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A Social Reset
10 July 2021
Sit-coms, dramas, dramedies and other stories about society
Andrea Bellavita interviewed by Francesco Garutti on the evolving culture of television series, between anticipating societal transformations and documenting the now
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A Social Reset
DR1995:0263:032:008:001
between 1974 and 1975
Clipping describing TV alarm system (from the McAppy project series)
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DR1995:0263:032:008:001
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AP056.S1.1993.PR03
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This project series documents a proposal for the headquarters of TV Ontario (TVO) in Toronto from 1993-1994. The office identified the project number as 9305. This project proposed a seven-storey office building located at the corner of Simcoe and Nelson Streets. The site eventually changed to the corner of Sherbourne and King Streets. The TVO headquarters would include several television studios, a café, theatre, retail space, terrace and leasable areas. A tape library and parking would be provided below grade. A prominent spiral staircase from the ground floor to the second floor would be the focal point of the main lobby. The building's exterior would be primarily glass, with brick used at the ground floor. This project was never built. The project is recorded through original and reprographic copies of drawings dating from 1993-1994. The drawings consist of sketches, presentation drawings, plans, elevations, sections and axonometric drawings.
1993-1994
TV Ontario Headquarters Competition, Toronto (1993-1994)
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AP056.S1.1993.PR03
Description:
This project series documents a proposal for the headquarters of TV Ontario (TVO) in Toronto from 1993-1994. The office identified the project number as 9305. This project proposed a seven-storey office building located at the corner of Simcoe and Nelson Streets. The site eventually changed to the corner of Sherbourne and King Streets. The TVO headquarters would include several television studios, a café, theatre, retail space, terrace and leasable areas. A tape library and parking would be provided below grade. A prominent spiral staircase from the ground floor to the second floor would be the focal point of the main lobby. The building's exterior would be primarily glass, with brick used at the ground floor. This project was never built. The project is recorded through original and reprographic copies of drawings dating from 1993-1994. The drawings consist of sketches, presentation drawings, plans, elevations, sections and axonometric drawings.
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1993-1994
drawings
DR1988:0433:016
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- One of a group of working drawings for William Burn's October 1849 project for Fonthill House, Wiltshire, a country house designed in the Jacobethan style. This group represents only one of the projects that Burn proposed for Fonthill House; the final project, executed in 1856, was much smaller (Walker, 31, illustrated in Hitchcock, vol. 2, fig. VIII 31). Drawings include plans, elevations, and sections, as well as full-scale drawings of masonry details. Approximately half of the drawings are part of a numbered series from one to twenty-two, while the other drawings, mostly masonry details, were not numbered. These latter drawings are not as carefully finished, and a few are incomplete.
architecture
October 1849
Sections for Fonthill House on lines RS and TV showing the courtyards
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DR1988:0433:016
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- One of a group of working drawings for William Burn's October 1849 project for Fonthill House, Wiltshire, a country house designed in the Jacobethan style. This group represents only one of the projects that Burn proposed for Fonthill House; the final project, executed in 1856, was much smaller (Walker, 31, illustrated in Hitchcock, vol. 2, fig. VIII 31). Drawings include plans, elevations, and sections, as well as full-scale drawings of masonry details. Approximately half of the drawings are part of a numbered series from one to twenty-two, while the other drawings, mostly masonry details, were not numbered. These latter drawings are not as carefully finished, and a few are incomplete.
drawings
October 1849
architecture
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AP075.S1.1990.PR10
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Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's landscape project for Hugo Eppich Residence on Groveland Road, near the corner with Evremount Drive, in West Vancouver, British Columbia. Oberlander worked on this project in 1984-1987 with architect Arthur Erickson. The concept for this project was to create a garden on sloped property and include a water feature. Oberlander designed a wooded area with pathways to wander in and a reflecting pond with water lilies at the bottom of the property, just under the house terrace. The project was completed in 1987. The project series contains design development drawings, such as landscape plans, planting plans, site plans and grading plans, and site plans used for reference. The project is also documented throught concept notes by Oberlander, correspondence with clients, architects and contractors, meetings notes, plant lists, and photographs of the landscaping work and the digging of the pond. The project series also contains a digital recording of the TV show "Homes by Design" with an interview about Hugo Eppich Residence and Arthur Erickson's work.
1984-2006
Hugo Eppich Residence, West Vancouver, British Columbia (1990)
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AP075.S1.1990.PR10
Description:
Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's landscape project for Hugo Eppich Residence on Groveland Road, near the corner with Evremount Drive, in West Vancouver, British Columbia. Oberlander worked on this project in 1984-1987 with architect Arthur Erickson. The concept for this project was to create a garden on sloped property and include a water feature. Oberlander designed a wooded area with pathways to wander in and a reflecting pond with water lilies at the bottom of the property, just under the house terrace. The project was completed in 1987. The project series contains design development drawings, such as landscape plans, planting plans, site plans and grading plans, and site plans used for reference. The project is also documented throught concept notes by Oberlander, correspondence with clients, architects and contractors, meetings notes, plant lists, and photographs of the landscaping work and the digging of the pond. The project series also contains a digital recording of the TV show "Homes by Design" with an interview about Hugo Eppich Residence and Arthur Erickson's work.
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1984-2006
Project
AP207.S1.1978.PR01
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The project series documents "La Mia Casa All'Elba", Pettena's house in Viticcio on the Island of Elba. The project, started in 1978, remained an ongoing project as the house has undergone many transformations over the years. The residence "is conditioned by its relationship with the physical context, the material and the working of space." [1] Pettena even reused some of the material already on site to build the residence. The house is comprised of different pavilions and spaces interconnected by small paths: "The house has progressively been defined as a sequence of spaces connected by routes, just like in a village. So it goes on growing almost like a primitive village, through intentions, successive organizations of spaces that define one another and are linked together." [2] The project series contains a sketch, plans, perspective drawings of the house and later additions. The project series is also comprised of photographs, including interior views showing artworks, photographs of Elba possibly used for research, and two videocassettes possibly with recordings of TV shows presenting the house. Source: [1] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/arch-my-house-on-elba-1978-12/ (last accessed 12 November 2019) [2] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/arch-my-house-on-elba-1978-12/ (last accessed 12 November 2019)
circa 1978-2018
La Mia Casa All'Elba [My House on Elba], Vittocio, Italy (1978-2012)
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AP207.S1.1978.PR01
Description:
The project series documents "La Mia Casa All'Elba", Pettena's house in Viticcio on the Island of Elba. The project, started in 1978, remained an ongoing project as the house has undergone many transformations over the years. The residence "is conditioned by its relationship with the physical context, the material and the working of space." [1] Pettena even reused some of the material already on site to build the residence. The house is comprised of different pavilions and spaces interconnected by small paths: "The house has progressively been defined as a sequence of spaces connected by routes, just like in a village. So it goes on growing almost like a primitive village, through intentions, successive organizations of spaces that define one another and are linked together." [2] The project series contains a sketch, plans, perspective drawings of the house and later additions. The project series is also comprised of photographs, including interior views showing artworks, photographs of Elba possibly used for research, and two videocassettes possibly with recordings of TV shows presenting the house. Source: [1] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/arch-my-house-on-elba-1978-12/ (last accessed 12 November 2019) [2] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/arch-my-house-on-elba-1978-12/ (last accessed 12 November 2019)
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circa 1978-2018
Learning from... Detroit
Powered by powerful historical footage, including vivid images of the city’s zenith and its now derelict buildings, Julian Temple’s 2010 TV documentary Requiem for Detroit? charts the rise and fall of the “Big Three” in Detroit: General Motors, Ford and Chrysler. The film documents the impact that the decline of these giants has had on the city and its(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
25 April 2013 , 7pm
Learning from... Detroit
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Powered by powerful historical footage, including vivid images of the city’s zenith and its now derelict buildings, Julian Temple’s 2010 TV documentary Requiem for Detroit? charts the rise and fall of the “Big Three” in Detroit: General Motors, Ford and Chrysler. The film documents the impact that the decline of these giants has had on the city and its(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
While we wait for the climate crisis to convince us that it is real, what is the right attitude to take? Should we panic, start saving food, or just lie down and try to relax? Join us in a temporary tv studio for a live recording of diverse thinkers presenting their work and reflecting on how it suggests different ways forward. To mark the opening of It’s All Happening(...)
16 November 2016
Hostile or docile?
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While we wait for the climate crisis to convince us that it is real, what is the right attitude to take? Should we panic, start saving food, or just lie down and try to relax? Join us in a temporary tv studio for a live recording of diverse thinkers presenting their work and reflecting on how it suggests different ways forward. To mark the opening of It’s All Happening(...)
Sub-series
AP075.S3.SS2
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This sub-series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's administrative records of her practice as landscape architect from the end of the 1950s to the end ot the 2010s. It comprises material related to her consulting services on her own various landscape projects and urban planning projects, and also her consulting services for projects submitted as member of a larger project team for private or public projects. Her office records also contains documents related the planning of her work, her patents applications and designs for her own landscape or playground furnitures, and her professional correspondence. The sub-series also documents Oberlander press and promotional activities, such as interviews she gave, articles written about her, about her work as landscape architect, her statements or her activism for social and environmental causes or preservation landmark buildings and spaces. The sub-series contains documents related to Oberlander's consulting services, including requests for services, proposals by her or by the project team, correspondence, or documentation collected for projects calls of interest to Oberlander. Oberlander's office records for planning of projects and other activities includes professional correspondence files, agendas and planners, message books and notebooks, patents applications and plans for her designs, and office references, such landscape architecture regulations and guidelines, and landscape specifications templates. The sub-series also comprises promotional material, such as photographs of her previous projects, press clippings of articles or periodicals with articles about her or her work, promotional panels for some of her major projects, and brochures or leaflets on her most well known projects. It includes also contains recordings of interviews on TV or radio shows she gave, biographical information on Oberlander, versions of her CV's, portaits of her, and lists and project write-ups.
1953-2018
Administrative records and promotional material
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AP075.S3.SS2
Description:
This sub-series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's administrative records of her practice as landscape architect from the end of the 1950s to the end ot the 2010s. It comprises material related to her consulting services on her own various landscape projects and urban planning projects, and also her consulting services for projects submitted as member of a larger project team for private or public projects. Her office records also contains documents related the planning of her work, her patents applications and designs for her own landscape or playground furnitures, and her professional correspondence. The sub-series also documents Oberlander press and promotional activities, such as interviews she gave, articles written about her, about her work as landscape architect, her statements or her activism for social and environmental causes or preservation landmark buildings and spaces. The sub-series contains documents related to Oberlander's consulting services, including requests for services, proposals by her or by the project team, correspondence, or documentation collected for projects calls of interest to Oberlander. Oberlander's office records for planning of projects and other activities includes professional correspondence files, agendas and planners, message books and notebooks, patents applications and plans for her designs, and office references, such landscape architecture regulations and guidelines, and landscape specifications templates. The sub-series also comprises promotional material, such as photographs of her previous projects, press clippings of articles or periodicals with articles about her or her work, promotional panels for some of her major projects, and brochures or leaflets on her most well known projects. It includes also contains recordings of interviews on TV or radio shows she gave, biographical information on Oberlander, versions of her CV's, portaits of her, and lists and project write-ups.
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1953-2018
books
Out of the garden : toys, TV, and children's culture in the age of marketing / Stephen Kline.
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x, 406 pages ; 24 cm
London ; New York : Verso, 1993.
Out of the garden : toys, TV, and children's culture in the age of marketing / Stephen Kline.
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x, 406 pages ; 24 cm
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London ; New York : Verso, 1993.