Inclus dans:

• Fonds: Fonds Álvaro Siza, 1958-2002
•    Série(s): Architectural projects, 1948-2012
•      Projet: Sede da Companhia Dom [Dom Company Headquarters], Cologne, Germany (1980), 1980-1981

Personnes et institutions:

• Alvaro Siza (archive creator)
• Alvaro Siza (architect)

Titre:

Sede da Companhia Dom [Dom Company Headquarters], Cologne, Germany (1980)

Date:

1980-1981

Niveau de description archivistique:
Project

Collation:

• 243 drawings (including 150 reprographic copies)
  59 photographic materials
  0.03 linear metres of textual records

Présentation du contenu:
This project series document the Sede da Companhia Dom in Cologne, Germany. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 1/80. The office assigned the date 1980 to this project.

The project files document Siza's design for DOM company headquarter's architectural competition. Fifty architects were selected by a jury to propose a design. The client underlined the importance of having a striking visual impact while also putting emphasis on precision, security, protection and technological advancement. Requirements for the building included enough space for 250 employees and a covered parking lot for 50 vehicles. Siza's proposed design was a cylindrical inclined building with a cylindrical hole through the center. A circulation system with elevators, stairs and ramps inside and outside the office spaces was designed to create a " complex promenade architecturale"[1] . Siza's entry was not selected.

Documenting this project are sketches, studies, design development drawings and competition drawings. Textual materials include competiton documentation. Of particular interest in this project series are the first computer drawings and coordinates used by Siza' office.

[1] : Peter Testa "Álvaro Siza, " Birkhäuser Verlag, 1996.

Numéro de référence:

AP178.S1.1980.PR01

Mode de classement:
Material in this series was arranged by Álvaro Siza’s office and has been kept in this order.

Localisation:

Cologne Allemagne

Mention de crédit:
When citing the collection as a whole, use the citation: Álvaro Siza fonds, Collection Centre Canadien d’Architecture/Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal. When citing specific collection material, please refer to the object’s specific credit line.

Sources complémentaires:

• Sketches for the Sede da Companhia Dom are also included in Siza's sketchbooks found in Series AP178.S2 of this fonds. Of note are sketchbooks 060 and 324.

Contient:

• AP178.S1.1980.PR01.001, Sketches, Sede da Companhia Dom, Cologne, ca. 1980
• AP178.S1.1980.PR01.002, Conceptual study, Sede da Companhia Dom, Cologne, ca. 1980
• AP178.S1.1980.PR01.003.1, Studies, design development drawings, and presentation drawings, Sede da Companhia Dom, Cologne (folder 1 of 2), ca. 1980
• AP178.S1.1980.PR01.003.2, Studies, design development drawings, and presentation drawings, Sede da Companhia Dom, Cologne (folder 2 of 2), ca. 1980
• AP178.S1.1980.PR01.004, Studies and competition drawings, Sede da Companhia Dom, Cologne, ca. 1980
• AP178.S1.1980.PR01.005, Photographs of project site and model, Sede da Companhia Dom, Cologne, ca. 1980
• AP178.S1.1980.PR01.006.1, Competition documentation and drawings, Sede da Companhia Dom, Cologne (folder 1 of 3), ca. 1980
• AP178.S1.1980.PR01.006.2, Competition documentation and drawings, Sede da Companhia Dom, Cologne (folder 2 of 3), ca. 1980
• AP178.S1.1980.PR01.006.3, Competition documentation and drawings, Sede da Companhia Dom, Cologne (folder 3 of 3), ca. 1980
• AP178.S1.1980.PR01.007.1, Competition drawings and photographs of documentation, Sede da Companhia Dom, Cologne (folder 1 of 2), ca. 1980
• AP178.S1.1980.PR01.007.2, Competition drawings and photographs of documentation, Sede da Companhia Dom, Cologne (folder 2 of 2), ca. 1980
• AP178.S1.1980.PR01.008, Slides of model and drawings, Sede da Companhia Dom, Cologne, ca. 1980