Theses and research papers
1970-1999
Sub-series
File related to the theses and the research papers made by members for the Minimum Cost Housing Group about projects of low-cost housing and energy saving devices. The material in this file was produced between 1978 and 1988. The file contains textual records, predominantly copies of theses, a photograph related to one of the theses, and printing plates.
Materiel in this project series was kept in its original order during processing.
The documents are in English.
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Group consists of the thesis "Patterns of Space and Human Activity in an Unplanned Settlement" by Valdo Pons and Wiltold Rybczynski for the Mininum Cost Housing Group about unplanned human settlement in Tanzania.
1 File
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
149-016-011
Group consists of the thesis "Users Making Choices: Water and Wastes Management in Small Nothern Communities" by Mininum Cost Housing Group about water and wasters management in Big Trout Lake community, Ontario. Includes two versions: a stapled and a loose sheets versions.
1 File
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
149-016-012
Group includes handwritten notes of Vikram Bhatt, drawings used in the publication and final spiral bound version of the thesis.
1 File
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
149-015-052
Group contains various version of plans and drawings for the thesis publication.
1 File
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
149-016-001
1 File
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
149-016-002
1 File
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
149-016-003
Group also includes a proof version of the publication.
1 File
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
149-016-004
1 File
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
149-016-005
1 File
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
149-016-006
1 File
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
149-016-007
1 File
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
149-016-008
1 File
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
149-016-009
1 File
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
149-016-010
1 File
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
149-016-013
1 File
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
149-016-014 à 15
1 File
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
149-016-016
1 File
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
149-016-017
1 File
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
149-016-018
1 File
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
149-016-019
1 File
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
149-008-012
Photograph for the thesis "Energy Conservation in Greenhouses through the Use of Retractable Insulation" by Witold Rybczynski and Vikram Bhatt for the Minimum Cost Housing Group.
1 photograph(s)
Gelatin silver print on paper
sheet: 28,1 × 21,9 cm (11 1/16 × 8 5/8 in.)
Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Vikram Bhatt/
Gift of Vikram Bhatt
149-005-27
Objects that have been catalogued:
Group consists of the thesis "The Use of Atomization for Washing and Showering to Conserver Water" by Alexander B. Morse for the Mininum Cost Housing Group about devices for saving water.
1 textual record(s)
Typescript on paper; electrophotographic print on paper mounted on paper
Bound (stapled) volume of 59 pages.
Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Vikram Bhatt/
Gift of Vikram Bhatt
149-004-03
Group consists of two copies of the thesis "Steel Reinforced Sulphur Concrete" by Margarita Alsina and V.S. Nataraj for the Minimum Cost Housing Group.
1 book(s)
Bound volume of electrophotographic print on paper
book: 28 × 21,6 × 0,3 cm (11 × 8 1/2 × 1/8 in.)
Bound (stapled) volume of 11 pages.
Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Vikram Bhatt/
Gift of Vikram Bhatt
149-004-04
Group consists of some sheet of the dummy for the thesis "Low Cost Thermal Curtains for Passive Solar Energy Applications" by Witold Rybcynski and Vikram Bhatt for the Minimum Cost Housing Group.
1 textual record(s)
Electrophotographic print on paper; electrophotographic print on paper mounted on paper
sheet (smallest): 10,2 × 13,2 cm (4 × 5 3/16 in.) sheet (largest): 27,8 × 21,9 cm (10 15/16 × 8 5/8 in.)
Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Vikram Bhatt/
Gift of Vikram Bhatt
149-004-05
Group consists a dummy of the thesis "Low Cost Thermal Curtains for Passive Solar Energy Applications" by Witold Rybcynski and Vikram Bhatt for the Minimum Cost Housing Group.
1 textual record(s)
Typescript on paper; typescript on paper mounted on paper; gelatin silver print on paper mounted on paper
Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Vikram Bhatt/
Gift of Vikram Bhatt
149-004-06
Group consists of a dummy and the final thesis "Energy Conservation in Greenhouses through the Use of Retractable Insulation" by Witold Rybczynski and Vikram Bhatt for the Minimum Cost Housing Group.
1 textual record(s)
Electrophotographic print on paper; electrophotographic print on paper mounted on paper
Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Vikram Bhatt/
Gift of Vikram Bhatt
149-004-07
Group consists of the thesis "Double-Vault Composting Toilet: A-State-of-the-Art Review" by Witold Rybczynski for the Minimun Cost Housing Group.
1 textual record(s)
Electrophotographic print on paper
sheets: 20,3 × 22,4 cm (8 × 8 13/16 in.)
Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Vikram Bhatt/
Gift of Vikram Bhatt
149-004-08
Group consists of a dummy for the thesis "Double-Vault Composting Toilet: A-State-of-the-Art Review" by Witold Rybczynski for the Minimun Cost Housing Group.
1 textual record(s)
Electrophotographic print on paper; ink and transfer type on translucent paper
Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Vikram Bhatt/
Gift of Vikram Bhatt
149-004-09
Group consists of a copy of the thesis "Double-Vault Composting Toilet: A-State-of-the-Art Review" by Witold Rybczynski and the thesis "A Low Cost Garbage Bag Solar Water Heater" by Vikram Bhatt and V.S. Nataraj for the Minimun Cost Housing Group.
1 textual record(s)
Electrophotographic print on paper
Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Vikram Bhatt/
Gift of Vikram Bhatt
149-004-10
Group consists of a dummy for the thesis "Servicing Options for African Low-Cost Housing" by Mahendra Shah about an investigation for specific options for Lusaka, in Zambia.
1 textual record(s)
Typescript on paper; electrophotographic print on paper mounted on paper; electrophotographic print on paper mounted on drafting film with ink
Stored in a cardboard box.
Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Vikram Bhatt/
Gift of Vikram Bhatt
149-004-11
Group consists of the originals of the thesis "Servicing Options for African Low-Cost Housing" by Mahendra Shah about an investigation for specific options for Lusaka, in Zambia.
1 textual record(s)
Typescript on paper; electrophotographic print on paper mounted on paper with typescript; electrophotographic print on paper mounted paper
Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Vikram Bhatt/
Gift of Vikram Bhatt
149-004-12
Group consists of originals for the thesis "Sites, Services and Supports (S/S/S)" by Sigrid Diehl, Avi Friedman, Alexander Guth, Philip Z. Iyortyer et Zvi Resheff about sites, services and supports for low-cost housing.
1 textual record(s)
Typescript on paper; electrophotographic print on paper mounted on paper
Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Vikram Bhatt/
Gift of Vikram Bhatt
149-004-13
Group consists of the originals of the thesis "The User and the House Building Process" by Vikram Bhatt.
1 textual record(s)
Typescript on paper; electrophotographic print on paper mounted paper with typescript; electrophotographic print on paper mounted on paper
Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Vikram Bhatt/
Gift of Vikram Bhatt
149-004-14
Group consists of aluminium offset plates for the Minimum Cost Housing Group's theses and research papers publications offset printing, including for the thesis "Energy Conservation in Greenhouses through the Use of Retractable Insulation" by Witold Rybczynski and Vikram Bhatt, and a plate for the research papers series covers.
1 printing plate(s)
Ink on aluminium sheet
plate (smallest): 39,2 × 25,2 cm plate (largest): 46 × 28,1 cm
Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Vikram Bhatt/
Gift of Vikram Bhatt
149-008-05
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