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Avec et au sein de
30 juin 2020
Au sein d’une écologie de la pratique architecturale
Francesco Garutti introduit Les choses qui nous entourent
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Carbon Tower (2001)
AP174.S1.2001.D1
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This project file documents an unbuilt design by Testa & Weiser for Carbon Tower (2001), a forty-storey building made almost entirely of carbon fibre. The project was developed in parallel with scripting software designed while Peter Testa and Devyn Weiser co-directed the Emergent Design Group at MIT. "The tower consists of an interdependent set of parts: floor plates hang from a diagrid structure of bundled fibres reinforced by two double-helix covered ramps, which are run in and out of the structure and are themselves made of strands woven at a finer scale. A thin composite skin—glass would be too heavy—wraps the tower’s parts together. A collaboration with Arup in 2002 allowed Testa & Weiser to simplify the scheme even further, by moving all core elements, from elevators to structural supports, to the tower’s perimeter. To take full advantage of the flexibility and energy efficiency of composite materials, Testa & Weiser also imagined that the carbon fibre structures would be formed on site through a process called pultrusion."[1] The file contains a large number of digital files documenting the conceptual and design development of the project; consultation with Arup Consulting Engineers, New York; research on composite materials; fabrication of 3D printed physical models by 3D Systems and Windform; and exhibition of the project at several museums and galleries, including the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles and the Cooper-Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, New York. Also contained in the file are 56 paper drawings (including some sketches done on top of printed computer-aided designs) and two 3D printed physical models produced by 3D Systems. Sources: [1] Canadian Centre for Architecture. Archaeology of the Digital 12: Testa & Weiser, Carbon Tower, ed. Greg Lynn (2015), ISBN 978-1-927071-25-0.
2002-2014
Carbon Tower (2001)
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AP174.S1.2001.D1
Description:
This project file documents an unbuilt design by Testa & Weiser for Carbon Tower (2001), a forty-storey building made almost entirely of carbon fibre. The project was developed in parallel with scripting software designed while Peter Testa and Devyn Weiser co-directed the Emergent Design Group at MIT. "The tower consists of an interdependent set of parts: floor plates hang from a diagrid structure of bundled fibres reinforced by two double-helix covered ramps, which are run in and out of the structure and are themselves made of strands woven at a finer scale. A thin composite skin—glass would be too heavy—wraps the tower’s parts together. A collaboration with Arup in 2002 allowed Testa & Weiser to simplify the scheme even further, by moving all core elements, from elevators to structural supports, to the tower’s perimeter. To take full advantage of the flexibility and energy efficiency of composite materials, Testa & Weiser also imagined that the carbon fibre structures would be formed on site through a process called pultrusion."[1] The file contains a large number of digital files documenting the conceptual and design development of the project; consultation with Arup Consulting Engineers, New York; research on composite materials; fabrication of 3D printed physical models by 3D Systems and Windform; and exhibition of the project at several museums and galleries, including the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles and the Cooper-Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, New York. Also contained in the file are 56 paper drawings (including some sketches done on top of printed computer-aided designs) and two 3D printed physical models produced by 3D Systems. Sources: [1] Canadian Centre for Architecture. Archaeology of the Digital 12: Testa & Weiser, Carbon Tower, ed. Greg Lynn (2015), ISBN 978-1-927071-25-0.
Project
2002-2014
Série(s)
AP177.S1
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This series documents Jesse Reiser and Nanako Umemoto’s design process for the Kansai-kan of the National Diet Library competition in 1996. The variety of formats present in the series relate to the firm’s design process for this project, where manual drawings, physical models and CAD software contributed to one another throughout design iteration. Some digital files were created after the competition. Manual drawings include penciled sketches, detailed inked plans and printed CAD files generally taped on larger mylar sheets. They represent either plans or details of the building’s design. The printed renderings most often present elevations and sections of the buildings. For plans, other printed CAD files were inked back on mylar sheets. Drawings are often annotated and precisely identify the different elements of the library’s program. Digital files represent either elements of the architectural design (conveyors, auditorium, store, etc.) or detailed plans, including topographical lines and 3-D models. They include rendered and scanned images and plans in TIFF, GIF, JPEG, PICT (MacIntosh QuickDraw) and FH5 (Macromedia Freehand) file formats. Most CAD models were created in form*Z, although Microstation DGN files and IGES files created in Alias are also present in the project records. The directory “Kansai Documents” contains a few textual records created with the publishing software QuarkXPress, including labels to be printed and used on physical drawings, correspondence and a text by Jesse Reiser for the Reversible Destiny exhibition catalogue in 1997. Most directories and file names are indicative of the file’s content, clearly referring to building elements, although in some cases files names are non-descriptive. For example, some files use the name of one of the assistants (Yama). File names are sometimes repeated in different directories, including files that are part of AP177.S2.001
1996-2014
RUR Architecture working files
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AP177.S1
Description:
This series documents Jesse Reiser and Nanako Umemoto’s design process for the Kansai-kan of the National Diet Library competition in 1996. The variety of formats present in the series relate to the firm’s design process for this project, where manual drawings, physical models and CAD software contributed to one another throughout design iteration. Some digital files were created after the competition. Manual drawings include penciled sketches, detailed inked plans and printed CAD files generally taped on larger mylar sheets. They represent either plans or details of the building’s design. The printed renderings most often present elevations and sections of the buildings. For plans, other printed CAD files were inked back on mylar sheets. Drawings are often annotated and precisely identify the different elements of the library’s program. Digital files represent either elements of the architectural design (conveyors, auditorium, store, etc.) or detailed plans, including topographical lines and 3-D models. They include rendered and scanned images and plans in TIFF, GIF, JPEG, PICT (MacIntosh QuickDraw) and FH5 (Macromedia Freehand) file formats. Most CAD models were created in form*Z, although Microstation DGN files and IGES files created in Alias are also present in the project records. The directory “Kansai Documents” contains a few textual records created with the publishing software QuarkXPress, including labels to be printed and used on physical drawings, correspondence and a text by Jesse Reiser for the Reversible Destiny exhibition catalogue in 1997. Most directories and file names are indicative of the file’s content, clearly referring to building elements, although in some cases files names are non-descriptive. For example, some files use the name of one of the assistants (Yama). File names are sometimes repeated in different directories, including files that are part of AP177.S2.001
Series
1996-2014
documents textuels
AP206.S2.045
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File was originally housed in a binder along with content arranged in AP206.S2.046 and AP206.S2.047. This file includes the following papers: "Purpose of Architecture," 1977 Poem in Urdu "Is Architecture Responsible?" 1981 Speech given at inauguration of an exhibition of art, 1980 Untitled papers, 1979-1980 "To be Protected," 1979 "Destiny and Discretion," 1979 "Leadership" "Your Circle," 1979 "Deliverance" "Urbanisation and Environmental Problems: Hill Ecosystem"
1977-1998
Published and unpublished papers (folder 1 of 3)
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AP206.S2.045
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File was originally housed in a binder along with content arranged in AP206.S2.046 and AP206.S2.047. This file includes the following papers: "Purpose of Architecture," 1977 Poem in Urdu "Is Architecture Responsible?" 1981 Speech given at inauguration of an exhibition of art, 1980 Untitled papers, 1979-1980 "To be Protected," 1979 "Destiny and Discretion," 1979 "Leadership" "Your Circle," 1979 "Deliverance" "Urbanisation and Environmental Problems: Hill Ecosystem"
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1977-1998
documents textuels
AP206.S2.059
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File was originally housed in a binder along with content arranged in AP206.S2.056, AP206.S2.057 and AP206.S2.058. This file includes the following papers: "The Role of Architects in Urban and Rural Growth" "The Environment of Chandigarh," 1985 "Memo on a possible New Capital for Haryana" "Manifesto of the Peoples of Haryana" "Spatial Planning of Human Settlements," 1984 Poem delivered at art exhibition inauguration at Lalit Kala Academy, 1985
1982-1985
Published and unpublished papers (folder 4 of 4)
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AP206.S2.059
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File was originally housed in a binder along with content arranged in AP206.S2.056, AP206.S2.057 and AP206.S2.058. This file includes the following papers: "The Role of Architects in Urban and Rural Growth" "The Environment of Chandigarh," 1985 "Memo on a possible New Capital for Haryana" "Manifesto of the Peoples of Haryana" "Spatial Planning of Human Settlements," 1984 Poem delivered at art exhibition inauguration at Lalit Kala Academy, 1985
documents textuels
1982-1985
Série(s)
AP189.S2
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Series 2, Software for producing the projection and narration, 2007-2008, is composed of ten different versions of the module that generates the projection and narration in the open gallery. Seven of the versions were among the files saved to a compact disc following the CCA exhibition and have been kept together as group ARCH275207. Three of the versions were on a hard drive that was used in Rovereto and comprise group ARCH275212. The core elements of each module are two application files. One of these, whose name begins with "VE1" uses parameters contained in a file called "config.txt". The other application file, called "VECalibration" displays the entire volume of the projected architectural space. The geometric parameters for a room are recorded in a separate image file called "ecan-angles.jpg". A readme file in each module explains how the different files interact with one another. It also identifies the version of the "VE1" application files and any issues that may be related to the version. Each module includes hundreds of Shockwave Flash files (.swf), each containing an animated or still image of a person or persons and/or one or more pieces of furniture. Some of the .swf files contain an image of one or more furnished rooms inhabited by one or more persons. In most versions, the config.txt file contains a URL that accesses the database containing the sensor data. The URL references the file "captorsxml.aspx". As mentioned earlier, the config.txt file also contains parameters for the projected image, including scene geometry, colors and space occupation, and lists of the .swf files for persons and objects. Most versions of the module also include twenty-one .mp3 files, one of which is "empty". The other twenty each contain an audio recording of a female voice that states values for temperature, illumination and relative humidity and narrates a scenario written by Alain Robbe-Grillet. There is a French- and English-language version of each scenario
2007-2008
Software for producing the projection and narration
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AP189.S2
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Series 2, Software for producing the projection and narration, 2007-2008, is composed of ten different versions of the module that generates the projection and narration in the open gallery. Seven of the versions were among the files saved to a compact disc following the CCA exhibition and have been kept together as group ARCH275207. Three of the versions were on a hard drive that was used in Rovereto and comprise group ARCH275212. The core elements of each module are two application files. One of these, whose name begins with "VE1" uses parameters contained in a file called "config.txt". The other application file, called "VECalibration" displays the entire volume of the projected architectural space. The geometric parameters for a room are recorded in a separate image file called "ecan-angles.jpg". A readme file in each module explains how the different files interact with one another. It also identifies the version of the "VE1" application files and any issues that may be related to the version. Each module includes hundreds of Shockwave Flash files (.swf), each containing an animated or still image of a person or persons and/or one or more pieces of furniture. Some of the .swf files contain an image of one or more furnished rooms inhabited by one or more persons. In most versions, the config.txt file contains a URL that accesses the database containing the sensor data. The URL references the file "captorsxml.aspx". As mentioned earlier, the config.txt file also contains parameters for the projected image, including scene geometry, colors and space occupation, and lists of the .swf files for persons and objects. Most versions of the module also include twenty-one .mp3 files, one of which is "empty". The other twenty each contain an audio recording of a female voice that states values for temperature, illumination and relative humidity and narrates a scenario written by Alain Robbe-Grillet. There is a French- and English-language version of each scenario
Series 2
2007-2008
né numérique
AP167.S1.SS2.001
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This directory chiefly contains screenshots of 3D models. This includes the contents of the sub-directory “ANS mai03” which document the exhibition space at the Centre George Pompidou. There are also a number of photos of carabiners. Original directory name: "10 2d". Most common file formats: Raw JPEG Stream, AutoCAD Drawing, JPEG File Interchange Format, Acrobat PDF 1.4 - Portable Document Format, Microsoft Word Document.
16 April 1999 - 22 October 2003
3D model screenshots for the NSA Muscle, including Centre Georges Pompidou plans
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AP167.S1.SS2.001
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This directory chiefly contains screenshots of 3D models. This includes the contents of the sub-directory “ANS mai03” which document the exhibition space at the Centre George Pompidou. There are also a number of photos of carabiners. Original directory name: "10 2d". Most common file formats: Raw JPEG Stream, AutoCAD Drawing, JPEG File Interchange Format, Acrobat PDF 1.4 - Portable Document Format, Microsoft Word Document.
né numérique
16 April 1999 - 22 October 2003
documents textuels
DR2012:0015:025:038
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File containing documents in English and French (predominant), including correspondence, CVs, and materials related to Melvin Charney's application for funding for his exhibition, Between observation and intervention: the painted photographs of Melvin Charney. Also includes 1 compact disc inscribed in black ink, "IMAGES / CALQ / CHARNEY / ARCHI.", and a request to reproduce Melvin Charney's piece, Dancing. Original folder inscribed in graphite: CALQ / DEMANDE DE BOURSE / 09.2007
2007
Correspondence, CVs, and materials related to Melvin Charney's application for funding
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DR2012:0015:025:038
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File containing documents in English and French (predominant), including correspondence, CVs, and materials related to Melvin Charney's application for funding for his exhibition, Between observation and intervention: the painted photographs of Melvin Charney. Also includes 1 compact disc inscribed in black ink, "IMAGES / CALQ / CHARNEY / ARCHI.", and a request to reproduce Melvin Charney's piece, Dancing. Original folder inscribed in graphite: CALQ / DEMANDE DE BOURSE / 09.2007
documents textuels
2007
Les jouets sont de précieux témoignages sur la vie sociale et économique d’une époque. De plus, des blocs de construction en bois aux jeux de construction en fer et en acier, ils reflètent des changements techniques et des styles d’architecture très en vogue à un certain moment. Par ailleurs, les principes des techniques nouvelles à l’origine des nouveaux bâtiments, ont(...)
Salle octogonale
28 novembre 1990 au 31 mars 1991
L'architecture en jeux : jeux de construction du CCA
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Les jouets sont de précieux témoignages sur la vie sociale et économique d’une époque. De plus, des blocs de construction en bois aux jeux de construction en fer et en acier, ils reflètent des changements techniques et des styles d’architecture très en vogue à un certain moment. Par ailleurs, les principes des techniques nouvelles à l’origine des nouveaux bâtiments, ont(...)
Salle octogonale