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Building components from secondary use

Building components from secondary use

Inclus dans

Personnes et institutions

  • McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (archive creator)

Titre

Building components from secondary use

Dates de création

1972-1977

Niveau de description archivistique

Project

Collation

  • 234 negatives
  • 131 photographs
  • 0.03 l.m. of textual records
  • 73 printing plate(s)
  • 8 books
  • 3 contact sheets

Présentation du contenu

File related to the projects of the Minimum Cost Housing Group about building components made from consumers waste between 1972 and 1975, including the Maison Lessard project, in 1975, and the publication "Use it Again, Sam" based on these projects. The material in this file was produced between 1972 and 1977. The file contains textual records, predominantly dummies for the publications, photographs of the construction of the Maison Lessard and photographs of consumer waste transformed into building components. The file also includes copies of the publication "Use it Again, Sam" and printing plates.

Numéro de réference

AP149.S1.1972.PR03

Mode de classement

Materiel in this project series was kept in its original order during processing.

Localisation

Montréal Île de Montréal Québec Canada

Langue et écriture des documents

The documents are in English.

Inventaire

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    • Numéro de réference: AP149.S1.1972.PR03.001
    • Titre: Use It Again, Sam
    • Dates de création: May 1975
    • Classification: livres
    • Objets catalogués : 1

    Personnes et institutions:

    • McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (architectural society)
    • McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (archive creator)

    Description:

    Minimum Cost Housing Group's publication "Use It Again, Sam!" about an investigation into the re-design of consumer containers for re-use as building components untaken in 1974.

    Quantité / Type d’objet:

    1 book(s)

    Collation:

    • 1 book

    Technique et médium:

    Bound volume of electrophotographic print on paper

    Dimensions:

    book: 28,2 × 21,8 × 0,5 cm (11 1/8 × 8 9/16 × 3/16 in.)

    Caractéristiques matérielles et contraintes techniques:

    Bound volume of 60 pages.

    Mention de crédit:

    Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Vikram Bhatt/
    Gift of Vikram Bhatt

    Sources complémentaires:

    • Other copies of this book are catalogued as ARCH273012.
    • Dummies of this book are catalogued as ARCH273013 and ARCH273557.
    • The printing plates for this book are catalogued as ARCH273591.

    Numéro de chemise:

    149-002-04

    Objets catalogués:

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    • Numéro de réference: AP149.S1.1972.PR03.002
    • Titre: Photograph of the Maison Lessard project for the publication "Use it Again, Sam"
    • Dates de création: ca. 1974
    • Classification: photographies
    • Objets catalogués : 1

    Personnes et institutions:

    • Unknown (photographer)
    • McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (architectural society)
    • McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (archive creator)

    Quantité / Type d’objet:

    1 photograph(s)

    Collation:

    • 1 photograph

    Technique et médium:

    Gelatin silver print on paper

    Dimensions:

    sheet: 20,4 × 25,5 cm (8 1/16 × 10 1/16 in.)

    Inscriptions:

    labelled - on the back, c.: "Finishing touches being given to the completed structure of Maison Lessard" inscribed - by an unknown hand, on the back, in graphite, c.: "76%"

    Mention de crédit:

    Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Vikram Bhatt/
    Gift of Vikram Bhatt

    Sources complémentaires:

    • Copies of the "Use It Again, Sam" book are catalogued as ARCH252758, ARCH253670 et ARCH273012.
    • Other photographs related to this project are catalogued as ARCH272329.

    Numéro de chemise:

    149-005-12

    Objets catalogués:

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    • Numéro de réference: AP149.S1.1972.PR03.003
    • Titre: Man holding a modified garbage bag
    • Dates de création: 1979
    • Classification: photographies
    • Objets catalogués : 1

    Personnes et institutions:

    • Unknown (photographer)
    • McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (architectural society)
    • McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (archive creator)

    Description:

    Photograph and an eveloppe that was containing the photograph.

    Quantité / Type d’objet:

    1 photograph(s)

    Collation:

    • 1 photograph

    Technique et médium:

    Gelatin silver print on paper

    Dimensions:

    sheet: 28,2 × 21,6 cm (11 1/8 × 8 1/2 in.)

    Inscriptions:

    labelle - on the back, c.: "A LOW COST GARBAGE BAG SOLAR WATER HEATER"

    Mention de crédit:

    Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Vikram Bhatt/
    Gift of Vikram Bhatt

    Numéro de chemise:

    149-005-16

    Objets catalogués:

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    • Numéro de réference: AP149.S1.1972.PR03.004
    • Titre: Use it again, Sam
    • Dates de création: July 1977
    • Classification: livres
    • Objets catalogués : 0

    Personnes et institutions:

    • McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (architectural society)
    • Witold Rybczynski (author)
    • McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (archive creator)

    Description:

    Group consists of two copies of the Minimum Cost Housing Group's publication "Use it Again, Sam" about building components from secondary use.

    Quantité / Type d’objet:

    2 book(s)

    Collation:

    • 1 book

    Technique et médium:

    Bound volume of electrophotographic print on paper

    Dimensions:

    book: 21,5 × 16,6 × 0,4 cm (8 7/16 × 6 9/16 × 3/16 in.)

    Caractéristiques matérielles et contraintes techniques:

    Bound (stapled) volume of 60 pages.

    Mention de crédit:

    Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Vikram Bhatt/
    Gift of Vikram Bhatt

    Sources complémentaires:

    • Other copies of this book are catalogued as ARCH253670 and ARCH273012.
    • Dummies of this book are catalogued as ARCH273013 and ARCH273557.
    • The printing plates for this book are catalogued as ARCH273591.

    Numéro de chemise:

    149-003-21

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    • Numéro de réference: AP149.S1.1972.PR03.005
    • Titre: Use it Again, Sam
    • Dates de création: May 1975
    • Classification: livres
    • Objets catalogués : 0

    Personnes et institutions:

    • McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (architectural society)
    • McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (archive creator)

    Description:

    Group consists of four copies of the Minimum Cost Housing Group's publication "Use it Again, Sam" about building components from secondary use.

    Quantité / Type d’objet:

    4 book(s)

    Collation:

    • 1 book

    Technique et médium:

    Bound volume of electrophotographic print on paper

    Dimensions:

    book: 28 × 22,3 × 0,4 cm (11 × 8 3/4 × 3/16 in.)

    Caractéristiques matérielles et contraintes techniques:

    Bound volumes of 60 pages.

    Mention de crédit:

    Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Vikram Bhatt/
    Gift of Vikram Bhatt

    Sources complémentaires:

    • Other copies of this book are catalogued as ARCH252788 and ARCH253670.
    • Dummies of this book are catalogued as ARCH273013 and ARCH273557.
    • The printing plates for this book are catalogued as ARCH273591.

    Numéro de chemise:

    149-003-20

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    • Numéro de réference: AP149.S1.1972.PR03.006
    • Titre: Use it Again, Sam
    • Dates de création: 1977 or before
    • Classification: documents textuels
    • Objets catalogués : 0

    Personnes et institutions:

    • McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (architectural society)
    • McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (archive creator)

    Description:

    Group consists of a dummy for the Mininum Cost Housing Group's publication "Use it Again, Sam" about building components from secondary use.

    Quantité / Type d’objet:

    1 textual record(s)

    Collation:

    • 0.02 l.m. of textual records

    Technique et médium:

    Electrophotographic print on paper mounted on paper; typescript on paper mounted on paper; ink on paper mounted on paper

    Type de document:

    • dummy (printed matter)

    Mention de crédit:

    Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Vikram Bhatt/
    Gift of Vikram Bhatt

    Sources complémentaires:

    • Final and published version of this dummy are catalogued as ARCH252788, ARCH253670 and ARCH273012.

    Numéro de chemise:

    149-003-22

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    • Numéro de réference: AP149.S1.1972.PR03.007
    • Titre: Pages for the dummy of the Mininum Cost Housing Group's publication "Use it Again
    • Dates de création: 1977 or before
    • Classification: documents textuels
    • Objets catalogués : 0

    Personnes et institutions:

    • McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (architectural society)
    • McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (archive creator)

    Description:

    Group consists of pages for the dummy of the Mininum Cost Housing Group's publication "Use it Again, Sam" with photographs and schemes.

    Quantité / Type d’objet:

    1 textual record(s)

    Collation:

    • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

    Technique et médium:

    Electrophotographic print on paper; gelatin silver print on paper mounted on paper

    Dimensions:

    sheets: 28 × 21,7 cm (11 × 8 9/16 in.)

    Type de document:

    • dummy (printed matter)

    Mention de crédit:

    Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Vikram Bhatt/
    Gift of Vikram Bhatt

    Sources complémentaires:

    • A complete dummy of the book "Use it Again, Sam" is catalogued as ARCH273013.

    Numéro de chemise:

    149-003-23

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    • Numéro de réference: AP149.S1.1972.PR03.008
    • Titre: Photographs for the Minimum Cost Housing Group's publication "Use it Again
    • Dates de création: ca. 1972
    • Classification: photographies
    • Objets catalogués : 0

    Personnes et institutions:

    • Unknown (photographer)
    • McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (architectural society)
    • McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (archive creator)

    Description:

    Group consists of photographs for the Minimum Cost Housing Group's publication "Use it Again, Sam" including a photograph of the "Summer House" project of a house built with reused bottles and a photograph of two bottles. The group also includes an eveloppe that was containing the photographs.

    Quantité / Type d’objet:

    2 photograph(s)

    Collation:

    • 2 photographs

    Technique et médium:

    Gelatin silver print on paper

    Dimensions:

    sheets: 12,7 × 17,7 cm (5 × 6 15/16 in.)

    Mention de crédit:

    Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Vikram Bhatt/
    Gift of Vikram Bhatt

    Sources complémentaires:

    • Copies of the "Use It Again, Sam" book are catalogued as ARCH252758, ARCH253670 et ARCH273012.

    Numéro de chemise:

    149-005-13

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    • Numéro de réference: AP149.S1.1972.PR03.009
    • Titre: Photographs for the Minimum Cost Housing Group's publication "Use it Again
    • Dates de création: ca. 1975
    • Classification: photographies
    • Objets catalogués : 0

    Personnes et institutions:

    • Unknown (photographer)
    • McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (architectural society)
    • McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (archive creator)

    Description:

    Group consists of photographs for the Minimum Cost Housing Group's publication "Use it Again, Sam", including a photograph of a fiber glass mold used for making the interlocking gallon bottles and a photograph of an gallon bottle and a gallon built-a-bottle, bottle made with reused material. The group includes also the enveloppe that was containing the photographs.

    Quantité / Type d’objet:

    1 photograph(s)

    Collation:

    • 2 photographs

    Technique et médium:

    Gelatin silver print on paper

    Dimensions:

    sheet (smallest): 8,1 × 12,9 cm (3 3/16 × 5 1/16 in.) sheet (largest): 20,4 × 25,5 cm (8 1/16 × 10 1/16 in.)

    Mention de crédit:

    Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Vikram Bhatt/
    Gift of Vikram Bhatt

    Sources complémentaires:

    • Copies of the "Use It Again, Sam" book are catalogued as ARCH252758, ARCH253670 et ARCH273012.

    Numéro de chemise:

    149-005-14

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    • Numéro de réference: AP149.S1.1972.PR03.010
    • Titre: Centre Publication / Photographs
    • Dates de création: ca. 1975
    • Classification: photographies
    • Objets catalogués : 0

    Personnes et institutions:

    • Unknown (photographer)
    • McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (architectural society)
    • McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (archive creator)

    Description:

    Group consists of photographs for the Minimum Cost Housing Group's publication "Use it Again, Sam" including a photograph of hands holding two bottles of reused materials and a view of Middle East housing built from recycled doors, windows and other urban scrap.

    Quantité / Type d’objet:

    1 photograph(s)

    Collation:

    • 2 photographs

    Technique et médium:

    Gelatin silver print on paper; gelatin silver print on paper mounted on paper

    Dimensions:

    sheet (smallest): 8,5 × 12,7 cm (3 3/8 × 5 in.) sheet (largest): 21,6 × 28,2 cm (8 1/2 × 11 1/8 in.)

    Mention de crédit:

    Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Vikram Bhatt/
    Gift of Vikram Bhatt

    Sources complémentaires:

    • Copies of the "Use It Again, Sam" book are catalogued as ARCH252758, ARCH253670 et ARCH273012.

    Numéro de chemise:

    149-005-15

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    • Numéro de réference: AP149.S1.1972.PR03.011
    • Titre: ALBERTA "Project / Maison Lessard"
    • Dates de création: 1975 or before
    • Classification: photographies
    • Objets catalogués : 7

    Personnes et institutions:

    • Unknown (photographer)
    • McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (architectural society)
    • McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (archive creator)

    Description:

    Group consists of photographs of the Maison Lessard project during the construction of the house, including some used for the publication "Use it Again, Sam".

    Quantité / Type d’objet:

    1 photograph(s)

    Collation:

    • 72 photographs

    Technique et médium:

    Gelatin silver print on paper

    Dimensions:

    sheet (smallest): 9 × 12,7 cm (3 9/16 × 5 in.) sheet (largest): 20,4 × 25,5 cm (8 1/16 × 10 1/16 in.)

    Mention de crédit:

    Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Vikram Bhatt/
    Gift of Vikram Bhatt

    Sources complémentaires:

    • Another photograph related to this project is catalogued as ARCH273316.
    • Some of the photographs of this group were used for the publication "Use it Again, Sam" of which copies are catalogued as ARCH252788, ARCH253670 and ARCH273012.

    Numéro de chemise:

    149-005-17

    Objets catalogués:

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    • Numéro de réference: AP149.S1.1972.PR03.012
    • Titre: BOTTLE
    • Dates de création: 1975 or before
    • Classification: photographies
    • Objets catalogués : 0

    Personnes et institutions:

    • Unknown (photographer)
    • McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (architectural society)
    • McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (archive creator)

    Description:

    Group consists of photographs for the Minimum Cost Housing Group's publication "Use it Again, Sam" about building components made from secondary use, including photographs of bottles made from recycled materials and photographs of the fabrication process for the bottles.

    Quantité / Type d’objet:

    1 photographic material(s)

    Collation:

    • approximately 50 photographic materials

    Technique et médium:

    Gelatin silver print on paper (photographs and contact sheets); negatives

    Mention de crédit:

    Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Vikram Bhatt/
    Gift of Vikram Bhatt

    Sources complémentaires:

    • Copies of the book "Use it Again, Sam" are catalogued as ARCH252788, ARCH253670 and ARCH273012.

    Numéro de chemise:

    149-005-18

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    • Numéro de réference: AP149.S1.1972.PR03.013
    • Titre: Use it Again, Sam
    • Dates de création: 1975
    • Classification: documents textuels
    • Objets catalogués : 0

    Personnes et institutions:

    • McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (architectural society)
    • McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (archive creator)

    Description:

    Group consists of a dummy for the Minimum Cost Housing Group's publication "Use it Again, Sam" about building components from secondary use.

    Quantité / Type d’objet:

    1 textual record(s)

    Collation:

    • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

    Technique et médium:

    Electrophotographic print on paper mounted on paper; electrophotographic print on paper

    Mention de crédit:

    Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Vikram Bhatt/
    Gift of Vikram Bhatt

    Sources complémentaires:

    • Final and published version of the book "Use it Again, Sam" are catalogued as ARCH252788 and ARCH253670 and ARCH273012.

    Numéro de chemise:

    149-007-02

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    • Numéro de réference: AP149.S1.1972.PR03.014
    • Titre: Aluminium offset plates for the offset printing of the Minimum Cost Housing Group's publication "Use it again, Sam"
    • Dates de création: 1975 or before
    • Objets catalogués : 0

    Personnes et institutions:

    • McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (architectural society)
    • McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (archive creator)

    Description:

    Group consists of two sets of aluminium offset plates for the offset printing of the Minimum Cost Housing Group's publication "Use it again, Sam" about building components from secondary use.

    Quantité / Type d’objet:

    1 printing plate(s)

    Collation:

    • 73 artefacts

    Technique et médium:

    Ink on aluminium sheet

    Dimensions:

    plate: 40 × 25,5 cm

    Mention de crédit:

    Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Vikram Bhatt/
    Gift of Vikram Bhatt

    Sources complémentaires:

    • Final and published versions of the book "Use it Again, Sam" are catalogued as ARCH252788, ARCG253670 and ARCH273012.

    Numéro de chemise:

    149-008-03

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