Project
XVIII Triennale Milano
AP142.S1.D186
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File documents an executed project for the installation of the XVIII Triennale di Milano, held in 1992 in Milan, Italy. Material in this file was produced in 1991 and 1992. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, and presentation drawings. File also contains textual records, including sketches, drawings, a map, photographs, correspondence, architects' statements, proposals, building programmes, specifications, regulations, estimates, calculations, administrative records, brochures, clippings, leaflets, business cards, agendas, a technical report, labels for drawings, exhibition layouts, Triennale catalogues, lists of exhibited works, lists of participants in the Triennale, and notes.
1991-1992
XVIII Triennale Milano
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AP142.S1.D186
Description:
File documents an executed project for the installation of the XVIII Triennale di Milano, held in 1992 in Milan, Italy. Material in this file was produced in 1991 and 1992. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, and presentation drawings. File also contains textual records, including sketches, drawings, a map, photographs, correspondence, architects' statements, proposals, building programmes, specifications, regulations, estimates, calculations, administrative records, brochures, clippings, leaflets, business cards, agendas, a technical report, labels for drawings, exhibition layouts, Triennale catalogues, lists of exhibited works, lists of participants in the Triennale, and notes.
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1991-1992
In an age of unprecedented human impact on the planet, certain countries stand out for their privileged positions and the complexity of their relationships with the land. Stories about Canada closely follow the discovery and appropriation of vast and varied natural resources as well as changing ideas of the proper relationship between people and their environment.(...)
16 November 2016 to 9 April 2017
It’s All Happening So Fast
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In an age of unprecedented human impact on the planet, certain countries stand out for their privileged positions and the complexity of their relationships with the land. Stories about Canada closely follow the discovery and appropriation of vast and varied natural resources as well as changing ideas of the proper relationship between people and their environment.(...)
Sub-series
AP207.S2.SS17
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The sub-series documents various exhibitions in which Pettena's work was presented from 1983 to 2019. It includes material related to the 2003 exhibitions "Italie Radicale. Collection du FRAC Centre“ at the FRAC Centre in Orléans and "Archipensieri. Opere 1967-2003" at Museo Fondazione Piaggio in Pontedera. It also contains various files an exhibitions of Pettena's work at the Megalopoli galleria in Milan from 1983-1987. The sub-series contains chiefly photographs of openings or installation views. It also includes correspondence related to the planning of the exhibitions, contracts, promotional materials, and texts by Pettena or copies of texts sent to Pettena for approval.
1983-2019
Exhibitions on Pettena's works
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AP207.S2.SS17
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The sub-series documents various exhibitions in which Pettena's work was presented from 1983 to 2019. It includes material related to the 2003 exhibitions "Italie Radicale. Collection du FRAC Centre“ at the FRAC Centre in Orléans and "Archipensieri. Opere 1967-2003" at Museo Fondazione Piaggio in Pontedera. It also contains various files an exhibitions of Pettena's work at the Megalopoli galleria in Milan from 1983-1987. The sub-series contains chiefly photographs of openings or installation views. It also includes correspondence related to the planning of the exhibitions, contracts, promotional materials, and texts by Pettena or copies of texts sent to Pettena for approval.
Subseries
1983-2019
textual records
PHCON2002:0016:004:081
12 December 1976
textual records
12 December 1976
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Collection
Ciudad del Sol collection
CD050
Synopsis:
This collection largely documents Pietro Roveda’s Ciudad del Sol project in Mexico from 1907 – 1913. The project was a planned community for workers – a community model that Roveda proposed to implement internationally. The project is documented through planning and presentation materials, reports, newspaper clippings, correspondence, limited drawings, and stationery items.
1907 - 1913
Ciudad del Sol collection
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CD050
Synopsis:
This collection largely documents Pietro Roveda’s Ciudad del Sol project in Mexico from 1907 – 1913. The project was a planned community for workers – a community model that Roveda proposed to implement internationally. The project is documented through planning and presentation materials, reports, newspaper clippings, correspondence, limited drawings, and stationery items.
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collection documentaire
1907 - 1913
Project
AP207.S1.1972.PR05
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The project series documents "About Non-conscious Architecture", a series of photographs thought as a catalogue of natural geographical features, seen by Pettena as "architecture not made by architects" [1]. The catalogue was built during Pettena's travels in the United States, between 1972 and 1973, and includes landscapes of Utah and the Great Salt Lake area and Monument Valley in Arizona. The project was also presented in the form of a film at the 1973 Milan Triennale. The project series contains the photographs taken during research travels for the project selection, including behind the scene photographs, and final photographs series of "non-conscious" architecture. Source: [1] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/nat-non-conscious-1972-73-1/ (last accessed 12 November 2019).
circa 1972-2015
About None-conscious Architecture (1972-1973)
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AP207.S1.1972.PR05
Description:
The project series documents "About Non-conscious Architecture", a series of photographs thought as a catalogue of natural geographical features, seen by Pettena as "architecture not made by architects" [1]. The catalogue was built during Pettena's travels in the United States, between 1972 and 1973, and includes landscapes of Utah and the Great Salt Lake area and Monument Valley in Arizona. The project was also presented in the form of a film at the 1973 Milan Triennale. The project series contains the photographs taken during research travels for the project selection, including behind the scene photographs, and final photographs series of "non-conscious" architecture. Source: [1] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/nat-non-conscious-1972-73-1/ (last accessed 12 November 2019).
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circa 1972-2015
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
Project
Human Space (2012)
AP207.S1.2012.PR06
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The project series documents the installation "Human Wall", designed by Pettena for the Galleria Enrico Fornello in Milan in 2012. The installation consists of a wall made of handmade balls of clay on which the handprints from making the clay balls intentionally remain. "The physicality and action of constructing is also accentuated here by the use of a natural material, clay, whose malleability and lack of homogeneity in themselves generate architecture, an architecture that can however be directed toward a mental use of space." [1] Another edition of this installation was presented at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art in Salt Lake City in 2012. The project series contains drawings showing the construction of the installation and photographs of the installation. Source: [1] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/inst-human-space-2012-1/ (last accessed 27 January 2020)
2011-2015
Human Space (2012)
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AP207.S1.2012.PR06
Description:
The project series documents the installation "Human Wall", designed by Pettena for the Galleria Enrico Fornello in Milan in 2012. The installation consists of a wall made of handmade balls of clay on which the handprints from making the clay balls intentionally remain. "The physicality and action of constructing is also accentuated here by the use of a natural material, clay, whose malleability and lack of homogeneity in themselves generate architecture, an architecture that can however be directed toward a mental use of space." [1] Another edition of this installation was presented at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art in Salt Lake City in 2012. The project series contains drawings showing the construction of the installation and photographs of the installation. Source: [1] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/inst-human-space-2012-1/ (last accessed 27 January 2020)
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2011-2015
Project
Stanza [Room] (1987)
AP207.S1.1987.PR03
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The project series documents "Stanza", an installation presented in the exhibition "Beneaugurando" at the Galleria Megapoli, in Milan in 1987. The installation consists of a tent made of white gauze built in the gallery. "Only the openings made at the four corners, at the junctions of the four walls, permitted entry into a quadrangular space with a ceiling in the form of a low pyramid, where there was continuity between the walls and ceiling as in a cave." [1] This installation was also presented in the exhibition "Sistemi binari 1" at the Galleria Neon Campobase, in Bologna in 2008. The project series contains a sketch for the installation and promotional material from the Galleria Megapoli about the installation, including a press release and a promotional card. Source: [1] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/inst-room-1987/ (last accessed 11 December 2019).
circa 1987-2015
Stanza [Room] (1987)
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AP207.S1.1987.PR03
Description:
The project series documents "Stanza", an installation presented in the exhibition "Beneaugurando" at the Galleria Megapoli, in Milan in 1987. The installation consists of a tent made of white gauze built in the gallery. "Only the openings made at the four corners, at the junctions of the four walls, permitted entry into a quadrangular space with a ceiling in the form of a low pyramid, where there was continuity between the walls and ceiling as in a cave." [1] This installation was also presented in the exhibition "Sistemi binari 1" at the Galleria Neon Campobase, in Bologna in 2008. The project series contains a sketch for the installation and promotional material from the Galleria Megapoli about the installation, including a press release and a promotional card. Source: [1] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/inst-room-1987/ (last accessed 11 December 2019).
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circa 1987-2015
Project
AP148.S1.1970.PR01
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The project series documents Poli and Roberto Gherardi's work for their thesis project submitted to Professor Savioli at the University of Florence School of Architecture in 1970. Poli notes that he became an official member of Superstudio after he wrote the thesis. Some works are signed Alessandro Poli-Superstudio. The project features a competition design and proposal for an urban park in Modena, Italy. The project has been published as "Park Dedicated to the Restistance" (Lang and Menking, 2003, 170-171). This title also appears on materials in this series. Reference is made to Poli's earlier project, Piper, in some of the documentation. The project was published in the magazine AD (n.6) in June, 1971. Project contains drawings, sketches, photomontages, project documentation and the thesis text itself. Source cited: Peter Lang and William Menking, Superstudio: Life Without Objects, Milan: Skira Editore, 2003.
1969-1970
Urban park competition, Modena, Italy (1970)
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AP148.S1.1970.PR01
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The project series documents Poli and Roberto Gherardi's work for their thesis project submitted to Professor Savioli at the University of Florence School of Architecture in 1970. Poli notes that he became an official member of Superstudio after he wrote the thesis. Some works are signed Alessandro Poli-Superstudio. The project features a competition design and proposal for an urban park in Modena, Italy. The project has been published as "Park Dedicated to the Restistance" (Lang and Menking, 2003, 170-171). This title also appears on materials in this series. Reference is made to Poli's earlier project, Piper, in some of the documentation. The project was published in the magazine AD (n.6) in June, 1971. Project contains drawings, sketches, photomontages, project documentation and the thesis text itself. Source cited: Peter Lang and William Menking, Superstudio: Life Without Objects, Milan: Skira Editore, 2003.
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1969-1970