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Unidentified projects
AP022.S1.1950.PR01
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This project series documents various architectural projects by Arthur Erickson that are unidentifiable, dated between the early 1950s to the early 2000s.
1950-2002
Unidentified projects
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AP022.S1.1950.PR01
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This project series documents various architectural projects by Arthur Erickson that are unidentifiable, dated between the early 1950s to the early 2000s.
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1950-2002
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AP041.S1.2000.D2
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Project series documents a project in an unidentified location entitled "A celebration of parliamentary democracy" in 2000. Includes panels, and architectural drawings.
2000
A celebration of parliamentary democracy
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AP041.S1.2000.D2
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Project series documents a project in an unidentified location entitled "A celebration of parliamentary democracy" in 2000. Includes panels, and architectural drawings.
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2000
research
Visiting Scholars 2017
Olumuyiwa Adegun, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa Topic: Informal Urban Housing: from 19th century Europe to 21st century Africa Susanne Bauer, The London Consortium, London, United Kingdom / Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brazil Topic: Investigations Into Case: Peter Eisenman’s Dress Rehearsal For The Institute Of(...)
June 2017 to September 2017
Visiting Scholars 2017
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Olumuyiwa Adegun, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa Topic: Informal Urban Housing: from 19th century Europe to 21st century Africa Susanne Bauer, The London Consortium, London, United Kingdom / Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brazil Topic: Investigations Into Case: Peter Eisenman’s Dress Rehearsal For The Institute Of(...)
research
June 2017 to
September 2017
research
Visiting Scholars 2016
Olumuyiwa Adegun, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa Topic: Informal Urban Housing: from 19th century Europe to 21st century Africa Susanne Bauer, The London Consortium, London, United Kingdom / Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brazil Topic: Investigations Into Case: Peter Eisenman’s Dress Rehearsal For The Institute Of(...)
2 June 2016 to 2 September 2016
Visiting Scholars 2016
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Olumuyiwa Adegun, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa Topic: Informal Urban Housing: from 19th century Europe to 21st century Africa Susanne Bauer, The London Consortium, London, United Kingdom / Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brazil Topic: Investigations Into Case: Peter Eisenman’s Dress Rehearsal For The Institute Of(...)
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2 June 2016 to
2 September 2016
archives
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Fonds
Álvaro Siza fonds
AP178
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The Álvaro Siza fonds documents the architectural work of Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza. Records in this fonds document Siza’s projects from 1958-2012, including built and unbuilt designs. A collaborative project was established between the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA), Fundação de Serralves, and Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian to allow for international research and access to the archive. The archive is shared by the three institutions with each institution holding different projects while collaborating on the descriptive work and increasing the visibility of the archive. The holdings at both the Fundação de Serralves and Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian focus on Siza’s Portuguese projects, while the portion of the archive held by the CCA mainly includes Siza’s projects abroad. All three institutions are committed to describing the archive and making it accessible for scholarly research. The processing of the Siza archive held by the CCA has been divided into four phases to allow for access to parts of the archive while still in process. For the first, second, and third phases, the processing archivist has described the projects from the fifties, sixties, and seventies, as well as projects for the IBA competition in Berlin, urban renewal projects in The Hague from the eighties, urban plans, museums, and individual houses between 1980 and 2000. The processing archivist has also described approximately 203 sketchbooks. Many of these sketchbooks include sketches related to architectural projects which were processed. The complete list of projects processed by the CCA to date can be found in series AP178.S1. The bulk of the Álvaro Siza fonds is arranged in Series AP178.S1, which contains documentation for over 200 of Siza’s architectural projects. Records in this archive are predominantly from 1970 to 2000. Series AP178.S1 mainly contains conceptual, design development, presentation, and working drawings. Also included are photographic materials, models, born digital records, and textual documentation, which include correspondence, project proposals, and notes. The architect’s creative process is captured in 282 sketchbooks arranged in Series AP178.S2. In all there are approximately 60 000 drawings, 3000 folders of textual documentation, 9.46 linear meters of photographs and negatives, 6,545 slides, 250 CD-ROMS, 101 floppy disks, and 371 models that document the architectural activities of Siza and his office. Among the drawings are sketches by Siza on various items, such as napkins, receipts, envelopes, or on the back of working drawings. The fonds contains several types of architectural projects including residential buildings, museums, universities, urban plans, offices, and city restorations. Of particular significance are the sketchbooks, comprised of sketches for architectural projects, Siza’s travels, people, and animals as well as notes and draft letters. The sketchbooks are organized in chronological order, starting in the late 1970’s to the beginning of the 2000’s. Locations, notes, and dates have also been identified on the front of each sketchbook along with the sketchbook number. The sketchbooks provide a unique perspective of Siza’s use of drawing as part of his work process.
1958-2002
Álvaro Siza fonds
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AP178
Description:
The Álvaro Siza fonds documents the architectural work of Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza. Records in this fonds document Siza’s projects from 1958-2012, including built and unbuilt designs. A collaborative project was established between the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA), Fundação de Serralves, and Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian to allow for international research and access to the archive. The archive is shared by the three institutions with each institution holding different projects while collaborating on the descriptive work and increasing the visibility of the archive. The holdings at both the Fundação de Serralves and Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian focus on Siza’s Portuguese projects, while the portion of the archive held by the CCA mainly includes Siza’s projects abroad. All three institutions are committed to describing the archive and making it accessible for scholarly research. The processing of the Siza archive held by the CCA has been divided into four phases to allow for access to parts of the archive while still in process. For the first, second, and third phases, the processing archivist has described the projects from the fifties, sixties, and seventies, as well as projects for the IBA competition in Berlin, urban renewal projects in The Hague from the eighties, urban plans, museums, and individual houses between 1980 and 2000. The processing archivist has also described approximately 203 sketchbooks. Many of these sketchbooks include sketches related to architectural projects which were processed. The complete list of projects processed by the CCA to date can be found in series AP178.S1. The bulk of the Álvaro Siza fonds is arranged in Series AP178.S1, which contains documentation for over 200 of Siza’s architectural projects. Records in this archive are predominantly from 1970 to 2000. Series AP178.S1 mainly contains conceptual, design development, presentation, and working drawings. Also included are photographic materials, models, born digital records, and textual documentation, which include correspondence, project proposals, and notes. The architect’s creative process is captured in 282 sketchbooks arranged in Series AP178.S2. In all there are approximately 60 000 drawings, 3000 folders of textual documentation, 9.46 linear meters of photographs and negatives, 6,545 slides, 250 CD-ROMS, 101 floppy disks, and 371 models that document the architectural activities of Siza and his office. Among the drawings are sketches by Siza on various items, such as napkins, receipts, envelopes, or on the back of working drawings. The fonds contains several types of architectural projects including residential buildings, museums, universities, urban plans, offices, and city restorations. Of particular significance are the sketchbooks, comprised of sketches for architectural projects, Siza’s travels, people, and animals as well as notes and draft letters. The sketchbooks are organized in chronological order, starting in the late 1970’s to the beginning of the 2000’s. Locations, notes, and dates have also been identified on the front of each sketchbook along with the sketchbook number. The sketchbooks provide a unique perspective of Siza’s use of drawing as part of his work process.
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1958-2002
video
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14 videocassette(s)
DR2004:1369
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VHS Includes: 'Insite: the Video Magazine for Architects' 86-1 (55 min); 'Insite: the Video Magazine for Architects' 86-2 (55 min); 'Insite: the Video Magazine for Architects' 87-1 (55 min); 'Insite: the Video Magazine for Architects' 87-2 (55 min); 'Insite: the Video Magazine for Architects' 87-3 (55 min); 'Equinox: Taking the Tunnel', Uden Associates Ltd Scott Sutherland School of Architecture, Cedric Price, 1/8/86 (1 hr); 'True Stories: The Lord of the Bush' (1 hr); 'Serre' (1 hr); 'Glass House' Allford, Hall, Monaghan, Morris (2 min); 'Classic Homes Programme 4: The Prefab' Uden Associates Ltd (24 min); BBC/Martin Pawley/Architecture Armageddon (1 hr); Equinox Programme on Caravans & Caravan Design (1 hr); Cedric Price, Ranulph Glanville & James Turrell & Portsmoth Art College Picture Re-enactments (1 hr);
'Insite: the Video Magazine for Architects'
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DR2004:1369
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VHS Includes: 'Insite: the Video Magazine for Architects' 86-1 (55 min); 'Insite: the Video Magazine for Architects' 86-2 (55 min); 'Insite: the Video Magazine for Architects' 87-1 (55 min); 'Insite: the Video Magazine for Architects' 87-2 (55 min); 'Insite: the Video Magazine for Architects' 87-3 (55 min); 'Equinox: Taking the Tunnel', Uden Associates Ltd Scott Sutherland School of Architecture, Cedric Price, 1/8/86 (1 hr); 'True Stories: The Lord of the Bush' (1 hr); 'Serre' (1 hr); 'Glass House' Allford, Hall, Monaghan, Morris (2 min); 'Classic Homes Programme 4: The Prefab' Uden Associates Ltd (24 min); BBC/Martin Pawley/Architecture Armageddon (1 hr); Equinox Programme on Caravans & Caravan Design (1 hr); Cedric Price, Ranulph Glanville & James Turrell & Portsmoth Art College Picture Re-enactments (1 hr);
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14 videocassette(s)
textual records
AP197.S3.003
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The box is comprised of correspondence for the years of 1991-1994, organized in alphabetical order by last name, from A-K. The box documents Frampton’s career as Ware professor at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University and his related professional activities. Correspondence in this box includes: offers of teaching positions; requests to write articles, reviews, books and recommendation letters; invitations to teach, present, or attend at lectures/symposiums/conferences; and requests to serve on juries. Throughout this period, Frampton corresponded with architects, professors, publishers, and editors of various publications such as: Botond Bognar; Norman Foster; Yukio Futagawa; Gevork Hartoonian; and the commissioning editor of Phaidon Press Limited, David Jenkins. Correspondence relates to Kenneth Frampton’s involvement/participation in the publication of Hopkins: The Work of Michael Hopkins and Partners; as a lecturer at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ASCA) Conference, the Berlage Institute and the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne; and as a jury member for the Carlsberg Architectural Prize.
1991-1994
Personal and professional correspondence for names A-K from 1991-1994
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AP197.S3.003
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The box is comprised of correspondence for the years of 1991-1994, organized in alphabetical order by last name, from A-K. The box documents Frampton’s career as Ware professor at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University and his related professional activities. Correspondence in this box includes: offers of teaching positions; requests to write articles, reviews, books and recommendation letters; invitations to teach, present, or attend at lectures/symposiums/conferences; and requests to serve on juries. Throughout this period, Frampton corresponded with architects, professors, publishers, and editors of various publications such as: Botond Bognar; Norman Foster; Yukio Futagawa; Gevork Hartoonian; and the commissioning editor of Phaidon Press Limited, David Jenkins. Correspondence relates to Kenneth Frampton’s involvement/participation in the publication of Hopkins: The Work of Michael Hopkins and Partners; as a lecturer at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ASCA) Conference, the Berlage Institute and the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne; and as a jury member for the Carlsberg Architectural Prize.
textual records
1991-1994
textual records
Writings by Shoei Yoh
ARCH270329
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This group is composed of texts by Shoei Yoh, some of which have been published on the website of Shoei Yoh + Architects, including two variant prinouts of the document "Fluid architecture". There is also a printout of a text with notations in ink. The group also includes illustrated lists of works by Shoei Yoh + Architects, including content printed from the firm's website with notations in ink.
Writings by Shoei Yoh
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ARCH270329
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This group is composed of texts by Shoei Yoh, some of which have been published on the website of Shoei Yoh + Architects, including two variant prinouts of the document "Fluid architecture". There is also a printout of a text with notations in ink. The group also includes illustrated lists of works by Shoei Yoh + Architects, including content printed from the firm's website with notations in ink.
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Project
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.
Project
circa 1974
textual records
DR1999:0462
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documents include 3 computer diskettes (one damaged),1 audio cassette, general information on: DAAP College, School of Design, School of Architecture, School of Art and School of Planning (i.e.: class schedules, classroom space, administrative space, program description, reference book on visual resource collections), University of Cincinnati basis of contract, working materials, DAAP proposals, DAAP program reports, memos, transparencies, University bulletins '84-'86
reference and administrative records for Aronoff Center for Design and Art
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DR1999:0462
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documents include 3 computer diskettes (one damaged),1 audio cassette, general information on: DAAP College, School of Design, School of Architecture, School of Art and School of Planning (i.e.: class schedules, classroom space, administrative space, program description, reference book on visual resource collections), University of Cincinnati basis of contract, working materials, DAAP proposals, DAAP program reports, memos, transparencies, University bulletins '84-'86
textual records