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To remain in the no longer, Tripoli, Lebanon, housing crisis, urban planning, urban management, city government, Public Works Studio
28 August 2023
Tripoli: Who Took Away Our Land? (Part 1)
Public Works Studio presents the social and environmental repercussions of the city’s public management
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ARCH170262
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Montage du projet: minutes de réunions avec la coopérative, recherche et achat d'un terrain, étude géologique, notes et dessins d'implantation sur le site Rosemont / 29e Avenue (12 logements) et le site Laurier / 15e Avenue (programme 10 000 logements)
Montage du projet
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ARCH170262
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Montage du projet: minutes de réunions avec la coopérative, recherche et achat d'un terrain, étude géologique, notes et dessins d'implantation sur le site Rosemont / 29e Avenue (12 logements) et le site Laurier / 15e Avenue (programme 10 000 logements)
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Inter / Faces
How can architecture respond to a specific urban context? How can the various typologies and cultural needs of diverse inhabitants influence design? How to capture the character of a city through its buildings? Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza’s social housing projects Bonjour Tristesse and Punt en Komma, designed for immigrant communities in Berlin and The Hague(...)
29 November 2015, 2:30pm - 4:30pm
Inter / Faces
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How can architecture respond to a specific urban context? How can the various typologies and cultural needs of diverse inhabitants influence design? How to capture the character of a city through its buildings? Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza’s social housing projects Bonjour Tristesse and Punt en Komma, designed for immigrant communities in Berlin and The Hague(...)
14 April 2022, 7pm
Evoking a provocation famously framed by Le Corbusier, “Architecture ou Révolution,” this conversation will situate the SAAL process in Portugal within international debates during the 1960s and 1970s on social housing and the architect’s social responsibility. Nuno Portas, Secretary of State for Housing and Urbanism of the government established after the 1974 Portuguese(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
14 May 2015 , 6pm
Architecture or Revolution? A Conversation with Nuno Portas and Nuno Grande
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Evoking a provocation famously framed by Le Corbusier, “Architecture ou Révolution,” this conversation will situate the SAAL process in Portugal within international debates during the 1960s and 1970s on social housing and the architect’s social responsibility. Nuno Portas, Secretary of State for Housing and Urbanism of the government established after the 1974 Portuguese(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
6 dessin(s) de présentation
ARCH198291
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Plan d'aménagement, du stationnement et coupes; plan des différents types de logements; plan d'étage type; plan du rez-de-chaussée; élévations; coupes
Plan d'aménagement, du stationnement et coupes
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ARCH198291
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Plan d'aménagement, du stationnement et coupes; plan des différents types de logements; plan d'étage type; plan du rez-de-chaussée; élévations; coupes
6 dessin(s) de présentation
Learning from... Mexico City
Arturo Ortiz Struck describes the boundaries of formal and legal building in the context of Mexico:“In order to build a critical view of the production of space and architecture in this environment, we should start from two fundamental premises. The first considers that spaces reflect who we are, and they express our cultural ways and how we unfold in everyday life. The(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
10 May 2012 , 7pm
Learning from... Mexico City
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Arturo Ortiz Struck describes the boundaries of formal and legal building in the context of Mexico:“In order to build a critical view of the production of space and architecture in this environment, we should start from two fundamental premises. The first considers that spaces reflect who we are, and they express our cultural ways and how we unfold in everyday life. The(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
To Build Law
To Build Law, a documentary directed by Joshua Frank and exhibition curated by Francesco Garutti, follows bplus.xyz (b+) as they establish a policy lab, HouseEurope.eu, to propose industry reforms and shift cultural norms. To Build Law will closely observe the b+ team during various phases of conceptualization and development of a European Citizens’ Initiative meant to(...)
11 December 2024 to 25 May 2025
To Build Law
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To Build Law, a documentary directed by Joshua Frank and exhibition curated by Francesco Garutti, follows bplus.xyz (b+) as they establish a policy lab, HouseEurope.eu, to propose industry reforms and shift cultural norms. To Build Law will closely observe the b+ team during various phases of conceptualization and development of a European Citizens’ Initiative meant to(...)
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Plans, coupes, élévations
ARCH170470
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3e esquisse: plans et coupe Plan d'aménagement paysager Élévations avant et sud-ouest Élévations arrière et nord-est Coupes Plans des logements
Plans, coupes, élévations
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ARCH170470
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3e esquisse: plans et coupe Plan d'aménagement paysager Élévations avant et sud-ouest Élévations arrière et nord-est Coupes Plans des logements
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Jean-Louis Cohen fonds
AP210
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The Jean-Louis Cohen fonds, 1968 – 2023, documents the projects and activities of historian, curator, professor, and architect Jean-Louis Cohen (1949 – 2023). Cohen’s research focus was largely modern architecture and transnational architectural exchange, particularly between and among the United States, Europe, and the former Soviet Union in the 20th century. Through physical and digital records, this fonds documents his academic, publishing, and curatorial work along with his professional activities within architectural research and heritage organizations, as well as his architectural practice.
1968 - 2023
Jean-Louis Cohen fonds
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AP210
Synopsis:
The Jean-Louis Cohen fonds, 1968 – 2023, documents the projects and activities of historian, curator, professor, and architect Jean-Louis Cohen (1949 – 2023). Cohen’s research focus was largely modern architecture and transnational architectural exchange, particularly between and among the United States, Europe, and the former Soviet Union in the 20th century. Through physical and digital records, this fonds documents his academic, publishing, and curatorial work along with his professional activities within architectural research and heritage organizations, as well as his architectural practice.
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1968 - 2023