Learning from… Lagos
Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas and a team of students from The Harvard Project on the City are followed over a 2-year period as they research Lagos, Nigeria in Lagos Wide and Close (Netherlands, 2005), a documentary by Bregtje van der Haak. Lagos is home to an estimated 15 million people whose survival depends on improvisation, networking, and risk-taking. Despite extreme(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
29 March 2007 , 6pm
Learning from… Lagos
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Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas and a team of students from The Harvard Project on the City are followed over a 2-year period as they research Lagos, Nigeria in Lagos Wide and Close (Netherlands, 2005), a documentary by Bregtje van der Haak. Lagos is home to an estimated 15 million people whose survival depends on improvisation, networking, and risk-taking. Despite extreme(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
Learning from... Hong Kong
Self-built settlements on the roofs of high-rise buildings have been an integral part of Hong Kong’s history for over half a century. Rooftop structures range from basic shelters for the disadvantaged to intricate multi-storey constructions equipped with the amenities of modern life. Rufina Wu and Stefan Canham use the tools of an architect and a photographer to document(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
3 May 2012 , 7pm
Learning from... Hong Kong
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Self-built settlements on the roofs of high-rise buildings have been an integral part of Hong Kong’s history for over half a century. Rooftop structures range from basic shelters for the disadvantaged to intricate multi-storey constructions equipped with the amenities of modern life. Rufina Wu and Stefan Canham use the tools of an architect and a photographer to document(...)
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publié à Paris. A. Mame et Fils, Editeurs.
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Livre "Cours élémentaire de dessins pour l'enseignement simultané"
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Learning from... Dubai
Yasser Elsheshtawy presents the second lecture in the series Learning From… the Middle East.Whether presented as a playground for the super-rich, a land of unabashed consumerism, or an exemplary case study for capitalist exploitation – such portrayals ultimately suggest a one-sided dimension of the city of Dubai. The talk will examine the spaces of the everyday, the(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
29 September 2011 , 7PM
Learning from... Dubai
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Yasser Elsheshtawy presents the second lecture in the series Learning From… the Middle East.Whether presented as a playground for the super-rich, a land of unabashed consumerism, or an exemplary case study for capitalist exploitation – such portrayals ultimately suggest a one-sided dimension of the city of Dubai. The talk will examine the spaces of the everyday, the(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
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Rapports et documents concernant la Commission royale d'enquête sur l'enseignement de l'architecture dans la province de Québec (1963-64).
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Commission royale d'enquête sur l'enseignement de l'architecture dans la province de Québec
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Rapports et documents concernant la Commission royale d'enquête sur l'enseignement de l'architecture dans la province de Québec (1963-64).
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Rapports, avis et documents concernant la Commission royale d'enquête sur l'enseignement de l'architecture dans la province de Québec (1963-64).
Commission royale d'enquête sur l'enseignement de l'architecture dans la province de Québec
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Learning from… Burkina Faso
Please note that this lecture scheduled for 29 April has been cancelled.
29 April 2010
Learning from… Burkina Faso
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Please note that this lecture scheduled for 29 April has been cancelled.
Learning from... Cairo
Nasser Rabbat challenges the traditional framing strategies of East vs. West or traditional vs. modern, focusing instead on the dialectical relationship of modernity and history in the making of contemporary Cairo. Shaped by distinct waves of modernity from the colonial Napoleonic invasion of 1789 to the revolution and independence in 1952, the city responded with layers(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
15 September 2011 , 7pm
Learning from... Cairo
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Nasser Rabbat challenges the traditional framing strategies of East vs. West or traditional vs. modern, focusing instead on the dialectical relationship of modernity and history in the making of contemporary Cairo. Shaped by distinct waves of modernity from the colonial Napoleonic invasion of 1789 to the revolution and independence in 1952, the city responded with layers(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
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ARCH211243
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Coupures de presse, correspondance, honoraires, notes et documents divers concernant la Commission royale d'enquête sur l'enseignement de l'architecture dans la province de Québec (1963-64).
Commission royale d'enquête sur l'enseignement de l'architecture dans la province de Québec
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Coupures de presse, correspondance, honoraires, notes et documents divers concernant la Commission royale d'enquête sur l'enseignement de l'architecture dans la province de Québec (1963-64).
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Learning from... Calgary
Andrew Nikiforuk presents a talk entitled The political architecture of extreme oil, on the rapid development of bitumen in northern Alberta and its effects on the character of the region, and the country. Although the problems of oil exporting countries are well studied, Canada has yet to consider them or prepare for future oil price shocks. A journalist, Andrew(...)
Théâtre Paul-Desmarais
17 March 2011 , 7pm
Learning from... Calgary
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Andrew Nikiforuk presents a talk entitled The political architecture of extreme oil, on the rapid development of bitumen in northern Alberta and its effects on the character of the region, and the country. Although the problems of oil exporting countries are well studied, Canada has yet to consider them or prepare for future oil price shocks. A journalist, Andrew(...)
Théâtre Paul-Desmarais