Through objects drawn from the CCA collection, Photography and French Architectural Practice, 1839–1870 examines how photography became an integral and indispensable part of the processes of architectural design, construction, restoration, and publishing in the second half of the nineteenth century. Curated by David Harris, CCA, and Barry Bergdoll, Columbia University.
Hall cases
25 January 1995 to 4 June 1995
Photography and French Architectural Practice, 1839-1870
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Through objects drawn from the CCA collection, Photography and French Architectural Practice, 1839–1870 examines how photography became an integral and indispensable part of the processes of architectural design, construction, restoration, and publishing in the second half of the nineteenth century. Curated by David Harris, CCA, and Barry Bergdoll, Columbia University.
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An Undisciplined Practice
With and Within
Leonard Streich, Julian Schubert et Elena Schütz, Something Fantastic, Francesco Garutti, With and Within, The Things Around Us, context, practice
26 July 2021
An Undisciplined Practice
Leonard Streich, Julian Schubert, and Elena Schütz of Something Fantastic in conversation with Francesco Garutti
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With and Within
Scouting Skateboard Sites
Skateboarder and landscape architect Mathieu Robichaud takes participants on a guided walk, analysing the skateboarding potential of urban spaces. Robichaud, of the firm Bloom Paysage, specialises in the design of skate parks. Inspired by the exhibition Actions: What You Can Do With the City (2008), the CCA hosts a series of workshops devoted to public actions in urban(...)
11 April 2009
Scouting Skateboard Sites
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Skateboarder and landscape architect Mathieu Robichaud takes participants on a guided walk, analysing the skateboarding potential of urban spaces. Robichaud, of the firm Bloom Paysage, specialises in the design of skate parks. Inspired by the exhibition Actions: What You Can Do With the City (2008), the CCA hosts a series of workshops devoted to public actions in urban(...)
Lewis Jones and Jane Hall are founding members of Assemble, a multi-disciplinary collective of fifteen members based in London working across the fields of architecture, design and art. In this talk they will explain the background to Assemble and their working practices, which involve many collaborators and often occur outside of the traditional role of the architect.(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
21 January 2016
Assemble: Collective Practice
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Lewis Jones and Jane Hall are founding members of Assemble, a multi-disciplinary collective of fifteen members based in London working across the fields of architecture, design and art. In this talk they will explain the background to Assemble and their working practices, which involve many collaborators and often occur outside of the traditional role of the architect.(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
queer, queer architecture, queer practice, Brussels, conversation, future of architectural practice
27 March 2023
Brussels: Struggles, Memories of Shared Experiences and Queer Tactics of Resistance
Bui Quy Son and Paul-Antoine Lucas of Exutoire in conversation with Léa Brami and Alexander Auris about the need for queer failures and the potential of a post-binary, queer world
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27 March 2023
Mabel O. Wilson and Jordan Carver present the ongoing advocacy project Who Builds Your Architecture? (WBYA?), which asks architects and allied fields to better understand how the production of buildings connects their practices to migrant construction workers who build their designs. WBYA?, a group of designers, scholars, and activists based in New York City, has(...)
28 January 2016
Practicing Advocacy: Who Builds Your Architecture?
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Mabel O. Wilson and Jordan Carver present the ongoing advocacy project Who Builds Your Architecture? (WBYA?), which asks architects and allied fields to better understand how the production of buildings connects their practices to migrant construction workers who build their designs. WBYA?, a group of designers, scholars, and activists based in New York City, has(...)
What can be done to support Indigenous experiences of the built environment? Join landscape architect Naomi Ratte and architect Jason Surkan to learn more about the projects they are pursuing as the inaugural Indigenous-led Design Fellows at the CCA. Over the course of the week of February 20, Naomi and Jason will engage with CCA staff to create moments of learning and(...)
Shaughnessy House and online Keyword(s):
Indigenous-led design, fellow, Peguis First Nation, land rehabilitation, historical Métis housing
23 February 2023, 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
Indigenous-led Design: Methods, Practices, Communities, Experiences
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What can be done to support Indigenous experiences of the built environment? Join landscape architect Naomi Ratte and architect Jason Surkan to learn more about the projects they are pursuing as the inaugural Indigenous-led Design Fellows at the CCA. Over the course of the week of February 20, Naomi and Jason will engage with CCA staff to create moments of learning and(...)
Shaughnessy House and online Keyword(s):
Indigenous-led design, fellow, Peguis First Nation, land rehabilitation, historical Métis housing
queer, queer architecture, queer practice, Paris, conversation, future of architectural practice, Bui Quy Son, Paul-Antoine Lucas, Exutoire, Mahé Cordier-Jouanne, Jean Makhlouta
1 May 2023
Paris: Between Collective Practices and Searching for Queer Spatialities in the City
Bui Quy Son and Paul-Antoine Lucas of Exutoire speak with Mahé Cordier-Jouanne and Jean Makhlouta about queer methodologies and the notion of decentring in architecture
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1 May 2023
Shaughnessy House, CCA Keyword(s):
Indigenous-led design, place-based practices, place-based knowledges, pedagogy, environment, climate crisis, on-the-land learning
24 February 2024, 2pm to 3:30pm
Shaughnessy House, CCA Keyword(s):
Indigenous-led design, place-based practices, place-based knowledges, pedagogy, environment, climate crisis, on-the-land learning
In the second iteration of the Out of the Box: Amancio Williams series, Claudia Shmidt focuses on letters both sent and received by Amancio Williams. These letters, written to politicians, leading cultural institutions, and influential architects, help to situate Williams’s practice and elaborate on his persistence in bringing his projects to life.
Octagonal gallery Keyword(s):
Amancio Williams, Claudia Shmidt, Buenos Aires, Out of the box, Argentina
12 October 2023 to 28 January 2024
Far from Nostalgia: Amancio Williams selected by Claudia Shmidt
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In the second iteration of the Out of the Box: Amancio Williams series, Claudia Shmidt focuses on letters both sent and received by Amancio Williams. These letters, written to politicians, leading cultural institutions, and influential architects, help to situate Williams’s practice and elaborate on his persistence in bringing his projects to life.
Octagonal gallery Keyword(s):
Amancio Williams, Claudia Shmidt, Buenos Aires, Out of the box, Argentina