Projet
AP056.S1.1987.PR04
Description:
This project series documents the restoration and redevelopmet of King James Place in Toronto, Ontario. The office assigned the number 8722 to this project. King James Place is located on King St. East between Jarvis St. and Church St. and was completed in 1839. Construction on the project began in 1990. Drawings in the project series show the changes made to the floor plans and interiors while preserving the historic facade. The project received a Governor General's Award for Architecture in 1992, the Toronto Urban Design Award in 1993, and the Heritage Toronto Award in 1994. The project is recorded through sketches, original plans, elevations, sections, several perspectives, as well as presentation drawings. Also included are two photographs of the finished exterior and a model.
1987-1996
King James Place, Toronto, Ontario (1987-1991)
Actions:
AP056.S1.1987.PR04
Description:
This project series documents the restoration and redevelopmet of King James Place in Toronto, Ontario. The office assigned the number 8722 to this project. King James Place is located on King St. East between Jarvis St. and Church St. and was completed in 1839. Construction on the project began in 1990. Drawings in the project series show the changes made to the floor plans and interiors while preserving the historic facade. The project received a Governor General's Award for Architecture in 1992, the Toronto Urban Design Award in 1993, and the Heritage Toronto Award in 1994. The project is recorded through sketches, original plans, elevations, sections, several perspectives, as well as presentation drawings. Also included are two photographs of the finished exterior and a model.
Project
1987-1996
Projet
AP066.S3.D6
Description:
Le dossier documente la soumission pour le concours sur invitation tenu en hiver 1987 pour des arches des "Olympic Winter Games" de 1988, à Calgary, Alberta. Le dossier contient des dessins, des documents textuels, des photographies, une maquette et une reprographie. Objectifs du concours: "Twenty Canadian architects have been commissioned to submit designs for a ceremonial Olympic arch that will capture the spirit of the Olympic Winter Games in Calgary. The models and accompanying drawings will be exhibited during the Olympic Arts Festival, next Jan. 23 to Feb. 28." The Globe and Mail, 27 février 1987. Description du projet: "It explores the theme of "Boundary" as space. It delineates the outside and the outside, skin and structure, tension and pressure. It assembles the given and the withheld, the synthesis and the enigma." Jacques Rousseau, extrait du texte faisant partie de la soumission du projet (25-03-1987)
1987-1988
National Competition for the Calgary Olympic Arches
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AP066.S3.D6
Description:
Le dossier documente la soumission pour le concours sur invitation tenu en hiver 1987 pour des arches des "Olympic Winter Games" de 1988, à Calgary, Alberta. Le dossier contient des dessins, des documents textuels, des photographies, une maquette et une reprographie. Objectifs du concours: "Twenty Canadian architects have been commissioned to submit designs for a ceremonial Olympic arch that will capture the spirit of the Olympic Winter Games in Calgary. The models and accompanying drawings will be exhibited during the Olympic Arts Festival, next Jan. 23 to Feb. 28." The Globe and Mail, 27 février 1987. Description du projet: "It explores the theme of "Boundary" as space. It delineates the outside and the outside, skin and structure, tension and pressure. It assembles the given and the withheld, the synthesis and the enigma." Jacques Rousseau, extrait du texte faisant partie de la soumission du projet (25-03-1987)
Dossier 6
1987-1988
Série(s)
Œuvres du prix de Rome
AP066.S4
Description:
Cette série rassemble les documents produits par Jacques Rousseau dans le cadre du Prix de Rome (1988), soit: les esquisses préparatoires et les gravures blanches (sans encre) qui illustrent un projet de "Nouveau-Port" pour Montréal, et les dessins à la craie sèche sur papier intitulés "Mémoire virtuelle ...". On y retrouve également des avenues de projet qui n'ont pas été développées, "Étude du flanc est du Mont-Royal" et projet de "Boucliers de papier", et des documents issus de l'exposition intitulée Montréal vue de Rome présentée à la Maison Coloniale en mai 1990. Le dossier contient des dessins, des documents textuels, des documents photographiques et un artéfact. Description du projet par l'architecte: "Amorcé en 1985, lors de la consultation publique concernant le Vieux-Port de Montréal, "le projet du Nouveau Port" complète son cycle alors que je séjourne à Rome à titre de Prix de Rome du Conseil des Arts du Canada. Prétexte par excellence pour réfléchir sur l'espoir et la transformation de Montréal, le sujet du Nouveau Port m'est apparu comme le moyen d'informer une approche de la transformation de la ville. J'ai pensé le projet possible, nécessaire même et j'ai plongé." Jacques Rousseau, "Le projet du Nouveau Port", ARQ : Architecture-Québec, nº 67, p. 30.
1987-1990
Œuvres du prix de Rome
Actions:
AP066.S4
Description:
Cette série rassemble les documents produits par Jacques Rousseau dans le cadre du Prix de Rome (1988), soit: les esquisses préparatoires et les gravures blanches (sans encre) qui illustrent un projet de "Nouveau-Port" pour Montréal, et les dessins à la craie sèche sur papier intitulés "Mémoire virtuelle ...". On y retrouve également des avenues de projet qui n'ont pas été développées, "Étude du flanc est du Mont-Royal" et projet de "Boucliers de papier", et des documents issus de l'exposition intitulée Montréal vue de Rome présentée à la Maison Coloniale en mai 1990. Le dossier contient des dessins, des documents textuels, des documents photographiques et un artéfact. Description du projet par l'architecte: "Amorcé en 1985, lors de la consultation publique concernant le Vieux-Port de Montréal, "le projet du Nouveau Port" complète son cycle alors que je séjourne à Rome à titre de Prix de Rome du Conseil des Arts du Canada. Prétexte par excellence pour réfléchir sur l'espoir et la transformation de Montréal, le sujet du Nouveau Port m'est apparu comme le moyen d'informer une approche de la transformation de la ville. J'ai pensé le projet possible, nécessaire même et j'ai plongé." Jacques Rousseau, "Le projet du Nouveau Port", ARQ : Architecture-Québec, nº 67, p. 30.
Série 4
1987-1990
Projet
Bar Braque
AP066.S2.D5
Description:
Le dossier documente le projet de construction du Bar Braque, siuté au 980 est, rue Rachel, à Montréal, Québec. Le budget aloué pour ce projet était de 200 000$. Aussi, le projet s'est mérité le Prix d'excellence de l'ordre des architectes du Québec, distinction en architecture, en 1983. Le dossier contient des dessins, des documents textuels, des reprographies, des photographies, des négatifs, des diapositives, des panneaux et un photomontage. Description du projet par l'architecte: "Le bar Braque, du 980 est, rue Rachel à Montréal est un projet d'insertion d'une construction sur un site rendu vacant à la suite d'un feu, il y a plusieurs années. Une construction neuve a permis d'envisager le projet comme un geste entier d'intégration à la rue et à la ville. Les études de façade témoignent de la volonté de réaliser une architecture interprétative du caractère commercial montréalais. On peut y voir les liens fragiles qu'elle établit avec les voisines et simultanément l'importance qu'elle s'accorde par rapport à elles. Aussi, tente-t-elle de vibrer aux textures et aux couleurs préviliégiées des matériaux aptes à assumer les rôles commerciaux et culturels du lieu : bar dans la ville." Jacques Rousseau, Section A, nº 5-6, vol. 2, janvier 1985, p. 12-13.
1981-1983
Bar Braque
Actions:
AP066.S2.D5
Description:
Le dossier documente le projet de construction du Bar Braque, siuté au 980 est, rue Rachel, à Montréal, Québec. Le budget aloué pour ce projet était de 200 000$. Aussi, le projet s'est mérité le Prix d'excellence de l'ordre des architectes du Québec, distinction en architecture, en 1983. Le dossier contient des dessins, des documents textuels, des reprographies, des photographies, des négatifs, des diapositives, des panneaux et un photomontage. Description du projet par l'architecte: "Le bar Braque, du 980 est, rue Rachel à Montréal est un projet d'insertion d'une construction sur un site rendu vacant à la suite d'un feu, il y a plusieurs années. Une construction neuve a permis d'envisager le projet comme un geste entier d'intégration à la rue et à la ville. Les études de façade témoignent de la volonté de réaliser une architecture interprétative du caractère commercial montréalais. On peut y voir les liens fragiles qu'elle établit avec les voisines et simultanément l'importance qu'elle s'accorde par rapport à elles. Aussi, tente-t-elle de vibrer aux textures et aux couleurs préviliégiées des matériaux aptes à assumer les rôles commerciaux et culturels du lieu : bar dans la ville." Jacques Rousseau, Section A, nº 5-6, vol. 2, janvier 1985, p. 12-13.
Projet
1981-1983
Projet
AP207.S1.1969.PR01
Description:
This project series documents the "Babele" Tavolo, a table design by Pettena in 1967 and produced in 1968 by Gufram, an Italian seat and furniture manufacturer based in Barolo. "A sculpture that has become a stand for objects: it consists of a tree (with a marble base and metal trunk) whose leaf-shelves in lacquered wood can be placed in any position." [1] The table was designed in the context of designing furnishings for Pettena's studio-home in Florence. The project series contains a sketch showing different configurations of the table and its components, drawings, photographs and project descriptions in Italian and in English. Source: [1] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/design-babele-table-1969/ (last accessed 4 November 2019)
circa 1969-2015
Tavolo “Babele“ [Table “Babele”] (1969)
Actions:
AP207.S1.1969.PR01
Description:
This project series documents the "Babele" Tavolo, a table design by Pettena in 1967 and produced in 1968 by Gufram, an Italian seat and furniture manufacturer based in Barolo. "A sculpture that has become a stand for objects: it consists of a tree (with a marble base and metal trunk) whose leaf-shelves in lacquered wood can be placed in any position." [1] The table was designed in the context of designing furnishings for Pettena's studio-home in Florence. The project series contains a sketch showing different configurations of the table and its components, drawings, photographs and project descriptions in Italian and in English. Source: [1] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/design-babele-table-1969/ (last accessed 4 November 2019)
Project
circa 1969-2015
Projet
Ice House II (1972)
AP207.S1.1972.PR01
Description:
The project series documents "Ice House II" a project which consisted of freezing a small house in suburban Minneapolis, by pouring water into a wooden mold surrounding the house and letting the water freeze to create a block of ice. "If the addition of material then leads, paradoxically, to the disappearence of the 'architectural' object, this subtraction only highlights the serial repetitiveness of the dwellings in American suburbia." [1] It is unclear if this project was ever performed. The project series contains photographs of the frozen house, photographic reproductions of aerial views and plans of the neighbourhood for the selection of the house, sketches and a perspective drawing. Source: [1] Marco Scotini, editor. Non-conscious architecture: Gianni Pettena, Sternberg Press, 2018, 235 pages. p. 152.
circa 1972-2015
Ice House II (1972)
Actions:
AP207.S1.1972.PR01
Description:
The project series documents "Ice House II" a project which consisted of freezing a small house in suburban Minneapolis, by pouring water into a wooden mold surrounding the house and letting the water freeze to create a block of ice. "If the addition of material then leads, paradoxically, to the disappearence of the 'architectural' object, this subtraction only highlights the serial repetitiveness of the dwellings in American suburbia." [1] It is unclear if this project was ever performed. The project series contains photographs of the frozen house, photographic reproductions of aerial views and plans of the neighbourhood for the selection of the house, sketches and a perspective drawing. Source: [1] Marco Scotini, editor. Non-conscious architecture: Gianni Pettena, Sternberg Press, 2018, 235 pages. p. 152.
Project
circa 1972-2015
Projet
AP207.S1.1979.PR01
Description:
The project series documents the performance "Isole Abbandonate Della Laguna" held at the Palazzo Grassi, in Venezia, during "The Art of Performance" in 1979. The setting for the performance is similar to a lecture, where the performer stands on a podium placed above television screens playing films on the abandoned islands of the Venetian Lagoon. The performer remains silent, walking around the stage. "He finally stops at the stand but, while he should speak about the environment and its pollution, his lips remain sealed. After trying several times he disappears upwards, into “the darkness of his failures“." [1] The project series contains photographs of the performance and storyboards. Source: [1] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/perf-abandoned-islands-1979/ (last accessed 11 December 2019).
circa 1979-2018
Isole Abbandonate Della Laguna [The Abandoned Islands of the Lagoon] (1979)
Actions:
AP207.S1.1979.PR01
Description:
The project series documents the performance "Isole Abbandonate Della Laguna" held at the Palazzo Grassi, in Venezia, during "The Art of Performance" in 1979. The setting for the performance is similar to a lecture, where the performer stands on a podium placed above television screens playing films on the abandoned islands of the Venetian Lagoon. The performer remains silent, walking around the stage. "He finally stops at the stand but, while he should speak about the environment and its pollution, his lips remain sealed. After trying several times he disappears upwards, into “the darkness of his failures“." [1] The project series contains photographs of the performance and storyboards. Source: [1] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/perf-abandoned-islands-1979/ (last accessed 11 December 2019).
Project
circa 1979-2018
Projet
AP207.S1.1989.PR01
Description:
The project series documents "Tappeto “Sprofondo”", a rug design by Pettena and produced by the Galleria Speciale in Bari, in 1989, for the "I tappeti della meditazione" project that aimed to "underline the importance of an object that [...] can stimulate other uses and behaviors apart from its simple decorative function." [1] Pettena designed a rug with a pattern creating a sinking illusion, to put emphasis on the feeling of dizziness and imbalance that could come with meditation, rather than serenity and contemplation. The project series contains various design studies for the pattern of the "Sprofondo" rug, a transparency of the final design, and photographs and a video of the rug. Source: [1] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/design-sinking-1989/ (last accessed 11 December 2019).
circa 1989-2015
Tappeto “Sprofondo” [“Sinking” Carpet] (1989)
Actions:
AP207.S1.1989.PR01
Description:
The project series documents "Tappeto “Sprofondo”", a rug design by Pettena and produced by the Galleria Speciale in Bari, in 1989, for the "I tappeti della meditazione" project that aimed to "underline the importance of an object that [...] can stimulate other uses and behaviors apart from its simple decorative function." [1] Pettena designed a rug with a pattern creating a sinking illusion, to put emphasis on the feeling of dizziness and imbalance that could come with meditation, rather than serenity and contemplation. The project series contains various design studies for the pattern of the "Sprofondo" rug, a transparency of the final design, and photographs and a video of the rug. Source: [1] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/design-sinking-1989/ (last accessed 11 December 2019).
Project
circa 1989-2015
Projet
AP207.S1.2011.PR05
Description:
The project series documents the installation "Uno Spazio Per Pierre" designed by Pettena in 2011. It was presented in Turin at the Artissima 18, in 2011. The installation consists of a metal beam structure that is shaped like house. On the inside of the structure there is a table and chairs. The layout of all the elements inside the structure is based of the golden ratio. "Designed and built for a friend, Pierre Bal Blanc, this archetypal space [...] presents the artist/curator with a ‘tabula rasa’, that is to say with endless creative possibilities.." [1] The project series contains sketches and photographs of the installation. Source: [1] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/arch-space-for-pierre-2011/ (last accessed 23 January 2020)
2011-2015
Uno Spazio Per Pierre [A Space for Pierre] (2011)
Actions:
AP207.S1.2011.PR05
Description:
The project series documents the installation "Uno Spazio Per Pierre" designed by Pettena in 2011. It was presented in Turin at the Artissima 18, in 2011. The installation consists of a metal beam structure that is shaped like house. On the inside of the structure there is a table and chairs. The layout of all the elements inside the structure is based of the golden ratio. "Designed and built for a friend, Pierre Bal Blanc, this archetypal space [...] presents the artist/curator with a ‘tabula rasa’, that is to say with endless creative possibilities.." [1] The project series contains sketches and photographs of the installation. Source: [1] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/arch-space-for-pierre-2011/ (last accessed 23 January 2020)
Project
2011-2015
Projet
Handmade (2012)
AP207.S1.2012.PR08
Description:
The project series documents "Handmade", an installation by Pettena presented at ALT Collection, in Alzano Lombardo, in 2012. The installation consists of covering an entier existing wall of the exhibition space with handmade balls of clay that maintained the size and the imprints of fists that shaped them. The installation is "statement on the importance of the use of natural materials and of the presence of the human being as an actor to connote in whoever uses them a greater and more conscious participation in the gesture and in its production, whether creative or not." [1] The project series contains drawings of the installation and photograph. Source: [1] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/inst-handmade-2012-1/ (last accessed 27 January 2020)
2012-2015
Handmade (2012)
Actions:
AP207.S1.2012.PR08
Description:
The project series documents "Handmade", an installation by Pettena presented at ALT Collection, in Alzano Lombardo, in 2012. The installation consists of covering an entier existing wall of the exhibition space with handmade balls of clay that maintained the size and the imprints of fists that shaped them. The installation is "statement on the importance of the use of natural materials and of the presence of the human being as an actor to connote in whoever uses them a greater and more conscious participation in the gesture and in its production, whether creative or not." [1] The project series contains drawings of the installation and photograph. Source: [1] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/inst-handmade-2012-1/ (last accessed 27 January 2020)
Project
2012-2015