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Potteries Thinkbelt
1939-1987, predominant 1963-1967
File 56
File documents the unexecuted project, Potteries Thinkbelt, conceived for North Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom. The proposal called for a network of educational facilities for 20,000 students to be located over a 100 square mile area northwest of London. Moveable components, including fold-out lecture/demonstration units, rail-based teaching units, self-teach carrel units, faculty units, and housing units, were to be dispersed along the rail system. Existing conditions materials include regional aerial photographs with overlays of the rail system, and photographs, photo collages and panoramas of the region. Schematic sketches and drawings show the development of Price's design. Regional plans examine links between new and existing rail systems and national transportation networks and their projected use. Diagrammatic plans illustrate the relationships between recommended functions/activities attributed to specific areas. Detailed plans, sections, elevations, and axonometric drawings show housing types (sprawl, capsule, and crate), faculty and transfer areas in Madeley, Pitts Hill, and Meir. Other materials include regional land-use plans, photomontages with drawn perspectives, thumbnail sketches, life-span charts, conceptual sketches, aerial photographs and reprographic copies, some rendered and annotated. Many of the drawings were published in Price, Cedric. "PTB, Potteries Thinkbelt: A Plan for an Advanced Educational Industry in North Staffordshire." 'Architectural Design'. (October, 1966), 483-497; in Price, Cedric and Paul Barker, "The Potteries Thinkbelt", 'New Society' (June 1966) 14-17; and in Price, Cedric "Potteries Thinkbelt: Project for an Education Industry", 'Bauen & Wohnen', no. 9 (1967) 351-360. Material in this file was created between 1939 and 1987 but predominantly between 1963 and 1967.
File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, presentation drawings, publication drawings, reference drawings, photographic material, and textual records.
Materials in this series were kept in the original order in which they were received.
Staffordshire England United Kingdom
English, German
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1 photographic material(s)
Gelatin silver prints mounted on paper and cardboard
photographic materials: 0.01 l.m.
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Objects that have been catalogued:
aerial photographs of region, three of which are fastened with acetate film containing drawings of transportation networks and housing areas
1 photographic material(s)
Ink aon transparent plastic film fastened with masking tape to gelatin silver prints
photographic materials: 0.01 l.m.
- Three items in this file are bound, and composed of an acetate film and a gelatin silver print fastened together with staples along one side.
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Objects that have been catalogued:
diagrams of plans and sections showing housing units and stacking studies, graph, sketches, plans, aerial survey map, regional maps, site plan, exterior perspective sketch, and photomontage of site and drawings of proposal mounted on paper
18 conceptual drawing(s)
Graphite, ink, coloured pencil, adhesive film, and adhesive tape on translucent paper, reprographic copies, and gelatin silver prints mounted on paper
sheet (smallest): 39 x 70 cm sheet (largest): 73 x 69 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Objects that have been catalogued:
sketch site plans, maps and key of transportation networks, housing, stations, transfer areas, proposed sites and uses, and layout plan and section for Meir transfer area
19 conceptual drawing(s)
Graphite, ink, coloured pencil, and adhesive tape on translucent paper
sheet: 51 x 76 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Objects that have been catalogued:
sketches, plans and sections showing access, movement, structural frameworks, site maps of transfer and faculty areas, housing, and transportation networks, photomontage of aerial photographs, map of proposed sites, diagrammatic plans of faculty and transfer areas, plans and sections of Pitts Hill and Madeley sites, and plans and sections of rail-based units
18 design development drawing(s)
Graphite, ink, coloured pencil, adhesive film, and adhesive tape on translucent paper, reprographic copies and gelatin silver print
sheet (smallest): 25 x 18 cm sheet (largest): 62 x 89 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Objects that have been catalogued:
![Potteries Thinkbelt, North Staffordshire, England: early drawing for T.A. [transfer area?] conditions](/img-collection/c-boTHBTM0gQA79SeivMKGh6jlI=/500x342/307629.jpg)
site plan, plans and sections of transfer areas at Meir, Pitts Hill, and Madeley, axonometric drawing, table, diagrammatic plans and sections of housing types, detail plans, sections and axonometric drawings of capsule, sprawl, battery, and crate housing, and site layout plans of housing areas
18 publication drawing(s)
Graphite, ink, wax crayon, adhesive film, and adhesive tape on translucent paper
sheet (smallest): 33.5 x 36 cm sheet (largest): 61.5 x 89.5 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Objects that have been catalogued:
site photographs, site layout plans and site axonometrics of housing areas, organization plans of transfer areas at Madeley, Meir, and Pitts Hill, chart of lifespan and use cycle, and clipping
19 publication drawing(s)
Graphite, ink, wax crayon, adhesive film, and adhesive tape on translucent paper, and gelatin silver prints on reprographic copy
sheet (smallest): 32 x 87 cm sheet (largest): 62 x 93 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
16 design development drawing(s)
Graphite, ink, coloured pencil, wax crayon on translucent paper
sheet (smallest): 18.5 x 25 cm sheet (largest): 61.5 x 87 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
sketch sections and plans with annotations, plans, sections and thumbnail sketches of transfer areas at Madeley and Meir, and axonometric drawings of capsule housing unit
18 design development drawing(s)
Graphite, ink, and adhesive tape on translucent paper
sheet (smallest): 14.5 x 38.5 cm sheet (largest): 50 x 76 cm
- One object includes two sheets of paper attached together with a staple.
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Objects that have been catalogued:
sketch layouts of sprawl and battery housing, sketch plans, elevations, and sections of crate housing units, and thumbnail layout sketches including annotations
17 design development drawing(s)
Graphite, ink, coloured pencil, and wax crayon on translucent paper
sheet (smallest): 38 x 50 cm sheet (largest): 50 x 77 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
site plan, sketch regional map, plans, sections, and axonometric sketches of Madeley and Meir transfer areas, plans, sections, elevations, and master diagram of housing sites
17 design development drawing(s)
Graphite, ink, and wax crayon on translucent paper and reprographic copy
sheet (smallest): 15 x 19 cm sheet (largest): 67 x 86.5 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Objects that have been catalogued:
perspective sketch, sketch plans, elevations, and sections of Meir and Pitts Hill transfer areas, perspective sketch, axonometric drawings, plans and sections of housing schemes, including 5 stapled note pages of thumbnail sketches with annotations and calculations
15 design development drawing(s)
Graphite, ink, and adhesive film on translucent paper
sheet (smallest): 12 x 10 cm sheet (largest): 51 x 76 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Objects that have been catalogued:
1 photograph(s)
Ink, adhesive film, and paper on gelatin silver prints mounted on masonite (tm) board
panel: 152 x 122 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
aerial survey of transfer areas at Madeley, Pitts Hill, and Meir, regional maps showing existing land use and transportation networks, plans of mobile crane areas for transfer areas, schematic site plans of various handling units at 3 transfer sites, and plans of rail-based units
16 design development drawing(s)
Ink and coloured pencil on reprographic copies
sheet (smallest): 35 x 67 cm sheet (largest): 71 x 67.5 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Objects that have been catalogued:
18 design development drawing(s)
Ink and coloured pencil on reprographic copies
sheets: 30 x 42 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
11 design development drawing(s)
Reprographic copies
sheets: 30 x 42 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Objects that have been catalogued:
8 design development drawing(s)
Ink on reprographic copies
sheet (smallest): 30 x 42 cm sheet (largest): 30.5 x 43 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
regional maps showing road network, various housing sites, transfer and faculty areas, some with annotations, and diagrammatic plans of faculty areas, transfer areas, and rail-based units
18 design development drawing(s)
Ink and coloured pencil on reprographic copies
sheet (smallest): 29.5 x 84 cm sheet (largest): 60 x 84 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Objects that have been catalogued:
exterior axonometric views, diagrammatic plans and sections of transfer areas at Pitts Hill, Madeley, and Meir, some of which were used for publication
17 design development drawing(s)
Ink on reprographic copies
sheet (smallest): 30 x 84 cm sheet (largest): 62 x 88 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Objects that have been catalogued:
diagrams, layouts, plans, sections, and axonometric drawings of housing types, key sheet of elements, axonometric drawing of transfer area, site plans of Pitts Hill, Madeley, and Meir, and table of housing sections and site conditions
27 publication drawing(s)
Graphite and ink on reprographic copies
sheet (smallest): 30 x 42 cm sheet (largest): 60 x 84.5 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Objects that have been catalogued:
10 publication drawing(s)
Graphite on reprographic copies
sheet (smallest): 30 x 42 cm sheet (largest): 32 x 87 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
18 publication drawing(s)
Reprographic copies
sheets: 60 x 84.5 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
18 publication drawing(s)
Reprographic copies
sheets: 60 x 84 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
16 publication drawing(s)
Ink on reprographic copies
sheet (smallest): 59 x 84 cm sheet (largest): 61 x 87 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
photomontages of housing site, plans of transfer areas at Meir, Madeley and Pitts Hill, sketches of housing units with modifications, axonometric sketch of capsule frame, plans, elevations and sections of housing units, and table of life span and use cycle
13 design development drawing(s)
Graphite and ink on reprographic copies, and photomechanical copies
sheet (smallest): 16.5 x 76 cm sheet (largest): 59.5 x 84.5 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Objects that have been catalogued:
sketches of transfer area, diagram of regional map, plans, diagrammatic plans of faculty areas, and regional maps showing sites and transportation networks
12 design development drawing(s)
Graphite and ink on reprographic copies and photomechanical print
sheet (smallest): 39 x 25 cm sheet (largest): 62 x 86 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
perspective of train arriving at transfer area, and panel of text for an unknown project for the Birmingham and Midland Institute
2 publication drawing(s)
Ink, coloured pencil, gouache and adhesive tape on translucent paper and paper mounted on cardboard
sheet (smallest): 27 x 50 cm sheet (largest): 44 x 51 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Objects that have been catalogued:
correspondence, some with N.B.L. Pevsner, Stanford Anderson, and Christopher Alexander, notes, sketches, clippings, bibliography, list of drawings, draft proposal report, employment statistics, calculations, list of existing facilities, list of housing sites, list of survey photographs, map of Stoke-on-Trent, reprints of articles in 'Architectural Design' (October, 1966) and 'New Society' (June 1966), Archigram flyer for Instant City Workshop, receipts, invoices, some for Tone Vale Hospital, Fun Palace Pilot Project, Donmar and miscellaneous lectures, publication, and draft layout of article in 'New Society'
1 textual record(s)
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Objects that have been catalogued:
1 photograph(s)
Gelatin silver print overall mounted on thick paper; inscription: ink
comp. (irreg.): 16 x 43 cm secondary support (largest; irreg.): 21,8 x 45,8 cm
- Panorama mounted on thick paper. The panorama is a photomontage formed of photographs of drawings on photographs. The upper part of the secondary support is torn and missing.
inscribed
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
© CCA
Objects that have been catalogued:
3 presentation drawing(s)
Reprographic copies
sheet (smallest): 76 x 139.5 cm sheet (largest): 93 x 152 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
5 reference drawing(s)
Photomechanical prints
sheet (smallest): 21 x 15 cm sheet (largest): 55.5 x 87.5 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
aerial views, views of perspective drawings, photomontage of site views with perspective drawing, views of sites, and clipping
10 photograph(s)
Gelatin silver prints
sheet (smallest): 15 x 21 cm sheet (largest): 18 x 36.5 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
three bound reports of 'Potteries Think Belt: A plan for the establishment of a major advanced educational industry in North Staffordshire', Feb. 1966
1 textual record(s)
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
144-118-002
1 presentation drawing(s)
Reprographic copy
sheet: 59.5 x 84 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
1 photograph(s)
Gelatin silver print of photomontage épreuve argentique à la gélatine d'un montage photo
composition: 23.2 × 46 cm (9 1/8 × 18 1/8 in.) sheet: 24.6 × 47.2 cm (9 11/16 × 18 9/16 in.)
uninscribed
Staffordshire England United Kingdom
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
© CCA
perspective view of building exterior, a version of which was published in 'Cedric Price-Works II' (London: Architectural Press, 1984), p. 25 and captioned as 'edge of battery housing block'
1 drawing(s)
Pen and black ink, black felt-tip pen over graphite, wax crayon on translucent paper mounted on cardboard with adhesive tape
sheet: 41,4 × 44,2 cm (16 5/16 × 17 3/8 in.) secondary support: 41,5 × 45,6 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
© CCA
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