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AP082.S1
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The series “Project for a Universal Headquarters Building, Universal City, Los Angeles County, California (1995-1999)” documents an unexecuted project by the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) and collaborators for a Headquarters Building for Universal Studios at the Universal City site in Los Angeles County, California. The first two years of the design process (1996-1997) are documented by about 500 drawings, over 150 small-scale study models, 105 presentation panels, two flip-books, and a few proposals—including a book illustrating “a day in the life” of the building. Three proposals in the series were produced by OMA or by the engineering firm Ove Arup & Partners at the end of the schematic design phase of the project (March-December 1997). The design development phase of the project (August 1998-July 1999) is documented by a progress report produced for the “50%” stage and project manuals produced for the “60%” and “100%” stages. The series includes a set of reproductions of architectural, structural and mechanical drawings produced at the 100% design development stage together with concept drawings for interiors. Materials produced for a final design development presentation in July 1999 include a book and a large-scale (1:50) presentation model. The series also includes prospectuses and pre-construction proposals from contractors, some graphic design samples, technical reports-- including a ground motion study and a report on wind tunnel tests, and a preliminary furniture budget.
1996-1999
Project for a Universal Headquarters Building, Universal City, Los Angeles County, California (1995-1999)
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AP082.S1
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The series “Project for a Universal Headquarters Building, Universal City, Los Angeles County, California (1995-1999)” documents an unexecuted project by the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) and collaborators for a Headquarters Building for Universal Studios at the Universal City site in Los Angeles County, California. The first two years of the design process (1996-1997) are documented by about 500 drawings, over 150 small-scale study models, 105 presentation panels, two flip-books, and a few proposals—including a book illustrating “a day in the life” of the building. Three proposals in the series were produced by OMA or by the engineering firm Ove Arup & Partners at the end of the schematic design phase of the project (March-December 1997). The design development phase of the project (August 1998-July 1999) is documented by a progress report produced for the “50%” stage and project manuals produced for the “60%” and “100%” stages. The series includes a set of reproductions of architectural, structural and mechanical drawings produced at the 100% design development stage together with concept drawings for interiors. Materials produced for a final design development presentation in July 1999 include a book and a large-scale (1:50) presentation model. The series also includes prospectuses and pre-construction proposals from contractors, some graphic design samples, technical reports-- including a ground motion study and a report on wind tunnel tests, and a preliminary furniture budget.
Series
1996-1999
graphique
DR1995:0301:001-001
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This poster entitled 'Cedric Price: Pleasure Planning' is composed of a "landscape" of "derby hats" with two ornamental antennae in the foreground. People drawn to a smaller scale are interspersed among the hats. This poster was designed by Price ('CCA Consignment List'), and is for a presentation (unknown date) at the Architectural Association (London).
1955-1965 ?
Poster for 'Pleasure Planning' exhibition
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DR1995:0301:001-001
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This poster entitled 'Cedric Price: Pleasure Planning' is composed of a "landscape" of "derby hats" with two ornamental antennae in the foreground. People drawn to a smaller scale are interspersed among the hats. This poster was designed by Price ('CCA Consignment List'), and is for a presentation (unknown date) at the Architectural Association (London).
graphique
1955-1965 ?
Série(s)
AP027.S1
Description:
The abbreviation "n.c.", which represents "no client", occasionally appears in the project descriptions. This indicates that the client is unknown for that particular project or that the project was initiated by Van Ginkel Associates. Throughout its practice, Van Ginkel Associates devoted much of its time to research and design projects that were generated and paid for by the firm itself. Several of these projects were initiated by members of the staff. Project drawings, because of the multi-disciplinary nature of the firm's work and the scale of some of its commissions, differ greatly in extent, content, format, and size. The drawings therefore have been kept in their original groupings. The original titles assigned to the material by the creators while stored in tubes was transferred to their present folders.
1957-1991
Project and Proposal Documentation
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AP027.S1
Description:
The abbreviation "n.c.", which represents "no client", occasionally appears in the project descriptions. This indicates that the client is unknown for that particular project or that the project was initiated by Van Ginkel Associates. Throughout its practice, Van Ginkel Associates devoted much of its time to research and design projects that were generated and paid for by the firm itself. Several of these projects were initiated by members of the staff. Project drawings, because of the multi-disciplinary nature of the firm's work and the scale of some of its commissions, differ greatly in extent, content, format, and size. The drawings therefore have been kept in their original groupings. The original titles assigned to the material by the creators while stored in tubes was transferred to their present folders.
Series
1957-1991
archives
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Collection
Collection JJP Oud
CI005
Résumé:
The J.J.P. Oud Collection, 1911-1973, documents J.J.P. Oud's work as an architect between 1911 and 1973. The collection is focussed on Oud’s architectural projects, including work on major exectued and unrealized buildings in the Netherlands, Germany, Czechoslovakia, and the United States. The collection also includes Oud's designs for diverse projects on public housing, war memorials and interior design.
1908-1966 (1911-1963 predominant)
Collection JJP Oud
CI005
Résumé:
The J.J.P. Oud Collection, 1911-1973, documents J.J.P. Oud's work as an architect between 1911 and 1973. The collection is focussed on Oud’s architectural projects, including work on major exectued and unrealized buildings in the Netherlands, Germany, Czechoslovakia, and the United States. The collection also includes Oud's designs for diverse projects on public housing, war memorials and interior design.
archives
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Collection institutionnelle
1908-1966 (1911-1963 predominant)
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Publications and Exhibitions
AP032.S4
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This series contains material on publications and exhibitions concerning Goldsmith work and career. Papers and photographs record the creation of the book Myron Goldsmith: Buildings and Concepts, edited by Swiss architect Werner Blaser and published by Rizzoli Publications in 1987. The updating of Goldsmith's theoretical views are apparent in the manuscript drafts and revisions of his two essays for the book - "The Effects of Scale," reworked from his I.I.T. master's thesis, and the newly composed "Structural Architecture." This series also contains documents concerning retrospective exhibitions on Goldsmith originating at Harvard University (1982), and at the Canadian Centre for Architecture (1991). This material includes papers, correspondence, exhibition panels and wall text panels. The inclusion of periodicals and clippings on the architect's work, and the work of his students, supply a good bibliographic background on the architect.
1956-1991
Publications and Exhibitions
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AP032.S4
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This series contains material on publications and exhibitions concerning Goldsmith work and career. Papers and photographs record the creation of the book Myron Goldsmith: Buildings and Concepts, edited by Swiss architect Werner Blaser and published by Rizzoli Publications in 1987. The updating of Goldsmith's theoretical views are apparent in the manuscript drafts and revisions of his two essays for the book - "The Effects of Scale," reworked from his I.I.T. master's thesis, and the newly composed "Structural Architecture." This series also contains documents concerning retrospective exhibitions on Goldsmith originating at Harvard University (1982), and at the Canadian Centre for Architecture (1991). This material includes papers, correspondence, exhibition panels and wall text panels. The inclusion of periodicals and clippings on the architect's work, and the work of his students, supply a good bibliographic background on the architect.
Series 4
1956-1991
Projet
AP148.S1.1967.PR01
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This project series documents Poli's contribution to the competition entry for the restoration of a 16th century fort in Florence, the Fortezza da Bassa and its transformation into a National Centre for Arts and Crafts. This competition design was a Superstudio project led by Adolfo Natalini, reflecting the group's interest at the time in architecture on a "monumental' scale" (Lang and Menking, 2003, 100). Project material consists of study sketches in coloured pencil and graphite, many with annotations, and a page of typed notes, also with smaller sketches. Poli's sketches and notes seem to focus on designs for the entrance to the fort -- "ingresso alla Fortezza" -- and the movement of spectators into the fort. The typed notes and some sketches suggest the idea of a pinball machine with flippers and multi coloured lights lighting up a path.
1967-1968
Competition Fortezza da Basso, National Centre for Arts and Crafts, Florence, Italy (1967)
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AP148.S1.1967.PR01
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This project series documents Poli's contribution to the competition entry for the restoration of a 16th century fort in Florence, the Fortezza da Bassa and its transformation into a National Centre for Arts and Crafts. This competition design was a Superstudio project led by Adolfo Natalini, reflecting the group's interest at the time in architecture on a "monumental' scale" (Lang and Menking, 2003, 100). Project material consists of study sketches in coloured pencil and graphite, many with annotations, and a page of typed notes, also with smaller sketches. Poli's sketches and notes seem to focus on designs for the entrance to the fort -- "ingresso alla Fortezza" -- and the movement of spectators into the fort. The typed notes and some sketches suggest the idea of a pinball machine with flippers and multi coloured lights lighting up a path.
Project
1967-1968
Projet
AP207.S1.1967.PR01
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This project series documents the "Rumble" Sofa, a couch designed by Pettena in 1967 and produced in 1968 by Gufram, an Italian seat and furniture manufacturer based in Barolo. The "Rumble" Sofa was part of the furniture at Pettena's studio-home." […] The design of this couch […] derives from the experience of living in a spacious place, originally a 19th century studio for artists, in which the furnishings had to suit the scale of the place and not that of the being." [1] The project series contains sketches, plans and details of the couch, as well as videos and photographs of the couch showing its various possible shapes and usages. It also includes a small wooden model with movable blocks, each block represents one of the cushions of the couch. Source: [1] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/design-rumble-couch-1967/ (last accessed 16 October 2019)
circa 1967
“Rumble” Sofa [“Rumble” Couch] (1967)
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AP207.S1.1967.PR01
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This project series documents the "Rumble" Sofa, a couch designed by Pettena in 1967 and produced in 1968 by Gufram, an Italian seat and furniture manufacturer based in Barolo. The "Rumble" Sofa was part of the furniture at Pettena's studio-home." […] The design of this couch […] derives from the experience of living in a spacious place, originally a 19th century studio for artists, in which the furnishings had to suit the scale of the place and not that of the being." [1] The project series contains sketches, plans and details of the couch, as well as videos and photographs of the couch showing its various possible shapes and usages. It also includes a small wooden model with movable blocks, each block represents one of the cushions of the couch. Source: [1] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/design-rumble-couch-1967/ (last accessed 16 October 2019)
Project
circa 1967
dessins
DR1987:0304
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- These plans and rendering show a chalet-style house with middle- and far-eastern influences, including ogee horseshoe arches and an onion dome. Although the inscribed scale mentions an "elevation", the draughtsman was probably referring to the pictorial drawing at the top of the sheet above the three plans. This rendering includes several groups of figures in middle eastern costume in the foreground, some of whom are riding animals -- horses, a camel, and an elephant. The background, includes two walled structures with minaret-like spires.
architecture
ca. 1860
Rendering and plans for an eclectic chalet-style house with eastern influences
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DR1987:0304
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- These plans and rendering show a chalet-style house with middle- and far-eastern influences, including ogee horseshoe arches and an onion dome. Although the inscribed scale mentions an "elevation", the draughtsman was probably referring to the pictorial drawing at the top of the sheet above the three plans. This rendering includes several groups of figures in middle eastern costume in the foreground, some of whom are riding animals -- horses, a camel, and an elephant. The background, includes two walled structures with minaret-like spires.
dessins
ca. 1860
architecture
Projet
AP164.S1.2005.D9
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The project series documents the competition entry for the planning of the Orange County Suuokita Memorial Park in California, United States. The project site was previously a military base. The firm identified this project as number 212b “The first action will be to excavate the existing E-W runways and construct in their place a great water channel. The second action will be to plant a large grid of indigenous trees over the entire site in tandem with the installation of irrigation systems. The third main gesture will be to transform the surfaces of the remaining runways into smaller gardens […] Following upon these initial gestures, [Abalos & Herreros] propose a series of vertical structures that will serve to punctuate the great horizontal expanse of the park, providing another scale to the park.” (ARCH270975) Documenting the project are presentation drawings, correspondence, reference materials, notes, project descriptions, presentation documents, publications and a dummy.
2003-2005, predominant 2005
Orange County Great Park, California, United States (2005)
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AP164.S1.2005.D9
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The project series documents the competition entry for the planning of the Orange County Suuokita Memorial Park in California, United States. The project site was previously a military base. The firm identified this project as number 212b “The first action will be to excavate the existing E-W runways and construct in their place a great water channel. The second action will be to plant a large grid of indigenous trees over the entire site in tandem with the installation of irrigation systems. The third main gesture will be to transform the surfaces of the remaining runways into smaller gardens […] Following upon these initial gestures, [Abalos & Herreros] propose a series of vertical structures that will serve to punctuate the great horizontal expanse of the park, providing another scale to the park.” (ARCH270975) Documenting the project are presentation drawings, correspondence, reference materials, notes, project descriptions, presentation documents, publications and a dummy.
Project
2003-2005, predominant 2005
À partir du travail d’architectes de renommée internationale, cetteexposition démontre la présence d’idées utopiques modernes qui auraient été rejetées au tournant de l’ère postmoderne. Selon Reinhold Martin, commissaire principal de l’exposition, presque toute la production architecturale des cinquante dernières années a été hantée par le « revenant » de l’utopie(...)
Salle octogonale
28 février 2008 au 25 mai 2008
Le revenant de l'utopie: Le postmodernisme revisité
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À partir du travail d’architectes de renommée internationale, cetteexposition démontre la présence d’idées utopiques modernes qui auraient été rejetées au tournant de l’ère postmoderne. Selon Reinhold Martin, commissaire principal de l’exposition, presque toute la production architecturale des cinquante dernières années a été hantée par le « revenant » de l’utopie(...)
Salle octogonale