New towns created by private enterprise in the early years of the twentieth century bear witness to the confluence of economic, social, and political forces at work in shaping urban forms. Built quickly and expensively, these towns thoroughly planned to sustain industrial profits, relying on social control to ensure the hegemony of the ruling class. This exhibition traces(...)
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6 March 1996 to 26 May 1996
Power and Planning: Industrial Towns in Québec, 1890-1950
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New towns created by private enterprise in the early years of the twentieth century bear witness to the confluence of economic, social, and political forces at work in shaping urban forms. Built quickly and expensively, these towns thoroughly planned to sustain industrial profits, relying on social control to ensure the hegemony of the ruling class. This exhibition traces(...)
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CD034.S1.1974.PR01
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This project series contains four reproductions of drawings displayed in the exhibit to document the neighbourhood Quinta do Bacalhau-Monte Coxo, in Lisbon, Portugal. The exhibit text explained the following: The project architect Manuel Vicente was already working on a design for the intervention in the Quintas de Bacalhau and Monte Coxo when he was co-opted by SAAL. The proposed typology referred to another ambitious urban project of 615 housing units, Quinta das Fonsecas - Quinta da Calçada neighbourhood by the architect Raúl Hestnes Ferreira. The intention was to bring the city to the outlying shanty town areas. None of these projects was carried out in full, and they are now fragmented and besieged by the traffic system without having produced any of the essential community and socialising facilities. In Bacalhau-Monte Coxo the structure of the internal patios reveals the ways in which the public space and community was organised. The architecture assigned importance to the facades, although access to the community courtyards was also a central design concept. In a 1976 interview, the architect himself argued that the release of bourgeois guilt allowed for spatial beauty, adopting the slogan 'Facades First' in defence of architectural design. In a way, this proposal anticipated the post-modern, although in a form that did not deny architecture's social engagement. The design emphasizes a strong idea of architectural autonomy, unfortunately only a part of the project was actually built. (The SAAL Process, Housing in Portugal 1974–76) Manuel Vicente worked for SAAL/Lisbon and Central South with the following collaborators: Afonso José Baptista, Agostinho Xavier de Andrade, António Albano Leitão, Cristina Catela Martins Pereira, Eduardo Serrano de Sousa, Gentil Noras, José Manuel Diniz Cabral Caldeira, Manuel Augusto Lopes de Sousa, Nuno Matos Silva, Rita Cabral and the resident association Cooperativa de Habitação Económica Portugal Novo, that was founded on September 6th, 1974. The team built 384 dwellings. The operation began in September 1974, with a construction date in January 1977. This project series contains reproductions of design development drawings and a cadastral plan. The original drawings were produced in 1974 or after and were reproduced in 2015 for the exhibit.
circa 1974
Bairro Quinta do Bacalhau–Monte Coxo, Lisbon
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CD034.S1.1974.PR01
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This project series contains four reproductions of drawings displayed in the exhibit to document the neighbourhood Quinta do Bacalhau-Monte Coxo, in Lisbon, Portugal. The exhibit text explained the following: The project architect Manuel Vicente was already working on a design for the intervention in the Quintas de Bacalhau and Monte Coxo when he was co-opted by SAAL. The proposed typology referred to another ambitious urban project of 615 housing units, Quinta das Fonsecas - Quinta da Calçada neighbourhood by the architect Raúl Hestnes Ferreira. The intention was to bring the city to the outlying shanty town areas. None of these projects was carried out in full, and they are now fragmented and besieged by the traffic system without having produced any of the essential community and socialising facilities. In Bacalhau-Monte Coxo the structure of the internal patios reveals the ways in which the public space and community was organised. The architecture assigned importance to the facades, although access to the community courtyards was also a central design concept. In a 1976 interview, the architect himself argued that the release of bourgeois guilt allowed for spatial beauty, adopting the slogan 'Facades First' in defence of architectural design. In a way, this proposal anticipated the post-modern, although in a form that did not deny architecture's social engagement. The design emphasizes a strong idea of architectural autonomy, unfortunately only a part of the project was actually built. (The SAAL Process, Housing in Portugal 1974–76) Manuel Vicente worked for SAAL/Lisbon and Central South with the following collaborators: Afonso José Baptista, Agostinho Xavier de Andrade, António Albano Leitão, Cristina Catela Martins Pereira, Eduardo Serrano de Sousa, Gentil Noras, José Manuel Diniz Cabral Caldeira, Manuel Augusto Lopes de Sousa, Nuno Matos Silva, Rita Cabral and the resident association Cooperativa de Habitação Económica Portugal Novo, that was founded on September 6th, 1974. The team built 384 dwellings. The operation began in September 1974, with a construction date in January 1977. This project series contains reproductions of design development drawings and a cadastral plan. The original drawings were produced in 1974 or after and were reproduced in 2015 for the exhibit.
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circa 1974
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L’installation Météorologie d’intérieur fut présentée au Centre Canadien d’Architecture (CCA) lors de l’exposition Environ(ne)ment (18 octobre 2006-10 juin 2007) et à Rovereto en Italie lors de l’exposition Manifesta 7 (19 juillet-2 novembre 2008). Les documents d’archives de l’installation comprennent le logiciel développé pour l’installation et une sélection des objets installés dans les deux espaces d’exposition. *** The installation Interior Weather was presented at the Candian Centre for Architecture (CCA) as part of the exhibition Environ(ne)ment (October 18, 2006-June 10, 2007) and in Rovereto, Italy as part of Manifesta 7 (July 19-November 2, 2008). The records of the installation Interior Weather include the software developed for the installation and a selection of objects installed in the exhibition spaces.
2000-2008
Philippe Rahm "Interior Weather" installation records
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L’installation Météorologie d’intérieur fut présentée au Centre Canadien d’Architecture (CCA) lors de l’exposition Environ(ne)ment (18 octobre 2006-10 juin 2007) et à Rovereto en Italie lors de l’exposition Manifesta 7 (19 juillet-2 novembre 2008). Les documents d’archives de l’installation comprennent le logiciel développé pour l’installation et une sélection des objets installés dans les deux espaces d’exposition. *** The installation Interior Weather was presented at the Candian Centre for Architecture (CCA) as part of the exhibition Environ(ne)ment (October 18, 2006-June 10, 2007) and in Rovereto, Italy as part of Manifesta 7 (July 19-November 2, 2008). The records of the installation Interior Weather include the software developed for the installation and a selection of objects installed in the exhibition spaces.
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2000-2008
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(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
23 April 2009
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(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
The New Spirit: Modern Architecture in Vancouver, 1938–1963 looks at key buildings and projects from an exhilarating epoch in Vancouver’s history through design drawings, period photographs, furniture, and decoration. In the years following the Second World War, Vancouver emerged as a city with a particularly vital and progressive architectural culture, adapting the(...)
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5 March 1997 to 25 May 1997
The New Spirit: Modern Architecture in Vancouver, 1938-1963
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The New Spirit: Modern Architecture in Vancouver, 1938–1963 looks at key buildings and projects from an exhilarating epoch in Vancouver’s history through design drawings, period photographs, furniture, and decoration. In the years following the Second World War, Vancouver emerged as a city with a particularly vital and progressive architectural culture, adapting the(...)
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An Atlas. A Bricolage. A Compendium of different elements and strategies for understanding the city. ABC : MTL is an urban abecedary and open-source initiative that maps contemporary Montreal in a diversity of ways and media. Over ninety contributions including photography, music videos, sculptures and installations, drawings, models, workshops, lectures, and performances(...)
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13 November 2012 to 31 March 2013
ABC : MTL – A Self-Portrait of Montréal
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An Atlas. A Bricolage. A Compendium of different elements and strategies for understanding the city. ABC : MTL is an urban abecedary and open-source initiative that maps contemporary Montreal in a diversity of ways and media. Over ninety contributions including photography, music videos, sculptures and installations, drawings, models, workshops, lectures, and performances(...)
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Bas Princen: Volcano Walks
In this artist’s talk, Bas Princen will discuss the current status of the 17 Volcanoes project and explore the resonances between the works of Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn, works by early-twentieth-century Dutch photographers in Java (like van Nieuwenhuis), and his own practice. Although discovering new places seems impossible today, the talk takes as a point of departure the(...)
15 October 2016, 3pm
Bas Princen: Volcano Walks
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In this artist’s talk, Bas Princen will discuss the current status of the 17 Volcanoes project and explore the resonances between the works of Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn, works by early-twentieth-century Dutch photographers in Java (like van Nieuwenhuis), and his own practice. Although discovering new places seems impossible today, the talk takes as a point of departure the(...)
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Le Fonds Marcel Parizeau contient des documents relatifs à la formation et à la vie de professionnel de Marcel Parizeau. Il contient aussi des œuvres d'art réalisées par ce dernier. Le fonds est composé de dessins d'architecture et de meubles, de carnets de croquis, de tableaux, de manuscrits, de correspondances, ainsi que quelques autres documents.
1917-1955
Marcel Parizeau fonds
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Le Fonds Marcel Parizeau contient des documents relatifs à la formation et à la vie de professionnel de Marcel Parizeau. Il contient aussi des œuvres d'art réalisées par ce dernier. Le fonds est composé de dessins d'architecture et de meubles, de carnets de croquis, de tableaux, de manuscrits, de correspondances, ainsi que quelques autres documents.
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1917-1955
Learning from… São Paulo
Angelo Bucci, architect and professor at the University of São Paulo, Brazil, addresses the violence and changing environment of São Paulo in search of new urban forms. São Paulo’s urban violence can be understood as ruining the experience of the city and, as a result, the purpose of the architect’s work. The lecture examines São Paulo not as a static object, but as an(...)
22 April 2010
Learning from… São Paulo
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Angelo Bucci, architect and professor at the University of São Paulo, Brazil, addresses the violence and changing environment of São Paulo in search of new urban forms. São Paulo’s urban violence can be understood as ruining the experience of the city and, as a result, the purpose of the architect’s work. The lecture examines São Paulo not as a static object, but as an(...)
*Opening the Gates of Eighteenth-Century Montréal* explores the development of the city during the eighteenth century, when Montréal was a fortified town. The exhibition provides a unique opportunity to consider the building of the eighteenth-century military and commercial town, the nucleus from which Montréal grew. The product of nearly fifteen years of research and(...)
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8 September 1992 to 28 February 1993
Opening the Gates of Eighteenth-Century Montréal
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*Opening the Gates of Eighteenth-Century Montréal* explores the development of the city during the eighteenth century, when Montréal was a fortified town. The exhibition provides a unique opportunity to consider the building of the eighteenth-century military and commercial town, the nucleus from which Montréal grew. The product of nearly fifteen years of research and(...)
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