http://perspectivesdevie.org Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:52:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One of the first posts on this microsite was a view into the CCA’s project room, where the Some Ideas exhibition was beginning to take form. This photograph depicts some of the makings of Actions: What You Can Do With the City, which opened 26 November and continues until 19 ... http://perspectivesdevie.org/2008/12/where-it-all-begins-again-ou-tout-commence-a-nouveau/lang/en Nate Archer, an editor at designboom, wrote a review of the Some Ideas exhibition soon after the opening in May. He has now contributed a short book report on the recently released exhibition catalogue. designboom’s images of the book, held open by the photographer’s thumbs, convey its physical size and ... http://perspectivesdevie.org/2008/12/book-report-on-the-catalogue-compte-rendu-du-catalogue/lang/en The last in a series of impressions written by the Educational Services team in relation to the Some Ideas on Living in Montréal workshop for students. Box House, Saint-Christophe Street, Build architects, 1999 Strolling through in an inhabited laneway, one discovers this box-like dwelling with an industrial feel. It marks the halfway point ... http://perspectivesdevie.org/2008/11/some-ideas-on-living-in-montreal-field-notes-3-perspectives-de-vie-a-montreal-notes-de-parcours-3/lang/en The second in a series of impressions written by the Educational Services team in relation to the Some Ideas on Living in Montréal program for students. À l’ombre de Paris, Coloniale Street, YH2, architects, 2001 A few steps down the road, we see a porte cochère from the 19th century. A bright ... http://perspectivesdevie.org/2008/11/some-ideas-on-living-in-montreal-field-notes-2-perspectives-de-vie-a-montreal-notes-de-parcours-2/lang/en The first part of a series of impressions written by the Educational Services team about the Some Ideas on Living in Montréal workshop for students. Maison Coloniale, Jacques Rousseau, architect, 1990 The house dominates the horizon between city and sky. One wonders what lies behind this fortress-like façade. A spiral stairway ... http://perspectivesdevie.org/2008/10/some-ideas-on-living-in-montreal-field-notes-1-perspectives-de-vie-a-montreal-notes-de-parcours-1/lang/en Being nested in the city, intimacy, public and private, interstitial spaces, neighbours, light, nature, openings, doors, sidewalks, thresholds, past and present, materials, street, culture, city, architect… These are some of the words and ideas brought up in the first part of the Some Ideas on Living in Montréal program for college ... http://perspectivesdevie.org/2008/10/perspectives-de-vie-a-montreal-atelier-visite-pour-etudiants-de-niveau-collegial-et-universitaire/lang/en We're pleased to announce that the catalogue accompanying the Some Ideas exhibition is now available in the CCA Bookstore. In addition to their individual contributions, the book includes a conversation between Stephen Taylor, Ryue Nishizawa, and Giovanna Borasi, as seen in this image. Peter Allison, a professor at London South ... http://perspectivesdevie.org/2008/10/the-exhibition-catalogue-arrives-arrivee-du-catalogue-de-lexposition/lang/en A visitor had seen the Laneway House project by architect Brigitte Shim in Toronto, a single-family residence sitting in the rear portion of a lot, in a city serviced by an extensive network of laneways. He connected this project to Ryue Nishizawa's House and Garden on the topic of intimacy: ... http://perspectivesdevie.org/2008/10/visitors-words/lang/en The (B)log On to Some Ideas event this past Saturday during the Journées de la culture generated some interesting discussion around the uses of social media and blogging, on such topics as: Why we blog; how we can maintain an openness to multiple voices and opinions that may diverge from ... http://perspectivesdevie.org/2008/10/blogging-on-blogue-en-continu/lang/en Sugar Houses has taken place on a number of occasions during the course of the Some Ideas exhibition. Here’s an insider’s view of the family program from the CCA Educational Services team: The activity begins with an invitation to children to express their ideas of a house in the city, after ... http://perspectivesdevie.org/2008/10/maisons-en-sucre-constructing-sugar-houses-1/lang/en