7 November 2006 to 26 September 2007
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Urban planning projects
CD035.S1
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The series documents Coen Beeker's urban planning projects in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, and Sudan between the 1980s to the early 2000s. The four porjects documented are: the restructuring of spontaneous neighbourhoods in Ouagadougou (1979-2005) and in Bobo-Dioulasso (1989-1993), Burkina Faso; the restructuring of a suburban area in Port Sudan, Sudan (ca. 1988); and the urban field development in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (1991-2004). The series consists mostly of documents related to Beeker's project in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, such as activities reports, correspondence, maps, and aerial photographs. The series also includes a few documents related to his projects in Bobo-Dioulasso, Port Sudan and Addis Ababa.
1978-2005
Urban planning projects
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CD035.S1
Description:
The series documents Coen Beeker's urban planning projects in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, and Sudan between the 1980s to the early 2000s. The four porjects documented are: the restructuring of spontaneous neighbourhoods in Ouagadougou (1979-2005) and in Bobo-Dioulasso (1989-1993), Burkina Faso; the restructuring of a suburban area in Port Sudan, Sudan (ca. 1988); and the urban field development in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (1991-2004). The series consists mostly of documents related to Beeker's project in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, such as activities reports, correspondence, maps, and aerial photographs. The series also includes a few documents related to his projects in Bobo-Dioulasso, Port Sudan and Addis Ababa.
Series
1978-2005
New towns created by private enterprise in the early years of the twentieth century bear witness to the confluence of economic, social, and political forces at work in shaping urban forms. Built quickly and expensively, these towns thoroughly planned to sustain industrial profits, relying on social control to ensure the hegemony of the ruling class. This exhibition traces(...)
Main galleries
6 March 1996 to 26 May 1996
Power and Planning: Industrial Towns in Québec, 1890-1950
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Description:
New towns created by private enterprise in the early years of the twentieth century bear witness to the confluence of economic, social, and political forces at work in shaping urban forms. Built quickly and expensively, these towns thoroughly planned to sustain industrial profits, relying on social control to ensure the hegemony of the ruling class. This exhibition traces(...)
Main galleries
Project
AP187.S1.1968.PR04
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This project series likely documents an unidentified urban planning project. Material was produced in 1968. Documenting the project are sketches.
1968
Unidentified urban planning project (1968)
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AP187.S1.1968.PR04
Description:
This project series likely documents an unidentified urban planning project. Material was produced in 1968. Documenting the project are sketches.
Project
1968
Corinne Jaquand presents “Planning through Landscape, German and French Experiences, 2010 and Backwards” on 29 July, a discussion of select examples of urban renewal in France and Germany in which the landscape project intervenes at the beginning of the planning process. View a complete listing of this summer’s seminars.
Shaughnessy House
Presented in English Keyword(s):
Corinne Jaquand, visiting scholar seminar
29 July 2010
Visiting Scholar Seminar: Corinne Jaquand
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Description:
Corinne Jaquand presents “Planning through Landscape, German and French Experiences, 2010 and Backwards” on 29 July, a discussion of select examples of urban renewal in France and Germany in which the landscape project intervenes at the beginning of the planning process. View a complete listing of this summer’s seminars.
Shaughnessy House
Presented in English Keyword(s):
Corinne Jaquand, visiting scholar seminar
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
AP187.S1.1968.PR04.001
1968
drawings
1968
drawings
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7 design development drawing(s)
DR1991:0017:059-065
drawings
Quantity:
7 design development drawing(s)
DR1991:0017:062
between 1978 and 1980
DR1991:0017:063
between 1978 and 1980