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Centre Simard
1963-1965
File 32
File documents Victor Prus's unrealized project for an International Centre for Advanced Studies in Human Development, also know as the Centre Simard, sponsored by Léon Simard. The project was planned for a site at Lac à l'Eau Claire, Québec. Material in this file was produced between 1963 and 1965. The file contains drawings, originals and reprographic copies, textual records, a preliminary plan and photographs of the model.
Material in this project series was kept in its original order when it was first processed upon its arrival at CCA.
Saint-Alexis-des-Monts Québec Canada
Documents are in French and in English.
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20 drawing(s)
Black ink and graphite on paper
sheet (smallest): 19 × 108 cm sheet (largest): 76.3 × 101.2 cm
Victor Prus fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
Sketches.
1 drawing(s)
Black ink on tracing paper
sheet (smallest): 28 × 39.3 cm
Victor Prus fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
12 reprographic copy(ies)
Negative photostat prints; positive photostat prints
sheet (smallest): 30.9 × 47.9 cm sheet (largest): 55.2 × 64.5 cm
Victor Prus fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
12 reprographic copy(ies)
Sepia diazo prints; diazotypes; transfer type, graphite, black ink on translucent paper; graphite on diazotype affixed on paper
sheet (smallest): 23.4 × 33 cm sheet (largest): 55.5 × 63.7 cm
Victor Prus fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
Preliminary plan with perspectives and sections and a presentation of the Centre Simard project.
1 book(s)
Bound volume of typescript on paper and printed image on paper
book: 27.6 × 27.6 cm
- 38 leaves. - Spiral bound.
Victor Prus fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
Analysis of three potential sites in Québec for the Centre Simard project, including Lac à l'Eau Claire.
1 book(s)
Bound volume of diazotypes, sepia diazo print and photomechanical print
book: 28.5 × 38.5 cm
- 18 leaves. - Spiral bound.
Victor Prus fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
Earlier version of the preliminary plan with perspectives, sections and a presentation of the Centre Simard project, in Lac à l'Eau Claire.
1 textual record(s)
Typescript on paper with graphite inscriptions; typescript on translucent paper; graphite on paper; typescript on paper affixed on paper
records: 0.02 l.m.
Victor Prus fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
View from the top of the dome of the Centre Simard model.
1 photograph(s)
sheet: 20.6 × 19.5 cm
Victor Prus fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
This group consists of photographs of the model of the Centre Simard in Lac à l'Eau Claire, Québec. There are also plans, sections and perspectives of the project.
12 photocollage(s)
The Centre Simard project is sponsored by Léon Simard.
Photograph mounted on cardboard; photomechanical print mounted on cardboard; photomechanical prints; negatives; collage (photographs and transfer type on paper); typescript on paper
sheet (smallest): 23.3 × 20.3 cm sheet (largest): 37.4 × 27.5 cm
Victor Prus fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
Preliminary plan with perspectives and sections and a presentation of the Centre Simard project.
1 book(s)
Bound volume of typescript on paper and printed image on paper
book: 27.6 × 27.6 cm
- Spiral bound. - 38 leaves.
Victor Prus fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
This group consists of explanatory notes, correspondence and related documents concerning the Centre Simard project.
1 textual record(s)
Photocopies; typescript on paper; typescript on vellum paper; ink on paper
records: 0.02 l.m.
Victor Prus fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
- The documents are in English.
163-22-15 T
This group consists of a sites analysis booklet, an approximate cost estimate, a program of requirements and a list of intended activities for the Centre Simard project. There are also sketches.
4 textual record(s)
Photocopies; ink, graphite and coloured pencil on tracing paper; graphite on paper; typescript on paper; bound volume of diazotypes, diazotypes with ink inscriptions and typescript on vellum paper
sheet (smallest): 21.5 × 14 cm sheet (largest): 28.5 × 39 cm sheet (largest; folded): 29 × 21 cm
- Some documents are folded.
Victor Prus fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
- The documents are in English.
163-22-16 T
6 photograph(s)
sheets: 9 × 9 cm
Victor Prus fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
This group consists of material for the preliminary plan booklet for the Centre Simard project.
14 textual record(s)
Negative photostat prints; typescript and graphite on paper; typescript on paper
sheet (smallest): 22.4 × 22.1 cm sheet (largest): 28 × 27.7 cm sheet (largest; folded): 14.5 × 28 cm
Victor Prus fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
- The documents are in English.
163-22-17 T
This group consists of a plan, project presentation draft versions, correspondence and related documents for the Centre Simard project. There is also a site plan.
1 textual record(s)
Diazotypes with graphite inscriptions; ink on tracing paper; typescript on vellum paper; photocopies; typescript on paper; ink on paper
records: 0.02 l.m.
Victor Prus fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
- The documents are in English.
163-22-18 T
Prospectus.
1 portfolio(s)
portfolio: 30.8 × 45.7 cm
- 11 leaves.
Victor Prus fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
© Estate of Victor Prus
Objects that have been catalogued:
Painting of the Centre Simard represented in the San Francisco Bay.
1 painting(s)
Acrylic painting
sheet: 30 × 45.2 cm
Victor Prus fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
© Estate of Victor Prus
Objects that have been catalogued:
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