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Correspondance avec les fournisseurs et l'entrepreneur, incluant des notes et calculs, des bleus pliés, des certificats de paiement, des catalogues commerciaux, de la documentation, relatifs à la quincaillerie, à la plomberie, au carrelage, au chauffage, aux portes, à la toiture. Comprend aussi un dossier relatif à l'institut des « Sciences domestiques » (1942-1945); à la réutilisation du mobilier de la rue Saint-Denis (1942).
1930-1946
Correspondance avec les fournisseurs et l'entrepreneur
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Correspondance avec les fournisseurs et l'entrepreneur, incluant des notes et calculs, des bleus pliés, des certificats de paiement, des catalogues commerciaux, de la documentation, relatifs à la quincaillerie, à la plomberie, au carrelage, au chauffage, aux portes, à la toiture. Comprend aussi un dossier relatif à l'institut des « Sciences domestiques » (1942-1945); à la réutilisation du mobilier de la rue Saint-Denis (1942).
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1930-1946
Learning from... Brussels
Rotor members Michael Ghyoot and Maarten Gielen investigate the processes and practices of material management in Brussels and its suburbs. The concept of waste played a key role in their research and was informed by hundreds of visits to businesses, work sites, and recycling plants. The examination of discarded, unfinished products or those considered of inferior quality(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
19 April 2012 , 7pm
Learning from... Brussels
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Rotor members Michael Ghyoot and Maarten Gielen investigate the processes and practices of material management in Brussels and its suburbs. The concept of waste played a key role in their research and was informed by hundreds of visits to businesses, work sites, and recycling plants. The examination of discarded, unfinished products or those considered of inferior quality(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
Rotor Deconstruction
Maarten Gielen presents the work of Rotor, a group of architects, designers and other professionals interested in material flows in industry and construction, particularly in relation to resources, waste, use and reuse. Rotor disseminates creative strategies for salvage and waste reduction through workshops, publications, and exhibitions. Presented in conjunction with(...)
4 February 2016
Rotor Deconstruction
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Maarten Gielen presents the work of Rotor, a group of architects, designers and other professionals interested in material flows in industry and construction, particularly in relation to resources, waste, use and reuse. Rotor disseminates creative strategies for salvage and waste reduction through workshops, publications, and exhibitions. Presented in conjunction with(...)
In the Yesterday Today lecture series, American architect Michael Reynolds discusses Earthship houses, which use recycled materials and sustainable energy technologies to create autonomous dwellings. The structure and systems of Earthships are integrated so that all materials have a secondary use, from the greywater system in bathrooms and kitchens to planter boxes in(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
15 November 2007
Michael Reynolds: The Earthship Sustainable Housing Concept
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In the Yesterday Today lecture series, American architect Michael Reynolds discusses Earthship houses, which use recycled materials and sustainable energy technologies to create autonomous dwellings. The structure and systems of Earthships are integrated so that all materials have a secondary use, from the greywater system in bathrooms and kitchens to planter boxes in(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
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A Question of Values
b+, bplus, station+, ETHZ, Groundwork, To build law, renovation, transformation, reuse, Europe, HouseEurope
20 January 2025
Learning from... Luanda
With a metropolitan population of over 5 million, Luanda is the third most populated Portuguese-speaking city in the world after São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Architect and researcher Paulo Moreira proposes alternative approaches to urbanism based on ongoing research in Chicala, an informal settlement with direct connection with the commercial areas of the city, as well(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
1 November 2012 , 7pm
Learning from... Luanda
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With a metropolitan population of over 5 million, Luanda is the third most populated Portuguese-speaking city in the world after São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Architect and researcher Paulo Moreira proposes alternative approaches to urbanism based on ongoing research in Chicala, an informal settlement with direct connection with the commercial areas of the city, as well(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
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Architecting a Change
Forces of Friction
9 December 2024
Architecting a Change
Federica Zambeletti in conversation with Arno Brandlhuber and Olaf Grawert
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Forces of Friction
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286 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Liège : Mardaga, 1990.
Restauration et réutilisation des monuments anciens / Georges Duval.
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286 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
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Liège : Mardaga, 1990.
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2 volumes : illustrations, plans ; 28 cm
Montréal, Québec : Héritage Montréal, 1988.
La réutilisation des anciennes salles de cinéma à des fins culturelles : étude effectuée par Héritage Montréal pour la Ville de Montréal et le Ministère des affaires culturelles du Québec.
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2 volumes : illustrations, plans ; 28 cm
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Montréal, Québec : Héritage Montréal, 1988.