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Architecture as a Document of Reality
Esra Akcan reviews Gaetano Pesce’s competition entry for the Pahlavi National Library in Tehran
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20 February 2020
Shaughnessy House
6 August 2009 , 6PM
Shaughnessy House
graphic materials
Architecture
ARCH252113
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poster advertising IAUS' "Evening Program in Architecture and Planning"; first in an ongoing series of programs made up of 9-10 moderated sessions based around a single theme
circa 1966-1984
Architecture
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ARCH252113
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poster advertising IAUS' "Evening Program in Architecture and Planning"; first in an ongoing series of programs made up of 9-10 moderated sessions based around a single theme
graphic materials
circa 1966-1984
graphic materials
Architecture
ARCH284374
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poster advertising IAUS' "Evening Program in Architecture and Planning"; first in an ongoing series of programs made up of 9-10 moderated sessions based around a single theme
circa 1966-1984
Architecture
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ARCH284374
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poster advertising IAUS' "Evening Program in Architecture and Planning"; first in an ongoing series of programs made up of 9-10 moderated sessions based around a single theme
graphic materials
circa 1966-1984
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The Other Architect
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Fonds
AP177
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The RUR Architecture Kansai-kan of the National Diet Library project records, circa 1996, document the New York based firm’s competition entry for the Kansai Science City branch of Japan’s National Diet Library. Records show integration of landscape in the building’s design, exploration of the relationship between structure and surface, and a multimedia approach to building design. Records include 169 digital files, mostly CAD models and images; 42 drawings and printed renderings; and 5 models and casts.
1996-2015
RUR Architecture Kansai-kan of the National Diet Library project records
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AP177
Synopsis:
The RUR Architecture Kansai-kan of the National Diet Library project records, circa 1996, document the New York based firm’s competition entry for the Kansai Science City branch of Japan’s National Diet Library. Records show integration of landscape in the building’s design, exploration of the relationship between structure and surface, and a multimedia approach to building design. Records include 169 digital files, mostly CAD models and images; 42 drawings and printed renderings; and 5 models and casts.
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1996-2015
Health is a focus of contemporary political debate in a moment of historically high anxiety, but are architects, urban designers, and landscape architects seeking a new moral and political agenda within these concerns? Imperfect Health examines the complexity of today’s interrelated and emerging health problems juxtaposed with a variety of proposed architectural and urban(...)
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imperfect health, giovanna borasi, mirko zardini, kersten geers, david van severen, office, kgdvs
25 October 2011 to 15 April 2012
Imperfect Health: The Medicalization of Architecture
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Health is a focus of contemporary political debate in a moment of historically high anxiety, but are architects, urban designers, and landscape architects seeking a new moral and political agenda within these concerns? Imperfect Health examines the complexity of today’s interrelated and emerging health problems juxtaposed with a variety of proposed architectural and urban(...)
Main galleries Keyword(s):
imperfect health, giovanna borasi, mirko zardini, kersten geers, david van severen, office, kgdvs
How can construction be an instrument of peace? Post-conflict cities share many problems such as spontaneous construction and a lack of strong civil governance, thus even well-intended projects under these conditions risk fixing inequalities permanently or introducing new ones in the built environment. Can architecture, beyond solving a direct need or problem, add to(...)
Octagonal gallery
16 June 2011 to 4 September 2011
The Good Cause: Architecture of Peace
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How can construction be an instrument of peace? Post-conflict cities share many problems such as spontaneous construction and a lack of strong civil governance, thus even well-intended projects under these conditions risk fixing inequalities permanently or introducing new ones in the built environment. Can architecture, beyond solving a direct need or problem, add to(...)
Octagonal gallery
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Architectures of Care
Of Migration
30 August 2021
Of Migration