exhibitions
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(...)
exhibitions
12 October 1994 to
15 January 1995
Hall cases
articles
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
Shaughnessy House
31 July 2014 , 6PM
Shaughnessy House
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(...)
Main galleries
textual records
DR2012:0012:103:020
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Unbound presentation copy of the article, Streetworks: generating public open space. Original folder inscribed in graphite: ORIGINGAL - COPY PRESENTED TO BURTON PRELIM. DRAFT
1975
Article "Streetworks: generating public open space"
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DR2012:0012:103:020
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Unbound presentation copy of the article, Streetworks: generating public open space. Original folder inscribed in graphite: ORIGINGAL - COPY PRESENTED TO BURTON PRELIM. DRAFT
textual records
1975
Project
AP144.S2.D54
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File documents an exploration of use and circulation of open spaces and natural areas throughout the Borough of Hackney just outside London: Hackney Marsh, Springfield Park, London Fields, and Victoria Park. Price felt that the "[i]ncrease in the amount of leisure time combined with increased personal mobility ma[d]e it essential that available P.O.S. be considered in relation to each other and together with all other urban facilities available." Regional plans include a partially enlarged plan of an unidentified area (DR1995:0206:001, DR1995:0206:003, and DR1995:0206:004). Two marked-up drawings which indicate circulation systems. Material in this file was produced in 1962. File contains conceptual drawings.
[1962]
Borough of Hackney, Public Open Space
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AP144.S2.D54
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File documents an exploration of use and circulation of open spaces and natural areas throughout the Borough of Hackney just outside London: Hackney Marsh, Springfield Park, London Fields, and Victoria Park. Price felt that the "[i]ncrease in the amount of leisure time combined with increased personal mobility ma[d]e it essential that available P.O.S. be considered in relation to each other and together with all other urban facilities available." Regional plans include a partially enlarged plan of an unidentified area (DR1995:0206:001, DR1995:0206:003, and DR1995:0206:004). Two marked-up drawings which indicate circulation systems. Material in this file was produced in 1962. File contains conceptual drawings.
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[1962]
textual records
DR2012:0012:103:019
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File containing multiple unbound copies of "Streetworks: generating public open space". Original folder inscribed in graphite: STREETWORKS: MSUA OTTAWA 1975
1975
Copies of "Streetworks: generating public open space"
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DR2012:0012:103:019
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File containing multiple unbound copies of "Streetworks: generating public open space". Original folder inscribed in graphite: STREETWORKS: MSUA OTTAWA 1975
textual records
1975
textual records
DR2012:0012:082:021
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File containing documents in English, including drafts with annotations in graphite throughout, related to the following reports: - Public urban space: resources, innovation and policy: opportunities in the use of public open space in neighbourhood improvement programs; - The street: urban structures, innovation and policy; - Innovation in the design and management of streets: urban resources and the quality of urban life. Original folder inscribed in graphite: STREETWORK / GOV'T CAN. PROJECT 1973
1973-1974
Drafts for various public spaces and streets space development writings
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DR2012:0012:082:021
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File containing documents in English, including drafts with annotations in graphite throughout, related to the following reports: - Public urban space: resources, innovation and policy: opportunities in the use of public open space in neighbourhood improvement programs; - The street: urban structures, innovation and policy; - Innovation in the design and management of streets: urban resources and the quality of urban life. Original folder inscribed in graphite: STREETWORK / GOV'T CAN. PROJECT 1973
textual records
1973-1974
drawings
ARCH79640
circa 1947-2002
drawings
circa 1947-2002
photographs
ARCH254673
circa 1947-2002
photographs
circa 1947-2002