Shadrach Woods architectural records and papers, 1923-2008 (bulk 1948-1973).

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Shadrach Woods architectural records and papers, 1923-2008 (bulk 1948-1973).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/455202501

The collection represents the span of Woods' life and career through papers, photographs, architectural drawings, writings, and published materials. A small group of materials documents his childhood and education through personal papers and photographs. However, the bulk of the collections relates to his professional work and collaborations. Black-and-white snapshots portray Woods with Le Corbusier and Candilis on the worksite of the Marseille Unité (1948-1952). Architectural drawings relating to ATBAT-Afrique projects, most notably the buildings in the Carrières Centrales district of Casablanca (1951- 1953), are complemented by documents relating to housing projects in Iran (1956) and the Caribbean (1956-1960). The award-winning schematic proposal for the Opération Million housing competition (1954) in France is represented, as well as drawings and photographs of suburban projects built on this model throughout the country (Le Blanc-Mesnil, 1956; Bobigny, 1959-1960; Marseille La Viste, 1959). The firm's first experiment in extending an existing city is represented by drawings, photographs and slides related to Bagnols-sur-Cèze (1956-1960) in the south of France. Drawings and photographs of models for similar but unrealized proposals for Caen, France (1961), and Bilbao, Spain (1962), supplement Woods' manuscripts exploring his concept of the "stem" as a system of urban organization. The "stem" achieved fullest expression in built form in the design of Le Mirail in Toulouse (1960-1964), another urban extension project represented in the collection through drawings and photographs. German projects represented in the collection include the proposal for the reconstruction of the Römerberg quarter of central Frankfurt (1963) and the mat building for the Berlin Free University (1963-1973), along with an apartment block in the Märkisches Viertel district of Berlin (1967-1972) and a competition entry for a housing development in Karlsruhe (1970). Many of these projects utilized the concept of the "web," an organizational system developed by Woods in several manuscripts held in the collection. Other materials related to assorted projects in France during this period include drawings from a proposal for a ski resort in the Vallées des Belleville (1962), a collaboration with Charlotte Perriand and Jean Prouvé; drawings and photographs of the Benedictine convent built in St. Julien L'Ars, near Poitiers (1964-1965); portfolios related to a schematic plan for the development of the Parisian suburbs, known as Paris Nord (1965); presentation panels and booklets from a project for regional development in Bresse-Revermont (1967), identified by the acronym CENECA; and drawings and panels from a proposed renovation for the Bonne Nouvelle quarter of Paris (1967). The collection features materials related to the controversial 14th Triennale di Milano, held in 1968 with the theme of "the greater number," including drawings related to Woods' installation and objects and panels from the exhibition. Drafts of exhibit texts supplement manuscripts for lectures, articles and his book, The Man in the Street (1975), providing a portrait of Woods as a teacher, thinker and writer. Correspondence, clippings and audio recordings document his relationships with institutions ranging from CIAM and Team X to Harvard and Yale Universities to the Fluxus movement in contemporary art. Books from his personal library provide a glimpse of Woods' personal and professional interests, including the nascent environmentalist movement and the precarious state of the contemporary city. Woods' final years in New York City were devoted to preparing a study for the planned Lower Manhattan Expressway (1967-1970), proposing the transformation of SoHo into a light manufacturing district (1970), and designing low-cost housing, including a development at Frederick Douglass Circle (1970). These final projects appear in diagrams, drawings and draft texts spread throughout the collection.

(41 paige boxes, 86 rolls, 9 print boxes, 4 flatfile drawers)

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7554457

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

Related Entities

There are 33 Entities related to this resource.

New York (N.Y.). City Planning Commission

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t18zm9 (corporateBody)

Under the 1990 Charter of the City of New York, the City Planning Commission consists of the chair, who is also director of the Department of City Planning, and six other members appointed by the Mayor. The six other appointments are apportioned among the president of the council and the five borough presidents. The City Planning Commission is responsible for planning relating to the orderly growth, improvement, and future development of the city, including adequate and ...

International Congress for Modern Architecture

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63v37sq (corporateBody)

The foundation of CIAM (Congrès Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne) in 1928 has been called the beginning of the "academic" phase of modern architecture. In two periods, 1930-1934 and 1950-1956, CIAM was the major instrument through which the ideas of modern architecture and town planning were made known to the world; during the war years it maintained the nucleus of an international network of communications among progressive-minded architects. From the description of Papers of ...

Feld, Gabriel.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64x8v7w (person)

Filliou, Robert

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mp59zg (person)

Yale University. School of Art and Architecture

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mw70bh (corporateBody)

The study of visual arts at Yale began in 1832 with the opening of the Trumbull Gallery, the first college-affiliated art museum in the United States. In 1858, an exhibition in the Trumbull Gallery generated interest in establishing a formal course of study in the arts. With the support of Augustus Street (B.A. 1812), the School of Fine Arts (1869-1955) was established in 1866. It was formally opened in 1869 with the completion of Street Hall. The first bachelor of fine arts degree was conferred...

Candilis-Josic-Woods

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w645212v (corporateBody)

Cavaglieri, Giorgio, 1911-2007

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6z61q13 (person)

The Jefferson Market Courthouse in Greenwich Village, New York City, was designed by Vaux and Withers in 1877. Cavaglieri renovated the building to become a branch of the New York Public Library; the renovation was completed in 1967. From the description of Jefferson Market Courthouse renovation : architectural drawings and papers, 1876-circa 1965, (bulk circa 1962-1965). (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122443748 Born in Venice, Italy, Gior...

Candilis, Georges

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kp932j (person)

Penguin (Firm)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60w286j (corporateBody)

Smithson, Peter, 1923-2003

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hq4sz9 (person)

d. 2003. From the description of Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80310921 ...

Team 10

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62z65r9 (corporateBody)

Stirling, James (James Frazer)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6j42d6k (person)

Rudolph, Paul, 1918-1997

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68w3hcj (person)

Paul Marvin Rudolph was born in Elton, Kentucky, on October 23, 1918. He designed several major architectural works, including the Art and Architecture Library at Yale University. Rudolph served as chairman of the Yale University Department of Architecture and as James M. Hoppin Professor from 1958-1965. From the description of Paul Marvin Rudolph papers, 1947-1974 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702169784 d. 1997. From the description of Artist file ...

Le Corbusier, 1887-1965

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mw2g9z (person)

Architect. Le Corbusier, born Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, adopted pseudonym Le Corbusier, 1920. Studied engraving at School of Applied Arts, La Chaux de Fonds, 1900-1905. Employed in office of architect Josef Hoffmann, Vienna, in 1907; August Perret, Paris, and with Walter Gropius and Mies van der Rohe, Berlin, in 1910. Founder-Director, L'Atelier d'Art Réunis, La Chaux de Fonds, 1909-1914, and Instructor, l'Eplattenier's Nouvelle Section de l'Ecole d'Art, La Chaux de Fonds, 1911-1914; also work...

Cumming, Roger.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fb8pd0 (person)

Triennale di Milano.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d54kzc (corporateBody)

Schiedhelm, Manfred.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rn6v35 (person)

Harvard university, Graduate school of design

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63r4kpv (corporateBody)

These models were created for the Whitney Museum of American Art exhibition: Buckminster Fuller: Starting with the Universe, June 26-September 21, 2008. From the description of Models created after Buckminster Fuller designs by students of the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, 2008. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754865251 Maria Kohlrausch worked in Dept. of Landscape Architecture 1928-1950. She corresponded with Harvard University Graduate School of Design stude...

Bakema, J.B. (Jacob Berend), 1914-1981

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kd5jkc (person)

Fluxus (Group of artists)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67n0z04 (corporateBody)

Fluxus is an international and interdisciplinary group of artists, composers, designers and poets that took shape in the 1960s and 1970s, founded by artist Willem de Ridder. Dutch gallerist and art critic Harry Ruhé describes Fluxus as "the most radical and experimental art movement of the sixties". Fluxus is known for experimental contributions to different artistic media and disciplines. Fluxus is also known for generating art forms that were new when Fluxus artists created them. These art for...

Unité d'habitation (Marseille, France)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6v75z7m (corporateBody)

Smithson, Alison Margaret

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hx2hg1 (person)

Alison Margaret Smithson (1928-1993), and Peter Denham Smithson (1923-2003) were among the most influential British architects of the latter half of the 20th century. They developed an eloquent and rigorous approach to architecture and urbanism, expressed in both practice and writing. They married in 1949 and set up a practice together that was to be one of the most remarkable British architectural partnerships, notable for such landmarks as the Hunstanton Secondary Modern School in Norfolk (194...

Perriand, Charlotte

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sj3319 (person)

b. October 24, 1903; d. October 27, 1999. From the description of Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. (Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)). WorldCat record id: 80310542 ...

Pfeufer, Joachim.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6477wzf (person)

Chermayeff, Serge, 1900-1996

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gh9kb8 (person)

Chermayeff taught architecture at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Serge Ivan Chermayeff, 1945-1947 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973005 Architect, educator. From the description of Oral history interview with Serge Chermayeff, 1985 May 23-24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77808794 Sergei Ivanovitch Issakovitch was born on October 8, 1900, in Grozny, then in Caucasia. He was educated in England, where he took the nam...

Soltan, Jerzy

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66705qk (person)

Woods, Shadrach, 1923-1973

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63v33s2 (person)

Shadrach Woods was an American architect and urban planner. A student of Le Corbusier, he worked extensively throughout North Africa, France, Germany and New York City on architectural projects ranging from low-cost housing developments to university campuses. Also highly regarded as a critic and theorist, Woods taught at Harvard and Yale and lectured and published widely. Born in Yonkers, New York, Woods was schooled in engineering at New York University and in literatu...

Bodiansky, Vladimir, 1894-1966

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p01tqr (person)

Josic, Alexis.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ck80dh (person)

De Carlo, Giancarlo, 1919-2005

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gq7wd6 (person)

Blake, Peter, 1920-2006

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61r78k9 (person)

Peter Blake was a noted architect and author of architectural publications. He was associated with "Architectural Forum," a leading and influential journal, from 1942 to 1972, as a contributing author and editor. From 1955 to 1957 he was the architecture editor of "House and Home." He also was chief publisher of "Architecture Plus" from 1972-1975. He was the author of more than 15 books on architecture and architects. Blake was a critic of modern architecture and wrote extensively on the topic. ...

Weintraub, Myles (American architect, contemporary)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q8502w (person)