• Fonds: Fonds John Hejduk, 1947-2000, predominant 1947-1996
•    Série(s): Professional Work, 1954-2000, predominant 1954-1996
•      Projet: Bovisa, [ca. 1982]

• John Hejduk (archive creator)
• John Hejduk (architect)
• John Hejduk (draughtsman)

Bovisa: A work by John Hejduk

1986

Hejduk was invited by the organizers of the XVII Triennale di Milano, under the direction of Pierluigi Nicolin, to submit a project for the Triennale's theme of 'Nine Projects for Nine Cities' (Shkapich, 12 Nov. 1992). This group of drawings and photocopies of preliminary sketches by Hejduk is based on the "MZ7" document, which was compiled under the direction of Giorgio Fiorese and Marsia Deimichei and includes site information and a series of photographs of the Bovisa district of Milan (Fiorese 1987, p. 41). Created by Hejduk in New York during the summer of 1986, the drawings are a combination of real and fictional architecture and figures based on the photographs of the "MZ7" document.

• theoretical drawings

• 55 drawings mostly paint, with some black felt-tip pen and some photocopies, 3 sheets with 12 photocopies of preliminary sketches on each, 2 manuscripts

Mostly paint, with some black felt-tip pen and some photocopies

sheets: 98.5 x 64.0 cm

DR1988:0436:001-060

• line drawings
• renderings

• pictorial drawings
• sketch elevations (drawings)
• sketch plans (drawings)
• sketch sections (orthographic drawings)

• bird's-eye views

- This group is composed of 60 loose sheets: 55 drawings; 2 manuscripts, the title page and a page of poetic reflections on the Bovisa district of Milan with a list of 82 fictional buildings, and 3 sheets with 12 photocopies of preliminary sketches on each.

inscribed - on DR1988:0436:001, by the draughtsman, in red and black gouache, throughout: "BOVISA / A / WORK / "BY / JOHN / HEJDUK" inscribed - on DR1988:0436:060, by the draughtsman, in black felt-tip pen, throughout: with poetic reflections on the Bovisa district of Milan and a list of 82 fictional buildings

• architecture
• urbanisme

• houses
• apartment houses
• towers (building divisions)
• church
• towers (single built works)
• industrial complexes
• elevators
• clock tower
• swimming pool
• asylum
• fantastic architecture

© CCA

• This material was acquired by the CCA prior to the acquisition of the John Hejduk fonds in 1998, which was donated by John Hejduk.

Contient:

• DR1988:0436:001, Title page, from Bovisa, 1986
• DR1988:0436:002, First montage of 12 photocopied sketches, from Bovisa, 1986
• DR1988:0436:003, Second montage of 12 photocopied sketches, from Bovisa, 1986
• DR1988:0436:004, Third montage of 12 photocopied sketches, from Bovisa, 1986
• DR1988:0436:005, Chapel of the Dead Angel, from Bovisa, 1986
• DR1988:0436:006, Record Keeper of Hallucinations, from Bovisa, 1986
• DR1988:0436:007, The Machines of Bovisa, from Bovisa, 1986
• DR1988:0436:008, Hospital Towers: Prison/Normal; Via of the Crucified Angels, from Bovisa, 1986
• DR1988:0436:009, Crucified Angels; Emergency Service and First Aid, from Bovisa, 1986
• DR1988:0436:010, Security: House of Questions/Pulpit of Answers; Communication Centre, from Bovisa, 1986
• DR1988:0436:011, Bureau of Analysis, from Bovisa, 1986
• DR1988:0436:012, Notes, from Bovisa, 1986
• DR1988:0436:013, Hospital Tower: Detention Centre, from Bovisa, 1986
• DR1988:0436:014, Consulates: Commissioner of War and Peace, from Bovisa, 1986
• DR1988:0436:015, Organ and Blood Bank, from Bovisa, 1986
• DR1988:0436:016, Librarian of Prizes and Medals; Centre for the Study of Contagious Diseases, from Bovisa, 1986
• DR1988:0436:017, House of the Zoologist, from Bovisa, 1986
• DR1988:0436:018, Abandoned Factory/Gas Works Site, from Bovisa, 1986
• DR1988:0436:019, Centre of Biology and Entymology, from Bovisa, 1986
• DR1988:0436:020, Abandoned Chapel: Housing for the Homeless, from Bovisa, 1986
• DR1988:0436:021, Bureau of Conservation, from Bovisa, 1986
• DR1988:0436:022, Chapel of the Dead Angel from Bovisa, 1986
• DR1988:0436:023, Housing, from Bovisa, 1986
• DR1988:0436:024, Ecclesiastical Transportation: Sacred/Profane, from Bovisa, 1986
• DR1988:0436:025, Cemetery, from Bovisa, 1986
• DR1988:0436:026, Clock Tower, from Bovisa, 1986
• DR1988:0436:027, The Architect Observes His Models, from Bovisa, 1986
• DR1988:0436:028, Stations and Station Hotels, from Bovisa, 1986
• DR1988:0436:029, Miscellaneous Elements, from Bovisa, 1986
• DR1988:0436:030, Institute for Experimentation, from Bovisa, 1986
• DR1988:0436:031, "Asylum", from Bovisa, 1986
• DR1988:0436:032, A Nineteenth Century Figure, from Bovisa, 1986
• DR1988:0436:033, The Music Man, from Bovisa, 1986
• DR1988:0436:034, Board of Education, from Bovisa, 1986
• DR1988:0436:035, Arugula Man and His Wife, from Bovisa, 1986
• DR1988:0436:036, The Transfer, from Bovisa, 1986
• DR1988:0436:037, Angel Catcher, from Bovisa, 1986
• DR1988:0436:038, The Pool, from Bovisa, 1986
• DR1988:0436:039, The Taking, from Bovisa, 1986
• DR1988:0436:040, The Return, from Bovisa, 1986
• DR1988:0436:041, The Judges, from Bovisa, 1986
• DR1988:0436:042, The Card Players, from Bovisa, 1986
• DR1988:0436:043, The Lovers of Bovisa, from Bovisa, 1986
• DR1988:0436:044, The City Planner, from Bovisa, 1986
• DR1988:0436:045, The Passport Woman, from Bovisa, 1986
• DR1988:0436:046, The Long Distance Runner, from Bovisa, 1986
• DR1988:0436:047, The Rose Woman Captured, from Bovisa, 1986
• DR1988:0436:048, The Angel Catcher, from Bovisa, 1986
• DR1988:0436:049, The Crucified Angel, from Bovisa, 1986
• DR1988:0436:050, The Angel Watcher, from Bovisa, 1986
• DR1988:0436:051, Autopsy, from Bovisa, 1986
• DR1988:0436:052, The Angel Collector, from Bovisa, 1986
• DR1988:0436:053, The Angel Undertaker, from Bovisa, 1986
• DR1988:0436:054, The Canal/Kanal, from Bovisa, 1986
• DR1988:0436:055, Angel Man Girl, from Bovisa, 1986
• DR1988:0436:056, Stock Exchange Agency for the Control of Pornographic Tendencies, from Bovisa, 1986
• DR1988:0436:057, Museum of Apocryphal Vision, from Bovisa, 1986
• DR1988:0436:058, Senate Council, from Bovisa, 1986
• DR1988:0436:059, Flight from the Angel, from Bovisa, 1986
• DR1988:0436:060, List of documents received from Milan for Bovisa, 1986