The beginning of the 1950s was a moment of global upheaval. From India to Morocco, from Guatemala to Indochina, the process of decolonization gained momentum and the Cold War began. Architects working or acting as experts in the non-Western areas of the globe could no longer plan as if sites were terrains vague and people were mute subjects. The end of colonial(...)
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Casablanca, Chandigarh, Le Corbusier, Jeanneret, Morocco, Punjab, India, Morocco, modernism, Africa, Takashi Homma, Yto Barrada
26 November 2013 to 20 April 2014
How architects, experts, politicians, international agencies and citizens negotiate modern planning: Casablanca Chandigarh
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The beginning of the 1950s was a moment of global upheaval. From India to Morocco, from Guatemala to Indochina, the process of decolonization gained momentum and the Cold War began. Architects working or acting as experts in the non-Western areas of the globe could no longer plan as if sites were terrains vague and people were mute subjects. The end of colonial(...)
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Casablanca, Chandigarh, Le Corbusier, Jeanneret, Morocco, Punjab, India, Morocco, modernism, Africa, Takashi Homma, Yto Barrada
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Journeys and translation
Ford Foundation, Douglas Ensminger, Casablanca Chandigarh: A Report on Modernization, How architects, experts, politicians, international agencies and citizens negotiate modern planning: Casablanca Chandigarh
20 February 2016
Journeys and translation
Old Books New Cities
The pressing need to reconstruct cities after the Second World War and the sudden post-war rise in population led the public sector to assume an ever-increasing role in the design and construction of the urban environment. In different political contexts, large urban developments or the construction of entirely new towns were directed by municipal or state powers and(...)
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12 December 2013 to 15 June 2014
Old Books New Cities
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The pressing need to reconstruct cities after the Second World War and the sudden post-war rise in population led the public sector to assume an ever-increasing role in the design and construction of the urban environment. In different political contexts, large urban developments or the construction of entirely new towns were directed by municipal or state powers and(...)
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American artist Amie Siegel’s moving image work Provenance (2013) follows the global trade of furniture from Chandigarh in reverse: from the homes of collectors in Europe and North America to sale at auction, restoration, through overseas transport and finally back to India. Originally designed by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, the Chandigarh furniture now sells(...)
24 April 2014 , 6pm
Artist’s Talk: Amie Siegel, Provenance
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American artist Amie Siegel’s moving image work Provenance (2013) follows the global trade of furniture from Chandigarh in reverse: from the homes of collectors in Europe and North America to sale at auction, restoration, through overseas transport and finally back to India. Originally designed by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, the Chandigarh furniture now sells(...)
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9 items : ill. ; 92 cm. or smaller.
Comment les architectes, les experts, les politiciens, les agences internationales et les citoyens négocient l'urbanisme moderne : Casablanca Chandigarh = How architects, experts, politicians, international agencies, and citizens negotiate modern planning : Casablanca Chandigarh : exhibition products, 2013-2014.
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9 items : ill. ; 92 cm. or smaller.
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1 streaming video file (4 min., 19 sec.) : sound, colour
[Montréal] : Centre canadien d'architecture/Canadian Centre for Architecture, [2013]
How architects, experts, politicians, international agencies, and citizens negotiate modern planning : Casablanca Chandigarh.
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1 streaming video file (4 min., 19 sec.) : sound, colour
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[Montréal] : Centre canadien d'architecture/Canadian Centre for Architecture, [2013]
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1 streaming video file (11 min., 13 sec.) : sound, colour
[Montréal] : Centre canadien d'architecture/Canadian Centre for Architecture, [2014]
How architects, experts, politicians, international agencies, and citizens negotiate modern planning : Casablanca Chandigarh.
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[Montréal] : Centre canadien d'architecture/Canadian Centre for Architecture, [2014]
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367 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
Montréal : Centre canadien d'architecture ; Zürich : Park Books, ©2014.
Casablanca Chandigarh : bilans d'une modernisation / Tom Avermaete, Maristella Casciato ; missions photographiques de Yto Barrada, Takashi Homma.
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367 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
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Montréal : Centre canadien d'architecture ; Zürich : Park Books, ©2014.
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1 streaming video file (1 hr., 25 min., 44 sec.) : sound, colour
[Montréal] : CCA, [2013]
In conversation : Maristella Casciato, Tom Avermaete, Yto Barrada & Takashi Homma.
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[Montréal] : CCA, [2013]