Mostra James Frazer Stirling: Notes from the Archive

Il vasto materiale prodotto dallo studio di uno dei progettisti più famosi del XX secolo: schizzi, progetti, plastici, fotografie unitamente ai ritagli di giornali, alle fotografie e ai documenti conservati da Stirling e dai suoi collaboratori è organizzato e presentato nella mostra in corso al CCA di Montreal.

L'esposizione offre una chiave di lettura dell'opera di Stirling che va al di là delle influenze talvolta divergenti che sono state individuate nelle sue architetture definite moderniste d'avanguardia, neoclassiche, razionaliste, brutaliste, postmoderniste, per cogliere la continuità del pensiero dell'architetto.

Il materiale esposto, proveniente dal fondo James Stirling/Michael Wilford conservato al CCA, racconta tutta la carriera dell'architetto fin dalla formazione presso la Scuola di Architettura di Liverpool per proseguire con i progetti che gli hanno dato popolarità come il progetto della facoltà di ingegneria dell'Università di Leicester.


(Agnese Bifulco)

Titolo: James Frazer Stirling: Notes from the Archive
Date: 16 maggio - 14 ottobre 2012
Luogo: Montreal, Canada
Immagini: courtesy of CCA

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Didascalie

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 © 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 © 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 © 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 © 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 © 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 © 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 © 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 © 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 © 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

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