The CCA presents Toolkit for Today 2014, a summer seminar held as part of the TD Bank Group-CCA Collection Research Grants program. This year the seminar aims to address questions related to contemporary architecture, showing how projects enrich and diverge from each other and how their differences are born of unusual perspectives and new ways of articulating(...)
23 June 2014 to 28 June 2014
Toolkit for Today: Materials and Atmospheres
Actions:
Description:
The CCA presents Toolkit for Today 2014, a summer seminar held as part of the TD Bank Group-CCA Collection Research Grants program. This year the seminar aims to address questions related to contemporary architecture, showing how projects enrich and diverge from each other and how their differences are born of unusual perspectives and new ways of articulating(...)
ARCH400120
Description:
Notes and sketches planning the sequence of scenes with descriptions of the atmosphere (“cold dark space, without images”), lights, and sounds (“regular rhythm,” “Pygmy funeral song, Central Africa”).
ca. 1970-1971
Notes and sketches for Architettura Interplanetaria [Interplanetary Architecture]
Actions:
ARCH400120
Description:
Notes and sketches planning the sequence of scenes with descriptions of the atmosphere (“cold dark space, without images”), lights, and sounds (“regular rhythm,” “Pygmy funeral song, Central Africa”).
Project
AP164.S1.2003.D6
Description:
The project series documents the competition design for the reorganisation of the Max-Reinhardt Square, in Salzburg, Austria. Abalos & Herreros were invited to submit a proposal and collaborated with Albert Oehlen. They wanted to simplify the existing space and create an atmosphere where a visitor would be surrounded by art and vegetation. The firm identified this project as number 169. Documenting the project are conceptual drawings, graphic materials correspondence, and project descriptions.
circa 2003-2004
Reordenación del Max-Reinhardt Platz, Salzburg, Austria (2003)
Actions:
AP164.S1.2003.D6
Description:
The project series documents the competition design for the reorganisation of the Max-Reinhardt Square, in Salzburg, Austria. Abalos & Herreros were invited to submit a proposal and collaborated with Albert Oehlen. They wanted to simplify the existing space and create an atmosphere where a visitor would be surrounded by art and vegetation. The firm identified this project as number 169. Documenting the project are conceptual drawings, graphic materials correspondence, and project descriptions.
Project
circa 2003-2004
Project
Inflow Capsule
AP144.S2.D69
Description:
File documents a report by Cedric Price on Inflow Capsule, a concept for the Selfridges store, on Oxford Street, London, England. The design concept called for a self-contained unit at street level that would act as a funnel to attract customers into large department stores. The capsule would contain goods, displays, screens, its own illumination, heating and visual feeds. It would combine entertainment with selling and thus construct a new atmosphere for the market place. Material in this file was produced in 1967. File contains textual records.
1967
Inflow Capsule
Actions:
AP144.S2.D69
Description:
File documents a report by Cedric Price on Inflow Capsule, a concept for the Selfridges store, on Oxford Street, London, England. The design concept called for a self-contained unit at street level that would act as a funnel to attract customers into large department stores. The capsule would contain goods, displays, screens, its own illumination, heating and visual feeds. It would combine entertainment with selling and thus construct a new atmosphere for the market place. Material in this file was produced in 1967. File contains textual records.
File 69
1967
Project
AP164.S1.1999.D6
Description:
The project series documents the commission, design, and construction of the Gordillo studio, neighbouring the client’s house (AP164.S1.1993.D2) on Castilla de Ponferrada Street, in Villanueva de la Cañada, Community of Madrid, Spain. The firm identified this project as number 119. “The Gordillo Studio is a prismatic, serrated volume that occupies the plot’s only available strip of land and minimizes its presence through the use of two materials, translucent polycarbonate and xerophilous plantings, which seek the best adaptation to the site, the program and the client. Using this system, a semi-buried interior is constructed in which the light has been modeled as a solid, expansive material, the aim being to satisfy not only the specific demands of the work space but also the creation of an agreeable atmosphere, as austere as it is sensual.” (ARCH270975) Abalos & Herreros worked with Ángel Jaramillo Sanchez, María Auxiliadora Gálvez, Renata Sentkiewicz, Juan Gómez, Fernando Valero and José Torras. In 2002, the project won the COAM 2000 prize. Documenting this project are conceptual, design development and working drawings, photographic and reference materials, correspondence, notes, budgets, reports, studies, forms, project descriptions, invoices, certifications and trade catalogues.
1978, 1992-2002, predominant 1999-2000
Estudio Gordillo, Villanueva de la Cañada, Spain (1999)
Actions:
AP164.S1.1999.D6
Description:
The project series documents the commission, design, and construction of the Gordillo studio, neighbouring the client’s house (AP164.S1.1993.D2) on Castilla de Ponferrada Street, in Villanueva de la Cañada, Community of Madrid, Spain. The firm identified this project as number 119. “The Gordillo Studio is a prismatic, serrated volume that occupies the plot’s only available strip of land and minimizes its presence through the use of two materials, translucent polycarbonate and xerophilous plantings, which seek the best adaptation to the site, the program and the client. Using this system, a semi-buried interior is constructed in which the light has been modeled as a solid, expansive material, the aim being to satisfy not only the specific demands of the work space but also the creation of an agreeable atmosphere, as austere as it is sensual.” (ARCH270975) Abalos & Herreros worked with Ángel Jaramillo Sanchez, María Auxiliadora Gálvez, Renata Sentkiewicz, Juan Gómez, Fernando Valero and José Torras. In 2002, the project won the COAM 2000 prize. Documenting this project are conceptual, design development and working drawings, photographic and reference materials, correspondence, notes, budgets, reports, studies, forms, project descriptions, invoices, certifications and trade catalogues.
Project
1978, 1992-2002, predominant 1999-2000
In the face of global warming, Philippe Rahm Architectes propose to reset the discipline of architecture on its intrinsic atmospheric qualities.
29 November 2023, 6pm
Philippe Rahm: Climatic Architecture
Actions:
Description:
In the face of global warming, Philippe Rahm Architectes propose to reset the discipline of architecture on its intrinsic atmospheric qualities.
Project
AP075.S1.1983.PR01
Description:
Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's design for the interior and exterior landscape of National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa. Oberlander worked on this project from 1983-1995 with architects Moshe Safdie and John C. Parkin. Oberlander's overall concept for the landscaping was based on the building organizational pattern of a city. She created "a pathway system that connected the front of the National Gallery to Nepean Point behind the gallery." [1] Oberlander landscape design includes the design of three exterior area and a courtyard. Each space is design in relations to the art displayed in the immediate indoor gallery: the Taiga Garden "flanks the gallery's interior glass-and-concrete collonade that leads to the Canadian and Aboriginal Art galleries." [2]; the Minimalist Courtyard relates to the modern art collection gallery; the zigzag-shaped pathway passes between the National War Museum and the new gallery; and interior courtyard links the restored ninetheeth-century Rideau Chapel relocated inside the National Gallery and provides and church-like atmosphere. The project series contains textual records, including specifications, correspondence, documentation, financial documents, plant lists, press clippings about the project, and Oberlander's concept development notes. The project is also recorded through photographic materials, such as slides and photographs of the construction of the building and the landscape work and the photographs of the completed project. The project series also includes conceptual drawings, design develepment drawings, working drawings and presentation drawings, including landscape plans, planting plans, grading and irrigation plans and building plans used as reference. Source: [1] Herrington, Susan. Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: Making the Modern Landscape, University of Virginia Press, 2014, 304 pages, p. 165. [2] Herrington, Susan. Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: Making the Modern Landscape, University of Virginia Press, 2014, 304 pages, p. 166.
1983-2005
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario (1983-1990)
Actions:
AP075.S1.1983.PR01
Description:
Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's design for the interior and exterior landscape of National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa. Oberlander worked on this project from 1983-1995 with architects Moshe Safdie and John C. Parkin. Oberlander's overall concept for the landscaping was based on the building organizational pattern of a city. She created "a pathway system that connected the front of the National Gallery to Nepean Point behind the gallery." [1] Oberlander landscape design includes the design of three exterior area and a courtyard. Each space is design in relations to the art displayed in the immediate indoor gallery: the Taiga Garden "flanks the gallery's interior glass-and-concrete collonade that leads to the Canadian and Aboriginal Art galleries." [2]; the Minimalist Courtyard relates to the modern art collection gallery; the zigzag-shaped pathway passes between the National War Museum and the new gallery; and interior courtyard links the restored ninetheeth-century Rideau Chapel relocated inside the National Gallery and provides and church-like atmosphere. The project series contains textual records, including specifications, correspondence, documentation, financial documents, plant lists, press clippings about the project, and Oberlander's concept development notes. The project is also recorded through photographic materials, such as slides and photographs of the construction of the building and the landscape work and the photographs of the completed project. The project series also includes conceptual drawings, design develepment drawings, working drawings and presentation drawings, including landscape plans, planting plans, grading and irrigation plans and building plans used as reference. Source: [1] Herrington, Susan. Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: Making the Modern Landscape, University of Virginia Press, 2014, 304 pages, p. 165. [2] Herrington, Susan. Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: Making the Modern Landscape, University of Virginia Press, 2014, 304 pages, p. 166.
Project
1983-2005
articles
Noise Versus Noise
The rest of your senses
20th century, acouphène, acoustics, acoustique, ambiance, atmosphere, BLDGBLOG, bruit, construction, flooring, Geoff@CCA, Geoff Manaugh, hauts talons, high heels, histoire, history, isolant phonique, machine, noise, paysage sonore, plancher, Sabine von Fischer, son, sound, soundproofing, soundscape, tinnitus, XXe siècle
13 February 2017
The rest of your senses
drawings, textual records, born digital
AP181.S1.003
Description:
Original directory name:"02_1_Berater BMW". Records relate to construction and planning issues where BMW, as the client, was either in charge or more involved in the decision making. There is at least one report mentioning a BMW Design Planning Office. Bulk dates run from 2002 to 2007. There are sixteen consultants’ files, identified primarily with the firm or consultant name and expertise. These include Interbrand Zintzmeyer & Lux on corporate identity, ECE Projektmanagement GmbH on logistics, Stangl AG on facility management, Ingenieurbüro Georg Ziegler IGVB for surveying, GHTM AG on lightning protection, Schottenhamel & Kiening on restaurants cuisine and atmosphere planning, and bp solar on the inclusion of solar panels on the roof. Records consist of plans and drawings in CAD and PDF formats, renderings saved as JPEG, photographs, and textual records, such as correspondence, engineering reports, and presentations by the consultants. Most common file formats: AutoCAD Drawing, JPEG File Interchange Format, Acrobat PDF 1.4 - Portable Document Format, Acrobat PDF 1.2 - Portable Document Format, Acrobat PDF 1.3 - Portable Document Format
1999-2012
BMW consultants files, BMW Welt, Munich
Actions:
AP181.S1.003
Description:
Original directory name:"02_1_Berater BMW". Records relate to construction and planning issues where BMW, as the client, was either in charge or more involved in the decision making. There is at least one report mentioning a BMW Design Planning Office. Bulk dates run from 2002 to 2007. There are sixteen consultants’ files, identified primarily with the firm or consultant name and expertise. These include Interbrand Zintzmeyer & Lux on corporate identity, ECE Projektmanagement GmbH on logistics, Stangl AG on facility management, Ingenieurbüro Georg Ziegler IGVB for surveying, GHTM AG on lightning protection, Schottenhamel & Kiening on restaurants cuisine and atmosphere planning, and bp solar on the inclusion of solar panels on the roof. Records consist of plans and drawings in CAD and PDF formats, renderings saved as JPEG, photographs, and textual records, such as correspondence, engineering reports, and presentations by the consultants. Most common file formats: AutoCAD Drawing, JPEG File Interchange Format, Acrobat PDF 1.4 - Portable Document Format, Acrobat PDF 1.2 - Portable Document Format, Acrobat PDF 1.3 - Portable Document Format
drawings, textual records, born digital
1999-2012