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- 2017 (Creation)
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5 models
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Biographical history
Carlo Carbone holds a master’s degree in architecture and planning from the Université de Montréal (1998). He is associate professor of Environmental Design at the École de design of the Université du Québec à Montréal. His research focuses on the history of prefabrication, the links between industrialization and modern building culture, and the current state of industrialized building systems and their potential for customization. He leads students in the design research laboratory Studio Cube of the École de design at UQAM. His research on Canadian architecture includes a special issue of ARQ on Henri Brillon (2017) and an ongoing study of Guy Gérin-Lajoie’s contributions to Canadian arctic building. Member of the l’Ordre des architects du Québec, Carbone has been a practicing architect in Montreal since 1998.
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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
The models were donated to the Canadian Architectural Archives by Cammie McAtee, Carlo Carbone, and Rejean Legault in May 2022.
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Consists of five scale models made for the Jeffrey Lindsay and Fuller Research Foundation Canadian Division themed exhibition Montréal et le rêve géodésique/Montreal’s Geodesic Dreams. Curated by Cammie McAtee with Carlo Carbone and Réjean Legault, the exhibition was held at the Centre de design, École de design, Université du Québec à Montréal, from September 21 until December 10, 2017. The models, along with full-scale details and a prototype dome, were designed and constructed by Carlo Carbone and his students in the design research laboratory Studio Cube of the École de design, UQAM. Students who collaborated on the construction of these models include Maxime Beaulieu, Julien Daly, Daniel Demay, Laurent Fouillet, and James Luca Pinel.
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No further accruals are expected
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Open
Conditions governing reproduction
The University of Calgary fulfills requests for materials in our collections in accordance with Canadian copyright laws. The University of Calgary does not hold the copyright for the Carlo Carbone/Studio Cube models. The University of Calgary Libraries and Cultural Resources may provide materials for individual study and research purposes under fair dealing and library exceptions in the Canadian Copyright Act. Permission to publish, copy or otherwise use the content must be obtained for any works under copyright protection. Patrons are responsible for ensuring they use copyright-protected works in accordance with applicable laws.
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There are extensive materials — drawings, prints, photographs, correspondence — in the Jeffrey Lindsay fonds related to the models.