Exposition James Frazer Stirling : Notes from the Archive

Le vaste matériel produit par l'agence d'un des architectes les plus célèbres du XXe siècle : esquisses, projets, maquettes et photos, avec les coupures de journaux, les photos et les documents conservés par Stirling et par ses collaborateurs, est regroupé et présenté dans l'exposition en cours au CCA de Montréal.

Cette exposition offre une clé de lecture de l'?uvre de Stirling qui va au-delà des influences parfois divergentes reconnues dans ses édifices définis modernistes d'avant-garde, néoclassiques, rationalistes, brutalistes ou post-modernistes, pour saisir la continuité de la pensée de l'architecte.

Le matériel exposé, provenant du fonds James Stirling/Michael Wilford conservé au CCA, illustre toute la carrière de l'architecte dès sa formation à l'école d'Architecture de Liverpool et continue avec les projets qui l'ont rendu célèbre, comme le projet de la faculté d'ingénierie de l'université de Leicester.


(Agnese Bifulco)

Titre : James Frazer Stirling : Notes from the Archive
Dates : 16 mai - 14 octobre 2012
Lieu : Montréal, Canada
Images : avec l'aimable autorisation de CCA

www.cca.qc.ca


Légendes

01
Portrait of James Stirling. Ray Williams, photographer. Gelatin silver print, 18.8 x 21.4 cm.
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds, Canadian Centre for Architecture (c) Ray Williams

02
James Stirling, Michael Wilford and Associates. B. Braun Melsungen AG Headquarters and Industrial Complex, Melsungen, Germany, 1993. Giovanni Chiaramonte, photographer.
Canadian Centre for Architecture. Gift of Giovanni Chiaramonte, Mirko Zardini, and Giovanna Borasi on the occasion of Phyllis Lambert's 80th birthday (c) Giovanni Chiaramonte.

03
James Stirling (Firm). History Faculty Building, University of Cambridge, England (1963–1967). Ezra Stoller, photographer.
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds, Canadian Centre for Architecture (c) Esto

04
James Stirling, Michael Wilford and Associates. Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart, Germany (1977–1984), 1984. Alastair Hunter, photographer.
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds, Canadian Centre for Architecture (c) Alastair Hunter / RIBA Library Photographs Collection

05
James Frazer Stirling. House for the Architect (1949–1949): presentation model and case.
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds, Canadian Centre for Architecture (c) CCA

06
James Stirling, Michael Wilford, and Associates. Biblioteca Pubblica, Latina, Italy (1979–1985): worm's-eye axonometric view of reference library.
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds, Canadian Centre for Architecture (c) CCA

07
James Stirling, Michael Wilford and Associates. Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart, Germany (1977–1984): interior perspective sketches.
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds, Canadian Centre for Architecture (c) CCA

08
Stirling and Gowan. Churchill College, University of Cambridge, England (1958): axonometric view of courtyard pavilions.
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds, Canadian Centre for Architecture (c) CCA

09
James Stirling (Firm). Florey Building, The Queen's College, University of Oxford, England (1966–1971).
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds, Canadian Centre for Architecture (c) CCA

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James Stirling (Firm). Florey Building, The Queen's College, University of Oxford, England (1966–1971): worm's-eye axonometric view of the facade and cloister.
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds, Canadian Centre for Architecture (c) CCA

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James Frazer Stirling. Stiff Dom-ino Housing, theoretical project (1951): cut-away axonometric view with hinged windows.
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds, Canadian Centre for Architecture (c) CCA

12
James Stirling and Partner. Nordrhein-Westfalen Museum, Düsseldorf, Germany (1975): conceptual sketches.
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds, Canadian Centre for Architecture (c) CCA

13
James Stirling and Partner. Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne, Germany (1975): axonometric sketch of pavilions and entrance terrace.
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds, Canadian Centre for Architecture (c) CCA

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James Stirling, Michael Wilford, and Associates. Biblioteca Pubblica, Latina, Italy (1979–1985): preliminary conceptual sketches.
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds, Canadian Centre for Architecture (c) CCA

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James Stirling, Michael Wilford, and Associates. Biblioteca Pubblica, Latina, Italy (1979–1985): conceptual sketches.
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds, Canadian Centre for Architecture (c) CCA