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House 11a
1978
File 23
File documents an unexecuted project for House 11a, designed for Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Forster, Palo Alto, California, United States. File also includes one drawing for the International Seminary of Design in the Area of Cannaregio-West in Venice, Italy. Material in this file was produced in 1978.
File does not contain any conceptual drawings by Eisenman. Freehand diagrams explain the series of "topological" operations at the origin of the design (DR1994:0139:001-008). The original presentation drawings are published in 'Progressive Architecture' (DR1994:0139:283-301). File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, and presentation drawings.
- Conceptual drawings include elevations, sections, and axonometrics - mostly black and coloured felt-tip pen on tracing vellum. Design development drawings include plans and axonometrics - some black felt-tip pen and some graphite on yellow tracing paper; and reprographic copies include - one photocopy on wove paper. Presentation drawings include plans, elevations, and axonometrics - mostly pen and black ink on tracing vellum. Copies include a stat of an axonometric of House 11a and a photocopy of part of the Cannaregio site plan.
Palo Alto California United States
Documents are in English.
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sections, axonometrics, plans; some drawings showing series of topographical operations at the origin of design
8 conceptual drawing(s)
Ink and graphite on translucent paper
sheet (smallest; irreg.): 17 x 38 cm sheet (largest): 29 x 29 cm
Peter Eisenman fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Objects that have been catalogued:
40 design development drawing(s)
Ink, graphite on translucent paper; reprographic copy with ink
sheet (smallest; irreg.): 22 x 28 cm sheet (largest; irreg.): 48 x 60 cm
Peter Eisenman fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Objects that have been catalogued:
40 design development drawing(s)
Ink on translucent paper
sheet (smallest): 28 x 22 cm sheet (largest; irreg.): 31 x 64 cm
Peter Eisenman fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Objects that have been catalogued:
41 design development drawing(s)
Ink, graphite on translucent paper
sheet (smallest; irreg.): 23 x 17 cm sheet (largest; irreg.): 61 x 116 cm
Peter Eisenman fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
28 design development drawing(s)
Coloured pencil, graphite, and ink on translucent paper; reprographic copy
sheet (smallest): 28 x 22 cm sheet (largest; irreg.): 61 x 102 cm
Peter Eisenman fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
30 presentation drawing(s)
Ink on translucent paper
sheet (smallest): 28 x 28 cm sheet (largest): 42 x 30 cm
Peter Eisenman fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
30 presentation drawing(s)
Ink, graphite on translucent paper
sheet (smallest): 36 x 28 cm sheet (largest): 42 x 30 cm
Peter Eisenman fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
30 presentation drawing(s)
Ink, graphite on translucent paper
sheets: 36 x 28 cm
Peter Eisenman fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
35 presentation drawing(s)
Ink on translucent paper
sheet (smallest): 36 x 28 cm sheet (largest): 42 x 30 cm
Peter Eisenman fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
19 presentation drawing(s)
Ink on translucent paper with transfer type
sheet (smallest): 54 x 53 cm sheet (largest): 54 x 54 cm
Peter Eisenman fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Objects that have been catalogued:
1 presentation drawing(s)
Ink on paper mounted on cardboard
sheet: 24 x 25 cm
ink on paper mounted on cardboard
Peter Eisenman fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
1 conceptual drawing(s)
Reprographic copy
sheet: 43 x 28 cm
Peter Eisenman fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
4 design development drawing(s)
Graphite on translucent paper; reprographic copies
sheet (smallest): 28 x 44 cm sheet (largest; irreg.): 46 x 65 cm
- Masking tape on some drawings.
Palo Alto California United States
Peter Eisenman fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
1 File
Peter Eisenman fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
143-215-003
1 File
Peter Eisenman fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
143-219-002
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