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In 1929, Ilse Bing bought a Leica camera and started a photographic career that took her from Frankfurt to New York via Paris. While still in Frankfurt, she was commissioned by architect and urban planner Mart Stam to undertake a photographic survey of the modern buildings that were being erected in the city, including the Henry and Emma Budge-Heim H-block building. Built(...)
In 1929, Ilse Bing bought a Leica camera and started a photographic career that took her from Frankfurt to New York via Paris. While still in Frankfurt, she was commissioned by architect and urban planner Mart Stam to undertake a photographic survey of the modern buildings that were being erected in the city, including the Henry and Emma Budge-Heim H-block building. Built(...)
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5 September 2013 to 5 December 2013
5 September 2013 to 5 December 2013
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H-BLOCK: Social Housing – Ilse Bing
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In 1929, Ilse Bing bought a Leica camera and started a photographic career that took her from Frankfurt to New York via Paris. While still in Frankfurt, she was commissioned by architect and urban planner Mart Stam to undertake a photographic survey of the modern buildings that were being erected in the city, including the Henry and Emma Budge-Heim H-block building. Built(...)
H-BLOCK: Social Housing – Ilse Bing
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In 1929, Ilse Bing bought a Leica camera and started a photographic career that took her from Frankfurt to New York via Paris. While still in Frankfurt, she was commissioned by architect and urban planner Mart Stam to undertake a photographic survey of the modern buildings that were being erected in the city, including the Henry and Emma Budge-Heim H-block building. Built(...)
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5 September 2013 to
5 December 2013
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16 August 2018, 6:30pm
16 August 2018, 6:30pm
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16 August 2018
6:30pm
16 August 2018
6:30pm
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Ideas of living
Ideas of living
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Study Room Keyword(s):
visiting scholars 2018, Hans-Georg von Arburg. German housing, toys
Study Room Keyword(s):
visiting scholars 2018, Hans-Georg von Arburg. German housing, toys
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9 August 2018, 6:30pm
9 August 2018, 6:30pm
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9 August 2018
6:30pm
9 August 2018
6:30pm
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Study Room Keyword(s):
visiting scholars 2018, Hans-Georg von Arburg. German housing, toys
Study Room Keyword(s):
visiting scholars 2018, Hans-Georg von Arburg. German housing, toys
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Born out of the Portuguese revolution of 25 April 1974, the Serviço Ambulatório de Apoio Local (Local Ambulatory Support Service) was a pioneering architectural and political experiment designed to address extreme housing shortages and poor living conditions in Portuguese cities. There was not only one SAAL: its initiatives and results varied widely depending on complex(...)
Born out of the Portuguese revolution of 25 April 1974, the Serviço Ambulatório de Apoio Local (Local Ambulatory Support Service) was a pioneering architectural and political experiment designed to address extreme housing shortages and poor living conditions in Portuguese cities. There was not only one SAAL: its initiatives and results varied widely depending on complex(...)
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Main galleries
Main galleries
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12 May 2015 to 4 October 2015
12 May 2015 to 4 October 2015
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The SAAL Process: Housing in Portugal 1974–76
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Born out of the Portuguese revolution of 25 April 1974, the Serviço Ambulatório de Apoio Local (Local Ambulatory Support Service) was a pioneering architectural and political experiment designed to address extreme housing shortages and poor living conditions in Portuguese cities. There was not only one SAAL: its initiatives and results varied widely depending on complex(...)
The SAAL Process: Housing in Portugal 1974–76
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Born out of the Portuguese revolution of 25 April 1974, the Serviço Ambulatório de Apoio Local (Local Ambulatory Support Service) was a pioneering architectural and political experiment designed to address extreme housing shortages and poor living conditions in Portuguese cities. There was not only one SAAL: its initiatives and results varied widely depending on complex(...)
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12 May 2015 to
4 October 2015
12 May 2015 to
4 October 2015
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Wohnhaus Schlesisches Tor—also known as Bonjour Tristesse—in Berlin and Punt en Komma in The Hague are Álvaro Siza’s first built works outside his native Portugal. The two projects resemble one another in size, scale, program, and ambition: both were built in the 1980s, both are results of a distinct attitude towards the city, and both were social housing projects(...)
Wohnhaus Schlesisches Tor—also known as Bonjour Tristesse—in Berlin and Punt en Komma in The Hague are Álvaro Siza’s first built works outside his native Portugal. The two projects resemble one another in size, scale, program, and ambition: both were built in the 1980s, both are results of a distinct attitude towards the city, and both were social housing projects(...)
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Octagonal gallery Keyword(s):
Álvaro Siza, Punt en Komma, The Hague, Bonjour Tristesse, Berlin
Octagonal gallery Keyword(s):
Álvaro Siza, Punt en Komma, The Hague, Bonjour Tristesse, Berlin
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24 September 2015 to 22 May 2016
24 September 2015 to 22 May 2016
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Corner, Block, Neighbourhood, Cities. Álvaro Siza in Berlin and The Hague
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Wohnhaus Schlesisches Tor—also known as Bonjour Tristesse—in Berlin and Punt en Komma in The Hague are Álvaro Siza’s first built works outside his native Portugal. The two projects resemble one another in size, scale, program, and ambition: both were built in the 1980s, both are results of a distinct attitude towards the city, and both were social housing projects(...)
Corner, Block, Neighbourhood, Cities. Álvaro Siza in Berlin and The Hague
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Wohnhaus Schlesisches Tor—also known as Bonjour Tristesse—in Berlin and Punt en Komma in The Hague are Álvaro Siza’s first built works outside his native Portugal. The two projects resemble one another in size, scale, program, and ambition: both were built in the 1980s, both are results of a distinct attitude towards the city, and both were social housing projects(...)
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24 September 2015 to
22 May 2016
24 September 2015 to
22 May 2016
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Octagonal gallery Keyword(s):
Álvaro Siza, Punt en Komma, The Hague, Bonjour Tristesse, Berlin
Octagonal gallery Keyword(s):
Álvaro Siza, Punt en Komma, The Hague, Bonjour Tristesse, Berlin
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*Cities of Artificial Excavation: The Work of Peter Eisenman, 1978–1988* explores how American architect and writer Peter Eisenman questioned the concept of “site,” and demonstrates the importance of drawing and modelmaking in generating his ideas. The exhibition reveals the richness and complexity of the design process by looking carefully at Eisenman’s drawings and(...)
*Cities of Artificial Excavation: The Work of Peter Eisenman, 1978–1988* explores how American architect and writer Peter Eisenman questioned the concept of “site,” and demonstrates the importance of drawing and modelmaking in generating his ideas. The exhibition reveals the richness and complexity of the design process by looking carefully at Eisenman’s drawings and(...)
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Main galleries
Main galleries
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2 March 1994 to 19 June 1994
2 March 1994 to 19 June 1994
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Cities of Artificial Excavation: The Work of Peter Eisenman, 1978-1988
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*Cities of Artificial Excavation: The Work of Peter Eisenman, 1978–1988* explores how American architect and writer Peter Eisenman questioned the concept of “site,” and demonstrates the importance of drawing and modelmaking in generating his ideas. The exhibition reveals the richness and complexity of the design process by looking carefully at Eisenman’s drawings and(...)
Cities of Artificial Excavation: The Work of Peter Eisenman, 1978-1988
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*Cities of Artificial Excavation: The Work of Peter Eisenman, 1978–1988* explores how American architect and writer Peter Eisenman questioned the concept of “site,” and demonstrates the importance of drawing and modelmaking in generating his ideas. The exhibition reveals the richness and complexity of the design process by looking carefully at Eisenman’s drawings and(...)
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2 March 1994 to
19 June 1994
2 March 1994 to
19 June 1994
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Main galleries
Main galleries
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2016 Visiting Scholar Olumuyiwa Adegun presents his research: European cities of the nineteenth century, like African cities today, experienced severe housing problems. Shanty towns marked Berlin and Paris in ways that are similar to how Nairobi and Johannesburg have been characterized by informal settlements in the last few decades. This lecture explores the history of(...)
2016 Visiting Scholar Olumuyiwa Adegun presents his research: European cities of the nineteenth century, like African cities today, experienced severe housing problems. Shanty towns marked Berlin and Paris in ways that are similar to how Nairobi and Johannesburg have been characterized by informal settlements in the last few decades. This lecture explores the history of(...)
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Shaughnessy House
Shaughnessy House
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4 August 2016, 6pm
4 August 2016, 6pm
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Visiting Scholar Seminar: Olumuyiwa Adegun
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2016 Visiting Scholar Olumuyiwa Adegun presents his research: European cities of the nineteenth century, like African cities today, experienced severe housing problems. Shanty towns marked Berlin and Paris in ways that are similar to how Nairobi and Johannesburg have been characterized by informal settlements in the last few decades. This lecture explores the history of(...)
Visiting Scholar Seminar: Olumuyiwa Adegun
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2016 Visiting Scholar Olumuyiwa Adegun presents his research: European cities of the nineteenth century, like African cities today, experienced severe housing problems. Shanty towns marked Berlin and Paris in ways that are similar to how Nairobi and Johannesburg have been characterized by informal settlements in the last few decades. This lecture explores the history of(...)
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4 August 2016
6pm
4 August 2016
6pm
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Shaughnessy House
Shaughnessy House
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How can architecture respond to a specific urban context? How can the various typologies and cultural needs of diverse inhabitants influence design? How to capture the character of a city through its buildings? Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza’s social housing projects Bonjour Tristesse and Punt en Komma, designed for immigrant communities in Berlin and The Hague(...)
How can architecture respond to a specific urban context? How can the various typologies and cultural needs of diverse inhabitants influence design? How to capture the character of a city through its buildings? Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza’s social housing projects Bonjour Tristesse and Punt en Komma, designed for immigrant communities in Berlin and The Hague(...)
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29 November 2015, 2:30pm - 4:30pm
29 November 2015, 2:30pm - 4:30pm
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Inter / Faces
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How can architecture respond to a specific urban context? How can the various typologies and cultural needs of diverse inhabitants influence design? How to capture the character of a city through its buildings? Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza’s social housing projects Bonjour Tristesse and Punt en Komma, designed for immigrant communities in Berlin and The Hague(...)
Inter / Faces
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How can architecture respond to a specific urban context? How can the various typologies and cultural needs of diverse inhabitants influence design? How to capture the character of a city through its buildings? Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza’s social housing projects Bonjour Tristesse and Punt en Komma, designed for immigrant communities in Berlin and The Hague(...)
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29 November 2015
2:30pm - 4:30pm
29 November 2015
2:30pm - 4:30pm
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Evoking a provocation famously framed by Le Corbusier, “Architecture ou Révolution,” this conversation will situate the SAAL process in Portugal within international debates during the 1960s and 1970s on social housing and the architect’s social responsibility. Nuno Portas, Secretary of State for Housing and Urbanism of the government established after the 1974 Portuguese(...)
Evoking a provocation famously framed by Le Corbusier, “Architecture ou Révolution,” this conversation will situate the SAAL process in Portugal within international debates during the 1960s and 1970s on social housing and the architect’s social responsibility. Nuno Portas, Secretary of State for Housing and Urbanism of the government established after the 1974 Portuguese(...)
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Paul-Desmarais Theatre
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
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14 May 2015 , 6pm
14 May 2015 , 6pm
Title:
Architecture or Revolution? A Conversation with Nuno Portas and Nuno Grande
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Evoking a provocation famously framed by Le Corbusier, “Architecture ou Révolution,” this conversation will situate the SAAL process in Portugal within international debates during the 1960s and 1970s on social housing and the architect’s social responsibility. Nuno Portas, Secretary of State for Housing and Urbanism of the government established after the 1974 Portuguese(...)
Architecture or Revolution? A Conversation with Nuno Portas and Nuno Grande
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Evoking a provocation famously framed by Le Corbusier, “Architecture ou Révolution,” this conversation will situate the SAAL process in Portugal within international debates during the 1960s and 1970s on social housing and the architect’s social responsibility. Nuno Portas, Secretary of State for Housing and Urbanism of the government established after the 1974 Portuguese(...)
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14 May 2015
6pm
14 May 2015
6pm
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Paul-Desmarais Theatre
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
