Project
AP148.S1.1969.PR01
Description:
This project series features drawings and text, as well as collages on photographs, for a project entitled "Breve racconto di Architettura" by Poli. An inventory provided by Poli was used to identify the dates of these materials. The drawings and text seem to feature a journey on a highway (autostrada), or by plane, as all of the collaged images seem to be views taken from an airplane. These collages feature images of food and structures glued onto images of both rural and urban landscapes. References are made in the text to the Parco urbano Modena, possibly related to Poli's thesis project (see AP148.S1.1970.PR01), as well as to Roland Barthes, and "architettura invisibile".
ca. 1969-1970
Breve racconto di Architettura [Brief tale of architecture] (1969-1970)
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AP148.S1.1969.PR01
Description:
This project series features drawings and text, as well as collages on photographs, for a project entitled "Breve racconto di Architettura" by Poli. An inventory provided by Poli was used to identify the dates of these materials. The drawings and text seem to feature a journey on a highway (autostrada), or by plane, as all of the collaged images seem to be views taken from an airplane. These collages feature images of food and structures glued onto images of both rural and urban landscapes. References are made in the text to the Parco urbano Modena, possibly related to Poli's thesis project (see AP148.S1.1970.PR01), as well as to Roland Barthes, and "architettura invisibile".
Project
ca. 1969-1970
Project
Berlin
AP144.S2.D161
Description:
File documents Price's participation in a design workshop to develop highly energy-efficient office buildings for seven sites in Berlin, Germany. Price's team's site was an unused, elevated stretch of highway. The designs resulting from the workshop were displayed in an exhibition entitled "Wohltemperierte Architektur: Konzepte für Energiesparende Bürogebäude" (English: "Welltempered Architecture: Concepts for Green Office Buildings"), held in May 1992 at the Aedes Galerie in Berlin. Material in this file was produced in 1992. Project designed by a team composed of Cedric Price, Max Fordham, Almut Ernst, Katharina von Ehren, Christopher McCarthy and 12 students. File contains conceptual drawings, photographs and textual records.
1992
Berlin
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AP144.S2.D161
Description:
File documents Price's participation in a design workshop to develop highly energy-efficient office buildings for seven sites in Berlin, Germany. Price's team's site was an unused, elevated stretch of highway. The designs resulting from the workshop were displayed in an exhibition entitled "Wohltemperierte Architektur: Konzepte für Energiesparende Bürogebäude" (English: "Welltempered Architecture: Concepts for Green Office Buildings"), held in May 1992 at the Aedes Galerie in Berlin. Material in this file was produced in 1992. Project designed by a team composed of Cedric Price, Max Fordham, Almut Ernst, Katharina von Ehren, Christopher McCarthy and 12 students. File contains conceptual drawings, photographs and textual records.
File 161
1992
drawings
AP148.S1.1970.PR02.001.1
Description:
The material in the next 7 files (AP148.S1.1970.PR02.001.1 through AP148.S1.1970.PR02.001.7) was contained together in a handmade folder titled "AI Storyboard". The material in this folder has been separated for preservation purposes, and the original folder has been retained. This file contains notes and sketches on the film idea, including the story, visuals, music and cinematography. Also includes clippings, both of which refer to imagery and ideas of an earth-moon highway or contest for a highway, as well as the first architectural competition in space ("Primo concorso di architettura nello spazio"). Also includes a small viewer of an Escher image.
ca. 1970-1971
Notes and sketches on a film story, Interplanetary Architecture (Folder 1 of 7)
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AP148.S1.1970.PR02.001.1
Description:
The material in the next 7 files (AP148.S1.1970.PR02.001.1 through AP148.S1.1970.PR02.001.7) was contained together in a handmade folder titled "AI Storyboard". The material in this folder has been separated for preservation purposes, and the original folder has been retained. This file contains notes and sketches on the film idea, including the story, visuals, music and cinematography. Also includes clippings, both of which refer to imagery and ideas of an earth-moon highway or contest for a highway, as well as the first architectural competition in space ("Primo concorso di architettura nello spazio"). Also includes a small viewer of an Escher image.
drawings
ca. 1970-1971
Project
AP018.S1.1973.PR06
Description:
This project series documents a proposal for an athletic, cultural and industrial campus in Mississauga, Ontario, between Dixie Road, Aerowood Drive and the Highway 401. This project was known as Mississauga Sports Complex at the beginning of the project from 1973-1974, but later became the Gordie Howe Sports Centre in 1975. The office identified the project number as 7306. The project consisted of a group of buildings including a tennis court, an arena, and a interior jogging track. The project is recorded through drawings and textual records dating from 1973-1976. The majority of the drawings are originals that show site plans, floor plans, elevations, sections, and structural drawings. Textual records include correspondence with clients and consultants as well as conference reports.
1973-1976
Gordie Howe Sports Centre, Mississauga, Ontario (1973-1976)
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AP018.S1.1973.PR06
Description:
This project series documents a proposal for an athletic, cultural and industrial campus in Mississauga, Ontario, between Dixie Road, Aerowood Drive and the Highway 401. This project was known as Mississauga Sports Complex at the beginning of the project from 1973-1974, but later became the Gordie Howe Sports Centre in 1975. The office identified the project number as 7306. The project consisted of a group of buildings including a tennis court, an arena, and a interior jogging track. The project is recorded through drawings and textual records dating from 1973-1976. The majority of the drawings are originals that show site plans, floor plans, elevations, sections, and structural drawings. Textual records include correspondence with clients and consultants as well as conference reports.
Project
1973-1976
Project
AP018.S1.1976.PR09
Description:
This project series documents the schematic design for the Gordie Howe Sports Complex in Mississauga, Ontario, between Dixie Road, Aerowood Drive and the Highway 401 from 1976-1979. The office identified this project as 7614. This project was first known as Mississauga Sports Complex at the beginning of the project from 1973-1974, but later became the Gordie Howe Sports Centre in 1975. The office identified the project number as 7429. The project consisted of a group of buildings including a tennis court, an arena, and a interior jogging track. The project is recorded through drawings and some textual records dating from 1976-1979. The majority of the drawings are reprographic copies that show site plans, floor plans, elevations, and sections. Textual records include correspondence and meeting reports.
1976-1979
Gordie Howe Sports Centre, Schematic Design, Missisauga, Ontario (1976-1979)
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AP018.S1.1976.PR09
Description:
This project series documents the schematic design for the Gordie Howe Sports Complex in Mississauga, Ontario, between Dixie Road, Aerowood Drive and the Highway 401 from 1976-1979. The office identified this project as 7614. This project was first known as Mississauga Sports Complex at the beginning of the project from 1973-1974, but later became the Gordie Howe Sports Centre in 1975. The office identified the project number as 7429. The project consisted of a group of buildings including a tennis court, an arena, and a interior jogging track. The project is recorded through drawings and some textual records dating from 1976-1979. The majority of the drawings are reprographic copies that show site plans, floor plans, elevations, and sections. Textual records include correspondence and meeting reports.
Project
1976-1979
DR1987:0693
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- This block plan for Wayfarers' Chapel, Palos Verdes, California, includes the new highway and shows the rectory and the triangular-plan parish house, neither of which were built. - The survey information on drawing DR1987:0693 appears to be copied by Kazio from an April 1949 survey by Charles C. Miller (probably DR1987:0679 or DR1987:0677).
architecture, topographic
2 September 1954, revised 1 May 1956
Wayfarers' Chapel, Palos Verdes, California: Site plan based on a topographic survey, with section through entrance steps showing gateway
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DR1987:0693
Description:
- This block plan for Wayfarers' Chapel, Palos Verdes, California, includes the new highway and shows the rectory and the triangular-plan parish house, neither of which were built. - The survey information on drawing DR1987:0693 appears to be copied by Kazio from an April 1949 survey by Charles C. Miller (probably DR1987:0679 or DR1987:0677).
architecture, topographic
Visiting Scholar, Christine Macy, Flows as Agents of Transformation, From Wastelands to Wonderlands, Wasteland, “townless highway”, Benton MacKaye, Tennessee Valley Authority, Norris Dam project
21 August 2008
Project
AP148.S1.1988.PR02
Description:
Project series comprises material related to a design entry for a 1988 competition on the environmental redevelopment of the San Carlo quarry in the comune of Castelnuovo Berardenga near Siena, Italy. Poli dates this project as 1988, though most of the material is undated (only 2 drawings are dated 1988). However, the project description text includes a bibliography making reference to 1991 publications, though it is possible that this document was created later than the drawings. Project material includes numerous drawings and collages, some which are overlayed with wax, one which features a metal object, and some drawn directly onto topographical maps. Project material also includes a model, a photomontage featuring images of the quarry site and geological strata, and a typed project description. Parts of the text in the project description also appear on some of the drawings. Many of the drawings feature a circular design that is repeated throughout the drawing material in this series. Poli's proposal for the redevelopment seemed to involve the addition of trees to the area and the development of a passageway. One of Poli's drawings makes reference to the earth moon highway featured in an earlier project, Interplanetary Architecture (see AP148.S1.1970.PR02).
1988
Ideas competition, Riqualificazione cava di San Carlo [Redevelopment San Carlo quarry], San Vincenzo, Livorno, Italy (1988)
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AP148.S1.1988.PR02
Description:
Project series comprises material related to a design entry for a 1988 competition on the environmental redevelopment of the San Carlo quarry in the comune of Castelnuovo Berardenga near Siena, Italy. Poli dates this project as 1988, though most of the material is undated (only 2 drawings are dated 1988). However, the project description text includes a bibliography making reference to 1991 publications, though it is possible that this document was created later than the drawings. Project material includes numerous drawings and collages, some which are overlayed with wax, one which features a metal object, and some drawn directly onto topographical maps. Project material also includes a model, a photomontage featuring images of the quarry site and geological strata, and a typed project description. Parts of the text in the project description also appear on some of the drawings. Many of the drawings feature a circular design that is repeated throughout the drawing material in this series. Poli's proposal for the redevelopment seemed to involve the addition of trees to the area and the development of a passageway. One of Poli's drawings makes reference to the earth moon highway featured in an earlier project, Interplanetary Architecture (see AP148.S1.1970.PR02).
Project
1988
Project
AP056.S1.1991.PR03
Description:
This project series documents planning for the Westnor Development Project, later called Wittington Place, in North York, Ontario from 1991-1997. The office identified the project number as 9106. This project consisted of a competition entry to develop the area above Highway 401 next to Yonge Street. The large plot of land would be a mix of residential, retail, hotel, office and outdoor spaces. The competition also called for the creation of a sports arena, Canada Coliseum, to be used for professional basketball and hockey. This entry was proposed by New York based firm Ehrenkrantz Eckstut and Whitelaw Architects, working with KPMB, among others.[1] The development was to be carried out in multiple phases, divided by city blocks. The drawings present different schemes for this development, most of which include a large park at its centre. This project was never built. The project is recorded through drawings and a site plan painting dating from 1991-1997. The large part of these drawings are originals and include sketches, model drawings, site plans and surveys, elevations, sections, perspectives and axonometric drawings. These drawings focus primarily on the development of the area as a whole and less on individual buildings. [1] Mark Osbaldeston, Unbuilt Toronto 2: More of the City That Might Have Been (Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2001), 160.
1991-1997
The Westnor Development Project, North York, Ontario (1991-1997)
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AP056.S1.1991.PR03
Description:
This project series documents planning for the Westnor Development Project, later called Wittington Place, in North York, Ontario from 1991-1997. The office identified the project number as 9106. This project consisted of a competition entry to develop the area above Highway 401 next to Yonge Street. The large plot of land would be a mix of residential, retail, hotel, office and outdoor spaces. The competition also called for the creation of a sports arena, Canada Coliseum, to be used for professional basketball and hockey. This entry was proposed by New York based firm Ehrenkrantz Eckstut and Whitelaw Architects, working with KPMB, among others.[1] The development was to be carried out in multiple phases, divided by city blocks. The drawings present different schemes for this development, most of which include a large park at its centre. This project was never built. The project is recorded through drawings and a site plan painting dating from 1991-1997. The large part of these drawings are originals and include sketches, model drawings, site plans and surveys, elevations, sections, perspectives and axonometric drawings. These drawings focus primarily on the development of the area as a whole and less on individual buildings. [1] Mark Osbaldeston, Unbuilt Toronto 2: More of the City That Might Have Been (Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2001), 160.
Project
1991-1997
Sub-series
National Capital Commission
AP058.S1.SS2
Description:
This subseries documents Blanche Lemco van Ginkel’s involvement as a member of the committee at the National Capital Commission (NCC). She was participating in the commission reorganization, the membership administration, the strategic overview of the commission, and the NCC planning policies for the National Capital Region. Through the NCC, Mrs. van Ginkel was an active member of the Advisory Committee on Design, where were discussed and studied National Capital Region’s issues of urban planning, architecture projects and other subjects of interest, among them the LeBreton Flats, Rideau Centre, Ottawa Airport, Carleton Rapid Transit, Greenbelt area, Gatineau Park, Mont-Bleu Municipal Sports Complex, Victoria Island, Cartier Square, Saint-Laurent Shopping Centre, solar heating, Chaudière Bridge, House of Commons TV and Broadcasting Operations Centre, Ottawa Health Science Centre, New Saudi Arabia Embassy, Ottawa Health Sciences Centre, Montcalm West/Tache project, National Gallery, Canlands project, Highway 16, Gatineau Rivers, federal land use, Parliamentary Precinct, etc. The subseries contains correspondence, agendas, brochures, papers, notes, reports, minutes, studies, memoranda, newsletters, and a few publications from the Senate and the House of Commons, dating from 1970 to 1983. It contains as well a few design development drawings of the Saudi Arabia Embassy and a reproduction map of Ottawa-Hull's waterfront.
1970-1983
National Capital Commission
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AP058.S1.SS2
Description:
This subseries documents Blanche Lemco van Ginkel’s involvement as a member of the committee at the National Capital Commission (NCC). She was participating in the commission reorganization, the membership administration, the strategic overview of the commission, and the NCC planning policies for the National Capital Region. Through the NCC, Mrs. van Ginkel was an active member of the Advisory Committee on Design, where were discussed and studied National Capital Region’s issues of urban planning, architecture projects and other subjects of interest, among them the LeBreton Flats, Rideau Centre, Ottawa Airport, Carleton Rapid Transit, Greenbelt area, Gatineau Park, Mont-Bleu Municipal Sports Complex, Victoria Island, Cartier Square, Saint-Laurent Shopping Centre, solar heating, Chaudière Bridge, House of Commons TV and Broadcasting Operations Centre, Ottawa Health Science Centre, New Saudi Arabia Embassy, Ottawa Health Sciences Centre, Montcalm West/Tache project, National Gallery, Canlands project, Highway 16, Gatineau Rivers, federal land use, Parliamentary Precinct, etc. The subseries contains correspondence, agendas, brochures, papers, notes, reports, minutes, studies, memoranda, newsletters, and a few publications from the Senate and the House of Commons, dating from 1970 to 1983. It contains as well a few design development drawings of the Saudi Arabia Embassy and a reproduction map of Ottawa-Hull's waterfront.
Subseries
1970-1983