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The terms contemplation, solitude, exile, leisure, rest, retreat, reverse, and solitude—and their antonyms action, court, world, worldliness and society—constitute a recurring chain of ideas in seventeenth-century fictional and biographical literature. From Society to Solitude combines history, literature, and architecture, focusing on the theme of the retreat and its(...)
Hall cases
12 October 1994 to 15 January 1995
From Society to Solitude: Public and Private Space in Seventeenth-Century France
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The terms contemplation, solitude, exile, leisure, rest, retreat, reverse, and solitude—and their antonyms action, court, world, worldliness and society—constitute a recurring chain of ideas in seventeenth-century fictional and biographical literature. From Society to Solitude combines history, literature, and architecture, focusing on the theme of the retreat and its(...)
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12 October 1994 to
15 January 1995
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How to: disturb the public
In the 1980s and 1990s, the trend in urban design shifted from the global planning approach—exemplified by the urban master plans of the 1950s and 1960s—to a sector based approach favouring gradual change rather than the rebuilding of cities. Urban Revisions: Current Projects for the Public Realm examines the physical and social space of the city, as seen by contemporary(...)
Main galleries
19 October 1994 to 8 January 1995
Urban Revisions: Current Projects for the Public Realm
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In the 1980s and 1990s, the trend in urban design shifted from the global planning approach—exemplified by the urban master plans of the 1950s and 1960s—to a sector based approach favouring gradual change rather than the rebuilding of cities. Urban Revisions: Current Projects for the Public Realm examines the physical and social space of the city, as seen by contemporary(...)
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A Public Space in Which to Access the Digital Commons
Sumayya Vally considers spaces of action. Photographs by Bryan Thomas.
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A Social Reset
25 August 2011 to 23 July 2018, 6pm
The inaugural Architecture as Public Concern Lecture marks the launch of the CCA Research Network, an entity that brings together alumni from almost four decades of research programs at the CCA. This annual lecture extends the theme of the Architecture as Public Concern Fellowship, which asks, in 2023, “Who is the Work For?” It also aligns with the CCA Research Network’s(...)
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Samia Henni, Jay Pather, CCA Research Network, Architecture as Public Concern, communities
26 September 2023, 2pm to 4pm
2023 Architecture as Public Concern Lecture: Who is the Work For?
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The inaugural Architecture as Public Concern Lecture marks the launch of the CCA Research Network, an entity that brings together alumni from almost four decades of research programs at the CCA. This annual lecture extends the theme of the Architecture as Public Concern Fellowship, which asks, in 2023, “Who is the Work For?” It also aligns with the CCA Research Network’s(...)
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Samia Henni, Jay Pather, CCA Research Network, Architecture as Public Concern, communities
Institutional Performance Festival
19 September 2024, 12pm to 2pm
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The planet is the client