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Bustler: The Roadshow: Architectural Landscapes of Canada

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 of “Canadian Architecture.” Rather than creating an almost instantly outdated definition, The Roadshow is conceived as an open and interactive process that seeks to explore a moment in Canadian architecture. By attempting to collapse the vast distances between place, people and practice, The Roadshow creates the potential for a significant, if temporary, point of shared consciousness. Ultimately, the goal of The Roadshow is to promote and facilitate an emergent and evolving discussion regarding contemporary architecture and design in Canada.

Beginning in Vancouver, The Roadshow brings together nine critical architects and designers from across Canada. This group will travel and lecture together, delivering rapid fire public presentations of their work at eight Canadian schools of architecture. The Roadshow is conceived of as one tour/one event, with each venue building momentum for the next. At every stop, each of the participating architects and designers will have ten minutes to present one project and articulate this project’s engagement within a consistent framework around which intentionality and meaning have emerged. The goal is to allow for a broadening of understanding of the points of confluence and difference between various forms of architectural practice in Canada. All events are free and open to the public.

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Archinect : Features : ShowCase: Art Cave

The principal aim of the project was to add 4,500 sf of exhibition space, with 1,500 sf additional for support functions, to house the collection and support its growth in a controlled environment. The new space allows for installations that explore the full breadth of the collection, from works that are very small to those that are extremely large, from sculpture and painting to new media and installation art. Taking advantage of economical cave-drilling technologies developed for the local wine industry, the Art Cave is conceived as a large-scale, passively conditioned, subterranean space. The site is beneath a north-facing slope formerly terraced for prune orchards. The spaces of the Art Cave are designed to respond to and complement the domestically-scaled display spaces of the farmhouse. The inherently curvaceous geometry of the cave is exploited to create a space lacking the familiar architectural cues of corner, edge and detail. This zone of the middle scale is occupied by art. Inside...

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