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5 October 2023, 6:30pm
5 October 2023, 6:30pm
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5 October 2023
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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(...)
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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Casablanca, Chandigarh, Le Corbusier, Jeanneret, Morocco, Punjab, India, Morocco, modernism, Africa, Takashi Homma, Yto Barrada
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26 November 2013 to 20 April 2014
26 November 2013 to 20 April 2014
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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(...)
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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exhibitions
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26 November 2013 to
20 April 2014
26 November 2013 to
20 April 2014
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Casablanca, Chandigarh, Le Corbusier, Jeanneret, Morocco, Punjab, India, Morocco, modernism, Africa, Takashi Homma, Yto Barrada
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Casablanca, Chandigarh, Le Corbusier, Jeanneret, Morocco, Punjab, India, Morocco, modernism, Africa, Takashi Homma, Yto Barrada
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articles
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Space Half Empty
Space Half Empty
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Maroš Krivý traces how photography frames the potentiality of wastelands
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Space Half Empty
Maroš Krivý traces how photography frames the potentiality of wastelands
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Space Half Empty
Maroš Krivý traces how photography frames the potentiality of wastelands
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Acts of Looking
Acts of Looking
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New Documentary
New Documentary
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Takashi Homma in conversation with Stefano Graziani and Bas Princen
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The Lives of Documents, Photography as a Project, Stefano Graziani and Bas Princen, Takashi Homma, conversation, oral history, waves, mushrooms
The Lives of Documents, Photography as a Project, Stefano Graziani and Bas Princen, Takashi Homma, conversation, oral history, waves, mushrooms
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15 May 2023
15 May 2023
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On New Year’s Eve 1987, the people of Gonaïves, an impoverished port town on Haiti’s west coast, awoke to 4,000 tons of toxic ash. Amidst political turmoil in Haiti, officials had approved the import of toxic waste from the United States classified as “fertilizer.” In this case, the ash came from Philadelphia, which was facing a waste management crisis brought on by the(...)
On New Year’s Eve 1987, the people of Gonaïves, an impoverished port town on Haiti’s west coast, awoke to 4,000 tons of toxic ash. Amidst political turmoil in Haiti, officials had approved the import of toxic waste from the United States classified as “fertilizer.” In this case, the ash came from Philadelphia, which was facing a waste management crisis brought on by the(...)
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Canada, environment, Jodoin, Müller, It's all happening so fast, toxic, Haiti, voluntary exchange, garbage imperialism, Gonaives
Canada, environment, Jodoin, Müller, It's all happening so fast, toxic, Haiti, voluntary exchange, garbage imperialism, Gonaives
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16 March 2017
16 March 2017
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Here It Is Toxic, There It Is Not
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On New Year’s Eve 1987, the people of Gonaïves, an impoverished port town on Haiti’s west coast, awoke to 4,000 tons of toxic ash. Amidst political turmoil in Haiti, officials had approved the import of toxic waste from the United States classified as “fertilizer.” In this case, the ash came from Philadelphia, which was facing a waste management crisis brought on by the(...)
Here It Is Toxic, There It Is Not
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On New Year’s Eve 1987, the people of Gonaïves, an impoverished port town on Haiti’s west coast, awoke to 4,000 tons of toxic ash. Amidst political turmoil in Haiti, officials had approved the import of toxic waste from the United States classified as “fertilizer.” In this case, the ash came from Philadelphia, which was facing a waste management crisis brought on by the(...)
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16 March 2017
16 March 2017
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Canada, environment, Jodoin, Müller, It's all happening so fast, toxic, Haiti, voluntary exchange, garbage imperialism, Gonaives
Canada, environment, Jodoin, Müller, It's all happening so fast, toxic, Haiti, voluntary exchange, garbage imperialism, Gonaives
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Learning from... Shanghai
Learning from... Shanghai
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In 2001, Shanghai announced the development plan of “One City Nine Towns,” a series of towns each built around a theme inspired by a different Western tradition. Chinese urban theorist Xiangning Li examines the themed spaces in the city’s post-colonial context, relating them to Shanghai’s contemporary urban culture and situating them within the changing dynamics between(...)
In 2001, Shanghai announced the development plan of “One City Nine Towns,” a series of towns each built around a theme inspired by a different Western tradition. Chinese urban theorist Xiangning Li examines the themed spaces in the city’s post-colonial context, relating them to Shanghai’s contemporary urban culture and situating them within the changing dynamics between(...)
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Paul Desmarais Theatre
Paul Desmarais Theatre
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7 May 2009
7 May 2009
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Learning from... Shanghai
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In 2001, Shanghai announced the development plan of “One City Nine Towns,” a series of towns each built around a theme inspired by a different Western tradition. Chinese urban theorist Xiangning Li examines the themed spaces in the city’s post-colonial context, relating them to Shanghai’s contemporary urban culture and situating them within the changing dynamics between(...)
Learning from... Shanghai
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In 2001, Shanghai announced the development plan of “One City Nine Towns,” a series of towns each built around a theme inspired by a different Western tradition. Chinese urban theorist Xiangning Li examines the themed spaces in the city’s post-colonial context, relating them to Shanghai’s contemporary urban culture and situating them within the changing dynamics between(...)
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7 May 2009
7 May 2009
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Paul Desmarais Theatre
Paul Desmarais Theatre
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DR1987:0018
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- This drawing depicts a cardinal and a monk standing in front of a gallery wall which is composed of marble facing below, and with alternating round and square niches above which are decorated with polychromatic frescoes and possibly tiles. The niches house busts of bearded men. The decoration includes trompe-l'oeil and grotesque work in a classical revival style, interspersed with simple pictographs in a vaguely archaic style.
DR1987:0018
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- This drawing depicts a cardinal and a monk standing in front of a gallery wall which is composed of marble facing below, and with alternating round and square niches above which are decorated with polychromatic frescoes and possibly tiles. The niches house busts of bearded men. The decoration includes trompe-l'oeil and grotesque work in a classical revival style, interspersed with simple pictographs in a vaguely archaic style.
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architecture
architecture
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1854
1854
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Polychromatic interior with a cardinal and a monk
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DR1987:0018
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- This drawing depicts a cardinal and a monk standing in front of a gallery wall which is composed of marble facing below, and with alternating round and square niches above which are decorated with polychromatic frescoes and possibly tiles. The niches house busts of bearded men. The decoration includes trompe-l'oeil and grotesque work in a classical revival style, interspersed with simple pictographs in a vaguely archaic style.
Polychromatic interior with a cardinal and a monk
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DR1987:0018
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- This drawing depicts a cardinal and a monk standing in front of a gallery wall which is composed of marble facing below, and with alternating round and square niches above which are decorated with polychromatic frescoes and possibly tiles. The niches house busts of bearded men. The decoration includes trompe-l'oeil and grotesque work in a classical revival style, interspersed with simple pictographs in a vaguely archaic style.
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Coined in the early twentieth century to designate progressive literary journals, the term “little magazine” was remobilized during the 1960s to grapple with the contemporary proliferation of independent architectural periodicals that appeared in response to the political, social, and artistic changes of the period. Clip/Stamp/Fold 2 investigates how a diverse group of(...)
Coined in the early twentieth century to designate progressive literary journals, the term “little magazine” was remobilized during the 1960s to grapple with the contemporary proliferation of independent architectural periodicals that appeared in response to the political, social, and artistic changes of the period. Clip/Stamp/Fold 2 investigates how a diverse group of(...)
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Octagonal gallery and library rotunda
Octagonal gallery and library rotunda
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12 April 2007 to 9 September 2007
12 April 2007 to 9 September 2007
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Clip/Stamp/Fold 2: The Radical Architecture of Little Magazines 196X - 197X
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Coined in the early twentieth century to designate progressive literary journals, the term “little magazine” was remobilized during the 1960s to grapple with the contemporary proliferation of independent architectural periodicals that appeared in response to the political, social, and artistic changes of the period. Clip/Stamp/Fold 2 investigates how a diverse group of(...)
Clip/Stamp/Fold 2: The Radical Architecture of Little Magazines 196X - 197X
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Coined in the early twentieth century to designate progressive literary journals, the term “little magazine” was remobilized during the 1960s to grapple with the contemporary proliferation of independent architectural periodicals that appeared in response to the political, social, and artistic changes of the period. Clip/Stamp/Fold 2 investigates how a diverse group of(...)
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12 April 2007 to
9 September 2007
12 April 2007 to
9 September 2007
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Octagonal gallery and library rotunda
Octagonal gallery and library rotunda
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DR1986:0704
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- DR1986:0704X represents a bird's-eye view of an imagined zoological garden. In the foreground, immediately behind an iron and stone fence, appear a series of small, whimsical structures in a Chinese or mixed Chinese-Indian style. These structures, together with their adjoining enclosures, house a variety of animals and are scattered among a number of fountains, ponds and clustered shrubs. - In the middle ground, on the central axis of the garden, rises a long, two-storey structure with a large, projecting pavilion in the centre and a tower at either end. Both levels of this structure are encased in verandas and the end towers and central pavilion are capped with pointed domes in an Indian style. The oval area before this structure is enclosed by two curved colonnades open on both sides and supporting a peaked, tile roof. This construction is obviously an orientalized version of St. Peter's Colonnade in Rome. - Further back and behind the long structure occur additional pavilions in a Chinese style, most notably a three-storey pagoda. On axis, and still further back, rises a second long, palace-like structure, sketched in a vaguely Mogul style. The entire ensemble is set in a nondescript, generalized landscape.
DR1986:0704
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- DR1986:0704X represents a bird's-eye view of an imagined zoological garden. In the foreground, immediately behind an iron and stone fence, appear a series of small, whimsical structures in a Chinese or mixed Chinese-Indian style. These structures, together with their adjoining enclosures, house a variety of animals and are scattered among a number of fountains, ponds and clustered shrubs. - In the middle ground, on the central axis of the garden, rises a long, two-storey structure with a large, projecting pavilion in the centre and a tower at either end. Both levels of this structure are encased in verandas and the end towers and central pavilion are capped with pointed domes in an Indian style. The oval area before this structure is enclosed by two curved colonnades open on both sides and supporting a peaked, tile roof. This construction is obviously an orientalized version of St. Peter's Colonnade in Rome. - Further back and behind the long structure occur additional pavilions in a Chinese style, most notably a three-storey pagoda. On axis, and still further back, rises a second long, palace-like structure, sketched in a vaguely Mogul style. The entire ensemble is set in a nondescript, generalized landscape.
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architecture, landscape architecture
architecture, landscape architecture
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ca. 1830-1840
ca. 1830-1840
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Design for a zoological garden in an oriental style
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DR1986:0704
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- DR1986:0704X represents a bird's-eye view of an imagined zoological garden. In the foreground, immediately behind an iron and stone fence, appear a series of small, whimsical structures in a Chinese or mixed Chinese-Indian style. These structures, together with their adjoining enclosures, house a variety of animals and are scattered among a number of fountains, ponds and clustered shrubs. - In the middle ground, on the central axis of the garden, rises a long, two-storey structure with a large, projecting pavilion in the centre and a tower at either end. Both levels of this structure are encased in verandas and the end towers and central pavilion are capped with pointed domes in an Indian style. The oval area before this structure is enclosed by two curved colonnades open on both sides and supporting a peaked, tile roof. This construction is obviously an orientalized version of St. Peter's Colonnade in Rome. - Further back and behind the long structure occur additional pavilions in a Chinese style, most notably a three-storey pagoda. On axis, and still further back, rises a second long, palace-like structure, sketched in a vaguely Mogul style. The entire ensemble is set in a nondescript, generalized landscape.
Design for a zoological garden in an oriental style
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DR1986:0704
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- DR1986:0704X represents a bird's-eye view of an imagined zoological garden. In the foreground, immediately behind an iron and stone fence, appear a series of small, whimsical structures in a Chinese or mixed Chinese-Indian style. These structures, together with their adjoining enclosures, house a variety of animals and are scattered among a number of fountains, ponds and clustered shrubs. - In the middle ground, on the central axis of the garden, rises a long, two-storey structure with a large, projecting pavilion in the centre and a tower at either end. Both levels of this structure are encased in verandas and the end towers and central pavilion are capped with pointed domes in an Indian style. The oval area before this structure is enclosed by two curved colonnades open on both sides and supporting a peaked, tile roof. This construction is obviously an orientalized version of St. Peter's Colonnade in Rome. - Further back and behind the long structure occur additional pavilions in a Chinese style, most notably a three-storey pagoda. On axis, and still further back, rises a second long, palace-like structure, sketched in a vaguely Mogul style. The entire ensemble is set in a nondescript, generalized landscape.
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ca. 1830-1840
ca. 1830-1840
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architecture, landscape architecture
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112 pages : illustrations
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112 pages : illustrations
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Québec : Éditions J'ai VU, ©2000.
Québec : Éditions J'ai VU, ©2000.
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Terrains vagues = Unspecified / textes de Lise Lamarche, Guy Mercier ; oeuvres photographiques, Geoffrey James, Alain Lefort, Emmanuelle Léonard, Suzanne Paquet.
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112 pages : illustrations
Terrains vagues = Unspecified / textes de Lise Lamarche, Guy Mercier ; oeuvres photographiques, Geoffrey James, Alain Lefort, Emmanuelle Léonard, Suzanne Paquet.
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112 pages : illustrations
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Québec : Éditions J'ai VU, ©2000.
Québec : Éditions J'ai VU, ©2000.
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