7 November 2006 to 26 September 2007
Senior Mellon Fellow Antoine Picon argues that in order to contribute fruitfully to the construction of smart cities, design must start from the changing nature of the urban subject and the urban experience.
1 May 2014
Antoine Picon: Smart Cities: A New Challenge for Design
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Senior Mellon Fellow Antoine Picon argues that in order to contribute fruitfully to the construction of smart cities, design must start from the changing nature of the urban subject and the urban experience.
Members of the Montréal collective SYN-atelier d’exploration urbaine present a workshop investigating urban microclimates in downtown Montréal. Caused by particular conditions in urban construction, microclimates are environments that have surprising temperature variations — a building courtyard that is several degrees warmer than the street or a windy alley many degrees(...)
7 March 2009
Exploring Urban Microclimates
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Members of the Montréal collective SYN-atelier d’exploration urbaine present a workshop investigating urban microclimates in downtown Montréal. Caused by particular conditions in urban construction, microclimates are environments that have surprising temperature variations — a building courtyard that is several degrees warmer than the street or a windy alley many degrees(...)
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ARCH260818
1973
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1973
This exhibition features British architect Will Alsop’s preparatory work for the Sharp Centre for Design at the Ontario College of Art Design (OCAD) in Toronto and explores the role of painting in his design process. Completed in 2004, OCAD’s Sharp Centre for Design was designed by Alsop Architects in collaboration with the Toronto-based firm Robbie/Young + Wright. The(...)
Octagonal gallery
13 June 2008 to 5 October 2008
Will Alsop: OCAD, An Urban Manifesto
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This exhibition features British architect Will Alsop’s preparatory work for the Sharp Centre for Design at the Ontario College of Art Design (OCAD) in Toronto and explores the role of painting in his design process. Completed in 2004, OCAD’s Sharp Centre for Design was designed by Alsop Architects in collaboration with the Toronto-based firm Robbie/Young + Wright. The(...)
Octagonal gallery
drawings
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Urban design, design concept
ARCH258372
circa 1947-2002
drawings
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3 File
circa 1947-2002
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AP058.S2.SS1
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This subseries documents Blanche Lemco van Ginkel’s involvement and attendance at the Third International Conference on Urban Design. It includes as well some correspondence about a National Ballet. The subseries contains correspondence, clippings, programmes and scheduled activities, information packages, income and expense documents, papers, publications, and notes, dating from 1981 to 1983.
1981-1983
International Urban Design Conference
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AP058.S2.SS1
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This subseries documents Blanche Lemco van Ginkel’s involvement and attendance at the Third International Conference on Urban Design. It includes as well some correspondence about a National Ballet. The subseries contains correspondence, clippings, programmes and scheduled activities, information packages, income and expense documents, papers, publications, and notes, dating from 1981 to 1983.
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1981-1983
textual records
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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
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
drawings
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7 File
ARCH258371
circa 1947-2002
drawings
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7 File
circa 1947-2002