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Memory and Melt
As the Earth’s climate reaches a state of constant instability, there is growing awareness of how global warming can affect human rights and increase social strife. Less attention has been paid to the ways in which political violence and human rights abuses, from past and present, constitute driving factors in the transformations of the global environment and climate.(...)
Paul Demarais Theatre
1 December 2016, 6pm
In the Frontiers of Climate Change (Toward a Politics of Nonhuman Rights)
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As the Earth’s climate reaches a state of constant instability, there is growing awareness of how global warming can affect human rights and increase social strife. Less attention has been paid to the ways in which political violence and human rights abuses, from past and present, constitute driving factors in the transformations of the global environment and climate.(...)
Paul Demarais Theatre
Evoking a provocation famously framed by Le Corbusier, “Architecture ou Révolution,” this conversation will situate the SAAL process in Portugal within international debates during the 1960s and 1970s on social housing and the architect’s social responsibility. Nuno Portas, Secretary of State for Housing and Urbanism of the government established after the 1974 Portuguese(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
14 May 2015 , 6pm
Architecture or Revolution? A Conversation with Nuno Portas and Nuno Grande
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Evoking a provocation famously framed by Le Corbusier, “Architecture ou Révolution,” this conversation will situate the SAAL process in Portugal within international debates during the 1960s and 1970s on social housing and the architect’s social responsibility. Nuno Portas, Secretary of State for Housing and Urbanism of the government established after the 1974 Portuguese(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
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Lateral Gaze
21 August 2023
Lateral Gaze
Stefano Boeri on Gabriele Basilico, in conversation with Stefano Graziani and Bas Princen
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Take Note
Take Note presents selected pivotal moments in the ongoing relationship between writing and architecture. This exhibition is the fifth in a series of CCA exhibitions developed in collaboration with universities. Curated by Sylvia Lavin, University of California, Los Angeles.
Octagonal gallery
4 February 2010 to 30 May 2010
Take Note
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Take Note presents selected pivotal moments in the ongoing relationship between writing and architecture. This exhibition is the fifth in a series of CCA exhibitions developed in collaboration with universities. Curated by Sylvia Lavin, University of California, Los Angeles.
Octagonal gallery
ARCH256302
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"Les éléments d'exposition du pavillon que la république de Haiti fait construire à l'Expo 67 illustreront le thème 'Haiti, terre de soleil'. L'édifice sera situé dans l'Ile Notre-Dame, à proximité des pavillons de Monaco et de la Yougoslavie. Il se reflétera dans deux des canaux de l'Expo. / The pavilion of the Republic of Haiti will stress the theme 'Haiti... land of the sun,' and will be located on Notre-Dame near the pavilions of Monaco and Yugoslavia. The pavilion's floor and external terrace will be a checkered motif stylizing the sun, while the roof will be made of 16 hollow tubes of varying heights. Total cost of the pavilion will be approximately $150,000.00."--Description.
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View of the Pavilion of Haiti, Expo 67, Montréal, Québec
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"Les éléments d'exposition du pavillon que la république de Haiti fait construire à l'Expo 67 illustreront le thème 'Haiti, terre de soleil'. L'édifice sera situé dans l'Ile Notre-Dame, à proximité des pavillons de Monaco et de la Yougoslavie. Il se reflétera dans deux des canaux de l'Expo. / The pavilion of the Republic of Haiti will stress the theme 'Haiti... land of the sun,' and will be located on Notre-Dame near the pavilions of Monaco and Yugoslavia. The pavilion's floor and external terrace will be a checkered motif stylizing the sun, while the roof will be made of 16 hollow tubes of varying heights. Total cost of the pavilion will be approximately $150,000.00."--Description.
The exhibition Jai Tech: ÁbalosHerreros selected by Juan José Castellón examines the way the tower typology manifests distinct, strategic approaches in the architecture of ÁbalosHerreros, a firm that operated in Madrid from 1984 until 2008. Objects presented include site plans, photomontages, models, floor plans, and photographs. The exhibition also features a selection(...)
Octagonal gallery
24 May 2015 to 12 July 2015
Jai Tech: Ábalos&Herreros selected by Juan José Castellón
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The exhibition Jai Tech: ÁbalosHerreros selected by Juan José Castellón examines the way the tower typology manifests distinct, strategic approaches in the architecture of ÁbalosHerreros, a firm that operated in Madrid from 1984 until 2008. Objects presented include site plans, photomontages, models, floor plans, and photographs. The exhibition also features a selection(...)
Octagonal gallery
To Build Law
To Build Law, a documentary directed by Joshua Frank and exhibition curated by Francesco Garutti, follows bplus.xyz (b+) as they establish a policy lab, HouseEurope.eu, to propose industry reforms and shift cultural norms. To Build Law will closely observe the b+ team during various phases of conceptualization and development of a European Citizens’ Initiative meant to(...)
11 December 2024 to 25 May 2025
To Build Law
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To Build Law, a documentary directed by Joshua Frank and exhibition curated by Francesco Garutti, follows bplus.xyz (b+) as they establish a policy lab, HouseEurope.eu, to propose industry reforms and shift cultural norms. To Build Law will closely observe the b+ team during various phases of conceptualization and development of a European Citizens’ Initiative meant to(...)