along one side to provide an additional transportation network and irrigation. The second fundamental idea of this city was the creation of self-sustaining sectors in the city plan, advocating that each neighbourhood should have the infrastructure to provide food and recycling for its residents. He fervently argued for the reimagination of modernist Chandigarh by incorporating sustainable, local traditions - the rural should exist in harmony with the urban. In opposition to Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, he believed areas for recycling, animal husbandry, and growing food should be incorporated into the fabric of the city.[1] This project is recorded largely through original drawings of city plans, perspectives and axonometric views detailing Prakash's new vision for the city. It seems that many of the perspectives were drawn by family friend Sandeep Virmani, after listening to Prakash's ideas.[2] The project is also recorded through photographs, negatives and slides showing plans and the project model. A small amount of notes and an article on the project are also included. [1]Vikramaditya Prakash, One Continuous Line: Art, Architecture and Urbanism of Aditya Prakash (Ahmedabad, India: Mapin Publishing Pvt. Ltd., 2019), 164-181. [2]Prakash, One Continuous Line, 169.
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Date:
circa 1975-2003
circa 1975-2003
Title:
Linear city, Chandigarh, India (circa 1975-1987)
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AP206.S1.1975.PR01
Description:
This project series documents Aditya Prakash's proposal for an alternative plan for Chandigarh, India, which came to be known as the Linear City. Prakash began developing and advocating for this idea around the early 1970s. The Linear City had two fundamental ideas at its core. The first was to raise the roadways in Chandigarh (or any future city) 10-12 feet from ground level. This, he proposed, would separate vehicular traffic from pedestrians, eliminating all the hazardous impacts of traffic on daily life. The large part of the drawings for this project show sector plans and city blocks with evenly dispersed roundabout roadways as major transit hubs, wrapping around but high above centres of pedestrian activity that included shops, markets and green spaces. The sale of the land below the roadways would pay for the upheaval. He also recommended building this city only a few sectors deep, but endlessly expanding it length-wise, with a raised canal along one side to provide an additional transportation network and irrigation. The second fundamental idea of this city was the creation of self-sustaining sectors in the city plan, advocating that each neighbourhood should have the infrastructure to provide food and recycling for its residents. He fervently argued for the reimagination of modernist Chandigarh by incorporating sustainable, local traditions - the rural should exist in harmony with the urban. In opposition to Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, he believed areas for recycling, animal husbandry, and growing food should be incorporated into the fabric of the city.[1] This project is recorded largely through original drawings of city plans, perspectives and axonometric views detailing Prakash's new vision for the city. It seems that many of the perspectives were drawn by family friend Sandeep Virmani, after listening to Prakash's ideas.[2] The project is also recorded through photographs, negatives and slides showing plans and the project model. A small amount of notes and an article on the project are also included. [1]Vikramaditya Prakash, One Continuous Line: Art, Architecture and Urbanism of Aditya Prakash (Ahmedabad, India: Mapin Publishing Pvt. Ltd., 2019), 164-181. [2]Prakash, One Continuous Line, 169.
Linear city, Chandigarh, India (circa 1975-1987)
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AP206.S1.1975.PR01
Description:
This project series documents Aditya Prakash's proposal for an alternative plan for Chandigarh, India, which came to be known as the Linear City. Prakash began developing and advocating for this idea around the early 1970s. The Linear City had two fundamental ideas at its core. The first was to raise the roadways in Chandigarh (or any future city) 10-12 feet from ground level. This, he proposed, would separate vehicular traffic from pedestrians, eliminating all the hazardous impacts of traffic on daily life. The large part of the drawings for this project show sector plans and city blocks with evenly dispersed roundabout roadways as major transit hubs, wrapping around but high above centres of pedestrian activity that included shops, markets and green spaces. The sale of the land below the roadways would pay for the upheaval. He also recommended building this city only a few sectors deep, but endlessly expanding it length-wise, with a raised canal along one side to provide an additional transportation network and irrigation. The second fundamental idea of this city was the creation of self-sustaining sectors in the city plan, advocating that each neighbourhood should have the infrastructure to provide food and recycling for its residents. He fervently argued for the reimagination of modernist Chandigarh by incorporating sustainable, local traditions - the rural should exist in harmony with the urban. In opposition to Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, he believed areas for recycling, animal husbandry, and growing food should be incorporated into the fabric of the city.[1] This project is recorded largely through original drawings of city plans, perspectives and axonometric views detailing Prakash's new vision for the city. It seems that many of the perspectives were drawn by family friend Sandeep Virmani, after listening to Prakash's ideas.[2] The project is also recorded through photographs, negatives and slides showing plans and the project model. A small amount of notes and an article on the project are also included. [1]Vikramaditya Prakash, One Continuous Line: Art, Architecture and Urbanism of Aditya Prakash (Ahmedabad, India: Mapin Publishing Pvt. Ltd., 2019), 164-181. [2]Prakash, One Continuous Line, 169.
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Project
Date:
circa 1975-2003
circa 1975-2003
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textual records
textual records
Reference number:
AP206.S2.069
Description:
File was originally housed in a binder along with content arranged in AP206.S2.070 and AP206.S2.071. This file includes the following papers: "A Conceptual Model of Urban Development" "Haryana's New Capital: Beyond Corbusier Planning and Urban Form" "The Capital Story" 1986 "Le Corbusier's Chandigarh: Architectural and the Cultural Context," 1990 "Delhi: The Deepening Urban Crisis edited by Patwant Singh and Ram Dhamija," review "Reflections on Art" "Modulor! A System of Proportions" "Le Corbusier and Later Development in Chandigarh," 1988
AP206.S2.069
Description:
File was originally housed in a binder along with content arranged in AP206.S2.070 and AP206.S2.071. This file includes the following papers: "A Conceptual Model of Urban Development" "Haryana's New Capital: Beyond Corbusier Planning and Urban Form" "The Capital Story" 1986 "Le Corbusier's Chandigarh: Architectural and the Cultural Context," 1990 "Delhi: The Deepening Urban Crisis edited by Patwant Singh and Ram Dhamija," review "Reflections on Art" "Modulor! A System of Proportions" "Le Corbusier and Later Development in Chandigarh," 1988
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Date:
1985-1990
1985-1990
Title:
Published and unpublished papers (folder 1 of 3)
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AP206.S2.069
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File was originally housed in a binder along with content arranged in AP206.S2.070 and AP206.S2.071. This file includes the following papers: "A Conceptual Model of Urban Development" "Haryana's New Capital: Beyond Corbusier Planning and Urban Form" "The Capital Story" 1986 "Le Corbusier's Chandigarh: Architectural and the Cultural Context," 1990 "Delhi: The Deepening Urban Crisis edited by Patwant Singh and Ram Dhamija," review "Reflections on Art" "Modulor! A System of Proportions" "Le Corbusier and Later Development in Chandigarh," 1988
Published and unpublished papers (folder 1 of 3)
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AP206.S2.069
Description:
File was originally housed in a binder along with content arranged in AP206.S2.070 and AP206.S2.071. This file includes the following papers: "A Conceptual Model of Urban Development" "Haryana's New Capital: Beyond Corbusier Planning and Urban Form" "The Capital Story" 1986 "Le Corbusier's Chandigarh: Architectural and the Cultural Context," 1990 "Delhi: The Deepening Urban Crisis edited by Patwant Singh and Ram Dhamija," review "Reflections on Art" "Modulor! A System of Proportions" "Le Corbusier and Later Development in Chandigarh," 1988
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textual records
textual records
Date:
1985-1990
1985-1990
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photographs
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14 negative(s)
photographs
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14 negative(s)
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AP140.S2.SS1.D22.P4
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views of drawings, including the rendered development plan for the College site, a sectional perspective for the first stage residential building, a typical floor plan, and a side elevationl; views by James Stirling of a model (which is not otherwise present in the project documents) for the first stage residential building; also includes a view of a site plan (not otherwise present in the project documents), dated 26 October 1959, showing the first stage residential building, a colonnade, and married members flats
AP140.S2.SS1.D22.P4
Description:
views of drawings, including the rendered development plan for the College site, a sectional perspective for the first stage residential building, a typical floor plan, and a side elevationl; views by James Stirling of a model (which is not otherwise present in the project documents) for the first stage residential building; also includes a view of a site plan (not otherwise present in the project documents), dated 26 October 1959, showing the first stage residential building, a colonnade, and married members flats
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Date:
1959 or after
1959 or after
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Views of drawings, including the rendered development plan for the College site
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AP140.S2.SS1.D22.P4
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views of drawings, including the rendered development plan for the College site, a sectional perspective for the first stage residential building, a typical floor plan, and a side elevationl; views by James Stirling of a model (which is not otherwise present in the project documents) for the first stage residential building; also includes a view of a site plan (not otherwise present in the project documents), dated 26 October 1959, showing the first stage residential building, a colonnade, and married members flats
Views of drawings, including the rendered development plan for the College site
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AP140.S2.SS1.D22.P4
Description:
views of drawings, including the rendered development plan for the College site, a sectional perspective for the first stage residential building, a typical floor plan, and a side elevationl; views by James Stirling of a model (which is not otherwise present in the project documents) for the first stage residential building; also includes a view of a site plan (not otherwise present in the project documents), dated 26 October 1959, showing the first stage residential building, a colonnade, and married members flats
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photographs
Quantity:
14 negative(s)
photographs
Quantity:
14 negative(s)
Date:
1959 or after
1959 or after
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drawings
drawings
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AP173.S1.2009.D1.001
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Group consists of 17 pages (printouts on paper) probably for a presentation booklet including site plans and 3D modeling prints.
AP173.S1.2009.D1.001
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Group consists of 17 pages (printouts on paper) probably for a presentation booklet including site plans and 3D modeling prints.
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ca. 2009
ca. 2009
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Presentation booklet for the Living Web of Shenzhen in Shenzhen, China
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AP173.S1.2009.D1.001
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Group consists of 17 pages (printouts on paper) probably for a presentation booklet including site plans and 3D modeling prints.
Presentation booklet for the Living Web of Shenzhen in Shenzhen, China
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AP173.S1.2009.D1.001
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Group consists of 17 pages (printouts on paper) probably for a presentation booklet including site plans and 3D modeling prints.
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drawings
drawings
Date:
ca. 2009
ca. 2009
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exhibitions
exhibitions
Title:
Cedric Price: Mean Time
Cedric Price: Mean Time
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Description:
British architect Cedric Price draws upon the collection of the CCA to develop the complex relationships between time, movement, and space in the built environment. Looking at structures and building elements through the ages, including some of Price’s own projects, Mean Time presents photographs of an ancient Aztec sun dial, a railroad switching yard, a shot tower, and a(...)
British architect Cedric Price draws upon the collection of the CCA to develop the complex relationships between time, movement, and space in the built environment. Looking at structures and building elements through the ages, including some of Price’s own projects, Mean Time presents photographs of an ancient Aztec sun dial, a railroad switching yard, a shot tower, and a(...)
Location:
Octagonal gallery
Octagonal gallery
Date:
19 October 1999 to 27 February 2000
19 October 1999 to 27 February 2000
Title:
Cedric Price: Mean Time
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Description:
British architect Cedric Price draws upon the collection of the CCA to develop the complex relationships between time, movement, and space in the built environment. Looking at structures and building elements through the ages, including some of Price’s own projects, Mean Time presents photographs of an ancient Aztec sun dial, a railroad switching yard, a shot tower, and a(...)
Cedric Price: Mean Time
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Description:
British architect Cedric Price draws upon the collection of the CCA to develop the complex relationships between time, movement, and space in the built environment. Looking at structures and building elements through the ages, including some of Price’s own projects, Mean Time presents photographs of an ancient Aztec sun dial, a railroad switching yard, a shot tower, and a(...)
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exhibitions
exhibitions
Date:
19 October 1999 to
27 February 2000
19 October 1999 to
27 February 2000
Location:
Octagonal gallery
Octagonal gallery
