Low-Cost Sanitation Systems
1970-1978
Project
File related to the Minimum Cost Housing Group's project of a low-cost sanitation system between 1970 and 1973 and the publication "Stop the Five Gallon Flush!" that followed in 1973. The material in this file was produced between 1970 and 1978. The file contains photographs of low-cost sanitation devices, textual records, predominantly dummies for the publication, copies of the publication "Stop the Five Gallon Flush!" and printing plates.
Materiel in this project series was kept in its original order during processing.
Montréal Island of Montréal Québec Canada
The documents are in English.
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Island of Montréal Québec Canada
Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Vikram Bhatt/
Gift of Vikram Bhatt
149-012-015
Minimum Cost Housing Group's publication "Stop the Five Gallon Flush! A Survey of Alternative Waste Disposal" about low-cost and alternative sanitation systems.
1 book(s)
Bound volume of electrophotographic print on paper
book: 28,2 × 22,3 × 0,4 cm (11 1/8 × 8 3/4 × 3/16 in.)
Bound volume of 68 pages.
Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Vikram Bhatt/
Gift of Vikram Bhatt
© Minimum Cost Housing Group
149-002-01
Objects that have been catalogued:
4th edition of the publication.
1 book(s)
Bound volume of electrophotographic print on paper
book: 21,5 × 17,5 × 0,7 cm (8 7/16 × 6 7/8 × 1/4 in.)
Bound (stapled) volume of 88 pages.
Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Vikram Bhatt/
Gift of Vikram Bhatt
149-003-12
Objects that have been catalogued:
1 photograph(s)
Gelatin silver print on paper
sheet: 24,7 × 17,4 cm (9 3/4 × 6 7/8 in.)
inscribed - by an unknown hand, on the back, in green felt-tip pen, c.: "Minimum Sanitary / Unit; installing / the instantaneous / water heater"
Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Vikram Bhatt/
Gift of Vikram Bhatt
149-005-05
Objects that have been catalogued:
Group consists the cover for the Minimum Cost Housing Group's publication "Stop the Five Gallon Flush!" and templates for coupons and finished coupons for reserving a copy of the publication.
1 textual record(s)
Electrophotographic print on paper; electrophotographic print and ink on paper
sheet (smallest): 9,3 × 16,5 cm (3 11/16 × 6 1/2 in.) sheet (largest): 28 × 21,7 cm (11 × 8 9/16 in.)
Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Vikram Bhatt/
Gift of Vikram Bhatt
149-003-09
Group consists of 6 copies of the Minimum Cost Housing Group's publication "Stop the Five Gallon Flush!" about low-cost and alternative sanitation systems.
1 book(s)
Bound volume of electrophotographic print on paper
book: 28 × 23,3 × 2,5 cm (11 × 9 3/16 × 1 in.)
6 bound volumes of 68 pages.
Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Vikram Bhatt/
Gift of Vikram Bhatt
149-003-10
Group consists of schemes of sanitation systems for the Minimum Cost Housing Group's Publication "Stop the Five Gallon Flush!" about low-cost and alternative sanitation systems.
1 textual record(s)
Electrophotographic print on paper
sheets: 27,6 × 21,5 cm (10 7/8 × 8 7/16 in.)
Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Vikram Bhatt/
Gift of Vikram Bhatt
149-003-11
Group consists of for the Minimum Cost Housing Group's publication "Stop the Five Gallon Flush!" about low-cost and alternative sanitation systems. The group also includes photographs of water saving devices.
1 photographic material(s)
Gelatin silver print on paper (photographs and contact sheet); negative
photographic materials: 0,01 l.m.
Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Vikram Bhatt/
Gift of Vikram Bhatt
149-005-06
Group consists of two sets of aluminium offset plates for the offset printing of the Minimum Cost Housing Group's publication "Stop the Five Gallon Flush!" about low-cost alternative sanitation system.
3 printing plate(s)
Ink on aluminium sheet
plate: 39,4 × 25,5 cm
Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Vikram Bhatt/
Gift of Vikram Bhatt
149-008-01
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