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AP206.S1.1975.PR01
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This project series documents Aditya Prakash's proposal for an alternative plan for Chandigarh, India, which came to be known as the Linear City. Prakash began developing and advocating for this idea around the early 1970s. The Linear City had two fundamental ideas at its core. The first was to raise the roadways in Chandigarh (or any future city) 10-12 feet from ground level. This, he proposed, would separate vehicular traffic from pedestrians, eliminating all the hazardous impacts of traffic on daily life. The large part of the drawings for this project show sector plans and city blocks with evenly dispersed roundabout roadways as major transit hubs, wrapping around but high above centres of pedestrian activity that included shops, markets and green spaces. The sale of the land below the roadways would pay for the upheaval. He also recommended building this city only a few sectors deep, but endlessly expanding it length-wise, with a raised canal along one side to provide an additional transportation network and irrigation. The second fundamental idea of this city was the creation of self-sustaining sectors in the city plan, advocating that each neighbourhood should have the infrastructure to provide food and recycling for its residents. He fervently argued for the reimagination of modernist Chandigarh by incorporating sustainable, local traditions - the rural should exist in harmony with the urban. In opposition to Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, he believed areas for recycling, animal husbandry, and growing food should be incorporated into the fabric of the city.[1] This project is recorded largely through original drawings of city plans, perspectives and axonometric views detailing Prakash's new vision for the city. It seems that many of the perspectives were drawn by family friend Sandeep Virmani, after listening to Prakash's ideas.[2] The project is also recorded through photographs, negatives and slides showing plans and the project model. A small amount of notes and an article on the project are also included. [1]Vikramaditya Prakash, One Continuous Line: Art, Architecture and Urbanism of Aditya Prakash (Ahmedabad, India: Mapin Publishing Pvt. Ltd., 2019), 164-181. [2]Prakash, One Continuous Line, 169.
circa 1975-2003
Linear city, Chandigarh, India (circa 1975-1987)
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AP206.S1.1975.PR01
Description:
This project series documents Aditya Prakash's proposal for an alternative plan for Chandigarh, India, which came to be known as the Linear City. Prakash began developing and advocating for this idea around the early 1970s. The Linear City had two fundamental ideas at its core. The first was to raise the roadways in Chandigarh (or any future city) 10-12 feet from ground level. This, he proposed, would separate vehicular traffic from pedestrians, eliminating all the hazardous impacts of traffic on daily life. The large part of the drawings for this project show sector plans and city blocks with evenly dispersed roundabout roadways as major transit hubs, wrapping around but high above centres of pedestrian activity that included shops, markets and green spaces. The sale of the land below the roadways would pay for the upheaval. He also recommended building this city only a few sectors deep, but endlessly expanding it length-wise, with a raised canal along one side to provide an additional transportation network and irrigation. The second fundamental idea of this city was the creation of self-sustaining sectors in the city plan, advocating that each neighbourhood should have the infrastructure to provide food and recycling for its residents. He fervently argued for the reimagination of modernist Chandigarh by incorporating sustainable, local traditions - the rural should exist in harmony with the urban. In opposition to Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, he believed areas for recycling, animal husbandry, and growing food should be incorporated into the fabric of the city.[1] This project is recorded largely through original drawings of city plans, perspectives and axonometric views detailing Prakash's new vision for the city. It seems that many of the perspectives were drawn by family friend Sandeep Virmani, after listening to Prakash's ideas.[2] The project is also recorded through photographs, negatives and slides showing plans and the project model. A small amount of notes and an article on the project are also included. [1]Vikramaditya Prakash, One Continuous Line: Art, Architecture and Urbanism of Aditya Prakash (Ahmedabad, India: Mapin Publishing Pvt. Ltd., 2019), 164-181. [2]Prakash, One Continuous Line, 169.
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circa 1975-2003
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Fonds
Hazen Sise fonds
AP112
Synopsis:
The Hazen Sise fonds contains negatives, drawings, and other documents dating from 1933 to 1959. The negatives, taken in the early 1930s, mostly depict participants of the conferences CIAM IV and CIRPAC, including Le Corbusier, László Moholy-Nagy, Alvar Aalto and Fernand Léger. The drawings document the design of Beaver Lake Pavilion, built for the City of Montréal between 1955 and 1959 as part of the redevelopment of Mount Royal Park. Le fonds Hazen Sise est composé de négatifs, dessins, et autres documents datés entre 1933 et 1959. Les négatifs, pris au début des années 30s, présentent des participants des congres IVe CIAM et CIRPAC, incluant Le Corbusier, László Moholy-Nagy, Alvar Aalto et Fernand Léger. Les dessins documentent la conception du pavillon du Lac aux Castors, construit pour la Ville de Montréal entre 1955 et 1959 dans le cadre du réaménagement du Parc du Mont-Royal.
1933-1959
Hazen Sise fonds
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AP112
Synopsis:
The Hazen Sise fonds contains negatives, drawings, and other documents dating from 1933 to 1959. The negatives, taken in the early 1930s, mostly depict participants of the conferences CIAM IV and CIRPAC, including Le Corbusier, László Moholy-Nagy, Alvar Aalto and Fernand Léger. The drawings document the design of Beaver Lake Pavilion, built for the City of Montréal between 1955 and 1959 as part of the redevelopment of Mount Royal Park. Le fonds Hazen Sise est composé de négatifs, dessins, et autres documents datés entre 1933 et 1959. Les négatifs, pris au début des années 30s, présentent des participants des congres IVe CIAM et CIRPAC, incluant Le Corbusier, László Moholy-Nagy, Alvar Aalto et Fernand Léger. Les dessins documentent la conception du pavillon du Lac aux Castors, construit pour la Ville de Montréal entre 1955 et 1959 dans le cadre du réaménagement du Parc du Mont-Royal.
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Fonds
1933-1959
Learning from… Ruscha and Venturi Scott Brown, 1962–1977 examines the relationship between the seminal illustrated books by artist Edward Ruscha and architects Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown that deal with the architecture and urbanism of the everyday in Los Angeles and Las Vegas during the 1960s and 1970s. Ruscha’s Every Building on the Sunset Strip and Venturi(...)
Octagonal gallery
31 March 2004 to 30 May 2004
Learning from… Ruscha and Venturi Scott Brown, 1962–1977
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Learning from… Ruscha and Venturi Scott Brown, 1962–1977 examines the relationship between the seminal illustrated books by artist Edward Ruscha and architects Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown that deal with the architecture and urbanism of the everyday in Los Angeles and Las Vegas during the 1960s and 1970s. Ruscha’s Every Building on the Sunset Strip and Venturi(...)
Octagonal gallery
textual records
ARCH276794
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Les extraits portes sur la possibilité d'une guerre et l'architecture du Palais de la Société Des Nations (SDN) et du Louvres.
1927 - 1938
Extraits tirés de l'Illustration
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ARCH276794
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Les extraits portes sur la possibilité d'une guerre et l'architecture du Palais de la Société Des Nations (SDN) et du Louvres.
textual records
1927 - 1938
textual records
ARCH173276
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Assemblée générale de l'École d'architecture: projet de manifeste, document de travail pour différentes réunions
1975
Assemblée générale de l'École d'architecture
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ARCH173276
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Assemblée générale de l'École d'architecture: projet de manifeste, document de travail pour différentes réunions
textual records
1975
journals and magazines
L'architecture d'aujourd'hui
ARCH268220
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L'architecture d'aujourd'hui, 5th year, 4th series, no. 1, February 1934.
February 1934
L'architecture d'aujourd'hui
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ARCH268220
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L'architecture d'aujourd'hui, 5th year, 4th series, no. 1, February 1934.
journals and magazines
February 1934
ARCH264477
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Le manuscrit traite des liens entre la science, la technique et l'architecture ainsi que de vitraux et de confort.
s.d.
Manuscrit relatif à la conception de l'architecture
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ARCH264477
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Le manuscrit traite des liens entre la science, la technique et l'architecture ainsi que de vitraux et de confort.
s.d.
ARCH264478
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Le manuscrit traite des liens entre la science, la technique et l'architecture ainsi que de vitraux et de confort.
s.d.
Manuscrit relatif à la conception de l'architecture
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ARCH264478
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Le manuscrit traite des liens entre la science, la technique et l'architecture ainsi que de vitraux et de confort.
s.d.
journals and magazines
L'architecture d'aujourd'hui
ARCH270214
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Issue of February 1987, no 249, of "L'architecture d'aujourd'hui" on Le Corbusier.
February 1987
L'architecture d'aujourd'hui
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ARCH270214
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Issue of February 1987, no 249, of "L'architecture d'aujourd'hui" on Le Corbusier.
journals and magazines
February 1987
journals and magazines
L'architecture d'aujourd'hui
ARCH270216
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Issue of October/November 1969, no 146, of "L'architecture d'aujourd'hui".
1969
L'architecture d'aujourd'hui
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ARCH270216
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Issue of October/November 1969, no 146, of "L'architecture d'aujourd'hui".
journals and magazines
1969