Projet
AP164.S1.2004.D9
Description:
The project series documents the entry for a competition organised by the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. The firm identified this project as number 187. “The Learning Center occupies the closest point to the two existing pedestrian accesses and distributes its programme in two large pieces: the green platform which puts in relation the different levels of mobility and houses the active program and the helix which defines the library as a huge ascending space which winds around itself at the interior as well as exterior culminating in an observatory which contains a restaurant. An isolated pavilion emerges over the green platform as a scenic counterpoint. […] Three materials: water, lawn and show form the base of the choice of materials and chromatic proposal supported by a regular structure of white concrete.” (ARCH270975) Abalos & Herreros and Renata Sentkiewicz worked with Olivia de Oliveira, Blaise Sahy, Verónica Meléndez, Juanju González Castellón, Rubén Briongos and Teresa Galí. Documenting the project are conceptual, design development and presentation drawings, cartographic, graphic, photographic and reference materials, correspondence, and presentation documents.
1986, 2003-2004, predominant 2004
EPFL learning center, Lausanne, Switzerland (2004)
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AP164.S1.2004.D9
Description:
The project series documents the entry for a competition organised by the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. The firm identified this project as number 187. “The Learning Center occupies the closest point to the two existing pedestrian accesses and distributes its programme in two large pieces: the green platform which puts in relation the different levels of mobility and houses the active program and the helix which defines the library as a huge ascending space which winds around itself at the interior as well as exterior culminating in an observatory which contains a restaurant. An isolated pavilion emerges over the green platform as a scenic counterpoint. […] Three materials: water, lawn and show form the base of the choice of materials and chromatic proposal supported by a regular structure of white concrete.” (ARCH270975) Abalos & Herreros and Renata Sentkiewicz worked with Olivia de Oliveira, Blaise Sahy, Verónica Meléndez, Juanju González Castellón, Rubén Briongos and Teresa Galí. Documenting the project are conceptual, design development and presentation drawings, cartographic, graphic, photographic and reference materials, correspondence, and presentation documents.
Project
1986, 2003-2004, predominant 2004
documents textuels
AP197.S1.SS9.002
Description:
This box is comprised of notes, drafts, articles, interviews, conference addresses by Kenneth Frampton. The materials are organized alphabetically by either title or the architect's last name, from A-FO. Subjects and architects explored in these texts include: the Patkau Architects's Agosta House; Tadao Ando; Demetri and Suzana Antonakakis; ULM; architectural design; architecture as a humanistic discipline; architecture vs. art; Hannah Arendt; Wiel Arets; Emre Arolat; the avant-garde; Barcelona; basque architecture; Anatole de Baudot; Salvatore Bisogni; Mario Botta; the British Library; Angelo Bucci; William Butterfield; James Carpenter; la Casa Cooper; Alan Colquhuon; Casco Centrale; Charles Correa; constructivism; Czech architecture; the Duetsche Werkbund; developments in contemporary architecture; architectural education; Peter Eisenman; Shushei Endo; English architecture; and Arthur Erikson.
1965-2015
Kenneth Frampton texts, articles and notes A-FO
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AP197.S1.SS9.002
Description:
This box is comprised of notes, drafts, articles, interviews, conference addresses by Kenneth Frampton. The materials are organized alphabetically by either title or the architect's last name, from A-FO. Subjects and architects explored in these texts include: the Patkau Architects's Agosta House; Tadao Ando; Demetri and Suzana Antonakakis; ULM; architectural design; architecture as a humanistic discipline; architecture vs. art; Hannah Arendt; Wiel Arets; Emre Arolat; the avant-garde; Barcelona; basque architecture; Anatole de Baudot; Salvatore Bisogni; Mario Botta; the British Library; Angelo Bucci; William Butterfield; James Carpenter; la Casa Cooper; Alan Colquhuon; Casco Centrale; Charles Correa; constructivism; Czech architecture; the Duetsche Werkbund; developments in contemporary architecture; architectural education; Peter Eisenman; Shushei Endo; English architecture; and Arthur Erikson.
documents textuels
1965-2015
Projet
AP178.S1.1976.PR03
Description:
This project series document the Largo da Lada the historic district in Porto, Portugal. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 35/70. The office assigned the date 1976 for this project. The Comissariado para a Renovação Urbana da Área de Ribeira/Barredo was an organization responsible for the rehabilitation of the historic district in Porto. The aim of the project was to improve the living conditions of the residents. Alvaro Siza was selected to find architectural solutions for the Mercado da Ribeira (see project series AP178.S1.1976.PR01 in this fonds), Parcelas 191 e 192 (see project series AP178.S1.1976.PR02 in this fonds), and Largo da Lada. The goal for this project was to reorganize the Lada square and Barredo Quarter. The program included a study to create communal facilities and space for dwellings. Although this project, and the proposal for the Mercado da Ribeira were not realized, the houses on Parcelas 191 and 192 were. This project is recorded through sketches, studies and plans. Photographs, negatives, postcards and slides depict the project site and surrounding area. Textual documentation includes correspondence.
1962-1974
Largo da Lada [Urban development plan for Lada square and redevelopment of Barredo Quarter], Porto, Portugal (1976)
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AP178.S1.1976.PR03
Description:
This project series document the Largo da Lada the historic district in Porto, Portugal. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 35/70. The office assigned the date 1976 for this project. The Comissariado para a Renovação Urbana da Área de Ribeira/Barredo was an organization responsible for the rehabilitation of the historic district in Porto. The aim of the project was to improve the living conditions of the residents. Alvaro Siza was selected to find architectural solutions for the Mercado da Ribeira (see project series AP178.S1.1976.PR01 in this fonds), Parcelas 191 e 192 (see project series AP178.S1.1976.PR02 in this fonds), and Largo da Lada. The goal for this project was to reorganize the Lada square and Barredo Quarter. The program included a study to create communal facilities and space for dwellings. Although this project, and the proposal for the Mercado da Ribeira were not realized, the houses on Parcelas 191 and 192 were. This project is recorded through sketches, studies and plans. Photographs, negatives, postcards and slides depict the project site and surrounding area. Textual documentation includes correspondence.
Project
1962-1974
archives
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Fonds
Fonds Victor Prus
AP163
Résumé:
The Victor Prus fonds documents the professional practice of architect Victor Prus from student and professional work in England to architectural projects in Canada. The majority of the documents in the fonds consist of drawings and textual records relating to over 90 projects, such as Centre Rockland (1960), the Expo 67 Stadium (1967), the Grand Théâtre de Québec (1971) and the Palais des Congrès de Montréal (1983).
1945-1992
Fonds Victor Prus
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AP163
Résumé:
The Victor Prus fonds documents the professional practice of architect Victor Prus from student and professional work in England to architectural projects in Canada. The majority of the documents in the fonds consist of drawings and textual records relating to over 90 projects, such as Centre Rockland (1960), the Expo 67 Stadium (1967), the Grand Théâtre de Québec (1971) and the Palais des Congrès de Montréal (1983).
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Fonds
1945-1992
PH1980:0817:037
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Photograph is taken looking down toward a road with buildings, likely houses, along both sides. A rocky hillside rises up from the road on the right hand side of the photograph. The St. Lawrence River is visible in the left background.
1889-1896
View of buildings in Notre-Dame-du-Portage, Quebec, Canada
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PH1980:0817:037
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Photograph is taken looking down toward a road with buildings, likely houses, along both sides. A rocky hillside rises up from the road on the right hand side of the photograph. The St. Lawrence River is visible in the left background.
photographies
Quantité:
9 photograph(s)
ARCH268950
Description:
Group consists of copies photographs by Pierre Jeanneret of the everyday life in Chandigardh, India and villages in the surrounding area. The group includes photographs of inhabitants in their daily work or activities, including children, village's houses and landscapes.
1952-1953
Copies of photographs by Pierre Jeanneret of everyday life in Chandigarh before Chandigarh, India
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ARCH268950
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Group consists of copies photographs by Pierre Jeanneret of the everyday life in Chandigardh, India and villages in the surrounding area. The group includes photographs of inhabitants in their daily work or activities, including children, village's houses and landscapes.
photographies
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9 photograph(s)
1952-1953
Letters 1970-74
PHCON2002:0016:002
Description:
Binder documents Gordon Matta-Clark's personal and professional correspondence predominantly from the early 1970s, the time in which he became an active artist/architect in New York City, New York. Documents related to the following projects are included: Anarchitecture (1973-1974); A W-Hole House (1973); Bingo (1974); Conical Intersect (1975); Corner Decomposition Piece (1972); Fake Estates (1973); Food (1971); Fresh Air Cart (1972); Photoglyphs (1973); Pipes (1971); Contrabienal (1971); Subway Graffiti (1973); Threshole (1973); Tree Dance (1971); and Wallspaper (1972). Binder contains a drawing, photographs and textual records. (Material divided in 2 binders: binder 1/2 contains objects PHCON2002:0016:002:001 to PHCON2002:0016:002:050; binder 2/2 contains PHCON2002:0016:002:051 to PHCON2002:0016:002:103.)
ca. 1962-1985
Letters 1970-74
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PHCON2002:0016:002
Description:
Binder documents Gordon Matta-Clark's personal and professional correspondence predominantly from the early 1970s, the time in which he became an active artist/architect in New York City, New York. Documents related to the following projects are included: Anarchitecture (1973-1974); A W-Hole House (1973); Bingo (1974); Conical Intersect (1975); Corner Decomposition Piece (1972); Fake Estates (1973); Food (1971); Fresh Air Cart (1972); Photoglyphs (1973); Pipes (1971); Contrabienal (1971); Subway Graffiti (1973); Threshole (1973); Tree Dance (1971); and Wallspaper (1972). Binder contains a drawing, photographs and textual records. (Material divided in 2 binders: binder 1/2 contains objects PHCON2002:0016:002:001 to PHCON2002:0016:002:050; binder 2/2 contains PHCON2002:0016:002:051 to PHCON2002:0016:002:103.)
ca. 1962-1985
Série(s)
AP193.S1
Description:
Series 1, Water Flux and Scrambled Flat, 2002-2010, documents the conception and evolution of a project that was originally a farm building and later became a geology and glaciology museum and research center focused on the Swiss Alps. The project was never realized. R&Sie(n) conceptualized Scrambled Flat as an experimental farm. The project goal was to reconcile European Union’s agricultural regulations, imposing a separation between animal and human living, to the community of Évolène traditional way of living, contiguously with animals, benefiting from the resources they offer. As conceived, Scrambled Flat creates an environment where fluidity between the existence of the animals and the humans is materialized. The size of the form is also adapted from a typical local rural house and exploits the heat of the animals and the insulation of the hay. For this project, R&Sie(n) approached the mayor of the community with the design proposition. The mayor then called for a competition, while also changing the program to an ecology museum and research center illustrating the local effects of global warming and the thawing of the Alps. R&Sie(n) won the competition with Water Flux, a reinterpretation of Scrambled Flat. The project was intended to uncover and exorcise the anxieties of ecological disaster, and the principle of flux related to seasonal change and, more broadly, climate change. The firm designed rooms that reproduce the geological and meteorological environment of the high mountains making it visible and experimental, offering refrigerated spaces for art installations and scientific demonstrations. The concept was also to build with the use of new technologies such as digital modelling, point scanning, and computer numerical control (CNC), combined with ancient local knowledge of knocking on trees to decide which specific pines have the best wood for construction. The building is designed to be constructed with local lamellar wood milled by nearby CNC. The resulting parts would be used for the structure, the insulation, the waterproofing and both the interior and exterior finishes. The design includes a grille wrapping the building, reproducing the profile of traditional houses and enclosure and making it possible to hold the snow inside a typo-morphological imprint. Therefore, the transformable envelope of the building reacts to the rhythm of the seasons. In the winter, the structure would appear like a solid cut-out of ice and snow, with cavities similar to those found in glaciers. In the summer, it would resemble piles of stones used in these areas to make borders. A small pool would collect rainwater and supply it to an interior artificial snowmaking system designed for the gallery. Transformation of the water is an integral part of the design. The records contain images of plans, sections, details for the structure of the façade, renderings, plans of the engineered structure, and photographs documenting the conception of the models with the CNC machinery. The Rhino 3D modelling files are also part of the records along with AutoCAD models and a video documenting the process. The records contain two physical models: a smaller polymer model at 1:20 scale representing the whole structure of the building, and a larger 1:1 latch wood fragment representing detail of the structure in its integrality.
2002-2010
Water Flux and Scrambled Flat
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AP193.S1
Description:
Series 1, Water Flux and Scrambled Flat, 2002-2010, documents the conception and evolution of a project that was originally a farm building and later became a geology and glaciology museum and research center focused on the Swiss Alps. The project was never realized. R&Sie(n) conceptualized Scrambled Flat as an experimental farm. The project goal was to reconcile European Union’s agricultural regulations, imposing a separation between animal and human living, to the community of Évolène traditional way of living, contiguously with animals, benefiting from the resources they offer. As conceived, Scrambled Flat creates an environment where fluidity between the existence of the animals and the humans is materialized. The size of the form is also adapted from a typical local rural house and exploits the heat of the animals and the insulation of the hay. For this project, R&Sie(n) approached the mayor of the community with the design proposition. The mayor then called for a competition, while also changing the program to an ecology museum and research center illustrating the local effects of global warming and the thawing of the Alps. R&Sie(n) won the competition with Water Flux, a reinterpretation of Scrambled Flat. The project was intended to uncover and exorcise the anxieties of ecological disaster, and the principle of flux related to seasonal change and, more broadly, climate change. The firm designed rooms that reproduce the geological and meteorological environment of the high mountains making it visible and experimental, offering refrigerated spaces for art installations and scientific demonstrations. The concept was also to build with the use of new technologies such as digital modelling, point scanning, and computer numerical control (CNC), combined with ancient local knowledge of knocking on trees to decide which specific pines have the best wood for construction. The building is designed to be constructed with local lamellar wood milled by nearby CNC. The resulting parts would be used for the structure, the insulation, the waterproofing and both the interior and exterior finishes. The design includes a grille wrapping the building, reproducing the profile of traditional houses and enclosure and making it possible to hold the snow inside a typo-morphological imprint. Therefore, the transformable envelope of the building reacts to the rhythm of the seasons. In the winter, the structure would appear like a solid cut-out of ice and snow, with cavities similar to those found in glaciers. In the summer, it would resemble piles of stones used in these areas to make borders. A small pool would collect rainwater and supply it to an interior artificial snowmaking system designed for the gallery. Transformation of the water is an integral part of the design. The records contain images of plans, sections, details for the structure of the façade, renderings, plans of the engineered structure, and photographs documenting the conception of the models with the CNC machinery. The Rhino 3D modelling files are also part of the records along with AutoCAD models and a video documenting the process. The records contain two physical models: a smaller polymer model at 1:20 scale representing the whole structure of the building, and a larger 1:1 latch wood fragment representing detail of the structure in its integrality.
Series
2002-2010
dessins, documents textuels, graphique, photographies
Quantité:
205 file(s)
DR1987:0869:001-205
Description:
- The architect's project files have been reorganized into two groupings totalling 205 files. General files are organized by document type and construction files are organized according to five building phases: the chapel proper, unit I of construction, 1952-1952; the campanile, berm walls and walks, unit II of construction, 1953-1955; the parish house, cloister and refectory, unit III of construction, 1955-1957; the work shed and yard, also known as the service building addition, unit IV of construction, 1957-1958; and a final group of smaller projects -- restrooms, baptismal fount and auditorium addition -- executed between 1960 and 1977. A copy of the finding aid is in the object file; it includes a description of the current contents of each file and of their organization as received.
architecture, design d'intérieur, ingénierie
1946-1977
Wayfarers' Chapel fonds: Architect's project files, including correspondence, contractual and construction documents, publicity materials and some drawings, photographs and reprographic copies
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DR1987:0869:001-205
Description:
- The architect's project files have been reorganized into two groupings totalling 205 files. General files are organized by document type and construction files are organized according to five building phases: the chapel proper, unit I of construction, 1952-1952; the campanile, berm walls and walks, unit II of construction, 1953-1955; the parish house, cloister and refectory, unit III of construction, 1955-1957; the work shed and yard, also known as the service building addition, unit IV of construction, 1957-1958; and a final group of smaller projects -- restrooms, baptismal fount and auditorium addition -- executed between 1960 and 1977. A copy of the finding aid is in the object file; it includes a description of the current contents of each file and of their organization as received.
dessins, documents textuels, graphique, photographies
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205 file(s)
1946-1977
architecture, design d'intérieur, ingénierie
Projet
AP018.S1.1955.PR01
Description:
This project series documents the plant and offices of Ortho Pharmaceutical (Canada) Ltd. on Green Belt Drive in North York, Ontario from 1955-1956. The office identified the project number as 5508. This project consisted of a 36,000 square foot L-shaped building that housed administrative offices, manufacturing areas and laboratories, storage spaces and a cafeteria. The building's exterior was largely composed of windows, with white-painted steal columns and beams framing the forefront. Other parts of the building were white glazed brick. The design won a Silver Massey Medal for Architecture in 1958. The project is recorded through a mounted project photograph dating from around 1956.
circa 1956
Ortho Pharmaceutical (Canada) Ltd., Plant and Offices, North York, Ontario (1955-1956)
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AP018.S1.1955.PR01
Description:
This project series documents the plant and offices of Ortho Pharmaceutical (Canada) Ltd. on Green Belt Drive in North York, Ontario from 1955-1956. The office identified the project number as 5508. This project consisted of a 36,000 square foot L-shaped building that housed administrative offices, manufacturing areas and laboratories, storage spaces and a cafeteria. The building's exterior was largely composed of windows, with white-painted steal columns and beams framing the forefront. Other parts of the building were white glazed brick. The design won a Silver Massey Medal for Architecture in 1958. The project is recorded through a mounted project photograph dating from around 1956.
Project
circa 1956