Projet
AP056.S1.1989.PR08
Description:
This project series documents the winning competition entry and subsequent construction for Kitchener City Hall in Kitchener, Ontario from 1989-1993. The office identified the project number as 8928. This project consisted of a U-shaped civic building comprised of a circular rotunda in the centre, an office tower to the right, the council chambers to the left, and two rectangular arms on either side to create the arms of the U. These elements, which wrapped around a large reflecting pool that doubled as a skating rink, were visually separated but coherent in their design and use of materials. Located on the block between Young, College, Duke and King Streets, the interior and exteriors of the property were designed for city government, but also for the larger public with community, public spaces, and open interaction with local government as key design concepts for the project. After entering the Civic Square outside the building, patrons can pass through the main portico, into the Interior Civic Square were the round Civic Rotunda rests in the centre. The rotunda’s interior was designed for use as a public gathering space, where events and activities could be held. The top of the rotunda had sandblasted glass windows with patinated copper frames, letting natural light shine into the large space below. A staircase from the main Civic Square led to an exterior terrace that wrapped around the top of the rotunda. The Administrative Office Tower was ten-storeys with a mechanical penthouse, and was used for civic offices. The Council Chamber was comprised of limestone with refinished metal panels forming a curved roof on top. The two wings along the sides of the property contained tenant areas, a restaurant, information offices, alderman’s offices and the mayor’s office, among other spaces. The back of the property had landscaped exteriors and outdoor play areas for the building’s daycare. The project is recorded through drawings, photographic materials, presentation paintings and models dating from 1989-1993. The drawings consist of concepts for both the competition entry and the subsequent construction of the project. These include sketches, base maps and area surveys produced by the city and contractors, presentation boards and paintings, plans, elevations, sections, perspectives, details and axonometric drawings. There are also photographic reproductions of presentation drawings. The photographs show finished interiors and exteriors and the project model.
1989-1993
Kitchener City Hall Competition, Ontario (1989-1993)
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AP056.S1.1989.PR08
Description:
This project series documents the winning competition entry and subsequent construction for Kitchener City Hall in Kitchener, Ontario from 1989-1993. The office identified the project number as 8928. This project consisted of a U-shaped civic building comprised of a circular rotunda in the centre, an office tower to the right, the council chambers to the left, and two rectangular arms on either side to create the arms of the U. These elements, which wrapped around a large reflecting pool that doubled as a skating rink, were visually separated but coherent in their design and use of materials. Located on the block between Young, College, Duke and King Streets, the interior and exteriors of the property were designed for city government, but also for the larger public with community, public spaces, and open interaction with local government as key design concepts for the project. After entering the Civic Square outside the building, patrons can pass through the main portico, into the Interior Civic Square were the round Civic Rotunda rests in the centre. The rotunda’s interior was designed for use as a public gathering space, where events and activities could be held. The top of the rotunda had sandblasted glass windows with patinated copper frames, letting natural light shine into the large space below. A staircase from the main Civic Square led to an exterior terrace that wrapped around the top of the rotunda. The Administrative Office Tower was ten-storeys with a mechanical penthouse, and was used for civic offices. The Council Chamber was comprised of limestone with refinished metal panels forming a curved roof on top. The two wings along the sides of the property contained tenant areas, a restaurant, information offices, alderman’s offices and the mayor’s office, among other spaces. The back of the property had landscaped exteriors and outdoor play areas for the building’s daycare. The project is recorded through drawings, photographic materials, presentation paintings and models dating from 1989-1993. The drawings consist of concepts for both the competition entry and the subsequent construction of the project. These include sketches, base maps and area surveys produced by the city and contractors, presentation boards and paintings, plans, elevations, sections, perspectives, details and axonometric drawings. There are also photographic reproductions of presentation drawings. The photographs show finished interiors and exteriors and the project model.
Project
1989-1993
documents textuels
DDR [Miscellaneous, 1981]
ARCH153880
Description:
Announcement from Rizzoli: publication of The Making of an Architect; Nov. 25, 1981. Two b&w prints of Peter Eisenman Program of the AIA National Convention, Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 17-21, 1981. Letter from Milan about the exhibition "Oggetto banale", 15 June 1981. Bill of a carpet sent to P. Eisenman's home and paid by Jacquelin Robertson, March 11, 1981. Letter from the Daily News answering a request for funding the retrospective of Raymond Hood's work, August 4, 1981. Telephone bill of Peter Eisenman's home, 12-16 August 1981. Three pages of information about Middle School. Page 5 of an article by Joan Copjec. Notes by P. Eisenman: "Colin when did you come"
1981
DDR [Miscellaneous, 1981]
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ARCH153880
Description:
Announcement from Rizzoli: publication of The Making of an Architect; Nov. 25, 1981. Two b&w prints of Peter Eisenman Program of the AIA National Convention, Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 17-21, 1981. Letter from Milan about the exhibition "Oggetto banale", 15 June 1981. Bill of a carpet sent to P. Eisenman's home and paid by Jacquelin Robertson, March 11, 1981. Letter from the Daily News answering a request for funding the retrospective of Raymond Hood's work, August 4, 1981. Telephone bill of Peter Eisenman's home, 12-16 August 1981. Three pages of information about Middle School. Page 5 of an article by Joan Copjec. Notes by P. Eisenman: "Colin when did you come"
documents textuels
1981
Le rôle élargi: SITU
Bradley Samuels présente le travail récent de SITU Research et le rôle joué par la recherche au sein de la pratique de SITU dans son ensemble. Une série d’études de cas sera présentée, explorant le rôle élargi de la pratique architecturale et spatiale à travers un éventail de domaines, des droits humains à la politique publique, de la science de la terre au design(...)
Théâtre Paul-Desmarais
14 janvier 2016
Le rôle élargi: SITU
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Description:
Bradley Samuels présente le travail récent de SITU Research et le rôle joué par la recherche au sein de la pratique de SITU dans son ensemble. Une série d’études de cas sera présentée, explorant le rôle élargi de la pratique architecturale et spatiale à travers un éventail de domaines, des droits humains à la politique publique, de la science de la terre au design(...)
Théâtre Paul-Desmarais
Projet
AP178.S1.1979.PR06
Description:
The project series documents the 1979 design entry for Block 70 and 89, also known as the Fränkelufer residential complex. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 55/70. The office assigned the date 1979 for this project. This project was submitted to the International Architectural Exhibition Berlin competition (International Bauaustellung, IBA, circa 1979-1987), an urban renewal strategy for West Berlin, Germany. Six months prior to submitting the design for Block 70 and 89 Siza submitted a design for the Görlitzer Bad swimming pool, which did not win the competition but received a special prize. Siza later submitted proposals to the IBA for Bonjour Tristesse (Block 121), Monument to Gestapo victims Prinz-Albrecht-Palais, Block 11-12 (Kottbusser Damm), and the Kulturforum, all of which are documented in this fonds. The IBA divided West Berlin into two parts: IBA Neubau ('new building'), led by Josef Paul Kleihues, and IBA Altbau ('old building') led by Hardt-Walherr Hämer. IBA Nuebau's focus was to build new structures while IBA Altbau's was to renovate existing buildings. The competition site for Block 70 and 89 was located on the west side of Kreuzberg, a district on the eastern edge of West Berlin. Although this project was part of the Altbau section, it nonetheless required building new housing complexes, which was generally under the purview of the Neubau section (Mota, "An archaeology of the ordinary" 299). Siza won second prize in the competition for his design of Block 70 and 89. This design proposal is said to have prepared Siza's ideas for his first international built project, Block 121 (Mathur, "The migrant's time"). The project series contains sketches and studies, which include notes. Several of the project sketches also include sketches of people. Documenting the design proposal are site plans, elevations, interior elevations, and floor plans. Photographs, negatives, contact sheets, and slides depict the project site and surrounding area as well as the model and drawings. Additionally there are panoramic photomontages of the project site. Please note that documentation for this project series is housed with documentation on Block 11-12 in file AP178.S1.1980.PR03.008, in the order it was kept by the office. Documentation for Block 70 and 89 includes an invitation to the competition, recommendations from the IBA advisory council, and other information regarding the competition.
1976-1982
Blocke 70 und 89, Kreuzberg, Fränkelufer [Fränkelufer residential complex], Berlin, Germany (1976-1982)
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AP178.S1.1979.PR06
Description:
The project series documents the 1979 design entry for Block 70 and 89, also known as the Fränkelufer residential complex. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 55/70. The office assigned the date 1979 for this project. This project was submitted to the International Architectural Exhibition Berlin competition (International Bauaustellung, IBA, circa 1979-1987), an urban renewal strategy for West Berlin, Germany. Six months prior to submitting the design for Block 70 and 89 Siza submitted a design for the Görlitzer Bad swimming pool, which did not win the competition but received a special prize. Siza later submitted proposals to the IBA for Bonjour Tristesse (Block 121), Monument to Gestapo victims Prinz-Albrecht-Palais, Block 11-12 (Kottbusser Damm), and the Kulturforum, all of which are documented in this fonds. The IBA divided West Berlin into two parts: IBA Neubau ('new building'), led by Josef Paul Kleihues, and IBA Altbau ('old building') led by Hardt-Walherr Hämer. IBA Nuebau's focus was to build new structures while IBA Altbau's was to renovate existing buildings. The competition site for Block 70 and 89 was located on the west side of Kreuzberg, a district on the eastern edge of West Berlin. Although this project was part of the Altbau section, it nonetheless required building new housing complexes, which was generally under the purview of the Neubau section (Mota, "An archaeology of the ordinary" 299). Siza won second prize in the competition for his design of Block 70 and 89. This design proposal is said to have prepared Siza's ideas for his first international built project, Block 121 (Mathur, "The migrant's time"). The project series contains sketches and studies, which include notes. Several of the project sketches also include sketches of people. Documenting the design proposal are site plans, elevations, interior elevations, and floor plans. Photographs, negatives, contact sheets, and slides depict the project site and surrounding area as well as the model and drawings. Additionally there are panoramic photomontages of the project site. Please note that documentation for this project series is housed with documentation on Block 11-12 in file AP178.S1.1980.PR03.008, in the order it was kept by the office. Documentation for Block 70 and 89 includes an invitation to the competition, recommendations from the IBA advisory council, and other information regarding the competition.
Project
1976-1982
dessins
ARCH267724
Description:
Documentation concerning prefabricated homes by A. Bentley and Sons Company, Contractors and Engineers. File includes: 1 reference drawing showing plan, section, perspective and elevations for worker dwellings specifically adapted for industrial housing in Cuba prepared by A. Bentley and Sons Company. Drawing is titled "Plans for workman's dwelling specially adapted for industrial housing in Cuba." Also includes 2 circulars (correspondence) from the importing and exporting firm F.C. Luthi & Company to an unknown recipient attached to the blueprint provide contextual information. The typescript labelled "Circulaire 116-B" indicates that F.C. Luthi & Company was working in collaboration with A. Bentley and Sons Company to offer material for the construction of dwellings with two to five rooms. The blueprint shows the five room dwellings.
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Documentation concerning prefabricated homes by A. Bentley and Sons Company, Contractors and Engineers.
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ARCH267724
Description:
Documentation concerning prefabricated homes by A. Bentley and Sons Company, Contractors and Engineers. File includes: 1 reference drawing showing plan, section, perspective and elevations for worker dwellings specifically adapted for industrial housing in Cuba prepared by A. Bentley and Sons Company. Drawing is titled "Plans for workman's dwelling specially adapted for industrial housing in Cuba." Also includes 2 circulars (correspondence) from the importing and exporting firm F.C. Luthi & Company to an unknown recipient attached to the blueprint provide contextual information. The typescript labelled "Circulaire 116-B" indicates that F.C. Luthi & Company was working in collaboration with A. Bentley and Sons Company to offer material for the construction of dwellings with two to five rooms. The blueprint shows the five room dwellings.
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PHCON2002:0016:008
Description:
Binder documents exhibitions from 1991 to 1997 that included the work of Gordon Matta-Clark, along with exhibition reviews, photographs, and articles. A number of reviews are for the major 1992-1993 exhibition "Gordon Matta-Clark", organized by IVAM Centre Julio Gonzalez in Valencia, Spain, which traveled to London, United Kingdom, and Marseilles, France as well as the 1997 exhibition "Reorganizing Structure by Drawings Through It: Zeichnung bei Gordon Matta-Clark" organized by the Generali Foundation in Vienna, Austria at P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center in New York City, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Barcelona, Spain and the Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte in Münster, Germany. Also contained in the binder is correspondence and information relating to the Gordon Matta-Clark Trust, which awarded fellowships to artists. Binder contains photographs and textual records.
1990-1997
Reviews, Announcements, Catalogues 1990-97
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PHCON2002:0016:008
Description:
Binder documents exhibitions from 1991 to 1997 that included the work of Gordon Matta-Clark, along with exhibition reviews, photographs, and articles. A number of reviews are for the major 1992-1993 exhibition "Gordon Matta-Clark", organized by IVAM Centre Julio Gonzalez in Valencia, Spain, which traveled to London, United Kingdom, and Marseilles, France as well as the 1997 exhibition "Reorganizing Structure by Drawings Through It: Zeichnung bei Gordon Matta-Clark" organized by the Generali Foundation in Vienna, Austria at P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center in New York City, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Barcelona, Spain and the Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte in Münster, Germany. Also contained in the binder is correspondence and information relating to the Gordon Matta-Clark Trust, which awarded fellowships to artists. Binder contains photographs and textual records.
1990-1997
Archéologie du numérique : complexité et convention représente le troisième et dernier volet d’une série d’expositions liées à la constitution d’archives numériques au CCA. Le programme Archéologie du numérique comprend vingt-cinq projets pour lesquels les documents numériques constituent des éléments essentiels à la compréhension du processus de conception(...)
11 mai 2016 au 16 octobre 2016
Archéologie du numérique : complexité et convention
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Description:
Archéologie du numérique : complexité et convention représente le troisième et dernier volet d’une série d’expositions liées à la constitution d’archives numériques au CCA. Le programme Archéologie du numérique comprend vingt-cinq projets pour lesquels les documents numériques constituent des éléments essentiels à la compréhension du processus de conception(...)
documents textuels
ARCH258834
Description:
Correspondance avec des avocats, et d'autres rapports concernant la controverse au sujet de la climatisation de l'Imprimerie nationale, incluant le rapport « Technical facts on the National Printing Bureau », et un dossier « Various informations pertinent to the settlement of professional fees of Ernest Cormier ». Comprend aussi des plans et dessins préliminaires (reprographies).
1955-1967
Correspondance des avocat et rapports
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ARCH258834
Description:
Correspondance avec des avocats, et d'autres rapports concernant la controverse au sujet de la climatisation de l'Imprimerie nationale, incluant le rapport « Technical facts on the National Printing Bureau », et un dossier « Various informations pertinent to the settlement of professional fees of Ernest Cormier ». Comprend aussi des plans et dessins préliminaires (reprographies).
documents textuels
1955-1967
archives
Niveau de description archivistique:
Fonds
AP168
Résumé:
The Neil Denari Interrupted Projections project records, 1994-2004 (predominant 1994-1996), document the development and installation of Denari’s show “Interrupted Projections” at Gallery MA in Tokyo, Japan. The archive consists of original born-digital files and a small amount of physical material, including drawings, transparencies, slides, and promotional materials.
1994-2004
Documents d’archives de Neil Denari pour le projet Interrupted Projections
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AP168
Résumé:
The Neil Denari Interrupted Projections project records, 1994-2004 (predominant 1994-1996), document the development and installation of Denari’s show “Interrupted Projections” at Gallery MA in Tokyo, Japan. The archive consists of original born-digital files and a small amount of physical material, including drawings, transparencies, slides, and promotional materials.
archives
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Fonds
1994-2004
Projet
BMI/HQ
AP144.S2.D74
Description:
File documents the unexecuted design for the headquarters of the Birmingham and Midland Institute (BMI), in Birmingham, England. This project is related to the Shantasea Development (AP144.S2.D72) from which Cedric Price resigned as architect to take on the role of architect for BMI, one of the proposed tenants for the Shantasea project. Cedric Price proposed a municipal and regional "nerve centre" to house seminar and study rooms, workshops, galleries, film, television and music studios, a library, a planetarium, and a theatre. A flexible life-cycle plan (expansion, static, contraction) for the building and the activities would allow BMI to expand in the short and medium term, and to shrink in the long term, when it was assumed that many of its roles would be replaced by the UK's Open University plan (Works II, 42). Work on the project came to a stop in 1970 under a new city council (Architectural Design, June 1971, 368). Existing conditions material consists of maps and a survey of Birmingham. Conceptual sketches and drawings include: annotated diagrammatic plans and sections used to develop the building's massing and the horizontal/vertical relationships between functional areas; axonometric views showing the building's general form/functions; plans used for calculating square footage; diagrams showing visual and physical movement through the building; information and movement charts; and flow charts showing the building's organization. Design development drawings consist of graphs showing how functional areas might be used over time. Design development and working drawings include: diagrammatic plans and sections; exploded axonometric views of the functional relationships between areas; exterior axonometric views; sectional perspectives; space allocation plans; circulation drawings; diagrams showing activities throughout the day; furniture equipment schedules; theatre seating and stair studies; and elevations for exterior cladding. Charts show links between activities/actions; activity distribution; activity/capacity; progress of pre-contract work; and the telephone network. File also includes drawings by engineering consultants Felix Samuely and Partners and Zisman, Bowyer and Partners. Presentation material includes: newspaper clippings and text concerning the project; diagrammatic plans, sections, and charts; and a photo collage of the site; and a text by Cedric Price entitled "The Present Position". Some materials in this file were published in "Cedric Price Supplement No. 3", 'Architectural Design', vol. 41, (June 1971), 364-368, and 'Cedric Price-Works II' (London: Architectural Press, 1984), 36, 42. Material in this file was produced between 1967 and 1971. Zisman Bowyer and Partners appear as the mechanical and electrical consulting engineers; Silk and Frazier as the quantity surveyors; and Versa-Serve Ltd as the catering consultants on this project. File contains cartographic materials, conceptual drawings, design development drawings, panels, photographic materials, presentation drawings, presentation panels, publication drawings, technical drawings, and textual records.
1967-1971
BMI/HQ
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AP144.S2.D74
Description:
File documents the unexecuted design for the headquarters of the Birmingham and Midland Institute (BMI), in Birmingham, England. This project is related to the Shantasea Development (AP144.S2.D72) from which Cedric Price resigned as architect to take on the role of architect for BMI, one of the proposed tenants for the Shantasea project. Cedric Price proposed a municipal and regional "nerve centre" to house seminar and study rooms, workshops, galleries, film, television and music studios, a library, a planetarium, and a theatre. A flexible life-cycle plan (expansion, static, contraction) for the building and the activities would allow BMI to expand in the short and medium term, and to shrink in the long term, when it was assumed that many of its roles would be replaced by the UK's Open University plan (Works II, 42). Work on the project came to a stop in 1970 under a new city council (Architectural Design, June 1971, 368). Existing conditions material consists of maps and a survey of Birmingham. Conceptual sketches and drawings include: annotated diagrammatic plans and sections used to develop the building's massing and the horizontal/vertical relationships between functional areas; axonometric views showing the building's general form/functions; plans used for calculating square footage; diagrams showing visual and physical movement through the building; information and movement charts; and flow charts showing the building's organization. Design development drawings consist of graphs showing how functional areas might be used over time. Design development and working drawings include: diagrammatic plans and sections; exploded axonometric views of the functional relationships between areas; exterior axonometric views; sectional perspectives; space allocation plans; circulation drawings; diagrams showing activities throughout the day; furniture equipment schedules; theatre seating and stair studies; and elevations for exterior cladding. Charts show links between activities/actions; activity distribution; activity/capacity; progress of pre-contract work; and the telephone network. File also includes drawings by engineering consultants Felix Samuely and Partners and Zisman, Bowyer and Partners. Presentation material includes: newspaper clippings and text concerning the project; diagrammatic plans, sections, and charts; and a photo collage of the site; and a text by Cedric Price entitled "The Present Position". Some materials in this file were published in "Cedric Price Supplement No. 3", 'Architectural Design', vol. 41, (June 1971), 364-368, and 'Cedric Price-Works II' (London: Architectural Press, 1984), 36, 42. Material in this file was produced between 1967 and 1971. Zisman Bowyer and Partners appear as the mechanical and electrical consulting engineers; Silk and Frazier as the quantity surveyors; and Versa-Serve Ltd as the catering consultants on this project. File contains cartographic materials, conceptual drawings, design development drawings, panels, photographic materials, presentation drawings, presentation panels, publication drawings, technical drawings, and textual records.
File 74
1967-1971