Seemingly common activities such as walking, playing, recycling, and gardening are pushed beyond their usual definition by the international architects, artists, and collectives featured in the exhibition. Their actions push against accepted norms of behaviour in cities, at times even challenging legal limitations. The individuals and groups employ a range of approaches(...)
Main galleries
26 November 2008 to 19 April 2009
Actions: What You Can Do With the City
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Seemingly common activities such as walking, playing, recycling, and gardening are pushed beyond their usual definition by the international architects, artists, and collectives featured in the exhibition. Their actions push against accepted norms of behaviour in cities, at times even challenging legal limitations. The individuals and groups employ a range of approaches(...)
Main galleries
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DR2012:0012:063:007
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Assorted newspaper clippings in English (predominant) and French, notes, and sketches. Includes the following original divisions: - Walking Harlem; Manhattan series; - Québec dictionnaire; Geometric ruins; Series #8; - Lenin’s tomb continued; - Parable series, 1990-1992; - Running/walking stiffs; - Monuments; - People/refugees carrying away cities; - Group photos as cities; - Displaced cities; Situationists updated; - [Untitled]; - Series: group photo in collective form; - Series: Walking stiffs; Factory stiffs; Laid off; Particular pieces of factories; - Dictionnaire series: Rust belt; Abandoned cities; - Dictionnaire, misc. Original folder inscribed in graphite: ARTWORK SERIES RUNNING STIFFS MISC. MONUMENTS.
1968-1984, 1991-2000
Assorted newspaper clippings, notes, and sketches, Walking stiffs
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DR2012:0012:063:007
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Assorted newspaper clippings in English (predominant) and French, notes, and sketches. Includes the following original divisions: - Walking Harlem; Manhattan series; - Québec dictionnaire; Geometric ruins; Series #8; - Lenin’s tomb continued; - Parable series, 1990-1992; - Running/walking stiffs; - Monuments; - People/refugees carrying away cities; - Group photos as cities; - Displaced cities; Situationists updated; - [Untitled]; - Series: group photo in collective form; - Series: Walking stiffs; Factory stiffs; Laid off; Particular pieces of factories; - Dictionnaire series: Rust belt; Abandoned cities; - Dictionnaire, misc. Original folder inscribed in graphite: ARTWORK SERIES RUNNING STIFFS MISC. MONUMENTS.
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1968-1984, 1991-2000
The Unschool
What could a school be? For a week over summer 2012, students of The Unschool explored the spaces in and around schools and pushed the limits of the camera as a social instrument with guest curator Monica Nouwens. Participants compared how people live in schools and cities, and how design can encourage and limit behaviours, relationships, and activities. “Could(...)
30 July 2012 to 3 August 2012
The Unschool
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What could a school be? For a week over summer 2012, students of The Unschool explored the spaces in and around schools and pushed the limits of the camera as a social instrument with guest curator Monica Nouwens. Participants compared how people live in schools and cities, and how design can encourage and limit behaviours, relationships, and activities. “Could(...)
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18 file
Article Texts, 1996-1997
ARCH242924
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Martin, Well-Opener - drafts of articles by Reinhold Martin (3 files) Koss - drafts of article by Juliet Koss El-Dahdah Book Review - drafts of review by Farès el-Dahdah of Jean-François de Bastide's The Little House, An Architectural Seduction Picon - drafts and translations of article by Antoine Picon Eigen - drafts of article by Edward Eigen (2 files) Project - Sm-M / Hawk (Smith-Miller + Hawkinson Architects) - transcript of conversation between Henry Smith-Miller, Laurie Hawkinson, Cynthia Davidson, and Ernest Pascucci Kurgan - drafts of article by Laura Kurgan Wigley - drafts of articles by Mark Wigley Nordenson - drafts of article by Guy Nordenson, with illustrations Wong - drafts of article by Y. C. Wong Branden Joseph - drafts of article by Branden W. Joseph Segrest - drafts of article by Robert Segrest Roy - drafts of article by Lindy Roy Colomina - drafts of article by Beatriz Colomina Robbins - drafts of review by Edward Robbins of M. Christine Boyer's The City of Collective Memory
1996-1997
Article Texts, 1996-1997
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Martin, Well-Opener - drafts of articles by Reinhold Martin (3 files) Koss - drafts of article by Juliet Koss El-Dahdah Book Review - drafts of review by Farès el-Dahdah of Jean-François de Bastide's The Little House, An Architectural Seduction Picon - drafts and translations of article by Antoine Picon Eigen - drafts of article by Edward Eigen (2 files) Project - Sm-M / Hawk (Smith-Miller + Hawkinson Architects) - transcript of conversation between Henry Smith-Miller, Laurie Hawkinson, Cynthia Davidson, and Ernest Pascucci Kurgan - drafts of article by Laura Kurgan Wigley - drafts of articles by Mark Wigley Nordenson - drafts of article by Guy Nordenson, with illustrations Wong - drafts of article by Y. C. Wong Branden Joseph - drafts of article by Branden W. Joseph Segrest - drafts of article by Robert Segrest Roy - drafts of article by Lindy Roy Colomina - drafts of article by Beatriz Colomina Robbins - drafts of review by Edward Robbins of M. Christine Boyer's The City of Collective Memory
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18 file
1996-1997
photographs
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73 photograph(s)
PH1989:0012:001-073
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- This group of photographs shows 38 views of buildings, 31 photographs of drawings and two photographs of models for buildings in the Soviet Union by Konstantin Melnikov, Ivan Leonidov, the Vesnin family and 25 other architects (PH1989:0012:001-073). Also included are a booklet for an exhibition of works by Melnikov (PH1989:0012:024) and a photograph of an exhibition poster for the 1925 Paris Exhibition of the Decorative Arts (PH1989:0012:023). The buildings represented include government buildings, clubs, residential buildings, and various other types of buildings including an exhibition pavilion, a bus garage, mechanized canteens, a school, and a stadium. There are also photographs of three drawings related to town planning. Four of the government buildings by Leonidov are documented by photographs of competition drawings. - The work of Konstantin Melnikov is represented by seven projects which were all constructed. Photographs of three clubs in Moscow include three photographs and one photograph of a drawing for the Rusakov Club, two photographs of the Burevestnik Factory Club, and a photograph of the Kauchuk Club (club for rubber industry workers). There are eight photographs of the Melnikov residence in Moscow, two of which show the house under construction. Documents related to exhibitions include three photographs, two photographs of drawings and a photograph of a poster for the Soviet Pavilion at the 1925 Paris Exhibition of the Decorative Arts, and a booklet for Melnikov's 1965 exhibition of architectural works, drawings and paintings in Moscow. There are two photographs of the Bakhmet'evski Bus Garage in Moscow. - The work of Ivan Leonidov is represented by one project for stairs for a government building (executed) and photographs of drawings for four architectural competitions for government buildings (all unexecuted), and one unexecuted project for housing. Documents for the five projects for government buildings include four photographs of the stairs to the Ordzhonikidze Sanatorium for the People's Commissariat for Heavy Industry (Narkomtyazhprom) in Kislovodsk; three photographs of drawings for a government office building competition in Alma-Ata; three photographs of drawings for the Film Studio competition (Moscow); three photographs of drawings for the Tsentrosoyuz (Centrosoiuz) Building competition (Moscow); and a photograph of a drawing for the Narkomtiazhprom Building (Building of Heavy Industry) competition (Moscow). There is also a photograph of a drawing for Kliuchiki Housing in Nizhnii Tagil (unexecuted). - The work of Aleksandr, Viktor, and Leonid Vesnin is represented by three unexecuted projects for government buildings in Moscow and one project for a club in Moscow (executed). Documents for the three projects for government buildings in Moscow include: three photographs of drawings for the Central Telegraph Office; a photograph of a drawing for the Palace of Labor; and a photograph of a drawing for the Leningrad Pravda Building. There are five photographs of the ZIL Palace of Culture (club for the Likhachev Automobile Plant workers) in Moscow. - The work of the 25 other architects includes government buildings, clubs, residential buildings, mechanized canteens, an experimental design for a school, a stadium, and photographs of drawings for town planning. Documents for the two government buildings (executed) include: five photographs of the Department of Industry and Planning (Gosprom) buildings in Kharkov, Soviet Union (now Ukraine), and a photograph of a drawing for the First Building of Lensovet (Leningrad Union) in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg). The two clubs in Moscow are documented by one photograph of the Kozhevnikov (Tanner's) Union Club (unexecuted) and one of the Zuev Club (executed). The two residential buildings are documented by one photograph of the Narkomfin (People's Commissariat for Finance) Apartment Building in Moscow (executed) and one photograph of a drawing for the Airman's Planit (unexecuted). Documents for various other projects include: five photographs of drawings for three mechanized canteens in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg), including the Vasileostrovskaya Mechanized canteen, Vyborgskaya Mechanized Canteen, and Volodarskaya Mechanized Canteen (all executed); three photographs of drawings for an experimental design for a single-storey school (unexecuted); one photograph of a Dinamo Stadium [?] in Moscow; two photographs of models, one for an "architecton" (Moscow) and one for a housing project with integral collective services in Moscow (both unexecuted). There are also two photographs of site plans for industrial housing and related services for the coal mining town of Bogoslovsk (executed ?) and one for the same subject in Mashinostroiteli [?] (executed ?).
architecture, portrait
1920-1965 or later
Photographs of drawings, models and buildings designed by Melnikov, Leonidov, the Vesnin family and other architects, Paris, France and the Soviet Union (now in Kazakhstan, Russia, and Ukraine)
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PH1989:0012:001-073
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- This group of photographs shows 38 views of buildings, 31 photographs of drawings and two photographs of models for buildings in the Soviet Union by Konstantin Melnikov, Ivan Leonidov, the Vesnin family and 25 other architects (PH1989:0012:001-073). Also included are a booklet for an exhibition of works by Melnikov (PH1989:0012:024) and a photograph of an exhibition poster for the 1925 Paris Exhibition of the Decorative Arts (PH1989:0012:023). The buildings represented include government buildings, clubs, residential buildings, and various other types of buildings including an exhibition pavilion, a bus garage, mechanized canteens, a school, and a stadium. There are also photographs of three drawings related to town planning. Four of the government buildings by Leonidov are documented by photographs of competition drawings. - The work of Konstantin Melnikov is represented by seven projects which were all constructed. Photographs of three clubs in Moscow include three photographs and one photograph of a drawing for the Rusakov Club, two photographs of the Burevestnik Factory Club, and a photograph of the Kauchuk Club (club for rubber industry workers). There are eight photographs of the Melnikov residence in Moscow, two of which show the house under construction. Documents related to exhibitions include three photographs, two photographs of drawings and a photograph of a poster for the Soviet Pavilion at the 1925 Paris Exhibition of the Decorative Arts, and a booklet for Melnikov's 1965 exhibition of architectural works, drawings and paintings in Moscow. There are two photographs of the Bakhmet'evski Bus Garage in Moscow. - The work of Ivan Leonidov is represented by one project for stairs for a government building (executed) and photographs of drawings for four architectural competitions for government buildings (all unexecuted), and one unexecuted project for housing. Documents for the five projects for government buildings include four photographs of the stairs to the Ordzhonikidze Sanatorium for the People's Commissariat for Heavy Industry (Narkomtyazhprom) in Kislovodsk; three photographs of drawings for a government office building competition in Alma-Ata; three photographs of drawings for the Film Studio competition (Moscow); three photographs of drawings for the Tsentrosoyuz (Centrosoiuz) Building competition (Moscow); and a photograph of a drawing for the Narkomtiazhprom Building (Building of Heavy Industry) competition (Moscow). There is also a photograph of a drawing for Kliuchiki Housing in Nizhnii Tagil (unexecuted). - The work of Aleksandr, Viktor, and Leonid Vesnin is represented by three unexecuted projects for government buildings in Moscow and one project for a club in Moscow (executed). Documents for the three projects for government buildings in Moscow include: three photographs of drawings for the Central Telegraph Office; a photograph of a drawing for the Palace of Labor; and a photograph of a drawing for the Leningrad Pravda Building. There are five photographs of the ZIL Palace of Culture (club for the Likhachev Automobile Plant workers) in Moscow. - The work of the 25 other architects includes government buildings, clubs, residential buildings, mechanized canteens, an experimental design for a school, a stadium, and photographs of drawings for town planning. Documents for the two government buildings (executed) include: five photographs of the Department of Industry and Planning (Gosprom) buildings in Kharkov, Soviet Union (now Ukraine), and a photograph of a drawing for the First Building of Lensovet (Leningrad Union) in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg). The two clubs in Moscow are documented by one photograph of the Kozhevnikov (Tanner's) Union Club (unexecuted) and one of the Zuev Club (executed). The two residential buildings are documented by one photograph of the Narkomfin (People's Commissariat for Finance) Apartment Building in Moscow (executed) and one photograph of a drawing for the Airman's Planit (unexecuted). Documents for various other projects include: five photographs of drawings for three mechanized canteens in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg), including the Vasileostrovskaya Mechanized canteen, Vyborgskaya Mechanized Canteen, and Volodarskaya Mechanized Canteen (all executed); three photographs of drawings for an experimental design for a single-storey school (unexecuted); one photograph of a Dinamo Stadium [?] in Moscow; two photographs of models, one for an "architecton" (Moscow) and one for a housing project with integral collective services in Moscow (both unexecuted). There are also two photographs of site plans for industrial housing and related services for the coal mining town of Bogoslovsk (executed ?) and one for the same subject in Mashinostroiteli [?] (executed ?).
photographs
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73 photograph(s)
1920-1965 or later
architecture, portrait
books
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x, 272 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2012.
Design collective : an approach to practice / edited by Harriet Edquist and Laurene Vaughan.
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x, 272 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2012.
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ix, 244 pages ; 24 cm.
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1992., ©1992
On collective memory / Maurice Halbwachs ; edited, translated, and with an introduction by Lewis A. Coser.
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ix, 244 pages ; 24 cm.
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Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1992., ©1992
books
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xi, 214 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©1987.
Collective encounters : documentary theatre in English Canada / Alan Filewod.
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xi, 214 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©1987.
books
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192 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, plans (some color) ; 21 cm
New York : Actar Publishers : CCA Architecture Books, [2019], ©2019
New investigations in collective form : The Open Workshop / author and editor, Neeraj Bhatia ; with contributions by Pier Vittoria Aureli [and seven others].
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192 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, plans (some color) ; 21 cm
books
New York : Actar Publishers : CCA Architecture Books, [2019], ©2019
artefacts
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1 model : metal, wood ; 20 x 8 x 13 cm
2002 ([Russia?])
[Worker and collective farm woman]
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1 model : metal, wood ; 20 x 8 x 13 cm
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2002 ([Russia?])