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The Spirit of Cornelia
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander, Martien de Vletter, landscape, play, playground, restoration, Robson Square, green roofs, garden, environment
25 May 2021
Cedric Price: Mean Time
British architect Cedric Price draws upon the collection of the CCA to develop the complex relationships between time, movement, and space in the built environment. Looking at structures and building elements through the ages, including some of Price’s own projects, Mean Time presents photographs of an ancient Aztec sun dial, a railroad switching yard, a shot tower, and a(...)
Octagonal gallery
19 October 1999 to 27 February 2000
Cedric Price: Mean Time
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British architect Cedric Price draws upon the collection of the CCA to develop the complex relationships between time, movement, and space in the built environment. Looking at structures and building elements through the ages, including some of Price’s own projects, Mean Time presents photographs of an ancient Aztec sun dial, a railroad switching yard, a shot tower, and a(...)
Octagonal gallery
Seemingly common activities such as walking, playing, recycling, and gardening are pushed beyond their usual definition by the international architects, artists, and collectives featured in the exhibition. Their actions push against accepted norms of behaviour in cities, at times even challenging legal limitations. The individuals and groups employ a range of approaches(...)
Main galleries
26 November 2008 to 19 April 2009
Actions: What You Can Do With the City
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Seemingly common activities such as walking, playing, recycling, and gardening are pushed beyond their usual definition by the international architects, artists, and collectives featured in the exhibition. Their actions push against accepted norms of behaviour in cities, at times even challenging legal limitations. The individuals and groups employ a range of approaches(...)
Main galleries
Sink or Swim
What would a city look like if its infrastructure was waterproof, buoyant and–why not!–amphibious? Given the anticipated rise of sea level at a global scale, the connection between the city and water in all its iterations–oceans, rivers, canals, waterways–is subject to change in the coming years. Montreal will be the playground of this creative laboratory of prototypes(...)
February 2017 to March 2017
Sink or Swim
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What would a city look like if its infrastructure was waterproof, buoyant and–why not!–amphibious? Given the anticipated rise of sea level at a global scale, the connection between the city and water in all its iterations–oceans, rivers, canals, waterways–is subject to change in the coming years. Montreal will be the playground of this creative laboratory of prototypes(...)
Learning from... Dubai
Yasser Elsheshtawy presents the second lecture in the series Learning From… the Middle East.Whether presented as a playground for the super-rich, a land of unabashed consumerism, or an exemplary case study for capitalist exploitation – such portrayals ultimately suggest a one-sided dimension of the city of Dubai. The talk will examine the spaces of the everyday, the(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
29 September 2011 , 7PM
Learning from... Dubai
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Yasser Elsheshtawy presents the second lecture in the series Learning From… the Middle East.Whether presented as a playground for the super-rich, a land of unabashed consumerism, or an exemplary case study for capitalist exploitation – such portrayals ultimately suggest a one-sided dimension of the city of Dubai. The talk will examine the spaces of the everyday, the(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
books
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xvi, 182 pages [18] pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 20 cm
Québec : [O.T.J.], 1947 (Impr. Ernest Tremblay)
Guide du terrain de jeux / Alfred Leblond.
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xvi, 182 pages [18] pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 20 cm
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Québec : [O.T.J.], 1947 (Impr. Ernest Tremblay)
video
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1 online resource (1 video file (1 min., 39 sec.)) : sound, color
[Montréal] : CCA, [2017]
311 1/2. Episode 53, Madeleine répond à Claudette, qui cherche à protéger les enfants au terrain de jeux des dangers du chantier avoisinant = Madeleine responds to Claudette, who wants to protect the kids at the playground from the dangers of a nearby construction site.
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1 online resource (1 video file (1 min., 39 sec.)) : sound, color
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[Montréal] : CCA, [2017]
video
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1 online resource (1 video file (1 min., 40 sec.)) : sound, color
[Montréal] : CCA, [2017]
311 1/2. Episode 26, "Jaguar" et Lisa répondent à Elissa, qui ne peut plus jouer avec ces amis car un chantier empiète sur le terrain de jeux et les enfants ont peur de s'y blesser = "Jaguar" and Lisa respond to Elissa, who can no longer play with her friends because a construction site is intruding on the playground and they are afraid of hurting themselves.
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1 online resource (1 video file (1 min., 40 sec.)) : sound, color
video
[Montréal] : CCA, [2017]
books
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336 pages : illustrations, plans ; 20 cm.
Lausanne : Presses polytechniques et universitaires romandes, [2016], ©2016
Une topologie du quotidien / Georges Teyssot.
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336 pages : illustrations, plans ; 20 cm.
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Lausanne : Presses polytechniques et universitaires romandes, [2016], ©2016
drawings
DR2012:0012:047:019
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Includes plans, elevations and isometric drawings for an unidentified architectural project. Plan titles include "terrain de jeux", "cafeteria", "systeme de classes" and "repartition des volumes".
circa 1964-1967
Plans, elevations and isometric drawings for an unidentified architectural project
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DR2012:0012:047:019
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Includes plans, elevations and isometric drawings for an unidentified architectural project. Plan titles include "terrain de jeux", "cafeteria", "systeme de classes" and "repartition des volumes".
drawings
circa 1964-1967