Plans, elevations, cross sections and longitudinal sections for terraces of staggered houses

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People:

James Frazer Stirling (archive creator)

Title:

Plans, elevations, cross sections and longitudinal sections for terraces of staggered houses

Date:

1955

Description:

one drawing shows plans, elevations, cross sections and longitudinal sections for terraces of staggered houses, cross sections for houses, plans for a large detached house, plans for a typical three-bedroom house, a diagrammatic cross section for a house showing the 10 1/2 feet and 7 feet horizon tall modules, the 7 feet vertical modules, and the 30 degrees sloped roofs, a diagrammatic cross section for the structure, a diagrammatic plan for grouped houses, a sequence of two axonometric drawings representing the system of construction, from the parallel load-bearing walls to finished building, and explanatory typescript texts; a hand-coloured drawing shows a roadside elevation and a sectional elevation for a terrace of staggered houses and was probably part of a no longer extant final presentation drawing for the CIAM X Congress

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
2 presentation drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

presentation drawings (proposals)

Extent and medium:

2 drawings

Technique and media:

Ink, graphite, coloured pencil, typescript on translucent paper and cardboard

Dimensions:

sheet (smallest): 18 x 27 cm (7 1/16 x 10 5/8 in.) sheet (largest): 48 x 67 cm (18 7/8 x 26 3/8 in.)

Reference number:

AP140.S2.SS1.D9.P1

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- The mounted hand-coloured drawing for a roadside elevation and section for terraced cottages was originally in a sink mat stamped "Team X. Village Project. 1955".

Credit line:
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

Folder Number:

140-0411

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