January 2010
1 post
October 2009
24 posts
WatchAll eight of The Roadshow interviews are now online.
Watch them all at www.the-roadshow.tumblr.com
WatchLisa Rapoport discusses the work of PLANT Architect and their re-design and renovation to Nathan Philips Square in Toronto. During The Roadshow’s trip across Canada, Marc Boutin interviewed all eight of the participating architects.
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WatchPhilip Beesley discusses the work of Philip Beesley Architect and their immersive installation Hylozoic Soil.
During The Roadshow’s trip across Canada, Marc Boutin interviewed all eight of the participating architects.
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WatchNeil Minuk discusses the work of DIN Projects and the process of designing a lakeside cabin.
During The Roadshow’s trip across Canada, Marc Boutin interviewed all eight of the participating architects.
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WatchAnnie Lebel’s discusses the work of Atelier In Situ and their competition winning entry Milieu Humide. During The Roadshow’s trip across Canada, Marc Boutin interviewed all eight of the participating architects.
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WatchRoger Mullin discusses his work of and the development of the Uncertain Centre of the Mary Celeste. During The Roadshow’s trip across Canada, Marc Boutin interviewed all eight of the participating architects.
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WatchRandy Cohen discusses the work of Atelier Big City and their competition entry for Montreal’s new planetarium. During The Roadshow’s trip across Canada, Marc Boutin interviewed all eight of the participating architects.
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WatchManon Asselin discusses the work of atelier TAG and their competition entry for a library in St. Hubert, Quebec. During The Roadshow’s trip across Canada, Marc Boutin interviewed all eight of the participating architects.
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WatchDavid Battersby discusses the work of Battersby Howat, their Gambier Island Residence and the influence of the Canadian landscape on his studio’s work. During The Roadshow’s trip across Canada, Marc Boutin interviewed all eight of the participating architects.
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Watch“To make a home on the bus…”
Annie Lebel
September 2009
8 posts
WatchOur videographer, chief roadie, technical support, and pool shark, Brian Shier has been filming The Roadshow on the road… Here it is on the way from Vancouver to Calgary…
WatchThe weather did not cooperate enough to have the Toronto event outdoors. If you missed the spectacle you can click here to see The Roadshow’s Pneumatic Amplifier in Vancouver!
August 2009
15 posts
The Roadshow's venues have been announced! →
The first venues have been confirmed! Check back soon for updates!
The Roadshow: Architectural Landscapes of Canada
About The Roadshow
The Roadshow: Architectural Landscapes of Canada is a series of linked, broad-based national events that focus architectural discourse in Canada at the level of the public, the profession, and the schools of architecture. Travelling from Vancouver to Halifax, each of the events will take place at a school of architecture. At every stop, each of the nine participating architects and designers will...
01 People
The Roadshow brings together nine critical architects and designers from across Canada.
The participants are:
Battersby Howat David Battersby www.battersbyhowat.com
The Marc Boutin Architectural Collaborative Marc Boutin www.the-mbac.ca
DIN Projects Neil Minuk www.dinprojects.ca
PLANT architect inc. Lisa Rapoport www.branchplant.com
Philip Beesley Architect Philip Beesley...
02 Schedule
The Roadshow’s events will take place at 1900 hours at eight schools of achitecture across Canada. The current schedule is:
1. School of Architecture + Landscape Architecture University of British Columbia, Vancouver wednesday, september 23
2. Faculty of Environmental Design University of Calgary, Calgary thursday, september 24
3. Faculty of Architecture University of Manitoba, Winnipeg friday,...
03 The Pneumatic Amplifier
The Roadshow’s bus will also transport the Pneumatic Amplifier, a massive inflatable projection device that will act as an architectural propaganda machine. The Pneumatic Amplifier has audio and visual capacity “built-in” so that each outdoor event can be facilitated in the most public and provocative manner possible.
04 Framework
The Roadshow is born from an inability to define, a rethinking of the conception of a singular “Canadian Architecture” in the face of the profound diversity that has characterized our contemporary lives. The show seeks to explore a moment in Canadian architecture (has it already past?) by collapsing the vast distances that separate us and through this manifest an instant of shared...
05 Support
The Roadshow has been made possible by many people and would like to thank:
01 The Alberta Foundation for the Arts
02 The Canada Council for the Arts | Conseils des Arts du Canada
03 The School of Architecture + Landscape Architecture at the University of British Columbia
04 The Faculty of Environmental Design at the University of Calgary
05 The Faculty of Architecture at the...
06 Media: The Roadshow is an architectural...
Ultimately, the goal of The Roadshow is to promote and facilitate an emergent and evolving discussion regarding contemporary architecture and design in Canada. To do this The Roadshow tries to tap into a wide range of media platforms. From print materials, online content, exhibitions, publications and even a documentary film, The Roadshow is at once flexible and stable, ephemeral and permanent.
July 2009
2 posts
The ROADSHOW coming soon...
Taking place September 23 to October 2, 2009, The Roadshow: Architectural Landscapes of Canada is a series of linked, broad-based national events that focus architectural discourse in Canada at the level of the public, the profession, and the schools of architecture. Born in part from a persistent inability to define, The Roadshow is a rethinking of the traditional conception of a singular notion...