Exposición James Frazer Stirling: Notes from the Archive

El vasto material producido por el estudio de uno de los arquitectos más famosos del siglo XX: esbozos, proyectos, maquetas, fotografías, junto a los recortes de periódicos, fotografías y documentos conservados por Stirling y sus colaboradores pueden verse actualmente en la exposición que presenta el CCA de Montreal.

La muestra proporciona una clave de lectura de la obra de Stirling que va más allá de las influencias a veces divergentes que han sido identificadas en sus obras, definidas como modernistas, de vanguardia, neoclásicas, racionalistas, brutalistas y posmodernistas, para entender la continuidad del pensamiento del arquitecto.

El material expuesto, procedente del fondo James Stirling/Michael Wilford conservado en el CCA, recorre toda la carrera del arquitecto partiendo de su formación en la Escuela de Arquitectura de Liverpool para continuar con los proyectos que le dieron popularidad, como el de la facultad de ingeniería de la Universidad de Leicester.


(Agnese Bifulco)

Título: James Frazer Stirling: Notes from the Archive
Fechas: 16 de mayo - 14 de octubre de 2012
Lugar: Montreal, Canadá
Imágenes: cortesía de CCA

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Leyendas

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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 © Ray Williams

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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 © Giovanni Chiaramonte.

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

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

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

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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 © CCA

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

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

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

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

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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 © 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 © 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 © CCA