Children's Creative Centre Playground, Canadian Federal Pavilion, Expo '67, Montréal, Québec (1965-1967)
Dates of creation
1965-1971
Level of archival description
Project
Extent and Medium
82 photographic material
77 drawings (including 44 reprographic copies)
0.1 l.m. of textual records
1 panel
Scope and Content
This project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's landscape project for the outdoor playground of the Children's Creative Centre. The Centre was part of the Canadian Federal Pavilion built for the Universal and International Exposition of 1967 (Expo 67), located at the south end of Notre-Dame Island in Montréal.
Oberlander worked on this project from 1965-1966. She based her design on children's spontaneous exploration, to encourage self-motivation and creative play. The playground included a rolling terrain, looping paths, a wobble walk made of short logs embeded in the ground, a canal, and "giant wooden building pieces and a rocking boat in water replaced static sculptures". [1] The playground included a sand beach-like area with drifwood and plants to be used as play props. At the centre of the playground was a grass mound with an interior cave and a high wooden platform only reachable by a commando rope. A forty-foot long circulating water channel was situated in the east section of the playground and included two small islands linked by bridges, but was narrow enough to allow children to jump over it.
The project series contains sketches, preliminary landscape concept plans, site plans, general landscape plans at different stages of design development, several sections and detail drawings for the playground's equipment and installations, and presentation drawings, including perspective views. The project series also contains architectural, electrical, and structural drawings of the Pavilion, which were provided to Oberlander for reference. Also included are photographs of the playground, research material on playgrounds, and articles and publications on the project, including Oberlander's writings, and publications on Expo '67.
Source:
[1] Herrington, Susan. Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: Making the Modern Landscape, University of Virginia Press, 2014, 304 pages. p. 106.
Title: Request for change orders and design development sketch, Children's Creative Centre Playground, Canadian Federal Pavilion, Expo '67, Montréal, Québec
Dates of creation: 1966
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (archive creator)
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (landscape architect)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Stage and Purpose:
planting
Extent and Medium:
2 textual documents
1 graphite on paper
Credit line:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Cornelia Hahn Oberlander/
Gift of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
Title: Photographs, Children's Creative Centre Playground, Canadian Federal Pavilion, Expo '67, Montréal, Québec
Dates of creation: 1967
Form: photographs
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (archive creator)
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (landscape architect)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Stage and Purpose:
planting
Extent and Medium:
11 photographs
4 internegatives
Credit line:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Cornelia Hahn Oberlander/
Gift of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
Title: Report, correspondence and clippings, Children's Creative Centre Playground, Canadian Federal Pavilion, Expo '67, Montréal, Québec
Dates of creation: 1967-1968
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 1
People:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (archive creator)
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (landscape architect)
Description:
Original folder entitled "CHILDREN'S Creative Centre / (PLAY)".
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
0.01 l.m. of textual records
Credit line:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Cornelia Hahn Oberlander/
Gift of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
Report to the Commissioner General of the Canadian Pavilion Mr. H. Leslie Brown for Children's Creative Centre Playground, Canadian Federal Pavilion, Expo '67, Montréal, Québec
Title: Presentation drawings and text for a presentation, Children's Creative Centre Playground, Canadian Federal Pavilion, Expo '67, Montréal, Québec
Dates of creation: circa 1967
Form: drawings
Catalogued items within this file 1
People:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (archive creator)
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (landscape architect)
Description:
Original folder entitled "EXPO'67 CHILDREN'S CREATIVE CENTRE".
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
7 reprographic copies
1 textual document
Credit line:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Cornelia Hahn Oberlander/
Gift of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
Title: Correspondence, Children's Creative Centre Playground, Canadian Federal Pavilion, Expo '67, Montréal, Québec
Dates of creation: 1965-1966
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (archive creator)
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (landscape architect)
Description:
Original folder entitled "CCC - EXPO '67 corresp. 1966 / EXPO 67 / CHILDREN'S CREATIVE / PLAY CENTRE".
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
0.01 l.m. of textual records
Credit line:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Cornelia Hahn Oberlander/
Gift of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
Title: Photographs and clippings of articles, Children's Creative Centre Playground, Canadian Federal Pavilion, Expo '67, Montréal, Québec
Dates of creation: 1967-1972
Form: textual records, photographs
Catalogued items within this file 25
People:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (archive creator)
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (landscape architect)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
64 photographs
0.01 l.m. of textual records
3 contact sheets
Credit line:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Cornelia Hahn Oberlander/
Gift of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
Periodical of the Junior League of Vancouver with article for Children's Creative Centre Playground, Canadian Federal Pavilion, Expo '67, Montréal, Québec
Title: Design development drawings and working drawings, Children's Creative Centre Playground, Canadian Federal Pavilion, Expo '67, Montréal, Québec
Dates of creation: 1965
Form: drawings
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (archive creator)
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (landscape architect)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
7 reprographic copies
1 drawing
Credit line:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Cornelia Hahn Oberlander/
Gift of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
Title: Correspondence, Children's Creative Centre Playground, Canadian Federal Pavilion, Expo '67, Montréal, Québec
Dates of creation: 1965-1967
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 2
People:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (archive creator)
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (landscape architect)
Description:
Original folder entitled "Expo '67 ideas for CCC / CHILDREN'S CREATIVE / CENTRE / CORRESPONDENCE".
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
0.02 l.m. of textual records
Credit line:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Cornelia Hahn Oberlander/
Gift of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
Letter from the Commissioner General of the Canadian Government Participation in Expo '67 inviting Cornelia Hahn Oberlander to contribute to the Children's Creative Centre Playground, Canadian Federal Pavilion, Expo '67, Montréal, Québec
Letter from Cornelia Hahn Oberlander to Project Director expressing interest in designing playground for Children's Creative Centre, Canadian Federal Pavilion, Expo '67, Montréal, Québec
Title: Concept development notes, Children's Creative Centre Playground, Canadian Federal Pavilion, Expo '67, Montréal, Québec
Dates of creation: 1966
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (archive creator)
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (landscape architect)
Description:
Original folder entitled "Expo'67 / CCC Concept".
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
0.01 l.m. of textual records
Credit line:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Cornelia Hahn Oberlander/
Gift of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
Title: Design development drawings, Children's Creative Centre Playground, Canadian Federal Pavilion, Expo '67, Montréal, Québec
Dates of creation: 1966
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (archive creator)
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (landscape architect)
Description:
Original folder entitled "CHILDREN'S CREATIVE CENTRE / EXPO '67 DESIGN DRAWINGS".
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
9 reprographic copies on paper
3 reprographic copies on translucent paper
4 textual documents
Credit line:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Cornelia Hahn Oberlander/
Gift of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
Title: Financial documents, Children's Creative Centre Playground, Canadian Federal Pavilion, Expo '67, Montréal, Québec
Dates of creation: 1964-1966
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (archive creator)
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (landscape architect)
Description:
Original folder entitled "Expo '67 / Expenses CCC".
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
0.01 l.m. of textual records
Credit line:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Cornelia Hahn Oberlander/
Gift of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
Title: Research and concept notes, Children's Creative Centre Playground, Canadian Federal Pavilion, Expo '67, Montréal, Québec
Dates of creation: circa 1967
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (archive creator)
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (landscape architect)
Description:
Includes two concept notes books, a plan, a promotional leaflet of the Expo '67 and list of plants for the playground. Original folder entitled "CHILDREN'S CREATIVE CENTRE / EXPO 67 / RESEARCH, PLANTS SELECTION, COST ESTIMATES".
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
0.01 l.m. of textual records
Credit line:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Cornelia Hahn Oberlander/
Gift of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
Title: Article on Children's Creative Centre Playground, Canadian Federal Pavilion, Expo '67, Montréal, Québec
Dates of creation: 1967
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 1
People:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (archive creator)
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (landscape architect)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
1 textual document
Credit line:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Cornelia Hahn Oberlander/
Gift of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
Issue of Community Planning in BC, including an article by Cornelia Hahn Oberlander on Children's Creative Centre Playground, Canadian Federal Pavilion, Expo '67, Montréal, Québec
Title: Concept notes, Children's Creative Centre Playground, Canadian Federal Pavilion, Expo '67, Montréal, Québec
Dates of creation: circa 1967
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 1
People:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (archive creator)
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (landscape architect)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Stage and Purpose:
conceptual
Extent and Medium:
4 textual documents
Credit line:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Cornelia Hahn Oberlander/
Gift of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
Draft letter from Cornelia Hahn Oberlander to Polly Hill for Children's Creative Centre Playground, Canadian Federal Pavilion, Expo '67, Montréal, Québec
Title: Design development drawings, Children's Creative Centre Playground, Canadian Federal Pavilion, Expo '67, Montréal, Québec
Dates of creation: 1966
Form: drawings
Catalogued items within this file 16
People:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (archive creator)
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (landscape architect)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Stage and Purpose:
working
Extent and Medium:
16 drawings
Dimensions:
sheets: 14 x 30 cm
Credit line:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Cornelia Hahn Oberlander/
Gift of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
Plans, elevation and section for hexagonal seats under umbrellas for Children's Creative Centre Playground, Canadian Federal Pavilion, Expo '67, Montréal, Québec
Preliminary elevation, section, and plan for rocking boat for Children's Creative Centre Playground, Canadian Federal Pavilion, Expo '67, Montréal, Québec
Preliminary elevations for play house and slide for nursery area for Children's Creative Centre Playground, Canadian Federal Pavilion, Expo '67, Montréal, Québec
Preliminary plan and elevations for demountable play house for Children's Creative Centre Playground, Canadian Federal Pavilion, Expo '67, Montréal, Québec
Preliminary plan, section, and elevation for storage unit for demountable house for Children's Creative Centre Playground, Canadian Federal Pavilion, Expo '67, Montréal, Québec
Preliminary section, elevation, and plan for storage for store play for Children's Creative Centre Playground, Canadian Federal Pavilion, Expo '67, Montréal, Québec
Preliminary section, elevation, and plan for metal umbrella frames for Children's Creative Centre Playground, Canadian Federal Pavilion, Expo '67, Montréal, Québec
Title: Design development drawings, Children's Creative Centre Playground, Canadian Federal Pavilion, Expo '67, Montréal, Québec
Dates of creation: 1965-1966
Form: drawings
Catalogued items within this file 6
People:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (archive creator)
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (landscape architect)
Description:
plan, sections, details of playground's equipment
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Stage and Purpose:
working
Extent and Medium:
6 drawings
5 reprographic copies
Technique and media:
Graphite, ink and coloured pencil on translucent paper
Dimensions:
sheet (smallest): 54 x 92 cm
sheet (largest): 75 x 91 cm
Credit line:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Cornelia Hahn Oberlander/
Gift of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
Title: Presentation drawing, Children's Creative Centre Playground, Canadian Federal Pavilion, Expo '67, Montréal, Québec
Dates of creation: circa 1967
Form: drawings
Catalogued items within this file 1
People:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (archive creator)
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (landscape architect)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Stage and Purpose:
presentation
Extent and Medium:
1 drawing
Dimensions:
sheet: 92 x 88 cm
Credit line:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Cornelia Hahn Oberlander/
Gift of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
Title: Layouts and negatives for presentation drawings, Children's Creative Centre Playground, Canadian Federal Pavilion, Expo '67, Montréal, Québec
Dates of creation: circa 1967
Form: drawings
Catalogued items within this file 5
People:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (archive creator)
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (landscape architect)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Stage and Purpose:
publication
Extent and Medium:
5 drawings
1 reprographic copy
1 flat
Dimensions:
sheet (smallest): 33 x 41 cm
sheet (largest): 82 x 104 cm
Credit line:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Cornelia Hahn Oberlander/
Gift of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
Sections for stream, canal, nursery seating, and sandbox for Children's Creative Centre Playground, Canadian Federal Pavilion, Expo '67, Montréal, Québec
Title: Working drawing, Children's Creative Centre Playground, Canadian Federal Pavilion, Expo '67, Montréal, Québec
Dates of creation: circa 1967
Form: drawings
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (archive creator)
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (landscape architect)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Stage and Purpose:
design development
Extent and Medium:
1 reprographic copy
Dimensions:
sheet: 87 x 49 cm
Credit line:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Cornelia Hahn Oberlander/
Gift of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
Title: Working drawings, Children's Creative Centre Playground, Canadian Federal Pavilion, Expo '67, Montréal, Québec
Dates of creation: 1965-1966
Form: drawings
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (archive creator)
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (landscape architect)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Stage and Purpose:
reference
Extent and Medium:
7 reprographic copies
Dimensions:
sheet (smallest): 56 x 87 cm
sheet (largest): 86 x 112 cm
Credit line:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Cornelia Hahn Oberlander/
Gift of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
Title: Working drawings, Children's Creative Centre Playground, Canadian Federal Pavilion, Expo '67, Montréal, Québec
Dates of creation: 1965
Form: drawings
Catalogued items within this file 6
People:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (archive creator)
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (landscape architect)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Stage and Purpose:
reference
Extent and Medium:
6 reprographic copies
Dimensions:
sheets: 87 x 112 cm
Credit line:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Cornelia Hahn Oberlander/
Gift of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
Title: Working drawings and presentation drawing, Children's Creative Centre Playground, Canadian Federal Pavilion, Expo '67, Montréal, Québec
Dates of creation: 1965-1966
Form: drawings
Catalogued items within this file 9
People:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (archive creator)
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (landscape architect)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Stage and Purpose:
design development
Extent and Medium:
8 reprographic copies
1 drawing
Dimensions:
sheet (smallest): 59 x 36 cm
sheet (largest): 93 x 102 cm
Credit line:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Cornelia Hahn Oberlander/
Gift of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
Plan, elevations, and notes for bridges and elevations for Children's Creative Centre Playground, Canadian Federal Pavilion, Expo '67, Montréal, Québec
Title: Presentation panel, Children's Creative Centre Playground, Canadian Federal Pavilion, Expo '67, Montréal, Québec
Dates of creation: circa 1967
Form: drawings
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (archive creator)
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (landscape architect)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Stage and Purpose:
presentation panels
Extent and Medium:
1 panel
Dimensions:
panel: 77 x 102 cm
Credit line:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Cornelia Hahn Oberlander/
Gift of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
Title: Presentation drawings, Children's Creative Centre Playground, Canadian Federal Pavilion, Expo '67, Montréal, Québec
Dates of creation: 1967 or before
Form: drawings
Catalogued items within this file 2
People:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (archive creator)
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (landscape architect)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Stage and Purpose:
presentation
Extent and Medium:
2 reprographic copies
Dimensions:
panel (matted): 94,5 x 114 cm
Credit line:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Cornelia Hahn Oberlander/
Gift of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
Title: Correspondence with client, consultants and suppliers, Children's Creative Centre Playground, Canadian Federal Pavilion, Expo '67, Montréal, Québec
Dates of creation: 1964-1966
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (archive creator)
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (landscape architect)
Description:
Also includes handwritten notes by Cornelia Hahn Oberlander, clippings from suppliers catalogs and two printout of photographs of children at the playground.
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
0.01 l.m. of textual records
Credit line:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Cornelia Hahn Oberlander/
Gift of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
Title: Publications on Expo '67, Children's Creative Centre Playground, Canadian Federal Pavilion, Expo '67, Montréal, Québec
Dates of creation: circa 1967
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (archive creator)
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (landscape architect)
Description:
Also includes publication "P & R" (The Parks and Recreation Association of Canada" with an article on playground for Children's Creative Centre of the Canadian Federal Pavilion at Expo '67, two brochures on the playground, the official guide of Expo 67 and a photocopies of articles by Oberlander on the playground.
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
0.02 l.m. of textual records
Credit line:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Cornelia Hahn Oberlander/
Gift of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
Title: Canadian Design '67 catalogues for lamps, playground equipment, and street furnitures, Children's Creative Centre of the Canadian Federal Pavilion at Expo '67, Montréal, Québec
Dates of creation: circa 1967
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (archive creator)
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (landscape architect)
Description:
Offiial catalogues for suppliers and furntiures designed for the Expo '67 and used as reference by Cornelia Hahn Oberlander.
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
0.02 l.m. of textual records
Credit line:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Cornelia Hahn Oberlander/
Gift of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
