Madrid Fairgrounds Exhibition Halls

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• Fonds: Arthur Erickson fonds, 1947-2002 (predominant 1963-2000)
•    Series: Architectural projects, 1963-2002
•      Project: Madrid Fairgrounds Exhibition Halls, 1985-1986

People

• Arthur Erickson Architects, Toronto (architectural firm)
• Arthur Erickson (archive creator)

Title

Madrid Fairgrounds Exhibition Halls

Dates of creation

1985-1986

Level of archival description

Project

Extent and Medium

• 347 drawings
• 8 photographs
• 0.15 l.m. of textual records

Scope and Content

File documents a competition entry and proposal for a permenant, 100,000 square metre exhibition facility consisting of four large halls arranged around an artifical lake (not built), Alcala de Henares, Madrid, Spain.

File contains design development drawings, photographs, textual records (incudes photographs).

Reference Number

AP022.S1.1985.PR10

Arrangement

Material in this project series was likely kept in its original order when it was first processed upon its arrival at CCA.

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  • Reference Number: ARCH255205
  • Title: Reference documents on site and buildings (in Spanish)
  • Dates of creation: circa 1985
  • Form: textual records
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Arthur Erickson (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 0.02 l.m. of textual records

  Credit line:

  Arthur Erickson fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Arthur Erickson, Architecte/
  Gift of Arthur Erickson, Architect
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH255210
  • Title: Views of existing site and buildings
  • Dates of creation: circa 1985
  • Form: photographs
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Arthur Erickson (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 8 photographs

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest): 20.3 x 25.4 cm sheet (largest): 39.4 x 30.5 cm

  Credit line:

  Arthur Erickson fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Arthur Erickson, Architecte/
  Gift of Arthur Erickson, Architect
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH255255
  • Title: Bases para el diseno de los nuevos recintos feriales
  • Dates of creation: 1985-1986
  • Form: textual records
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Arthur Erickson (archive creator)

  Description:

  ''Bases for design of new fairgrounds'' (translated) - proposal including site pictures and correspondence in Spanish

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 0.04 l.m. of textual records

  Credit line:

  Arthur Erickson fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Arthur Erickson, Architecte/
  Gift of Arthur Erickson, Architect
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH255256
  • Title: Files of reference material
  • Dates of creation: circa 1985
  • Form: textual records
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Arthur Erickson (archive creator)

  Description:

  3 files of reference material - copy of E.D. Mills' book The National Exhibition Centre, a history of the building in Birmingham; Pennsylvannia Arboretum plan; photographs of presentation models of the Maryland, Des Moines, and Baltimore Convention Centers.

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 0.05 l.m. of textual records

  Credit line:

  Arthur Erickson fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Arthur Erickson, Architecte/
  Gift of Arthur Erickson, Architect
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH255401
  • Title: Correspondence file - concerning parking and traffic
  • Dates of creation: 1985-1986
  • Form: textual records
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Arthur Erickson (archive creator)

  Description:

  correspondence file - concerning parking and traffic, including photomechanical prints of drawings for parking elevations.

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 0.02 l.m. of textual records

  Credit line:

  Arthur Erickson fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Arthur Erickson, Architecte/
  Gift of Arthur Erickson, Architect
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH259229
  • Title: Site plans, floor plans, plan studies
  • Dates of creation: circa 1984
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Arthur Erickson (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Stage and Purpose:

  • design development drawings

  Extent and Medium:

  • 23 drawings

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest): 31 x 43 cm sheet (largest): 61 x 112 cm

  Credit line:

  Arthur Erickson fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Arthur Erickson, Architecte/
  Gift of Arthur Erickson, Architect
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH259230
  • Title: Site plans, floor plans, sections, elevations
  • Dates of creation: circa 1985
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Arthur Erickson (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Stage and Purpose:

  • design development drawings

  Extent and Medium:

  • 41 drawings

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest): 31 x 20 cm sheet (largest): 67 x 93 cm

  Credit line:

  Arthur Erickson fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Arthur Erickson, Architecte/
  Gift of Arthur Erickson, Architect
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH259231
  • Title: Plan and elevation studies
  • Dates of creation: circa 1985
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Arthur Erickson (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Stage and Purpose:

  • design development drawings

  Extent and Medium:

  • 35 drawings

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest): 28 x 22 cm sheet (largest): 61 x 104 cm

  Credit line:

  Arthur Erickson fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Arthur Erickson, Architecte/
  Gift of Arthur Erickson, Architect
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH259235
  • Title: Plan studies
  • Dates of creation: circa 1985
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Arthur Erickson (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Stage and Purpose:

  • design development drawings

  Extent and Medium:

  • 32 drawings

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest): 31 x 29 cm sheet (largest): 61 x 107 cm

  Credit line:

  Arthur Erickson fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Arthur Erickson, Architecte/
  Gift of Arthur Erickson, Architect
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH259236
  • Title: Plan studies, pavilion sections, schematic diagrams
  • Dates of creation: circa 1985
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Arthur Erickson (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Stage and Purpose:

  • design development drawings

  Extent and Medium:

  • 32 drawings

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest): 28 x 24 cm sheet (largest): 61 x 85 cm

  Credit line:

  Arthur Erickson fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Arthur Erickson, Architecte/
  Gift of Arthur Erickson, Architect
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH259238
  • Title: Site studies, plan studies, sketch plans and elevations
  • Dates of creation: circa 1985
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Arthur Erickson (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Stage and Purpose:

  • design development drawings

  Extent and Medium:

  • 21 drawings

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest): 31 x 35 cm sheet (largest): 76 x 81 cm

  Credit line:

  Arthur Erickson fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Arthur Erickson, Architecte/
  Gift of Arthur Erickson, Architect
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH259239
  • Title: Plan studies, sketch elevations, area calculations, notes
  • Dates of creation: 1986
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Arthur Erickson (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Stage and Purpose:

  • design development drawings

  Extent and Medium:

  • 32 drawings

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest): 28 x 22 cm sheet (largest): 46 x 82 cm

  Credit line:

  Arthur Erickson fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Arthur Erickson, Architecte/
  Gift of Arthur Erickson, Architect
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH259240
  • Title: Plan studies, elevation studies, sections, details
  • Dates of creation: 1986
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Arthur Erickson (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Stage and Purpose:

  • design development drawings

  Extent and Medium:

  • 35 drawings

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest): 31 x 33 cm sheet (largest): 61 x 97 cm

  Credit line:

  Arthur Erickson fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Arthur Erickson, Architecte/
  Gift of Arthur Erickson, Architect
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH259241
  • Title: Sketch plans and details
  • Dates of creation: circa 1985
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Arthur Erickson (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Stage and Purpose:

  • design development drawings

  Extent and Medium:

  • 28 drawings

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest): 19 x 31 cm sheet (largest): 31 x 59 cm

  Credit line:

  Arthur Erickson fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Arthur Erickson, Architecte/
  Gift of Arthur Erickson, Architect
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH259242
  • Title: Sketch plans and details, parking studies
  • Dates of creation: circa 1985
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Arthur Erickson (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Stage and Purpose:

  • design development drawings

  Extent and Medium:

  • 30 drawings

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest): 18 x 31 cm sheet (largest): 31 x 56 cm

  Credit line:

  Arthur Erickson fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Arthur Erickson, Architecte/
  Gift of Arthur Erickson, Architect
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH259243
  • Title: Conceptual sketches and notes, perspective
  • Dates of creation: circa 1985
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Arthur Erickson (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Stage and Purpose:

  • design development drawings

  Extent and Medium:

  • 9 drawings

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest): 27 x 31 cm sheet (largest): 31 x 40 cm

  Credit line:

  Arthur Erickson fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Arthur Erickson, Architecte/
  Gift of Arthur Erickson, Architect
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH259245
  • Title: Plan and elevation studies, site / floor plans, notes, sketch of Spanish typology
  • Dates of creation: circa 1985
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Arthur Erickson (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Stage and Purpose:

  • design development drawings

  Extent and Medium:

  • 29 drawings

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest): 23 x 46 cm sheet (largest): 84 x 119 cm

  Credit line:

  Arthur Erickson fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Arthur Erickson, Architecte/
  Gift of Arthur Erickson, Architect
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH260057
  • Title: "Basis for the Design of New Fairgrounds", Exos magazine, pamphlet on HASA construction
  • Dates of creation: 1985
  • Form: textual records
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Arthur Erickson (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 0.02 l.m. of textual records

  Credit line:

  Arthur Erickson fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Arthur Erickson, Architecte/
  Gift of Arthur Erickson, Architect