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Peter Eisenman fonds
Peter Eisenman fonds
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AP143
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The Peter Eisenman fonds documents Eisenman's professional activities as an architect, teacher, and author from the 1950s to 2008. More than 200 projects are represented through conceptual and design development drawings, models, photographs, textual records, and computer-aided drawings. Also well represented in the fonds are materials related to Eisenman's exhibitions, publications, and writings.
AP143
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The Peter Eisenman fonds documents Eisenman's professional activities as an architect, teacher, and author from the 1950s to 2008. More than 200 projects are represented through conceptual and design development drawings, models, photographs, textual records, and computer-aided drawings. Also well represented in the fonds are materials related to Eisenman's exhibitions, publications, and writings.
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1925-2008, predominant 1951-2008
1925-2008, predominant 1951-2008
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Peter Eisenman fonds
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AP143
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The Peter Eisenman fonds documents Eisenman's professional activities as an architect, teacher, and author from the 1950s to 2008. More than 200 projects are represented through conceptual and design development drawings, models, photographs, textual records, and computer-aided drawings. Also well represented in the fonds are materials related to Eisenman's exhibitions, publications, and writings.
Peter Eisenman fonds
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AP143
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The Peter Eisenman fonds documents Eisenman's professional activities as an architect, teacher, and author from the 1950s to 2008. More than 200 projects are represented through conceptual and design development drawings, models, photographs, textual records, and computer-aided drawings. Also well represented in the fonds are materials related to Eisenman's exhibitions, publications, and writings.
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archives
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archives
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1925-2008, predominant 1951-2008
1925-2008, predominant 1951-2008
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textual records
textual records
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PDE publication files
PDE publication files
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DR2001:0033
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documents include PDE publication files, 1980-1985: building design - 10 June 1983 - Ohio State Visual Arts Centre, Bauwelt - 3/9/81 - Berlin, Harpers - July, 1981, New Brunswick Daily News, OSU News Releases, PA (Progressive Architecture) 9/80 - Portland, Peter Eisenman - New York Times - July 16, 1983. OP/ED USFL, OSU Alumni magazine, House VI (inluces original drawings and notes), Quaderns Review - (IBA project Berlin), Newspaper clippings - Berlin competition, Aug. 22-Spet. 20, 1981, Die Zeit - July 24, 1981, Berlin competition, Archetype - (City of Artificial Excavation), APA News 2/81 - Pioneer Sqare, Financial Times 12/22/80 - PDE, Europeo 3/2/81 - Berlin, Domus - 3 Texts for Venice, Building Design, July 1982 - Eisenman interview. File Folder - "Old Articles": House VI, NY Times, April 8/82 - Eisenman, Artists & Architects in Collaboration, A+U, 12/80 - "Houses For Sale", A+U - Peter Eisenman Reprints, AA - L'Architecture D'aujourd'hui, - "Modeles d'architecture 1970-1980".
DR2001:0033
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documents include PDE publication files, 1980-1985: building design - 10 June 1983 - Ohio State Visual Arts Centre, Bauwelt - 3/9/81 - Berlin, Harpers - July, 1981, New Brunswick Daily News, OSU News Releases, PA (Progressive Architecture) 9/80 - Portland, Peter Eisenman - New York Times - July 16, 1983. OP/ED USFL, OSU Alumni magazine, House VI (inluces original drawings and notes), Quaderns Review - (IBA project Berlin), Newspaper clippings - Berlin competition, Aug. 22-Spet. 20, 1981, Die Zeit - July 24, 1981, Berlin competition, Archetype - (City of Artificial Excavation), APA News 2/81 - Pioneer Sqare, Financial Times 12/22/80 - PDE, Europeo 3/2/81 - Berlin, Domus - 3 Texts for Venice, Building Design, July 1982 - Eisenman interview. File Folder - "Old Articles": House VI, NY Times, April 8/82 - Eisenman, Artists & Architects in Collaboration, A+U, 12/80 - "Houses For Sale", A+U - Peter Eisenman Reprints, AA - L'Architecture D'aujourd'hui, - "Modeles d'architecture 1970-1980".
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PDE publication files
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DR2001:0033
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documents include PDE publication files, 1980-1985: building design - 10 June 1983 - Ohio State Visual Arts Centre, Bauwelt - 3/9/81 - Berlin, Harpers - July, 1981, New Brunswick Daily News, OSU News Releases, PA (Progressive Architecture) 9/80 - Portland, Peter Eisenman - New York Times - July 16, 1983. OP/ED USFL, OSU Alumni magazine, House VI (inluces original drawings and notes), Quaderns Review - (IBA project Berlin), Newspaper clippings - Berlin competition, Aug. 22-Spet. 20, 1981, Die Zeit - July 24, 1981, Berlin competition, Archetype - (City of Artificial Excavation), APA News 2/81 - Pioneer Sqare, Financial Times 12/22/80 - PDE, Europeo 3/2/81 - Berlin, Domus - 3 Texts for Venice, Building Design, July 1982 - Eisenman interview. File Folder - "Old Articles": House VI, NY Times, April 8/82 - Eisenman, Artists & Architects in Collaboration, A+U, 12/80 - "Houses For Sale", A+U - Peter Eisenman Reprints, AA - L'Architecture D'aujourd'hui, - "Modeles d'architecture 1970-1980".
PDE publication files
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DR2001:0033
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documents include PDE publication files, 1980-1985: building design - 10 June 1983 - Ohio State Visual Arts Centre, Bauwelt - 3/9/81 - Berlin, Harpers - July, 1981, New Brunswick Daily News, OSU News Releases, PA (Progressive Architecture) 9/80 - Portland, Peter Eisenman - New York Times - July 16, 1983. OP/ED USFL, OSU Alumni magazine, House VI (inluces original drawings and notes), Quaderns Review - (IBA project Berlin), Newspaper clippings - Berlin competition, Aug. 22-Spet. 20, 1981, Die Zeit - July 24, 1981, Berlin competition, Archetype - (City of Artificial Excavation), APA News 2/81 - Pioneer Sqare, Financial Times 12/22/80 - PDE, Europeo 3/2/81 - Berlin, Domus - 3 Texts for Venice, Building Design, July 1982 - Eisenman interview. File Folder - "Old Articles": House VI, NY Times, April 8/82 - Eisenman, Artists & Architects in Collaboration, A+U, 12/80 - "Houses For Sale", A+U - Peter Eisenman Reprints, AA - L'Architecture D'aujourd'hui, - "Modeles d'architecture 1970-1980".
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Architectural historian Barbara Penner traces the evolution of Niagara Falls – from its 19th-century honeymoon tourism to its state of post-industrial kitsch to its recent rebirth as a honeymoon destination. The photographer Alec Soth, whose work is the starting point for this lecture, compellingly portrays a ruined post-industrial landscape of love in his series Niagara(...)
Architectural historian Barbara Penner traces the evolution of Niagara Falls – from its 19th-century honeymoon tourism to its state of post-industrial kitsch to its recent rebirth as a honeymoon destination. The photographer Alec Soth, whose work is the starting point for this lecture, compellingly portrays a ruined post-industrial landscape of love in his series Niagara(...)
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Paul Desmarais Theatre
Paul Desmarais Theatre
Date:
23 April 2009
23 April 2009
Title:
Learning from... Niagara Falls
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Architectural historian Barbara Penner traces the evolution of Niagara Falls – from its 19th-century honeymoon tourism to its state of post-industrial kitsch to its recent rebirth as a honeymoon destination. The photographer Alec Soth, whose work is the starting point for this lecture, compellingly portrays a ruined post-industrial landscape of love in his series Niagara(...)
Learning from... Niagara Falls
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Architectural historian Barbara Penner traces the evolution of Niagara Falls – from its 19th-century honeymoon tourism to its state of post-industrial kitsch to its recent rebirth as a honeymoon destination. The photographer Alec Soth, whose work is the starting point for this lecture, compellingly portrays a ruined post-industrial landscape of love in his series Niagara(...)
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events
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23 April 2009
23 April 2009
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Paul Desmarais Theatre
Paul Desmarais Theatre
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In the Yesterday Today lecture series, Canadian architect and author Witold Rybczynski discusses the roots of Ecol House, a prototype for an autonomous dwelling for use in developing countries. The project was created in Montréal in 1972 by Ecol Operation, a group of architects and students of which he was a member that became an international point of reference for(...)
In the Yesterday Today lecture series, Canadian architect and author Witold Rybczynski discusses the roots of Ecol House, a prototype for an autonomous dwelling for use in developing countries. The project was created in Montréal in 1972 by Ecol Operation, a group of architects and students of which he was a member that became an international point of reference for(...)
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Paul-Desmarais Theatre
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
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29 November 2007
29 November 2007
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Witold Rybczynski: Green Before Green
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In the Yesterday Today lecture series, Canadian architect and author Witold Rybczynski discusses the roots of Ecol House, a prototype for an autonomous dwelling for use in developing countries. The project was created in Montréal in 1972 by Ecol Operation, a group of architects and students of which he was a member that became an international point of reference for(...)
Witold Rybczynski: Green Before Green
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In the Yesterday Today lecture series, Canadian architect and author Witold Rybczynski discusses the roots of Ecol House, a prototype for an autonomous dwelling for use in developing countries. The project was created in Montréal in 1972 by Ecol Operation, a group of architects and students of which he was a member that became an international point of reference for(...)
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29 November 2007
29 November 2007
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Paul-Desmarais Theatre
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
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archives
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Douglas Kelbaugh fonds
Douglas Kelbaugh fonds
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AP153
Synopsis:
The Douglas Kelbaugh fonds documents the professional practice of architect Douglas Kelbaugh from the beginning of his carreer in 1973, his partnership in the Kelbaugh + Lee Architects firm, in 1978, to his late projects in the 1990s. The documents in the fonds consist of drawings, textual records, photographs and panels relating to over 20 projects, predominantly his work in sustainable architecture in the United States from the early 1970s to the mid 1990s.
AP153
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The Douglas Kelbaugh fonds documents the professional practice of architect Douglas Kelbaugh from the beginning of his carreer in 1973, his partnership in the Kelbaugh + Lee Architects firm, in 1978, to his late projects in the 1990s. The documents in the fonds consist of drawings, textual records, photographs and panels relating to over 20 projects, predominantly his work in sustainable architecture in the United States from the early 1970s to the mid 1990s.
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1970-2008
1970-2008
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Douglas Kelbaugh fonds
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AP153
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The Douglas Kelbaugh fonds documents the professional practice of architect Douglas Kelbaugh from the beginning of his carreer in 1973, his partnership in the Kelbaugh + Lee Architects firm, in 1978, to his late projects in the 1990s. The documents in the fonds consist of drawings, textual records, photographs and panels relating to over 20 projects, predominantly his work in sustainable architecture in the United States from the early 1970s to the mid 1990s.
Douglas Kelbaugh fonds
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AP153
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The Douglas Kelbaugh fonds documents the professional practice of architect Douglas Kelbaugh from the beginning of his carreer in 1973, his partnership in the Kelbaugh + Lee Architects firm, in 1978, to his late projects in the 1990s. The documents in the fonds consist of drawings, textual records, photographs and panels relating to over 20 projects, predominantly his work in sustainable architecture in the United States from the early 1970s to the mid 1990s.
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1970-2008
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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(...)
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(...)
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Shaughnessy House
Shaughnessy House
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27 July 2017, 6pm
27 July 2017, 6pm
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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(...)
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(...)
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27 July 2017
6pm
27 July 2017
6pm
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Shaughnessy House
Shaughnessy House
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AP178.S1.1968.PR06.001
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Original file title : Documentação Projectos, 1960s-1970s - Câmara Municipal de Resende
AP178.S1.1968.PR06.001
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Original file title : Documentação Projectos, 1960s-1970s - Câmara Municipal de Resende
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1968
1968
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Correspondence, Elaboração do Anteplano de Urbanização de Caldas de Aregos, Resende
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AP178.S1.1968.PR06.001
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Original file title : Documentação Projectos, 1960s-1970s - Câmara Municipal de Resende
Correspondence, Elaboração do Anteplano de Urbanização de Caldas de Aregos, Resende
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AP178.S1.1968.PR06.001
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Original file title : Documentação Projectos, 1960s-1970s - Câmara Municipal de Resende
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1968
1968
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Following an intense period of work in the mid-1970s with Portugal’s post-revolutionary housing initiatives, in the early 1980s Álvaro Siza contributed projects to two of the most important urban renewal programs in Europe: Berlin’s IBA and The Hague’s Stadsvernieuwing als Kulturel Aktiviteit (Urban Renewal as a Cultural Activity). This lecture will examine the(...)
Following an intense period of work in the mid-1970s with Portugal’s post-revolutionary housing initiatives, in the early 1980s Álvaro Siza contributed projects to two of the most important urban renewal programs in Europe: Berlin’s IBA and The Hague’s Stadsvernieuwing als Kulturel Aktiviteit (Urban Renewal as a Cultural Activity). This lecture will examine the(...)
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26 November 2015
26 November 2015
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Álvaro Siza’s Archaeology of the Ordinary
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Following an intense period of work in the mid-1970s with Portugal’s post-revolutionary housing initiatives, in the early 1980s Álvaro Siza contributed projects to two of the most important urban renewal programs in Europe: Berlin’s IBA and The Hague’s Stadsvernieuwing als Kulturel Aktiviteit (Urban Renewal as a Cultural Activity). This lecture will examine the(...)
Álvaro Siza’s Archaeology of the Ordinary
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Following an intense period of work in the mid-1970s with Portugal’s post-revolutionary housing initiatives, in the early 1980s Álvaro Siza contributed projects to two of the most important urban renewal programs in Europe: Berlin’s IBA and The Hague’s Stadsvernieuwing als Kulturel Aktiviteit (Urban Renewal as a Cultural Activity). This lecture will examine the(...)
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26 November 2015
26 November 2015
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archives
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Fonds
archives
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Fonds
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AP057
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The Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies (IAUS) fonds is composed primarily of textual and photographic material which document the activities of the IAUS from its inception in 1967 until its dissolution in 1983. Those activities include the publication of three periodicals (Oppositions, October and Skyline), as well as numerous books, conferences, lectures, exhibitions and educational programming. In addition, the IAUS fonds documents the activities of the IAUS' director, architect Peter Eisenman.
AP057
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The Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies (IAUS) fonds is composed primarily of textual and photographic material which document the activities of the IAUS from its inception in 1967 until its dissolution in 1983. Those activities include the publication of three periodicals (Oppositions, October and Skyline), as well as numerous books, conferences, lectures, exhibitions and educational programming. In addition, the IAUS fonds documents the activities of the IAUS' director, architect Peter Eisenman.
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1965-1984
1965-1984
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Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies fonds
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AP057
Synopsis:
The Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies (IAUS) fonds is composed primarily of textual and photographic material which document the activities of the IAUS from its inception in 1967 until its dissolution in 1983. Those activities include the publication of three periodicals (Oppositions, October and Skyline), as well as numerous books, conferences, lectures, exhibitions and educational programming. In addition, the IAUS fonds documents the activities of the IAUS' director, architect Peter Eisenman.
Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies fonds
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AP057
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The Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies (IAUS) fonds is composed primarily of textual and photographic material which document the activities of the IAUS from its inception in 1967 until its dissolution in 1983. Those activities include the publication of three periodicals (Oppositions, October and Skyline), as well as numerous books, conferences, lectures, exhibitions and educational programming. In addition, the IAUS fonds documents the activities of the IAUS' director, architect Peter Eisenman.
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1965-1984
1965-1984
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Fun Palace Project
Fun Palace Project
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AP144.S2.D46
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File documents the various unexecuted proposals for the Fun Palace Project, an interactive and adaptable, educational and cultural complex to be located in London, England. The project was commissioned by Joan Littlewood, to be erected on disused public land slated for redevelopment and intended to be dismantled after 10 years. Conceptual and design development drawings were created for a typical Fun Palace that could be erected on any suitable site, and several sites were considered, some belonging to the Civic Trust. Presentation drawings were elaborated for a Fun Palace in the Lea Valley at Mill Meads and for a later modified Pilot Project in Camden Town. Publication drawings were also created for an article in Price, Cedric. "Fun Palace Project." 'Architectural Review'. (January 1965), 74-75. The Fun Palace Trust was created to oversee the project and the file contains material from related activities of the Trust which was active until the 1970's. Existing conditions drawings begin in 1961 and include regional, zoning, and transportation maps of Greater London and a photocollage of the site. Conceptual and diagrammatic drawings include: perspectives for the structural system; plans for site access; charts for modular systems; axonometrics for modules; preliminary drawings for escalators and service towers; and studies for activity areas. A "Table of Kindred and Affinity" separates modular components physically and visually by means of activity types, circulation, and individual/group accommodations. Design development drawings for the Fun Palace Project include: plans for activity areas, site plans, typical plans, site movement/circulation plans, theatre seating plans, diagrammatic sections, volumetric structural diagrams, perspectives, charts for services for mass activities, typical mass activity enclosure types, charts for required equipment for activities, and "clamp" structural systems and studies for three dimensional versatility and modular feasibility. Design development drawings for the 1963 Camden Town Pilot Project include: site plans; diagrammatic plans showing circulation patterns; drawings showing basic cubes with components and structural panel types; details for component connections; charts for individual activity module requirements; and network analysis charts. Presentation material includes: aerial photographs mounted on board; enlargements of clippings; reprographic copies of photographs of the design models. Material in this file was created between 1961 and 1985 but predominantly between 1961 and 1974. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, presentation drawings and panels, publication drawings, reference drawings, an artefact, a film reel, models, photographic material, and textual records.
AP144.S2.D46
Description:
File documents the various unexecuted proposals for the Fun Palace Project, an interactive and adaptable, educational and cultural complex to be located in London, England. The project was commissioned by Joan Littlewood, to be erected on disused public land slated for redevelopment and intended to be dismantled after 10 years. Conceptual and design development drawings were created for a typical Fun Palace that could be erected on any suitable site, and several sites were considered, some belonging to the Civic Trust. Presentation drawings were elaborated for a Fun Palace in the Lea Valley at Mill Meads and for a later modified Pilot Project in Camden Town. Publication drawings were also created for an article in Price, Cedric. "Fun Palace Project." 'Architectural Review'. (January 1965), 74-75. The Fun Palace Trust was created to oversee the project and the file contains material from related activities of the Trust which was active until the 1970's. Existing conditions drawings begin in 1961 and include regional, zoning, and transportation maps of Greater London and a photocollage of the site. Conceptual and diagrammatic drawings include: perspectives for the structural system; plans for site access; charts for modular systems; axonometrics for modules; preliminary drawings for escalators and service towers; and studies for activity areas. A "Table of Kindred and Affinity" separates modular components physically and visually by means of activity types, circulation, and individual/group accommodations. Design development drawings for the Fun Palace Project include: plans for activity areas, site plans, typical plans, site movement/circulation plans, theatre seating plans, diagrammatic sections, volumetric structural diagrams, perspectives, charts for services for mass activities, typical mass activity enclosure types, charts for required equipment for activities, and "clamp" structural systems and studies for three dimensional versatility and modular feasibility. Design development drawings for the 1963 Camden Town Pilot Project include: site plans; diagrammatic plans showing circulation patterns; drawings showing basic cubes with components and structural panel types; details for component connections; charts for individual activity module requirements; and network analysis charts. Presentation material includes: aerial photographs mounted on board; enlargements of clippings; reprographic copies of photographs of the design models. Material in this file was created between 1961 and 1985 but predominantly between 1961 and 1974. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, presentation drawings and panels, publication drawings, reference drawings, an artefact, a film reel, models, photographic material, and textual records.
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1961-1985, predominant 1961-1974
1961-1985, predominant 1961-1974
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Fun Palace Project
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AP144.S2.D46
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File documents the various unexecuted proposals for the Fun Palace Project, an interactive and adaptable, educational and cultural complex to be located in London, England. The project was commissioned by Joan Littlewood, to be erected on disused public land slated for redevelopment and intended to be dismantled after 10 years. Conceptual and design development drawings were created for a typical Fun Palace that could be erected on any suitable site, and several sites were considered, some belonging to the Civic Trust. Presentation drawings were elaborated for a Fun Palace in the Lea Valley at Mill Meads and for a later modified Pilot Project in Camden Town. Publication drawings were also created for an article in Price, Cedric. "Fun Palace Project." 'Architectural Review'. (January 1965), 74-75. The Fun Palace Trust was created to oversee the project and the file contains material from related activities of the Trust which was active until the 1970's. Existing conditions drawings begin in 1961 and include regional, zoning, and transportation maps of Greater London and a photocollage of the site. Conceptual and diagrammatic drawings include: perspectives for the structural system; plans for site access; charts for modular systems; axonometrics for modules; preliminary drawings for escalators and service towers; and studies for activity areas. A "Table of Kindred and Affinity" separates modular components physically and visually by means of activity types, circulation, and individual/group accommodations. Design development drawings for the Fun Palace Project include: plans for activity areas, site plans, typical plans, site movement/circulation plans, theatre seating plans, diagrammatic sections, volumetric structural diagrams, perspectives, charts for services for mass activities, typical mass activity enclosure types, charts for required equipment for activities, and "clamp" structural systems and studies for three dimensional versatility and modular feasibility. Design development drawings for the 1963 Camden Town Pilot Project include: site plans; diagrammatic plans showing circulation patterns; drawings showing basic cubes with components and structural panel types; details for component connections; charts for individual activity module requirements; and network analysis charts. Presentation material includes: aerial photographs mounted on board; enlargements of clippings; reprographic copies of photographs of the design models. Material in this file was created between 1961 and 1985 but predominantly between 1961 and 1974. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, presentation drawings and panels, publication drawings, reference drawings, an artefact, a film reel, models, photographic material, and textual records.
Fun Palace Project
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AP144.S2.D46
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File documents the various unexecuted proposals for the Fun Palace Project, an interactive and adaptable, educational and cultural complex to be located in London, England. The project was commissioned by Joan Littlewood, to be erected on disused public land slated for redevelopment and intended to be dismantled after 10 years. Conceptual and design development drawings were created for a typical Fun Palace that could be erected on any suitable site, and several sites were considered, some belonging to the Civic Trust. Presentation drawings were elaborated for a Fun Palace in the Lea Valley at Mill Meads and for a later modified Pilot Project in Camden Town. Publication drawings were also created for an article in Price, Cedric. "Fun Palace Project." 'Architectural Review'. (January 1965), 74-75. The Fun Palace Trust was created to oversee the project and the file contains material from related activities of the Trust which was active until the 1970's. Existing conditions drawings begin in 1961 and include regional, zoning, and transportation maps of Greater London and a photocollage of the site. Conceptual and diagrammatic drawings include: perspectives for the structural system; plans for site access; charts for modular systems; axonometrics for modules; preliminary drawings for escalators and service towers; and studies for activity areas. A "Table of Kindred and Affinity" separates modular components physically and visually by means of activity types, circulation, and individual/group accommodations. Design development drawings for the Fun Palace Project include: plans for activity areas, site plans, typical plans, site movement/circulation plans, theatre seating plans, diagrammatic sections, volumetric structural diagrams, perspectives, charts for services for mass activities, typical mass activity enclosure types, charts for required equipment for activities, and "clamp" structural systems and studies for three dimensional versatility and modular feasibility. Design development drawings for the 1963 Camden Town Pilot Project include: site plans; diagrammatic plans showing circulation patterns; drawings showing basic cubes with components and structural panel types; details for component connections; charts for individual activity module requirements; and network analysis charts. Presentation material includes: aerial photographs mounted on board; enlargements of clippings; reprographic copies of photographs of the design models. Material in this file was created between 1961 and 1985 but predominantly between 1961 and 1974. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, presentation drawings and panels, publication drawings, reference drawings, an artefact, a film reel, models, photographic material, and textual records.
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File 46
File 46
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1961-1985, predominant 1961-1974
1961-1985, predominant 1961-1974
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