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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
Project
AP187.S1.1974.PR02
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This project series contains architectural studies as well as studies for sculptures. Material was produced around 1974. Documenting the project is one sketch.
circa 1974
Studie Architektur und Plastik (1974)
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AP187.S1.1974.PR02
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This project series contains architectural studies as well as studies for sculptures. Material was produced around 1974. Documenting the project is one sketch.
Project
circa 1974
Sub-series
New Commons Building
AP032.S1.SS2.D3.SD19
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This subseries consists of reprographic copies of architectural, structural, mechanical, and electrical drawings from 1953 for the New Commons Building in Chicago, Illinois.
1953
New Commons Building
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AP032.S1.SS2.D3.SD19
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This subseries consists of reprographic copies of architectural, structural, mechanical, and electrical drawings from 1953 for the New Commons Building in Chicago, Illinois.
Sub-file 19
1953
photographs
AP140.S1.SS2.D2.P4
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views of buildings by Le Corbusier including Pavillon Suisse, Cité Universitaire, Unité d`Habitation, Cité-Refuge de l'Armée du Salut [Salvation Army Refuge], Notre-Dame-du-Haut, Ronchamp, and Villa Savoye, as well as a letter from The Winter Thomas Company Ltd. that discusses James Stirling`s photographs of the work of Le Corbusier; views of Italian architecture and sculpture predominantly in Florence and Pisa;
circa 1950s-1970s
Views of buildings by Le Corbusier including Pavillon Suisse
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AP140.S1.SS2.D2.P4
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views of buildings by Le Corbusier including Pavillon Suisse, Cité Universitaire, Unité d`Habitation, Cité-Refuge de l'Armée du Salut [Salvation Army Refuge], Notre-Dame-du-Haut, Ronchamp, and Villa Savoye, as well as a letter from The Winter Thomas Company Ltd. that discusses James Stirling`s photographs of the work of Le Corbusier; views of Italian architecture and sculpture predominantly in Florence and Pisa;
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circa 1950s-1970s
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Paul-Philippe Cret fonds
AP031
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Paul-Philippe Cret fonds, 1907-1950, documents Cret’s project for the International Bureau of American Republics (Pan American Union Building) in Washington D.C. (1907 – 1950). The fond is comprised of drawings showing plans, elevations, wiring and plumbing diagrams, and furniture layout.
circa 1907-1950
Paul-Philippe Cret fonds
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AP031
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Paul-Philippe Cret fonds, 1907-1950, documents Cret’s project for the International Bureau of American Republics (Pan American Union Building) in Washington D.C. (1907 – 1950). The fond is comprised of drawings showing plans, elevations, wiring and plumbing diagrams, and furniture layout.
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circa 1907-1950
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AP207.S1.1966.PR01
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This project series documents the sound performance "Tunnel Sonoro." It was created in 1966, when Pettena was experimenting with music and worked with musicians. "Tunnel Sonoro" was one of the results of his collaborations with musicians. This project consists of a sound performance during which a performer, entirely dressed in a metallic bodysuit, crosses a narrow tunnel "in which, by scrapping against the surfaces, their body 'played' the environment, imitating the sound of the wind [...]." [1] The performance was conceived for the (Musica Elettronica Viva), a live acoustic and electronic improvisational group from Rome. The project series contains a project description in Italian and in English, a reproduction of a publication from the Biennale di Firenze describing the project, and drawings of the tunnel and the metallic bodysuit. Source: [1] Marco Scotini, editor. Non-conscious architecture: Gianni Pettena, Sternberg Press, 2018, 235 pages. p. 98.
circa 1966-2018
Tunnel Sonoro [Sound Tunnel] (1966)
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AP207.S1.1966.PR01
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This project series documents the sound performance "Tunnel Sonoro." It was created in 1966, when Pettena was experimenting with music and worked with musicians. "Tunnel Sonoro" was one of the results of his collaborations with musicians. This project consists of a sound performance during which a performer, entirely dressed in a metallic bodysuit, crosses a narrow tunnel "in which, by scrapping against the surfaces, their body 'played' the environment, imitating the sound of the wind [...]." [1] The performance was conceived for the (Musica Elettronica Viva), a live acoustic and electronic improvisational group from Rome. The project series contains a project description in Italian and in English, a reproduction of a publication from the Biennale di Firenze describing the project, and drawings of the tunnel and the metallic bodysuit. Source: [1] Marco Scotini, editor. Non-conscious architecture: Gianni Pettena, Sternberg Press, 2018, 235 pages. p. 98.
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circa 1966-2018
Sub-series
Awards and honours
AP075.S3.SS3
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This sub-series documents the awards and honours received by Cornelia Hahn Oberlander for her work as a landscape architect or awards for landscape projects. It includes design awards from Landscape architecture associations, such as the President's Award to Excellence from the American Society of Lanscape Architects (ASLA) for Robson Square in Vancouver in 1971, or the Canadian Society of Lanscape Architects (CSLA) award for the Canadian Chancery in Washington D.C. in 1991. It also contains honoris cause she received from universities or documents related to the been nomiated as Officer of the Order of Canada in 2009 or as Companion of the Order of Canada in 2018. The sub-series contains the awards, medals, trophies and certificats she received, invitations to official celebrations, a few recordings of the award ceremonies, photographs, and other correspondence and administrative documents related to the planning of ceremonies.
1950-2018
Awards and honours
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AP075.S3.SS3
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This sub-series documents the awards and honours received by Cornelia Hahn Oberlander for her work as a landscape architect or awards for landscape projects. It includes design awards from Landscape architecture associations, such as the President's Award to Excellence from the American Society of Lanscape Architects (ASLA) for Robson Square in Vancouver in 1971, or the Canadian Society of Lanscape Architects (CSLA) award for the Canadian Chancery in Washington D.C. in 1991. It also contains honoris cause she received from universities or documents related to the been nomiated as Officer of the Order of Canada in 2009 or as Companion of the Order of Canada in 2018. The sub-series contains the awards, medals, trophies and certificats she received, invitations to official celebrations, a few recordings of the award ceremonies, photographs, and other correspondence and administrative documents related to the planning of ceremonies.
Sub-series
1950-2018
born digital, photographs
AP075.S4.SS2.066
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Most common file formats: Exchangeable Image File Format (Compressed). Contains photographs of cherry trees at The Waterfall Building (1997), photographs of cherry trees at the University of British Columbia. Also contains some photographs of Arthur Erickson Memorial at Simon Fraser University in 2009, and photographs of a conference of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander at the University of British Columbia Faculty of Landscape Architecture in 2010.
2010
Photographs of Vancouver’s Universities landscape projects by Cornelia Hahn Oberlander.
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AP075.S4.SS2.066
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Most common file formats: Exchangeable Image File Format (Compressed). Contains photographs of cherry trees at The Waterfall Building (1997), photographs of cherry trees at the University of British Columbia. Also contains some photographs of Arthur Erickson Memorial at Simon Fraser University in 2009, and photographs of a conference of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander at the University of British Columbia Faculty of Landscape Architecture in 2010.
born digital, photographs
2010
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AP103
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The IFCCA Prize Competition for the Design of Cities fonds primarily documents the activities involved in the organization and realization of the Prize Competition, as well as the most active years of the IFCCA. The fonds is made up of primarily of textual documents dating from 1992 to 2001. The Prize Competition challenged architects from around the world to rethink and redesign a site on the western edge of Manhattan, New York City, New York. Five finalists were chosen by a jury of well known figures in the architecture field, and given four months to complete their proposals. Peter Eisenman, Peter Eisenman Architects, New York City, was declared the winner on 28 June 1999. Two exhibitions of the work of the finalists, in New York City (1999, with an accompanying colloquium) and at the CCA in Montreal (2000-2001) followed the Prize Competition.
1992-2001, predominant 1996-2001
IFCCA Prize Competition for the Design of Cities fonds
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AP103
Synopsis:
The IFCCA Prize Competition for the Design of Cities fonds primarily documents the activities involved in the organization and realization of the Prize Competition, as well as the most active years of the IFCCA. The fonds is made up of primarily of textual documents dating from 1992 to 2001. The Prize Competition challenged architects from around the world to rethink and redesign a site on the western edge of Manhattan, New York City, New York. Five finalists were chosen by a jury of well known figures in the architecture field, and given four months to complete their proposals. Peter Eisenman, Peter Eisenman Architects, New York City, was declared the winner on 28 June 1999. Two exhibitions of the work of the finalists, in New York City (1999, with an accompanying colloquium) and at the CCA in Montreal (2000-2001) followed the Prize Competition.
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1992-2001, predominant 1996-2001
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