4018 Résultats
Classification:
photographies
photographies
Numéro de référence:
PH2009:0005:061
Description:
On verso of photograph, a handwritten note by photographer reads: "A copy from this series featuring original terminal no. 1 was selected by Carl Sagan to be placed aboard Voyager II for its flight to deep outer space. It is the sole canadian image carried".
PH2009:0005:061
Description:
On verso of photograph, a handwritten note by photographer reads: "A copy from this series featuring original terminal no. 1 was selected by Carl Sagan to be placed aboard Voyager II for its flight to deep outer space. It is the sole canadian image carried".
Personnes et institutions:
Sujet:
architecture
architecture
Date:
1978
1978
Titre:
Toronto (Pearson) International Airport, Mississauga, Ontario
Actions:
PH2009:0005:061
Description:
On verso of photograph, a handwritten note by photographer reads: "A copy from this series featuring original terminal no. 1 was selected by Carl Sagan to be placed aboard Voyager II for its flight to deep outer space. It is the sole canadian image carried".
Toronto (Pearson) International Airport, Mississauga, Ontario
Actions:
PH2009:0005:061
Description:
On verso of photograph, a handwritten note by photographer reads: "A copy from this series featuring original terminal no. 1 was selected by Carl Sagan to be placed aboard Voyager II for its flight to deep outer space. It is the sole canadian image carried".
Classification:
photographies
photographies
Date:
1978
1978
Personnes et institutions:
Sujet:
architecture
architecture
Classification:
événements
événements
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Localisation:
Maison Shaughnessy Mot(s)-clé(s):
chercheur en résidence 2022, séminaire, recherche, Desirée Valadares, infrastructure, chemin de fer, autoroute, histoire coloniale
Maison Shaughnessy Mot(s)-clé(s):
chercheur en résidence 2022, séminaire, recherche, Desirée Valadares, infrastructure, chemin de fer, autoroute, histoire coloniale
Date:
10 novembre 2022, 18h
10 novembre 2022, 18h
Classification:
événements
événements
Date:
10 novembre 2022
18h
10 novembre 2022
18h
Localisation:
Maison Shaughnessy Mot(s)-clé(s):
chercheur en résidence 2022, séminaire, recherche, Desirée Valadares, infrastructure, chemin de fer, autoroute, histoire coloniale
Maison Shaughnessy Mot(s)-clé(s):
chercheur en résidence 2022, séminaire, recherche, Desirée Valadares, infrastructure, chemin de fer, autoroute, histoire coloniale
Classification:
expositions
expositions
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Description:
L’exposition présente la quête de l’architecte américain Ben Nicholson pour l’ordre, le sens et la logique dans un monde où se mêlent art, science et mystère. La bibliothèque Laurentienne de Florence, un chef-d’œuvre conçu par Michel-Ange en 1524-1525, possède quinze paires de panneaux de terre cuite ornés de motifs géométriques complexes, panneaux qui furent longtemps(...)
L’exposition présente la quête de l’architecte américain Ben Nicholson pour l’ordre, le sens et la logique dans un monde où se mêlent art, science et mystère. La bibliothèque Laurentienne de Florence, un chef-d’œuvre conçu par Michel-Ange en 1524-1525, possède quinze paires de panneaux de terre cuite ornés de motifs géométriques complexes, panneaux qui furent longtemps(...)
Localisation:
Salle octogonale
Salle octogonale
Date:
11 décembre 1996 au 9 mars 1997
11 décembre 1996 au 9 mars 1997
Titre:
Découvrir la géométrie : Ben Nicholson et la bibliothèque Laurentienne
Actions:
Description:
L’exposition présente la quête de l’architecte américain Ben Nicholson pour l’ordre, le sens et la logique dans un monde où se mêlent art, science et mystère. La bibliothèque Laurentienne de Florence, un chef-d’œuvre conçu par Michel-Ange en 1524-1525, possède quinze paires de panneaux de terre cuite ornés de motifs géométriques complexes, panneaux qui furent longtemps(...)
Découvrir la géométrie : Ben Nicholson et la bibliothèque Laurentienne
Actions:
Description:
L’exposition présente la quête de l’architecte américain Ben Nicholson pour l’ordre, le sens et la logique dans un monde où se mêlent art, science et mystère. La bibliothèque Laurentienne de Florence, un chef-d’œuvre conçu par Michel-Ange en 1524-1525, possède quinze paires de panneaux de terre cuite ornés de motifs géométriques complexes, panneaux qui furent longtemps(...)
Classification:
expositions
expositions
Date:
11 décembre 1996 au
9 mars 1997
11 décembre 1996 au
9 mars 1997
Localisation:
Salle octogonale
Salle octogonale
Classification:
documents textuels, photographies
documents textuels, photographies
Numéro de référence:
DR2012:0012:085:004
Description:
File containing documents in French, including 2 colour slides, correspondence, notes, photocopies from « Trois: revue d'écriture et d'érudition » (vol. 6, nos. 2-3), and a program related to the exhibition "Corriger les lieux, après la photographie de voyage" at the Maison de la culture Frontenac in Montreal. Original folder inscribed in graphite: DAZIBAO: CORRIGER LES LIEUX AVRIL, 1991
DR2012:0012:085:004
Description:
File containing documents in French, including 2 colour slides, correspondence, notes, photocopies from « Trois: revue d'écriture et d'érudition » (vol. 6, nos. 2-3), and a program related to the exhibition "Corriger les lieux, après la photographie de voyage" at the Maison de la culture Frontenac in Montreal. Original folder inscribed in graphite: DAZIBAO: CORRIGER LES LIEUX AVRIL, 1991
Personnes et institutions:
Date:
1990-1991
1990-1991
Titre:
Photographs, correspondence, notes, and a program related to the exhibition "Corriger les lieux, après la photographie de voyage"
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DR2012:0012:085:004
Description:
File containing documents in French, including 2 colour slides, correspondence, notes, photocopies from « Trois: revue d'écriture et d'érudition » (vol. 6, nos. 2-3), and a program related to the exhibition "Corriger les lieux, après la photographie de voyage" at the Maison de la culture Frontenac in Montreal. Original folder inscribed in graphite: DAZIBAO: CORRIGER LES LIEUX AVRIL, 1991
Photographs, correspondence, notes, and a program related to the exhibition "Corriger les lieux, après la photographie de voyage"
Actions:
DR2012:0012:085:004
Description:
File containing documents in French, including 2 colour slides, correspondence, notes, photocopies from « Trois: revue d'écriture et d'érudition » (vol. 6, nos. 2-3), and a program related to the exhibition "Corriger les lieux, après la photographie de voyage" at the Maison de la culture Frontenac in Montreal. Original folder inscribed in graphite: DAZIBAO: CORRIGER LES LIEUX AVRIL, 1991
Classification:
documents textuels, photographies
documents textuels, photographies
Date:
1990-1991
1990-1991
Personnes et institutions:
Classification:
expositions
expositions
Description:
Le rapport révolutionnaire établi entre bâtiment et paysage, conçus ensemble selon des idéaux américains particuliers est au centre de Frank Lloyd Wright : Inventer un paysage américain, 1922-1932. Avec cette exposition, le CCA reconstitue cinq projets visionnaires qui ne devaient représenter rien de moins qu’un nouveau paysage, intégrant sur une vaste échelle terrain,(...)
Le rapport révolutionnaire établi entre bâtiment et paysage, conçus ensemble selon des idéaux américains particuliers est au centre de Frank Lloyd Wright : Inventer un paysage américain, 1922-1932. Avec cette exposition, le CCA reconstitue cinq projets visionnaires qui ne devaient représenter rien de moins qu’un nouveau paysage, intégrant sur une vaste échelle terrain,(...)
Localisation:
Salles principales
Salles principales
Date:
18 juin 1996 au 29 septembre 1996
18 juin 1996 au 29 septembre 1996
Titre:
Frank Lloyd Wright : inventer un paysage américain, 1922-1932
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Description:
Le rapport révolutionnaire établi entre bâtiment et paysage, conçus ensemble selon des idéaux américains particuliers est au centre de Frank Lloyd Wright : Inventer un paysage américain, 1922-1932. Avec cette exposition, le CCA reconstitue cinq projets visionnaires qui ne devaient représenter rien de moins qu’un nouveau paysage, intégrant sur une vaste échelle terrain,(...)
Frank Lloyd Wright : inventer un paysage américain, 1922-1932
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Description:
Le rapport révolutionnaire établi entre bâtiment et paysage, conçus ensemble selon des idéaux américains particuliers est au centre de Frank Lloyd Wright : Inventer un paysage américain, 1922-1932. Avec cette exposition, le CCA reconstitue cinq projets visionnaires qui ne devaient représenter rien de moins qu’un nouveau paysage, intégrant sur une vaste échelle terrain,(...)
Classification:
expositions
expositions
Date:
18 juin 1996 au
29 septembre 1996
18 juin 1996 au
29 septembre 1996
Localisation:
Salles principales
Salles principales
Classification:
expositions
expositions
Titre:
Miroirs / Mirrors
Miroirs / Mirrors
Actions:
Description:
Miroirs/ Mirrors prend forme à travers un dialogue indirect avec l’exposition L’histoire, par ailleurs: Go Hasegawa, Kersten Geers, David Van Severen, qui prend racine dans les références et les résonnances partagées entre les travaux de deux pratiques contemporaines mises en présence de l’histoire. Alors que L’histoire, par ailleurs se fonde sur limpression que lon a du(...)
Miroirs/ Mirrors prend forme à travers un dialogue indirect avec l’exposition L’histoire, par ailleurs: Go Hasegawa, Kersten Geers, David Van Severen, qui prend racine dans les références et les résonnances partagées entre les travaux de deux pratiques contemporaines mises en présence de l’histoire. Alors que L’histoire, par ailleurs se fonde sur limpression que lon a du(...)
Localisation:
Vitrines
Vitrines
Date:
22 juin 2017 au 14 janvier 2018
22 juin 2017 au 14 janvier 2018
Titre:
Miroirs / Mirrors
Actions:
Description:
Miroirs/ Mirrors prend forme à travers un dialogue indirect avec l’exposition L’histoire, par ailleurs: Go Hasegawa, Kersten Geers, David Van Severen, qui prend racine dans les références et les résonnances partagées entre les travaux de deux pratiques contemporaines mises en présence de l’histoire. Alors que L’histoire, par ailleurs se fonde sur limpression que lon a du(...)
Miroirs / Mirrors
Actions:
Description:
Miroirs/ Mirrors prend forme à travers un dialogue indirect avec l’exposition L’histoire, par ailleurs: Go Hasegawa, Kersten Geers, David Van Severen, qui prend racine dans les références et les résonnances partagées entre les travaux de deux pratiques contemporaines mises en présence de l’histoire. Alors que L’histoire, par ailleurs se fonde sur limpression que lon a du(...)
Classification:
expositions
expositions
Date:
22 juin 2017 au
14 janvier 2018
22 juin 2017 au
14 janvier 2018
Localisation:
Vitrines
Vitrines
Classification:
archives
Niveau de description archivistique:
Fonds
archives
Niveau de description archivistique:
Fonds
Titre:
Fonds Roger D'Astous
Fonds Roger D'Astous
Numéro de référence:
AP060
Résumé:
Le fonds témoigne des activités personnelles et professionnelles de Roger D'Astous, de sa carrière d'architecte et de sa contribution à l'architecture québécoise. Il nous renseigne sur sa formation académique à l'École des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, sur son séjour en tant qu'apprenti à l'atelier de Frank Lloyd Wright à Taliesin (Arizona et Wisconsin), ainsi que sur sa pratique professionnelle en tant qu'architecte. Ces projets professionnels sont principalement concentrés au Québec, à Montréal, en Montérégie, dans les Laurentides, à Laval, ainsi qu'en Ontario (dont à Brockville et à Kingston). Le fonds contient, entre autres, 4 100 dessins d’architecture, 2 581 documents photographiques, 7 maquettes et 1,23 m.l. de documents textuels.
AP060
Résumé:
Le fonds témoigne des activités personnelles et professionnelles de Roger D'Astous, de sa carrière d'architecte et de sa contribution à l'architecture québécoise. Il nous renseigne sur sa formation académique à l'École des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, sur son séjour en tant qu'apprenti à l'atelier de Frank Lloyd Wright à Taliesin (Arizona et Wisconsin), ainsi que sur sa pratique professionnelle en tant qu'architecte. Ces projets professionnels sont principalement concentrés au Québec, à Montréal, en Montérégie, dans les Laurentides, à Laval, ainsi qu'en Ontario (dont à Brockville et à Kingston). Le fonds contient, entre autres, 4 100 dessins d’architecture, 2 581 documents photographiques, 7 maquettes et 1,23 m.l. de documents textuels.
Personnes et institutions:
Date:
1893-1998, surtout 1951-1998
1893-1998, surtout 1951-1998
Titre:
Fonds Roger D'Astous
Actions:
AP060
Résumé:
Le fonds témoigne des activités personnelles et professionnelles de Roger D'Astous, de sa carrière d'architecte et de sa contribution à l'architecture québécoise. Il nous renseigne sur sa formation académique à l'École des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, sur son séjour en tant qu'apprenti à l'atelier de Frank Lloyd Wright à Taliesin (Arizona et Wisconsin), ainsi que sur sa pratique professionnelle en tant qu'architecte. Ces projets professionnels sont principalement concentrés au Québec, à Montréal, en Montérégie, dans les Laurentides, à Laval, ainsi qu'en Ontario (dont à Brockville et à Kingston). Le fonds contient, entre autres, 4 100 dessins d’architecture, 2 581 documents photographiques, 7 maquettes et 1,23 m.l. de documents textuels.
Fonds Roger D'Astous
Actions:
AP060
Résumé:
Le fonds témoigne des activités personnelles et professionnelles de Roger D'Astous, de sa carrière d'architecte et de sa contribution à l'architecture québécoise. Il nous renseigne sur sa formation académique à l'École des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, sur son séjour en tant qu'apprenti à l'atelier de Frank Lloyd Wright à Taliesin (Arizona et Wisconsin), ainsi que sur sa pratique professionnelle en tant qu'architecte. Ces projets professionnels sont principalement concentrés au Québec, à Montréal, en Montérégie, dans les Laurentides, à Laval, ainsi qu'en Ontario (dont à Brockville et à Kingston). Le fonds contient, entre autres, 4 100 dessins d’architecture, 2 581 documents photographiques, 7 maquettes et 1,23 m.l. de documents textuels.
Classification:
archives
Niveau de description archivistique:
Fonds
archives
Niveau de description archivistique:
Fonds
Date:
1893-1998, surtout 1951-1998
1893-1998, surtout 1951-1998
Personnes et institutions:
Classification:
archives
Niveau de description archivistique:
Fonds
archives
Niveau de description archivistique:
Fonds
Titre:
Fonds Robert Duchesnay
Fonds Robert Duchesnay
Numéro de référence:
AP115
Résumé:
Le Fonds Robert Duchesnay consiste en une série de photographies montrant les divers structure (principalement des dômes géodésiques) conçus ou influencée par R. Buckminster Fuller. Les photographies, prises par l'artiste et photographe montréalais Robert Duchesnay, ont été créées entre 1985 et 1992.
AP115
Résumé:
Le Fonds Robert Duchesnay consiste en une série de photographies montrant les divers structure (principalement des dômes géodésiques) conçus ou influencée par R. Buckminster Fuller. Les photographies, prises par l'artiste et photographe montréalais Robert Duchesnay, ont été créées entre 1985 et 1992.
Personnes et institutions:
Date:
1985-1992
1985-1992
Titre:
Fonds Robert Duchesnay
Actions:
AP115
Résumé:
Le Fonds Robert Duchesnay consiste en une série de photographies montrant les divers structure (principalement des dômes géodésiques) conçus ou influencée par R. Buckminster Fuller. Les photographies, prises par l'artiste et photographe montréalais Robert Duchesnay, ont été créées entre 1985 et 1992.
Fonds Robert Duchesnay
Actions:
AP115
Résumé:
Le Fonds Robert Duchesnay consiste en une série de photographies montrant les divers structure (principalement des dômes géodésiques) conçus ou influencée par R. Buckminster Fuller. Les photographies, prises par l'artiste et photographe montréalais Robert Duchesnay, ont été créées entre 1985 et 1992.
Classification:
archives
Niveau de description archivistique:
Fonds
archives
Niveau de description archivistique:
Fonds
Date:
1985-1992
1985-1992
Personnes et institutions:
Classification:
dessins
dessins
Titre:
The Triumph of Hannibal
The Triumph of Hannibal
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Numéro de référence:
DR1984:1641
Description:
- The turbaned figure being carried into the theater seated on a litter certainly refers to a non-Roman figure, possibly Hannibal. Behind this figure is a theater and an imaginary town on a hill. The town buildings recall the Sicilian monuments in the 'Voyage pittoresque ou description des royaumes de Naples et de Sicile' published by the Abbé de Saint-Non in Paris between 1781 and 1786. Desprez interrupted his studies at the French Academy in Rome from December 1777 to January 1779 to accompany Dominique Vivant Denon and several other artists to Naples and Sicily in order to make drawings for this publication. The town buildings also recall several buildings Desprez planned in Stockholm while stage designer and architect to Gustavus III of Sweden from 1784 to 1792.
DR1984:1641
Description:
- The turbaned figure being carried into the theater seated on a litter certainly refers to a non-Roman figure, possibly Hannibal. Behind this figure is a theater and an imaginary town on a hill. The town buildings recall the Sicilian monuments in the 'Voyage pittoresque ou description des royaumes de Naples et de Sicile' published by the Abbé de Saint-Non in Paris between 1781 and 1786. Desprez interrupted his studies at the French Academy in Rome from December 1777 to January 1779 to accompany Dominique Vivant Denon and several other artists to Naples and Sicily in order to make drawings for this publication. The town buildings also recall several buildings Desprez planned in Stockholm while stage designer and architect to Gustavus III of Sweden from 1784 to 1792.
Personnes et institutions:
Sujet:
design de théâtre
design de théâtre
Date:
ca. 1780-1790
ca. 1780-1790
Titre:
The Triumph of Hannibal
Actions:
DR1984:1641
Description:
- The turbaned figure being carried into the theater seated on a litter certainly refers to a non-Roman figure, possibly Hannibal. Behind this figure is a theater and an imaginary town on a hill. The town buildings recall the Sicilian monuments in the 'Voyage pittoresque ou description des royaumes de Naples et de Sicile' published by the Abbé de Saint-Non in Paris between 1781 and 1786. Desprez interrupted his studies at the French Academy in Rome from December 1777 to January 1779 to accompany Dominique Vivant Denon and several other artists to Naples and Sicily in order to make drawings for this publication. The town buildings also recall several buildings Desprez planned in Stockholm while stage designer and architect to Gustavus III of Sweden from 1784 to 1792.
The Triumph of Hannibal
Actions:
DR1984:1641
Description:
- The turbaned figure being carried into the theater seated on a litter certainly refers to a non-Roman figure, possibly Hannibal. Behind this figure is a theater and an imaginary town on a hill. The town buildings recall the Sicilian monuments in the 'Voyage pittoresque ou description des royaumes de Naples et de Sicile' published by the Abbé de Saint-Non in Paris between 1781 and 1786. Desprez interrupted his studies at the French Academy in Rome from December 1777 to January 1779 to accompany Dominique Vivant Denon and several other artists to Naples and Sicily in order to make drawings for this publication. The town buildings also recall several buildings Desprez planned in Stockholm while stage designer and architect to Gustavus III of Sweden from 1784 to 1792.
Classification:
dessins
dessins
Date:
ca. 1780-1790
ca. 1780-1790
Personnes et institutions:
Sujet:
design de théâtre
design de théâtre
Niveau de description archivistique:
Projet
Projet
Numéro de référence:
AP148.S1.1970.PR02
Description:
The project series documents Poli's work on the Interplanetary Architecture project, which was also made into a film by Superstudio directed by Alessandro Poli (the film is not included in the fonds). The project reflects Poli's deep fascination with the moon landing in 1969. Poli uses this major media event as a catalyst for thinking about a new approach to architecture and tools for design, including the idea that film and the movie camera should become part of the toolset. The project also seems to be in some way a response to Epoch magazine's challenge for a "Primo concorso di architettura nello spazio" (the first architectural competition in space), and includes much imagery and textual references to a new road or architectural links between the earth and other planets, including an earth moon highway. In his storyboard, Poli also makes reference to his earlier Piper project, and some imagery features wheels and an amusement park. The Interplanetary Architecture project was exhibited by Superstudio in Rome in 1972 and featured in "Casabella" magazine in April 1972 (no. 364). The project was also featured in the 2010 CCA exhibition "Other Space Odysseys". In the accompanying CCA publication, Poli describes this project as "a voyage off earthbound routes in quest of architecture unfettered by the urban nightmare, by induced needs or by planning as the only tool for regulating and solving the world's problems" (Poli quoted in Borasi and Zardini, 2010, 110). Poli's work on this project is deeply tied to the Zeno project, which was also featured in this exhibition and is included in this fonds (see AP148.S1.1972.PR01). For the Zeno project, Poli envisioned a dialogue between astronaut Buzz Aldrin and an Italian peasant, Zeno of Riparbella. Poli felt that these two shared a similarity in that both their homes were isolated capsules, one that provided a lens from which to see the rest of the world and understand their place in it. The material in the series includes numerous photomontages and collages of astronauts in space, as well as drawings of plantery shapes and structures. There are also texts, some of which include calculations of distances and diameters of planets, as well as notebooks and sketchbooks, many of which Poli included in a folder he entitled "Storyboard." The series also includes an unsent letter from Poli to Adolfo Natalini which describes how, after the moon landing, everything - the planet, the moon, the stars - is architecture, and that this will necessitate the need for new design tools, such as the movie camera. Some works are signed Alessandro Poli-Superstudio. Source cited: Giovanna Borasi and Mirko Zardini, eds., Other Space Odysseys, Montreal and Baden: Canadian Centre for Architecture/Lars Müller Publishers, 2010.
AP148.S1.1970.PR02
Description:
The project series documents Poli's work on the Interplanetary Architecture project, which was also made into a film by Superstudio directed by Alessandro Poli (the film is not included in the fonds). The project reflects Poli's deep fascination with the moon landing in 1969. Poli uses this major media event as a catalyst for thinking about a new approach to architecture and tools for design, including the idea that film and the movie camera should become part of the toolset. The project also seems to be in some way a response to Epoch magazine's challenge for a "Primo concorso di architettura nello spazio" (the first architectural competition in space), and includes much imagery and textual references to a new road or architectural links between the earth and other planets, including an earth moon highway. In his storyboard, Poli also makes reference to his earlier Piper project, and some imagery features wheels and an amusement park. The Interplanetary Architecture project was exhibited by Superstudio in Rome in 1972 and featured in "Casabella" magazine in April 1972 (no. 364). The project was also featured in the 2010 CCA exhibition "Other Space Odysseys". In the accompanying CCA publication, Poli describes this project as "a voyage off earthbound routes in quest of architecture unfettered by the urban nightmare, by induced needs or by planning as the only tool for regulating and solving the world's problems" (Poli quoted in Borasi and Zardini, 2010, 110). Poli's work on this project is deeply tied to the Zeno project, which was also featured in this exhibition and is included in this fonds (see AP148.S1.1972.PR01). For the Zeno project, Poli envisioned a dialogue between astronaut Buzz Aldrin and an Italian peasant, Zeno of Riparbella. Poli felt that these two shared a similarity in that both their homes were isolated capsules, one that provided a lens from which to see the rest of the world and understand their place in it. The material in the series includes numerous photomontages and collages of astronauts in space, as well as drawings of plantery shapes and structures. There are also texts, some of which include calculations of distances and diameters of planets, as well as notebooks and sketchbooks, many of which Poli included in a folder he entitled "Storyboard." The series also includes an unsent letter from Poli to Adolfo Natalini which describes how, after the moon landing, everything - the planet, the moon, the stars - is architecture, and that this will necessitate the need for new design tools, such as the movie camera. Some works are signed Alessandro Poli-Superstudio. Source cited: Giovanna Borasi and Mirko Zardini, eds., Other Space Odysseys, Montreal and Baden: Canadian Centre for Architecture/Lars Müller Publishers, 2010.
Personnes et institutions:
Date:
1969-1971
1969-1971
Titre:
Architettura Interplanetaria [Interplanetary Architecture] (1970-1971)
Actions:
AP148.S1.1970.PR02
Description:
The project series documents Poli's work on the Interplanetary Architecture project, which was also made into a film by Superstudio directed by Alessandro Poli (the film is not included in the fonds). The project reflects Poli's deep fascination with the moon landing in 1969. Poli uses this major media event as a catalyst for thinking about a new approach to architecture and tools for design, including the idea that film and the movie camera should become part of the toolset. The project also seems to be in some way a response to Epoch magazine's challenge for a "Primo concorso di architettura nello spazio" (the first architectural competition in space), and includes much imagery and textual references to a new road or architectural links between the earth and other planets, including an earth moon highway. In his storyboard, Poli also makes reference to his earlier Piper project, and some imagery features wheels and an amusement park. The Interplanetary Architecture project was exhibited by Superstudio in Rome in 1972 and featured in "Casabella" magazine in April 1972 (no. 364). The project was also featured in the 2010 CCA exhibition "Other Space Odysseys". In the accompanying CCA publication, Poli describes this project as "a voyage off earthbound routes in quest of architecture unfettered by the urban nightmare, by induced needs or by planning as the only tool for regulating and solving the world's problems" (Poli quoted in Borasi and Zardini, 2010, 110). Poli's work on this project is deeply tied to the Zeno project, which was also featured in this exhibition and is included in this fonds (see AP148.S1.1972.PR01). For the Zeno project, Poli envisioned a dialogue between astronaut Buzz Aldrin and an Italian peasant, Zeno of Riparbella. Poli felt that these two shared a similarity in that both their homes were isolated capsules, one that provided a lens from which to see the rest of the world and understand their place in it. The material in the series includes numerous photomontages and collages of astronauts in space, as well as drawings of plantery shapes and structures. There are also texts, some of which include calculations of distances and diameters of planets, as well as notebooks and sketchbooks, many of which Poli included in a folder he entitled "Storyboard." The series also includes an unsent letter from Poli to Adolfo Natalini which describes how, after the moon landing, everything - the planet, the moon, the stars - is architecture, and that this will necessitate the need for new design tools, such as the movie camera. Some works are signed Alessandro Poli-Superstudio. Source cited: Giovanna Borasi and Mirko Zardini, eds., Other Space Odysseys, Montreal and Baden: Canadian Centre for Architecture/Lars Müller Publishers, 2010.
Architettura Interplanetaria [Interplanetary Architecture] (1970-1971)
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AP148.S1.1970.PR02
Description:
The project series documents Poli's work on the Interplanetary Architecture project, which was also made into a film by Superstudio directed by Alessandro Poli (the film is not included in the fonds). The project reflects Poli's deep fascination with the moon landing in 1969. Poli uses this major media event as a catalyst for thinking about a new approach to architecture and tools for design, including the idea that film and the movie camera should become part of the toolset. The project also seems to be in some way a response to Epoch magazine's challenge for a "Primo concorso di architettura nello spazio" (the first architectural competition in space), and includes much imagery and textual references to a new road or architectural links between the earth and other planets, including an earth moon highway. In his storyboard, Poli also makes reference to his earlier Piper project, and some imagery features wheels and an amusement park. The Interplanetary Architecture project was exhibited by Superstudio in Rome in 1972 and featured in "Casabella" magazine in April 1972 (no. 364). The project was also featured in the 2010 CCA exhibition "Other Space Odysseys". In the accompanying CCA publication, Poli describes this project as "a voyage off earthbound routes in quest of architecture unfettered by the urban nightmare, by induced needs or by planning as the only tool for regulating and solving the world's problems" (Poli quoted in Borasi and Zardini, 2010, 110). Poli's work on this project is deeply tied to the Zeno project, which was also featured in this exhibition and is included in this fonds (see AP148.S1.1972.PR01). For the Zeno project, Poli envisioned a dialogue between astronaut Buzz Aldrin and an Italian peasant, Zeno of Riparbella. Poli felt that these two shared a similarity in that both their homes were isolated capsules, one that provided a lens from which to see the rest of the world and understand their place in it. The material in the series includes numerous photomontages and collages of astronauts in space, as well as drawings of plantery shapes and structures. There are also texts, some of which include calculations of distances and diameters of planets, as well as notebooks and sketchbooks, many of which Poli included in a folder he entitled "Storyboard." The series also includes an unsent letter from Poli to Adolfo Natalini which describes how, after the moon landing, everything - the planet, the moon, the stars - is architecture, and that this will necessitate the need for new design tools, such as the movie camera. Some works are signed Alessandro Poli-Superstudio. Source cited: Giovanna Borasi and Mirko Zardini, eds., Other Space Odysseys, Montreal and Baden: Canadian Centre for Architecture/Lars Müller Publishers, 2010.
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1969-1971
1969-1971
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