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Studio for Mr. and Mrs. C. Taylor
Part of John Schreiber Fonds
File consists of 55 drawings, including 42 design development drawings, 1 surveyor's plan, 6 preliminary design drawings, and 6 measured drawings). Also includes 1 project file (correspondence).
Schreiber, John, 1921-2002
Part of John Schreiber Fonds
File contains 3 working drawings.
Part of John Schreiber Fonds
File includes two axonometric drawings (prints, 21 x 28 cm, 28 x 43 cm), 3 colour photographs, 1 photograph collage, 10 photocopies of photographs, 3 colour photocopies of photographs, negatives (no project file).
The Boulevard Condominium Association
Part of John Schreiber Fonds
File includes 1 design development drawing (no project files).
Part of John Schreiber Fonds
Includes 19 drawings: 8 site survey drawings, 6 preliminary drawings, 3 existing floor plans, 2 preliminary drawings (8 pencil on recycled paper, 6 marker on trace, 3 pencil on vellum, 2 marker on trace). No project file
Part of John Schreiber Fonds
File consists of 12 preliminary design drawings, 16 preliminary design sketches, 4 pages of text, and 1 project file under operation number 8510 (brochure).
John Schreiber/Ron Williams Architects, Landscape Architects
The Sawaber Project (a.ka. Sawaber Housing Development)
Part of Arthur Erickson fonds
File contains 6 drawings (3 site plans, 3 exterior perspectives), ink on bond, as well as 22 photographic prints of model. The medium density and medium rise residential community was planned for approximately 5,000 people in 900 units for average income families. The units were further subdivided into nine neighbourhood clusters containing 20 dwelling units sharing the circulation space and community facilities, such as schools, mosques, shops, recreation and open spaces. This density resulted in a stepped back building form that is eight storeys in height. The A-frame space provides a shaded and naturally ventilated inner street for community facilities in a richly landscaped setting. The project was not executed; the design and documentation were not completed
Thesis 1960 and Assorted University Projects
Part of Moshe Safdie
Moshe Safdie's undergraduate thesis, "A Three-Dimensional Modular Building System," contains all of the concepts that would be realized in Habitat '67 at the World Exposition in Montreal. Officially titled "A Case for City Living," the thesis outlines Safdie's central premise: how can high-density urban housing include the amenities found in low-density suburban housing developments?
The building system developed in the thesis combines three distinct concepts: an integrated three-dimensional urban structure, a construction system based on three-dimensional modules or boxes, and a system adaptable to a wide range of site conditions. The thesis explores three possible construction systems, applied to a community of 5000, each with its own structural system and geometry. In the first system (single repetitive module), a structural frame supports non-load-bearing, factory-produced modular units. In the second system (bearing-wall construction), the same modules are assembled in a load-bearing arrangement. In the third system (load-bearing module), prefabricated walls are arranged in a crisscross pattern.
Overall the systems allow for flexibility, identity, privacy, community, and individual outdoor space. The modules may be stacked in many configurations to create a variety of housing types. The flexible arrangement allows for a complex in which no two dwellings are exactly alike and each can be recognized from the exterior. Because the modules are stacked on top of one another, walls and ceilings are doubled up, providing sound attenuation and privacy not achievable in conventional city-apartment high-rise construction. Modules are arranged in a staggered form, stepping back and allowing each roof to become an outdoor terrace for another dwelling. Pedestrian streets and vertical elevator and stair cores form the primary circulation systems. Finally, the modules are manufactured in a factory, lowering the individual-unit cost and allowing for relatively quick construction.
Safdie Architects
Three Houses for Robert Neville
Part of Percy Erskine Nobbs Fonds
File consists of development drawings for urban houses (one semi-detached, basement, 2 floors, 4 bedrooms; brick and stone; wall bearing; second one detached, basement, 2 floors, 4 bedrooms; brick and stone; wall bearing). Drawings include floors plans and elevation.
Two Houses for Dr. William Giles
Part of Percy Erskine Nobbs Fonds
File consists of working drawings for two urban houses: (June) detached, basement, 2 floors, 5 bedrooms; brick and roughcast; wall bearing; (August) detached, basement, 2 floors, attic, 5 bedrooms; brick; wall bearing. Drawings include floor plans, roof plan, elevations.