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AP195.S3
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Series 3: Construction working files and related correspondence, 1996 – 2015, contains CAD files and related textual records documenting the evolution of the Phaeno Science Centre project over time, particularly during the construction and post-construction phases. Formats represented include chiefly CAD drawings (plotter files, AutoCAD drawings, DXF), as well as text documents (Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, PDF, plain text) and images (JPEG, TIFF). There is also a significant amount of email correspondence (MSG, MBOX). The bulk of the materials dates from 2000 – 2005. The materials in this series chiefly consist of project working files by year from 2002 to 2015 (non-inclusive). These directories primarily consist of plotter files and other construction drawings in CAD formats, both sent and received by ZHA. Alongside the drawings, there is also often a significant body of textual material, including email correspondence, memoranda, meeting minutes, translations, legal documentation, and other administrative material. Taken altogether, the working files provide insight into the construction of the Phaeno Science Centre as it evolved over time. In addition to the working files, there are also a number of other files arranged topically. This includes material for construction permit applications, invoices to the client and contractors, construction schedules and pricing, materials related to consultants, and additional detail drawings. Notably, this series also contains the email archives of Sara Klomps, a project architect for the Phaeno Science Centre from the early 2000s through at least 2015. These materials reflect her work on the project, particularly communication with the client and consultants, as well as the arc of her career at ZHA, where she became associate director in 2014.
1996 - 2015
Construction working files and related correspondence
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AP195.S3
Description:
Series 3: Construction working files and related correspondence, 1996 – 2015, contains CAD files and related textual records documenting the evolution of the Phaeno Science Centre project over time, particularly during the construction and post-construction phases. Formats represented include chiefly CAD drawings (plotter files, AutoCAD drawings, DXF), as well as text documents (Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, PDF, plain text) and images (JPEG, TIFF). There is also a significant amount of email correspondence (MSG, MBOX). The bulk of the materials dates from 2000 – 2005. The materials in this series chiefly consist of project working files by year from 2002 to 2015 (non-inclusive). These directories primarily consist of plotter files and other construction drawings in CAD formats, both sent and received by ZHA. Alongside the drawings, there is also often a significant body of textual material, including email correspondence, memoranda, meeting minutes, translations, legal documentation, and other administrative material. Taken altogether, the working files provide insight into the construction of the Phaeno Science Centre as it evolved over time. In addition to the working files, there are also a number of other files arranged topically. This includes material for construction permit applications, invoices to the client and contractors, construction schedules and pricing, materials related to consultants, and additional detail drawings. Notably, this series also contains the email archives of Sara Klomps, a project architect for the Phaeno Science Centre from the early 2000s through at least 2015. These materials reflect her work on the project, particularly communication with the client and consultants, as well as the arc of her career at ZHA, where she became associate director in 2014.
Series
1996 - 2015
drawings, textual records, photographs
DR1995:0252:890-1019
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includes 5 folders containing over 50 original sketches and conceptual drawings, notes, building area calculations, measured sketches, meeting notes, draft architect's statement, photographic views of site and steelwork, letter of intent, correspondence, brochures, clippings, minutes of meetings and site meetings, estimates, appraisals, application forms, project schedule, specifications, office memoranda, notes, approximate bill of quantities, building programme, drawing lists, bibliography, legal documents, architect's instructions, feasibility study for unrelated building, promotional material for Inter-Action Centre, building code, regulations, contract forms, chart, schedules, and furniture layout drawings
Sketches and conceptual drawings, notes, building area calculations, measured sketches
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DR1995:0252:890-1019
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includes 5 folders containing over 50 original sketches and conceptual drawings, notes, building area calculations, measured sketches, meeting notes, draft architect's statement, photographic views of site and steelwork, letter of intent, correspondence, brochures, clippings, minutes of meetings and site meetings, estimates, appraisals, application forms, project schedule, specifications, office memoranda, notes, approximate bill of quantities, building programme, drawing lists, bibliography, legal documents, architect's instructions, feasibility study for unrelated building, promotional material for Inter-Action Centre, building code, regulations, contract forms, chart, schedules, and furniture layout drawings
drawings, textual records, photographs
articles
Animal Passages
Figuring Territory
30 January 2023
Animal Passages
Phoebe Springstubb on how the migration of fur seals defined the inside and outside of empire
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Figuring Territory
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Objectile records
AP169.S1
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Series 1, Objectile, 1993 - 2011, relates to the firm’s activities, from the production of decorative panels to the management of daily business. This series includes born-digital material and chiefly dates from 2004-2008. “Objectile” is a term first proposed by philosopher Gilles Deleuze in his book The Fold, published in 1988. It was used to name the research conducted by Bernard Cache and his associate Patrick Beaucé around the development of industrial means to produce “non-standard” objects. In his book Earth Moves (Terre Meuble), Bernard Cache describes non-standard objects as repeatable variations on a theme, such as a family of curves declining the same mathematical model. The randomness of their patterns recalls earth’s forms and curves, the way geography generates nature’s topography. Cache also wanted these folds and curves to express a relationship between the exterior (geography) and the interior (furniture) of architecture. From these ideas, the firm Objectile was founded created to industrially produce and market those non-standard objects mostly taking the form of decorative panels. Those panels and other furniture were among the first objects to be computationally designed with computer-aided design software (CAD) and then industrially built through computer numerical control (CNC). The patterns were designed through unique algorithms that could endlessly be modified and personalized. Materials in this series reflect the work of Objectile. This includes design and execution records for the different wooden panels and other furniture, which are primarily in still image and CAD formats (TopSolid, AutoCAD). There is also a significant body of material for the Objectile website (in HTML and XML formats). The series additionally includes textual documentation reflecting the administration of the firm, including accounting and legal documentation, as well as correspondence. These materials are in typical office formats and include email.
1993-2011
Objectile records
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AP169.S1
Description:
Series 1, Objectile, 1993 - 2011, relates to the firm’s activities, from the production of decorative panels to the management of daily business. This series includes born-digital material and chiefly dates from 2004-2008. “Objectile” is a term first proposed by philosopher Gilles Deleuze in his book The Fold, published in 1988. It was used to name the research conducted by Bernard Cache and his associate Patrick Beaucé around the development of industrial means to produce “non-standard” objects. In his book Earth Moves (Terre Meuble), Bernard Cache describes non-standard objects as repeatable variations on a theme, such as a family of curves declining the same mathematical model. The randomness of their patterns recalls earth’s forms and curves, the way geography generates nature’s topography. Cache also wanted these folds and curves to express a relationship between the exterior (geography) and the interior (furniture) of architecture. From these ideas, the firm Objectile was founded created to industrially produce and market those non-standard objects mostly taking the form of decorative panels. Those panels and other furniture were among the first objects to be computationally designed with computer-aided design software (CAD) and then industrially built through computer numerical control (CNC). The patterns were designed through unique algorithms that could endlessly be modified and personalized. Materials in this series reflect the work of Objectile. This includes design and execution records for the different wooden panels and other furniture, which are primarily in still image and CAD formats (TopSolid, AutoCAD). There is also a significant body of material for the Objectile website (in HTML and XML formats). The series additionally includes textual documentation reflecting the administration of the firm, including accounting and legal documentation, as well as correspondence. These materials are in typical office formats and include email.
Series
1993-2011
textual records
ARCH276065
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41 files - Group contains renovations documents. Files include: structural consultant; mechanical consultant; client correspondence; client meetings; client architect agreements; consultant proposals; consultant directory and agreements; D.P.A. submission; regulatory approvals - building permit application; transmittals, inspection reports; contractor correspondence; waterproofing; site information - surveys; electrical consultant; construction costs - budgets/estimates; architects' invoices (copies); A.C.E. meetings; site information - photos, soils and utilities; background material; specification; parks and recreation; bids, application for payment; certificate of payment; change orders; contractor meetings; site instructions; shop drawing and samples; time schedules; photographs; contractor proposals; handicapped access, elevating systems; Sikh legal. Also includes spiral bound project material: Phase 1 contract documents; building analysis.
1987-1988
Correspondence, agreements, budget and cost estimates, reports and meetings
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ARCH276065
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41 files - Group contains renovations documents. Files include: structural consultant; mechanical consultant; client correspondence; client meetings; client architect agreements; consultant proposals; consultant directory and agreements; D.P.A. submission; regulatory approvals - building permit application; transmittals, inspection reports; contractor correspondence; waterproofing; site information - surveys; electrical consultant; construction costs - budgets/estimates; architects' invoices (copies); A.C.E. meetings; site information - photos, soils and utilities; background material; specification; parks and recreation; bids, application for payment; certificate of payment; change orders; contractor meetings; site instructions; shop drawing and samples; time schedules; photographs; contractor proposals; handicapped access, elevating systems; Sikh legal. Also includes spiral bound project material: Phase 1 contract documents; building analysis.
textual records
1987-1988
Letters 1976-77
PHCON2002:0016:004
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Binder documents Gordon Matta-Clark' personal and professional correspondence predominantly from 1976 and 1977, a period when he began to have professional success as an artist. It includes correspondence regarding the sale of works of art as well as the following projects: The Caribbean Orange (1978), Jacob's Ladder (1977), Meander (1976); Office Baroque (1977); and Substrait (1976). Correspondence related to unnamed and unrealized projects in California, Missouri, Texas, Massachusetts, and Paris, France are also included. The subject of the other correspondence includes letters to and from grant agencies, including the Guggenheim Foundation, letters inviting Matta-Clark to participate in exhibitions, as well as his research on helium balloons. Legal documents such as tax returns and a copy of the sales agreement for the purchase of a building on 20th St. in New York City, New York are also found in the binder. Binder contains drawings and textual records.
after 1974-1978
Letters 1976-77
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PHCON2002:0016:004
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Binder documents Gordon Matta-Clark' personal and professional correspondence predominantly from 1976 and 1977, a period when he began to have professional success as an artist. It includes correspondence regarding the sale of works of art as well as the following projects: The Caribbean Orange (1978), Jacob's Ladder (1977), Meander (1976); Office Baroque (1977); and Substrait (1976). Correspondence related to unnamed and unrealized projects in California, Missouri, Texas, Massachusetts, and Paris, France are also included. The subject of the other correspondence includes letters to and from grant agencies, including the Guggenheim Foundation, letters inviting Matta-Clark to participate in exhibitions, as well as his research on helium balloons. Legal documents such as tax returns and a copy of the sales agreement for the purchase of a building on 20th St. in New York City, New York are also found in the binder. Binder contains drawings and textual records.
after 1974-1978
Architecture as Evidence
Architecture as Evidence presents a set of materials gathered during a forensic analysis of the architecture of Auschwitz. It assembles plaster casts of blueprints, letters, contractor bills, and photographs, as well as two reconstructed monuments (a gas column and a gas-tight hatch), which together provide tangible evidence that Auschwitz was designed by its architects(...)
Octagonal gallery
16 June 2016 to 11 September 2016
Architecture as Evidence
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Architecture as Evidence presents a set of materials gathered during a forensic analysis of the architecture of Auschwitz. It assembles plaster casts of blueprints, letters, contractor bills, and photographs, as well as two reconstructed monuments (a gas column and a gas-tight hatch), which together provide tangible evidence that Auschwitz was designed by its architects(...)
Octagonal gallery
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
textual records
ARCH167271
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Projet de mur de soutènement de la rue de la Commune 8 photographies couleurs: Vues de la maquette, 10 x 15 cm 2 photographies: Vue du chantier de construction et dessin du projet, jusqu'à 13 x 21 cm 2 exemplaires: Dépliant "Le Faubourg Québec", vol 2, no 1, 1993 et vol 3, no 1, 1994 3 feuillets: Projet "Bay-Adelaide Park" de Baird/Sampson pour Toronto photocopies 3 feuillets: notes manuscrites 2 photocopies: Coupes du mur, 21,5 x 35,5 cm 4 photocopies de photographies: Vues du site, 21,5 x 35,5 cm 1 feuillet: Ordre du jour de la réunion chantier no 1, 28 juillet 1995 1 feuillet: Notes manuscrites par Jacques Rousseau 2 feuillets: Échéanciers, format légal 17 feuillets: Détails de construction d'un mur 5 cartes d'affaire
juin 1995
Projet de mur de soutènement de la rue de la Commune
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ARCH167271
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Projet de mur de soutènement de la rue de la Commune 8 photographies couleurs: Vues de la maquette, 10 x 15 cm 2 photographies: Vue du chantier de construction et dessin du projet, jusqu'à 13 x 21 cm 2 exemplaires: Dépliant "Le Faubourg Québec", vol 2, no 1, 1993 et vol 3, no 1, 1994 3 feuillets: Projet "Bay-Adelaide Park" de Baird/Sampson pour Toronto photocopies 3 feuillets: notes manuscrites 2 photocopies: Coupes du mur, 21,5 x 35,5 cm 4 photocopies de photographies: Vues du site, 21,5 x 35,5 cm 1 feuillet: Ordre du jour de la réunion chantier no 1, 28 juillet 1995 1 feuillet: Notes manuscrites par Jacques Rousseau 2 feuillets: Échéanciers, format légal 17 feuillets: Détails de construction d'un mur 5 cartes d'affaire
textual records
juin 1995
articles
The River and the Risk
Keep Safe
Keep Safe, photography, landscape, river landscape, floods, Germany, Ahr Valley, Rhineland-Palatinate, landscape conservation, landscape protection, AfD, Heimat
2 July 2024
The River and the Risk
Leonie Hartung asks what it means to legally protect a (river-)landscape when the concept of landscape itself is no longer tangible
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Keep Safe