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AP075.S1.1979.PR04
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Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's landscape project for the British Columbia Institute of Technology (B.C.I.T.) site at the Discovery Parks Multi Tenant Facility, located on Willingdon Avenue, in Burnaby, British Columbia. Created in 1979, Discovery Parks is an organization with the mission to accomodate scientific and technological research activities by building and renting research installations. Initially founded by the provincial government, Discovery Parks became self-governning and independant in 1990. Oberlander worked on the Discovery Parks B.C.I.T's site from 1979-1984 with Russell Vandiver Architects. The concept of B.C.I.T's site was to create a park like environment for an industrial research site. The site was surrounded by a woodland and included a wetland. To reflect the existing condition of her landscape design, Oberlander added a rentention pool and a restored woodland, creating a urban forest using native plants. The project was completed in 1982. The project series contains textual documents, such as correspondence with client and architects, financial documents, minutes of meetings, specifications and Oberlander's concept notes. The project is also documented through working drawings, including grading plans, irrigation plans, landscape plans and sites plans. It also included reference drawings of the site, photographs of the completed landscape and a mounted photographs of the a section of the landscape design by Oberlander.
1979-1990
British Columbia Institute of Technology Multi Tenant Facility, Discovery Parks, Willingdon Site, Burnaby, British Columbia (1987-1984)
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AP075.S1.1979.PR04
Description:
Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's landscape project for the British Columbia Institute of Technology (B.C.I.T.) site at the Discovery Parks Multi Tenant Facility, located on Willingdon Avenue, in Burnaby, British Columbia. Created in 1979, Discovery Parks is an organization with the mission to accomodate scientific and technological research activities by building and renting research installations. Initially founded by the provincial government, Discovery Parks became self-governning and independant in 1990. Oberlander worked on the Discovery Parks B.C.I.T's site from 1979-1984 with Russell Vandiver Architects. The concept of B.C.I.T's site was to create a park like environment for an industrial research site. The site was surrounded by a woodland and included a wetland. To reflect the existing condition of her landscape design, Oberlander added a rentention pool and a restored woodland, creating a urban forest using native plants. The project was completed in 1982. The project series contains textual documents, such as correspondence with client and architects, financial documents, minutes of meetings, specifications and Oberlander's concept notes. The project is also documented through working drawings, including grading plans, irrigation plans, landscape plans and sites plans. It also included reference drawings of the site, photographs of the completed landscape and a mounted photographs of the a section of the landscape design by Oberlander.
Project
1979-1990
Projet
AP075.S1.1983.PR02
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Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's landscape project for the Canadian Chancery on Pennsylvania Avenue, in Washington D.C. Oberlander worked in this project from 1983-1989 with architect Arthur Erickson. Oberlander and Erickson received the National Landscape Award for the project landscape design. The design included a paved courtyard accessible through Pennsylvania Avenue and John Marshall Place Park. Oberlanded connected the park, designed by landscape architect Carol L. Johnson in 1983, to the Chancery site by adding a paving area in place of the closed street separating the two blocks. A terraced façade featuring a hanging garden with trees and roses was design as a way of extending the John Marshall Park up to the roof of the building. The project series contains sketches and working drawings for the landscaping, including planting plans, irrigation plans, planters details, sections and planters irrigation plans, and architectural plans provided for reference use. It also contains photographs of the building and the courtyard landscaping. The project is also documented through textual records, including concept notes by Oberlander, correspondence with clients, architects, suppliers and consultants, specifications, meetings notes, financial documents, promotional material and articles on the project. Source: Herrington, Susan. Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: Making the Modern Landscape, University of Virginia Press, 2014, 304 pages.
1983-1990
Canadian Chancery, Washington D.C. (1983-1990)
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AP075.S1.1983.PR02
Description:
Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's landscape project for the Canadian Chancery on Pennsylvania Avenue, in Washington D.C. Oberlander worked in this project from 1983-1989 with architect Arthur Erickson. Oberlander and Erickson received the National Landscape Award for the project landscape design. The design included a paved courtyard accessible through Pennsylvania Avenue and John Marshall Place Park. Oberlanded connected the park, designed by landscape architect Carol L. Johnson in 1983, to the Chancery site by adding a paving area in place of the closed street separating the two blocks. A terraced façade featuring a hanging garden with trees and roses was design as a way of extending the John Marshall Park up to the roof of the building. The project series contains sketches and working drawings for the landscaping, including planting plans, irrigation plans, planters details, sections and planters irrigation plans, and architectural plans provided for reference use. It also contains photographs of the building and the courtyard landscaping. The project is also documented through textual records, including concept notes by Oberlander, correspondence with clients, architects, suppliers and consultants, specifications, meetings notes, financial documents, promotional material and articles on the project. Source: Herrington, Susan. Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: Making the Modern Landscape, University of Virginia Press, 2014, 304 pages.
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1983-1990
Projet
AP075.S1.1990.PR03
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Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's landscape design for the United Nations Peacekeeping Monument in Ottawa, Ontario. Oberlander worked on this from 1990-1993 with Richard Henriquez & Partners and sculptor Jack Harmon. Together, they won the design competition organized by the National Capital Commission in 1990. The monument is situated between the National Gallery of Canada and the United States Embassy, between St. Patrick Street and Murray Street. The monument consists in three bronze cast figures of peacekeeping soldiers on a granite slab. Oberlander elaborated the planting scheme and designed "an oval grove of twelve oak trees representing Canada's ten provinces and two territories [...]" [1], except Nunavut that was still included in the Northwest Territories at the time. The project was completed in 1993. Project series contains ten landscape working drawings, including a site plan, landscape sections, planting and grading plans, and an irrigations plan. The project is also documented through textual records, including design competition information documents, competition proposal, correspondence with architects, client and consultants, specifications, financial documents, press about the project and photographs of the construction and the inauguration of the monument. Source: [1] Herrington, Susan. Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: Making the Modern Landscape, University of Virginia Press, 2014, 304 pages, p. 171.
1990-1993
United Nations Peacekeeping Monument, Ottawa, Ontario (1990-1993)
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AP075.S1.1990.PR03
Description:
Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's landscape design for the United Nations Peacekeeping Monument in Ottawa, Ontario. Oberlander worked on this from 1990-1993 with Richard Henriquez & Partners and sculptor Jack Harmon. Together, they won the design competition organized by the National Capital Commission in 1990. The monument is situated between the National Gallery of Canada and the United States Embassy, between St. Patrick Street and Murray Street. The monument consists in three bronze cast figures of peacekeeping soldiers on a granite slab. Oberlander elaborated the planting scheme and designed "an oval grove of twelve oak trees representing Canada's ten provinces and two territories [...]" [1], except Nunavut that was still included in the Northwest Territories at the time. The project was completed in 1993. Project series contains ten landscape working drawings, including a site plan, landscape sections, planting and grading plans, and an irrigations plan. The project is also documented through textual records, including design competition information documents, competition proposal, correspondence with architects, client and consultants, specifications, financial documents, press about the project and photographs of the construction and the inauguration of the monument. Source: [1] Herrington, Susan. Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: Making the Modern Landscape, University of Virginia Press, 2014, 304 pages, p. 171.
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1990-1993
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Collection
CD046
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The Rhodri Windsor-Liscombe collection consists of 2 drawings, 9 photographs and 0.3 metres of textual documents that range in date from 1946 to 1996. The fonds is arranged into four parts: Civic and Cultural Publications; Publications about Wood; Architectural Drawings; and Photographs.
1946-1996
Collection Rhodri Windsor-Liscombe
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CD046
Résumé:
The Rhodri Windsor-Liscombe collection consists of 2 drawings, 9 photographs and 0.3 metres of textual documents that range in date from 1946 to 1996. The fonds is arranged into four parts: Civic and Cultural Publications; Publications about Wood; Architectural Drawings; and Photographs.
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Collection 71
1946-1996
En complément de l’exposition L’architecte, autrement, Todd Rouhe et Rachel Himmelfarb, de la firme common room, présentent leur processus de travail en collaboration : « Cette question – Quel est le problème? – anime la méthode de travail de common room. Elle définit le processus de recherche, d’expérience, d’interaction et de communication qui non seulement influence(...)
Théâtre Paul-Desmarais
19 novembre 2015
common room : Quel est le problème?
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En complément de l’exposition L’architecte, autrement, Todd Rouhe et Rachel Himmelfarb, de la firme common room, présentent leur processus de travail en collaboration : « Cette question – Quel est le problème? – anime la méthode de travail de common room. Elle définit le processus de recherche, d’expérience, d’interaction et de communication qui non seulement influence(...)
Théâtre Paul-Desmarais
Le chercheur en résidence Adam Morton présente sa recherche: Sous le capitalisme, comment l’espace est-il organisé dans notre vie quotidienne, dans les rues que nous marchons, les monuments que nous visitons et les endroits où nous nous trouvons? Ce séminaire présente comment l’espace de l’État moderne au Mexique est constitué dans la perspective d’une économie politique(...)
Maison Shaughnessy
22 juin 2017, 18h
Séminaire de chercheur en résidence : Adam Morton
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Le chercheur en résidence Adam Morton présente sa recherche: Sous le capitalisme, comment l’espace est-il organisé dans notre vie quotidienne, dans les rues que nous marchons, les monuments que nous visitons et les endroits où nous nous trouvons? Ce séminaire présente comment l’espace de l’État moderne au Mexique est constitué dans la perspective d’une économie politique(...)
Maison Shaughnessy
photographies
DR2012:0012:054:001
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Photographic materials, including the following works: - Prairie railroad and grain elevator, south of Lethbridge, Alberta - The white city revisited, Tel Aviv.
1985, 1993
Photographic materials of artworks
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DR2012:0012:054:001
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Photographic materials, including the following works: - Prairie railroad and grain elevator, south of Lethbridge, Alberta - The white city revisited, Tel Aviv.
photographies
1985, 1993
dessins
ARCH253137
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presentation drawing - landscape plan for National Museum (J.A. Langford, chief architect, Department of Public Works; Thompson Berwick Pratt and Partners, architects)
Presentation drawing - landscape plan for National Museum (J.A. Langford
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ARCH253137
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presentation drawing - landscape plan for National Museum (J.A. Langford, chief architect, Department of Public Works; Thompson Berwick Pratt and Partners, architects)
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documents textuels
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9 textual record(s)
ARCH267691
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This group consists of memorandums and drawings for the works of art for St. Augustine's Church in Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Québec.
1966-1967
6506 / 2.7 / Église St-Augustine / Memorandums (oeuvres d'arts)
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ARCH267691
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This group consists of memorandums and drawings for the works of art for St. Augustine's Church in Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Québec.
documents textuels
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9 textual record(s)
1966-1967
documents textuels
PHCON2002:0016:002:097
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Reports that he has arrived with the works and that the exhibition will be from February 16 to March 10, 1974.
5 February 1974
Letter from Dr. Wolfgang Becker to Gordon Matta-Clark
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PHCON2002:0016:002:097
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Reports that he has arrived with the works and that the exhibition will be from February 16 to March 10, 1974.
documents textuels
5 February 1974