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The Context Complex
With and Within
25 August 2020
With and Within
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The planet is the client
autonomous house, McGill University, Minimum Cost Housing Group (MCHG), Stop the Five Gallon Flush, toilets
19 October 2015
The planet is the client
Luigi Ghirri / Aldo Rossi: Things Which Are Only Themselves presents a visual dialogue between two leading figures in contemporary Italian art and culture. Their discussion is based on a sympathy between photographer and architect that is grounded in a shared fascination for a region—the Padana of northern Italy—and a common belief both in the autonomous eye of the(...)
Octagonal gallery
21 August 1996 to 24 November 1996
Luigi Ghirri/Aldo Rossi: Things Which Are Only Themselves
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Luigi Ghirri / Aldo Rossi: Things Which Are Only Themselves presents a visual dialogue between two leading figures in contemporary Italian art and culture. Their discussion is based on a sympathy between photographer and architect that is grounded in a shared fascination for a region—the Padana of northern Italy—and a common belief both in the autonomous eye of the(...)
Octagonal gallery
Topic: Designing Life Off-the-Grid: The 1970s Autonomy Moment Presentation: ’70s Cult Classic: The Autonomous House Movement
6 August 2015
Visiting Scholar Seminar: Lee Stickells
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Topic: Designing Life Off-the-Grid: The 1970s Autonomy Moment Presentation: ’70s Cult Classic: The Autonomous House Movement
Chicago-based artist Michael Rakowitz speaks with Luca Stasi of Recetas Urbanas about their various projects. Rakowitz’s work explores the concepts of nomadic habitat and urban appropriation, while Recetas Urbanas uses strategies of urban intervention that take advantage of legal loopholes, opening up opportunities for autonomous architecture. The conversation is part of(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
2 April 2009
Michael Rakowitz and Luca Stasi of Recetas Urbanas
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Chicago-based artist Michael Rakowitz speaks with Luca Stasi of Recetas Urbanas about their various projects. Rakowitz’s work explores the concepts of nomadic habitat and urban appropriation, while Recetas Urbanas uses strategies of urban intervention that take advantage of legal loopholes, opening up opportunities for autonomous architecture. The conversation is part of(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
In the Yesterday Today lecture series, Canadian architect and author Witold Rybczynski discusses the roots of Ecol House, a prototype for an autonomous dwelling for use in developing countries. The project was created in Montréal in 1972 by Ecol Operation, a group of architects and students of which he was a member that became an international point of reference for(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
29 November 2007
Witold Rybczynski: Green Before Green
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In the Yesterday Today lecture series, Canadian architect and author Witold Rybczynski discusses the roots of Ecol House, a prototype for an autonomous dwelling for use in developing countries. The project was created in Montréal in 1972 by Ecol Operation, a group of architects and students of which he was a member that became an international point of reference for(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
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47 pages ; 29 cm
Montréal : Faculté de l'Aménagement, Université de Montréal, 1985.
Autonomie et aménagement : vers un nouveau paradigme.
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Montréal : Faculté de l'Aménagement, Université de Montréal, 1985.
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227 pages : illustrations, cartes ; 24 cm
Strasbourg (France) : Presses Universitaires de Strasbourg, 1995.
L'Impossible autonomie de l'architecte : sociologie de la production architecturale / Christian de Montlibert.
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227 pages : illustrations, cartes ; 24 cm
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Strasbourg (France) : Presses Universitaires de Strasbourg, 1995.
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130 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Firenze : Alinea, ©1994.
Pianificazione del territorio, federalismo e autonomie locali / Gilberto Oneto.
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Firenze : Alinea, ©1994.