Preliminary Inventory of the Yona Friedman Papers, 1956-2006 2008.M.51
Polly Hunter and Ann Harrison
Special Collections
2016
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Contributing Institution: Special Collections
Title: Yona Friedman papers
Creator: Friedman, Yona, 1923-
Creator: Schaur, Eda, 1945-
Creator: Charvein, Denise
Identifier/Call Number: 2008.M.51
Physical Description: 75.8 Linear Feet(161 boxes, 15 flatfiles, 5 boxed rolls)
Date (inclusive): 1956-2006
Abstract: The Yona Friedman papers contain manuscripts, sketches and drawings, and photographs and slides documenting the broad intellectual
activity of this visionary architect and planner. In his primary role as a theoretician, Friedman was a key participant in
many of the defining architectural discussions of the second half of the twentieth century, including topics such as megastructures,
prefabrication and modular construction, adaptability and participatory design.
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Language of Material: Collection material is primarily in French and English.
Acquisition Information
Acquired in 2008.
Arrangement
The archive is arranged in nine series: Series I. Writings, circa 1957-2006; Series II. Manuals and other graphic works, 1973-2006;
Series III. Design competition entries, 1959-2000; Series IV. Exhibitions, 1959-2004; Series V. Studies and visualizations
for architectural and planning projects, 1958-2006; Series VI. Professional organizations, 1956-1997; Series VII. Artworks,
1960-2003; Series VIII. Documentation of career, 1958-2004; Series IX. Miscellaneous professional and personal papers, 1957-2002.
Given Friedman's ideas and methodology, his work is not readily separated into discrete units in a linear structure and he
certainly does not view it in that way. Therefore, the division of his papers into archival series is rather artificial and
somewhat arbitrary, since many works might fall intellectually into several categories. Yet, in order to facilitate research
access to the archive such a structure is needed. The arrangement of the archive presented here is roughly derived from Friedman's
arrangement list "catalogue after categories," the structure of the authorized website, http://www.yonafriedman.nl, curated
by Helene Fentener van Vlissingen, and discussion with Friedman. Friedman's original associative arrangement can be traced
by the "boîte" numbers in each entry. A search using the "find" command with one of those entries will retrieve the other
materials originally housed in the same folder or box (see Processing History note).
Access
Open for use by qualified researchers, with the exception of restricted material in Box 142A.
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Yona Friedman papers, 1956-2006, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Accession no. 2008.M.51
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa2008m51
Processing History
When received by the Getty Research Institute in 2008, the archive was housed in 256 cardboard or plastic containers. In its
original state, 204 containers bore numbers, not in a complete sequence, and with numbers repeating. Many of Friedman's original
containers were further divided into folders given an alphabetical or numerical subdivision. This numbering scheme on the
containers and folders correlated with the numbering of an inventory supplied by Friedman (see Series VIII), with the exception
of missing numbers. The majority of the remaining containers were unidentified, while a few had a brief textual identification.
In 2011, Polly Hunter, working under the supervision of Ann Harrison, surveyed the collection. It was soon discovered that
although the numbering scheme on the containers corresponded to the supplied inventory, the actual contents of the containers
and folders generally did not. Also some containers and folders listed in the inventory were not present in the archive. The
inventory appeared to reflect an earlier state of the archive with the contents of containers shifted and altered since its
composition. In most instances, the contents of containers and folders were quite diverse, and without a valid inventory attempts
to create an archival structure using these units failed. In consultation with the acquiring curator Wim DeWit, the head of
Special Collections cataloging Andra Darlington and Friedman himself, Hunter and Harrison derived a new arrangement for the
collection (see Arrangement Note above) and Hunter began processing the archive. In 2015-2017, Ann Harrison completed the
processing and wrote the finding aid. Tracy Bonfitto and Linta Kunnathuparambil provided help identifying translations of
manuals.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Yona Friedman papers contain manuscripts, sketches and drawings, and photographs and slides documenting the broad intellectual
activity of this visionary architect and planner. In his primary role as a theoretician, Friedman was a key participant in
many of the defining architectural discussions of the second half of the twentieth century, including topics such as megastructures,
prefabrication and modular construction, adaptability and participatory design.
The focus of the archive is the development of Friedman's ideas and methodology. Therefore, manuscripts, typescripts and production
materials for the working stages of his visualizations form the bulk of the material. For example, in the case of the colorful
collages and photomontages for which Friedman is perhaps best known, the archive contains the production materials and early
versions, and generally photocopies of the finished work, but not the final work itself, with very few exceptions. Such works,
as well as Friedman's full-color renderings and his maquettes, are not included in the archive, but are represented by photographs
or photocopies.
Yona Friedman has always emphasized the dissemination of his ideas, and the first four series of the archive represent media
and channels of expression used for this purpose. Friedman's writings comprise Series I. Included here are the production
materials for Friedman's books, articles, lectures and project proposals, as well as copies of published work. Series II contains
similar materials for Friedman's manuals and other graphic works created in his distinctive bande dessinée style. The proposals
and visualizations of Friedman's design competition entries, a further way to gain exposure, form Series III. Series IV comprises
the production materials for, and documentation of, numerous exhibitions and other displays of Friedman's work.
The studies and visualizations of Friedman's architectural and planning projects form Series V. As in the previous series,
working and production materials rather than final versions predominate. The projects documented range from early work on
the general principles of mobile architecture and the spatial city in the late 1950s to his specific 2005 design of a spatial
city for Venice.
The remaining four series of the archive deal with other aspects of Friedman's career. Series VI contains materials relating
to various professional organizations with which Friedman was associated, such as Groupe d'études d'architecture mobile (GEAM),
Groupe international d'architecture prospective (GIAP) and the Communication Centre of Scientific Knowledge for Self-Reliance
(CCSK). Series VII comprises Friedman's non-architectural artwork, such as films, general drawings and collages, as well as
documentation of his apartment in Paris. Series VIII is a small compilation of papers documenting Friedman's career, including
copies of articles about Friedman and his work, as well as biographical material and documentation of the archive. Miscellaneous
professional and personal papers comprise Series IX. Included in this series are general correspondence, documentation of
the work of colleagues, portraits of Friedman and his collaborators, and family photographs.
Many of the dates used in this finding aid should be viewed as broad chronological guides rather than absolutes. Individual
pieces of Yona Friedman's work can be very difficult to date precisely for several reasons: much of his work is not dated
on the piece; Friedman's historic chronology of his work presented in various publications and interviews can be rather fluid;
and ultimately, his intellectual and working methods are ahistoric and non-linear. A small number of core ideas find expression
and elaboration in numerous interwoven offshoots that are repeatedly revisited.
Titles of works are transcribed directly from the piece, if present, and otherwise are taken from Friedman's publications.
Biographical/Historical Note
Yona Friedman has spent his almost seventy-year career defying definition and categories. Architect, urbanist, filmmaker,
sociologist, theoretician, philosopher, economist, mathematician, physicist, artist—Friedman is all, and yet not precisely
any, of these, as the vocations are usually interpreted. The roles of architect and urbanist may weave the most consistent
thread through his long history, but Friedman's work forces a re-evaluation of what it means to be either of these. Although
he can claim only a handful of realized structures, Friedman cannot be dismissed as a mere utopian visionary. Seeded by experiences
in the massive political and social upheaval of the mid-20th century—the Holocaust, life as a refugee in the aftermath of
World War II, nation-building in Israel—Friedman's ideas on the built environment and its inhabitants have been key elements
in the architectural and urban planning discourses of the second half of the twentieth century and beyond.
It can be as difficult to precisely pin down Friedman's biography as it is to label his career; as many of the facts of Friedman's
life are seemingly elusive. Over the years, in various interviews and publications, Friedman and his interpreters have presented
differing chronologies, versions of events in his life and work, and their meanings. Rather than seeing his biography as a
linear historic narrative, Friedman has lived a mythology.
Janos Antal Friedman was born on June 5, 1923 in Budapest. His father Shimon was a lawyer and Friedman had a comfortable upbringing.
Although he claims to have experienced little direct discrimination while growing up, the steadily progressing anti-Semitism
in Hungary between the wars certainly constrained Friedman's future. Before he was born, the admission of Jews to the university
system had been sharply limited, and in the later 1930s as the country allied itself with Nazi Germany, options closed further
for the teenage Friedman. Beginning in 1938, a series of laws dramatically reduced Jewish participation in the economy and
the professions.
As a young man, Friedman managed to skirt the system and pursue his education, even if unofficially. While in high school,
he was able to attend public lectures by noted scholars, and was particularly influenced by those of philologist Karolyi Kerenyi
and physicist Werner Heisenberg, who visited Budapest in the spring of 1941. From these two very different scholars, the young
Friedman learned to reject the division of knowledge into separate disciplines and to value a unified system of thought, intellectual
stances that would govern Friedman's work throughout his life. Although barred from actually enrolling in university, beginning
in 1943 Friedman audited the program of the School of Architecture at the Palatine Joseph University of Technology and Economics.
Iván Kotsis, the dean, allowed this special access because, according to Friedman, Kotsis thought he showed promise.
The relatively insulated state of affairs for the Jews in Hungary, in comparison to other areas of Europe, came to an end
in the spring of 1944, when German troops occupied the country. Deportations began and were carried out with a particular
ferocity. By this time, Friedman had joined a Zionist resistance group. In Budapest, a chief method of resistance was the
production of false documents shielding people from deportation and Friedman, who had taken "Yona" as his nom de guerre, used
his artistic skills to forge the signatures. In October 1944, however, he was denounced by someone at the university, arrested
on political charges and turned over to the Gestapo. This political arrest may well have saved him from deportation to a death
camp as a Jew, and the rapidly deteriorating military situation also worked in his favor. That same month the Soviet army
crossed the Hungarian border and by the end of December, Budapest was completely surrounded. The retreating Gestapo turned
their prisoners over to the Hungarian police, who soon released him. Yona Friedman now had to learn how to survive winter
in a devastated city. There was no food. There was no clean water. There was no electricity. It was very cold in buildings
with all the windows blown out. Life was honed to the essentials.
Friedman left Budapest that spring, rejecting Hungary and its anti-Semitism in pursuit of the promise of Israel. After the
war, Romania became a gathering point for surviving Jews hoping to emigrate to British Mandate Palestine, and the Zionist
resistance groups refocused their efforts on helping Jews get to Bucharest and beyond. Friedman spent eleven months in Romania
waiting for an exit visa and transport. This period of limbo waiting in refugee-camp conditions in Bucharest, directly on
the heels of living in war-destroyed Budapest, was a formative period in the development of Friedman's ideas of architecture.
Architecture was about survival. It was about a roof and shelter. It was about housing sudden, large influxes of people within
the limited infrastructure of existing cities. It was about several families finding a way to share one room in an apartment.
Friedman's earliest project, Panel-Chains, a prefabricated, flexible technique for temporarily dividing interior space, was
conceived in this period as a response to his personal experience of these conditions. Indeed, Friedman has characterized
his oeuvre as a product of World War II.
Friedman's connections with the Zionist groups in Romania must have been strong, because in the spring of 1946 he was on the
first of the unauthorized ships to depart Romania for British Mandate Palestine, which was not accepting refugees. On May
7, the Greek-flagged ship, the Smirni, renamed the Max Nordau by the emigrants, left the Romanian port of Constanta. The sailing
was organized by the Mossad LeAliyah Bet, with the Soviet-controlled Romanian government turning a blind eye, under the guise
that the passengers all held visas to go to Mexico or Costa Rica. The British Royal Navy stopped the ship at sea off the coast
of Haifa, but allowed it to land because it was overloaded and had run out of water and provisions. The 1666 emigrants aboard
were briefly detained at the Athlit camp outside Haifa.
In Palestine, Friedman initially lived in Kfar Glikson, a kibbutz, along with a number of other Hungarian settlers. He found
kibbutz life, especially, in its attempt to create a form of socialist utopia, fulfilling and indeed many of his later ideas,
like the function of the critical group seem to hark back to this experience. Yet Friedman had other plans, and after six
months, he gained admission to the architecture program at the Technion (Israel Institute of Technology) and moved to Haifa.
Resuming his education was not simple for Friedman. Academically, he had no transcripts or records. Iván Kotsis, the Budapest
dean, again interceded, writing a letter certifying Friedman's study, which enabled him to enroll as a third-year student.
Financially, having just arrived as a refugee, Friedman had few resources. In order to support himself while studying, he
worked two days a week as an unskilled manual laborer on construction sites, an unusual crossing of professional and class
boundaries. Soon his education was halted again for a year by yet another war. In the Israeli War of Independence he served
in the Engineering Corps constructing fortifications. Friedman finally received his architecture degree from the Technion
in 1949.
In addition to his degree, 1949 brought other transitions for Friedman. He married his first wife Erella Schneerson, whose
family was part of the long-resident Jewish establishment in Palestine. The marriage was brief, ending in 1953, and they had
one daughter, Anat. Friedman also took his first trip to Western Europe, which he saw as a very different Europe from his
previous experience of Budapest and Vienna. He visited Florence, Rome and Paris, and even went so far as to contact Le Corbusier.
Returning to Israel from this European trip, Friedman set about assembling a career as an architect. From 1950 to 1954, he
served as an advisor on fortifications of new settlements for a section of the Israeli General Staff. Simultaneously, he began
to build an independent practice, and eventually formed a loose partnership with Renzo Voghera, another emigrant architect.
During this time, aided somewhat by his wife's family connections, Friedman designed conventional private homes and apartment
buildings. Beginning in 1952, he also taught as an assistant at the Technion.
It was in these years of Friedman's early career in Israel that his ideas of mobile architecture began to take a definite
shape. Mobile architecture not in the sense of movement through space, but mobile architecture in the sense of the rejection
of the static form, the embrace of adaptability and flexibility. Drawing on his own experiences, as well as the pressures
of intense expansion witnessed in his work with the Israeli government, the unrealized projects Friedman designed in this
period, such as Movable Boxes and Cylindrical Shelters, were exercises in re-use and prefabrication, adaptability and rapid
response to shifting civic needs. This focus on adaptability reached its purest distillation in a design in which the kitchen
and bathroom, typically the most fixed points in a residence, rigid infrastructure controlled by water and sewage lines, were
treated essentially as furniture, completely moveable and adaptable to changing needs. His initial efforts in inhabitant participation
on a larger scale project also date to this period. In 1952 for a commission to design Haifa's first large public housing
project, Friedman attempted to involve the future residents in the design process. This impulse was soon stopped by the government,
which, when viewing the same housing crisis as Friedman, saw the answer in firm, central, top-down planning.
A critical event in the development of Friedman's ideas was the arrival of Konrad Wachsmann, a pioneer of prefabrication and
space-frame structures, as a visiting professor at the Technion in 1953-1954. Wachsmann's space frames, created using industrially-produced,
modular elements with sophisticated joints, had innumerable configurations and potentially unlimited extension, supporting
spans of up to 40 meters. This idea of massive, prefabricated spanning structures enthralled an array of young architects
from the mid-1950s through the 1960s, including the Metabolists (Wachsmann taught in Tokyo in 1955), and Archigram. For a
generation of architects and planners, faith in a new social vision and rapid technological advances combined with seeds sown
in Le Corbusier's Plan Obus for Algiers fueled the dreams of the megastructure. For Friedman specifically, Wachsmann's space-frame
structures provided the technique of infrastructure his developing ideas of mobility needed.
In this time of important intellectual growth, Friedman was not only constrained in his architectural practice, but he was
also finding no support in the academic world of the Technion. His thesis proposal towards an advanced degree, the beginnings
of "L'architecture mobile," was rejected. Alfred Neumann, the current dean, although a modernist, was not interested in prefabrication
nor in participatory design and planning. Yet, Friedman was sure that there must be a more receptive audience for his ideas
of architecture, so against Neumann's discouragement Friedman went looking for it.
Friedman attended the Congrès internationaux d'architecture moderne (CIAM) X in Dubrovnik in 1956 as an unofficial participant.
The theme of the conference was Habitat, and mobility was one of the topics discussed. Friedman presented a paper in the session
on Change and Growth but found that his ideas were not accepted by most of the participants. His foray outside of the insular
world of Israeli architecture was not the success he had hoped for, but he was able to meet a small number of architects who
were open to his ideas, including Günther Kühne, who asked him to outline his ideas for an article in
Bauwelt. By the time he returned to Israel late that fall, it was becoming clear to Friedman that he needed a change. He was becoming
disillusioned with the new Israel he saw developing; the classless society he had known was disappearing. Also, even his brief
time at CIAM had shown him that there were like-minded architects, at least a few. He just had to find them.
In 1957 Friedman's exposure to the broader architectural community at CIAM began to bear fruit. The
Bauwelt article appeared and Frei Otto wrote to him after reading it. That summer Friedman traveled to Berlin for the
Interbau exhibition. He then continued on to Amsterdam in August, and Paris in September. Through contacts made at CIAM or due to
his
Bauwelt article, Friedman connected with a network of architects who were receptive to his theories, including Frei Otto, Jaap Bakema,
Gerrit Rietveld, Jan Trapman, André Sive and Jean Prouvé, as well as meeting again with Le Corbusier. Prouvé was interested
in Friedman's ideas to such an extent that he sponsored Friedman's French visa extension, thinking that he would incorporate
Friedman into some of his prefabrication projects. Greatly encouraged by this reaction, Friedman returned briefly to Israel
in December to close that chapter of his life, and in January returned to Paris, which became his permanent home.
Friedman's career coalesced in Paris in the late 1950s and early 1960s, and over the next decade, Friedman would become well
known within architectural circles for his numerous publications, lectures and exhibits. Upon his arrival in Paris in early
1958, Friedman immediately took steps to realize projects he had been planning in Israel and to disseminate his ideas through
publications and a professional network.
Although the potential project with Prouvé fell through, Friedman quickly found other collaborators. In the fall of 1957,
Trapman had introduced him to Jean-Pierre Pecquet, and now Friedman and Pecquet, working as partners, attempted to put one
of Friedman's earlier projects, Cylindrical Shelters, into commercial production. The pair succeeded in producing a relatively
low-cost prototype and Pecquet worked on a display for the 1958 World's Fair in Brussels, but the project never found its
niche. This project would also be one of Friedman's last forays into conventional design using architectural drawings, and
marked the end of Friedman's career as a practicing architect.
Also at this time Friedman organized the ideas he had been working on, the ideas from his Dubrovnik presentation, into the
first draft of his theoretical manifesto "L'architecture mobile." The manifesto, which went through several iterations over
the next five years, each with further examples and development of his theories, was produced and distributed by Friedman
in mimeographed form.
Friedman defined mobile architecture as a system of construction allowing the inhabitant to determine the form, orientation
and style of their apartment, and to readily change these elements whenever they wanted. When expanded to a group, making
decisions about a neighborhood, this system becomes mobile urbanism. La ville spatiale or the spatial city is the application
of this theory, using spatial infrastructure, such as a space frame. In its most simplistic form, Friedman's master idea involved
the use of massive, multi-leveled space-frame structures rising several stories above a city (or natural feature). These space
frames would be supported by enormous pilotis or pillars, which would provide access to the elevated area and be the conduit
for access and the delivery of utilities. The framework would be filled in with individual, prefabricated units, whose positioning,
density and use could be altered as needed. The transverse elements of the structures would begin 15-20 meters above ground
level and only fifty percent of each level would be built out, thereby ensuring light and air flow. The individual infill
units were also completely "mobile," with all elements, such as walls, windows, and bathrooms, flexible and inhabitant-designed.
Friedman's ideas of mobile architecture and the spatial city were meant to address three key issues of concern to architects
and planners at the time: explosive growth in cities and a resulting housing crisis, due to postwar demographic shifts; the
inflexibility of the existing architectural stock; and a questioning of whether architects were adequately serving their clients'
needs. All these were questions Friedman had begun considering while still in Israel, and although he laid out his solutions
first in "L'architecture mobile," he continued to work out answers to these concepts throughout his career.
Friedman's city-above-the-city space-frame structures directly addressed the need for increased urban capacity and flexibility.
Then, as is still often the case today, the typical response to problems of urban overcrowding was to demolish existing low-density
structures and replace them with higher capacity ones, usually tower blocks. Friedman opposed this destruction and instead
wanted to preserve the current city by intensifying it with elevated structures. The flexibility of his infill units in the
inhabited voids of the space frame further alleviated issues such as housing shortages, because this new architectural stock
could easily respond to shifting functional needs.
The third issue Friedman addressed was the role of the architect and their relationship to the client, and it was this element
that was fundamentally most controversial. Friedman wanted to radically redefine what it meant to be an architect. As early
as his work on the shikun in Haifa, Friedman had seen inhabitant participation as essential to the future of architecture.
He was certainly not alone in this idea, but his conception of what participation meant was different from that held by others.
By the late 1950s, after increasing problems in the postwar "grands ensembles," there were even official attempts to integrate
inhabitant input into subsidized housing in the Paris area. These attempts, and most participation projects, used focus groups
and data modelling to predict the needs and desires of the "average" inhabitant. Friedman, however, had taken his early exposure
to Heisenberg and the Uncertainty Principle to the sociological level, believing that it was impossible for an architect to
predict inhabitants' needs, and combined this with an extreme conception of the individual, in which an average being could
not exist. For Friedman, any design involving modelled behavior or an "average" inhabitant did not count as participatory.
To him, the notion of an "average being" was just more of the same Modernist paternalism. For Friedman, the inhabitant had
to be the designer, as in his spatial city where the inhabitant had complete control over the individual infill units and
their placement in the space-frame. Aside from developing the infrastructure, the architect's only role would be technical
and informational, to ensure that inhabitants had a set of building element options, from which to choose. The architect creates
no final product, only initiates a process. Needless to say, Friedman's re-definition and renunciation of the architect's
current role was not well received by most of the profession.
It was also in 1958 that Friedman established his first professional network organization. While in Paris in the fall of 1957,
Friedman had met with Roger Aujame and Pecquet and discussed forming a group to explore issues of mobility. The Groupe des
études d'architecture mobile (GEAM), with Friedman as leader and other founding members including Pecquet, Aujame, Jerzy Soltan,
Georges Emmerich and Jan Trapman, met for the first time in Rotterdam in March 1958. The membership and list of those associated
soon expanded to include Frei Otto, Eckhard Schultze-Fielitz, Gunther Gunschel, Makowski, Werner Ruhnau, Gunther Kuhne, Masata
Otaka, Erik Friberger, Camille Frieden and Paul Maymont. Addressing what they saw as the failure of urban planning, the members
of GEAM promoted mobile megastructures made from prefabricated materials with varying degrees of adaptability. By the time
it disbanded in 1962, GEAM had issued a manifesto outlining its beliefs, held annual meetings and curated a traveling exhibition
of the members' work.
It is important to note that Friedman and the members of GEAM were not the only architects working in this vein at this time,
although Friedman always claimed the nature of his work was different from that of others. For example, Nikolaas Habraken,
a Dutch architect, devised a similar fixed superstructure in which inhabitants could design their own living quarters. Better
known is the New Babylon project of Constant Nieuwenhuys, who even took part in a GEAM exhibition in Amsterdam. Yet, Friedman
asserted that although the projects might be similar in form, they were completely unrelated, because they derived from different
philosophical and ideological bases – Habraken thought like an engineer, Constant thought like an artist, whereas he thought
like a sociologist.
Thus by the end of the 1950s, Friedman had melded the lessons of his earlier life—experiences of survival, basic needs, and
the methods of accommodating population shifts; ideas about creating different modes of communication, working outside the
normal path and challenging boundaries—into an overarching approach to architecture and planning.
The 1960s would be a period of consolidation for Friedman. He firmly committed to his new life in Paris, marrying Denise Charvein,
a film editor, with whom he would soon have a second daughter, and becoming a French citizen. The decade began on a potentially
auspicious note with Friedman being invited to the post-CIAM meeting held by Team 10 at Bagnols-sur-Cèze in July 1960, raising
hope that his work was being accepted by the Modernist mainstream. Yet, once again, his ideas, a presentation of the spatial
city, received little interest from most attendees, and were indeed savagely rejected by Alison Smithson.
As Friedman's attempts to create a practice in France faded with the failure of his projects with Pecquet, he explored other
sources of revenue. In the early 1960s, Friedman began making animated films in collaboration with Charvein. Using a style
of drawing reminiscent of the images in "L'architecture mobile," Friedman started producing films based on African folktales.
After the success of an initial example, ORTF, the French state television authority, commissioned over a dozen more. The
African films were quite successful, even winning the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival in 1962, and Friedman
gradually expanded the work to other themes. In certain respects, Friedman's animated films also laid the groundwork for his
subsequent "manuals," developing the basic idea of conveying information with very simplified drawings explained with minimal
dialogue.
In 1964 a further source of revenue appeared. Friedman began guest lecturing and giving seminars in the United States. Invited
first by Soltan, who was now a professor in the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University, Friedman would spend part
of each year at American universities, including University of Michigan (1968-1969), Carnegie Mellon University (1969-1970),
University of California, Los Angeles (1969-1970) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1970-1974). Friedman's classroom
lectures and his access to the computing resources of large academic research institutions helped him further develop his
theories in this period, especially in the area of participation. When conceptualizing participation, Friedman had soon realized
that most inhabitants would need guidance in planning their space and he had begun to develop systems to aid their choices.
In this period, Friedman began using graph theory and diagrams as visual languages to help guide and instruct inhabitants
in choosing elements. By the late 1960s under the influence of cybernetics, he was also developing a new system, the Flatwriter,
a sort of hypothetical proto-computer, to guide inhabitants away from poor design choices and structural errors before construction.
At the unveiling of a prototype of the Flatwriter at Expo '70 in Osaka, potential inhabitants could design their space using
a keyboard to select from among 53 architectural elements.
Alongside these revenue-producing activities, Friedman continued his theoretical work on mobile architecture and the spatial
city. He spent the 1960s demonstrating the range of combinations, conditions and locations in which the spatial city could
be implemented. With the actual realization of his projects unlikely, he now just focused on communicating his ideas, in the
face of general opinion. From Africa to the English Channel, over established cities and natural features, numerous projects
were designed by Friedman using his spatial infrastructure principles and meant to demonstrate the feasibility of his thesis—a
practice he continues to this day. Yet, among all these varied places, Friedman's adopted home of Paris became his most frequent
and evocative location for creating a spatial city. By applying his theories not just to marginal locations, his work surprisingly
became part of the discussion in the early 1960s on the restructuring of Paris. Michel Ragon, the influential art historian,
critic and writer, championed Friedman's work and exposed it to a much wider general intellectual audience.
Ragon promoted a wide range of what he called "prospective" architecture, frequently condemned as unrealistic and utopian.
He shared Friedman's view that society should not have to adapt to the built environment, but rather the built environment
should adapt to society. Mobile architecture and spatial urbanism was made necessary by societal change. So if these projects
remained unbuilt and "utopian," it was due to a failure of society to adequately respond to change by restructuring itself
economically, socially, and legally; it was not a failure in the architecture, since the projects were technically possible.
Among visionary ideas for the new city in the 1960s, Friedman's stood out, in part due to his unremitting flow of publications,
but also because of how he presented his vision. It was in this period that Friedman began to widely convey his ideas for
this ville spatiale visually, through drawing, collage, and most strikingly, photomontage, a technique not yet in common use
for architectural representation. Photographic images ranging from old postcards to prints by photographers such as Robert
Doisneau served as the base for the addition of Friedman's spatial infrastructure. These colorful, visually striking representations
of his theories are in many respects what set Friedman apart from his contemporary theorists on the city.
Friedman marked the beginning of the 1970s by consolidating his earlier theoretical writings. In 1970 and 1971, Friedman published
a collection of writings on mobile architecture and the notes from his lectures in the United States, in
L'architecture mobile and
Pour une architecture scientifique. However, even with the appearance of these definitive publications, Friedman's theories were finding less of an audience
as architectural trends changed. By the early 1970s interest in the megastructure form — so frequently designed, yet so rarely
built — was rapidly waning. From the 1970s into the 1990s, Friedman shifted the focus of his work. He had always seemed to
be much more interested in the inhabitants of his architecture than the structure itself, and now that sociological aspect
of his work dominated.
Abandoning his faith in the high tech future, Friedman now concentrated on self-sufficiency and low tech solutions. At a time
when a utopian vision was totally out of fashion in architectural circles, Friedman considered their meaning and feasibility.
Going back to the principles of the kibbutz, and other small autonomously organized groups, Friedman explored the dynamic
of the "critical group." Having long felt an affinity for the marginalized, Friedman now concentrated on issues of democratization,
poverty and the Third World.
Also in the 1970s Friedman began developing his "manual" form. Focusing on visual language and alternative communication methods,
Friedman endeavored to create a new way to communicate design. Beginning in 1972-1973 with a project to teach school children
about architecture, Friedman used simple, almost child-like drawings with brief accompanying text in a bande-dessinée or comic
book style to convey information. After this initial usage, the format was quickly implemented as a learning tool for an adult
audience. By the mid to late 1970s, as Friedman's attention was turning to the developing world, the initial architectural
subject matter of the manuals was expanding accordingly. The manuals had also ceased to be a small personal exercise and were
finding major sponsors, including the Council of Europe and United Nations programs, such as UNESCO. The manuals would reach
their fullest form in the 1980s in the work of the Friedman's Communication Centre of Scientific Knowledge for Self-Reliance
(CCSK).
In 1982 Friedman established the CCSK under the aegis of the United Nations University (UNU), which was also its primary funding
source. A very small organization — really just Friedman, his collaborator Eda Schaur, a researcher at the University of Stuttgart,
who served as Assistant Director, and the occasional consultant — the CCSK stated its goal as bridging the gap between scientific
research and innovation and the world's poor, those who needed it most, yet usually had the least access, by creating communication
tools. This goal found its expression in Friedman's manuals, which were relatively inexpensive, locally adaptable and easily
translated. The subject matter rapidly expanded to cover a wide range of topics including housing and shelter, water management,
food and energy sources, sanitation and health, as well as social issues. The primary area of distribution of this material
was Asia, particularly India, as well as Africa and Latin America. In addition to the individual manuals and their packaging
into topical sets, Friedman envisioned further extensions of the material, such as the "Popular Encyclopedia of Survival,"
a compendium of all knowledge necessary for self-sufficiency. In addition to the printed manuals, Friedman's picture scripts
were delivered in various ways, including wall journals, posters, slides and planned animations, or an entire didactic complex
like the Museum of Simple Technology in Madras.
Ironically, it was in this period of moving away from architecture that Friedman got his first major commission in France.
For the first time since leaving Israel, Friedman would be paid as an architect. In 1974, Compagnie Dubonnet-Cinzano (CDC)
decided to convert a large warehouse structure into office space, and Friedman almost got his first chance to actually implement
mobile architecture. The building was self-planned by the employees after having been trained using a manual and the result
was completely adaptable. Unfortunately, the company was sold before the project was realized and the new owners had no interest
in proceeding. Friedman's theories of mobility and self-planning were finally realized a few years later with the Lycée David
at Angers. Beginning in 1978, teachers, parents and other stakeholders defined the number, size and placement of rooms and
spaces of their new school (within the guidelines of the Ministry of Education) using relational diagrams. Friedman's role
was to make sure that the diagrams created by the stakeholders worked technically, that the school would meet construction
and zoning codes and to control the budget. Friedman's only realized structure since leaving Israel was completed in 1980.
In the early 1990s, when the CCSK lost its funding, Friedman's work turned from the developing world back to earlier preoccupations.
He revisited longtime interests in mathematics and physics. In addition to continuing to create visualizations of spatial
cities around the world, Friedman explored architecture with unconventional forms, including amorphous and anthropomorphic
structures, as well as Merz-structures.
In the last few decades, there has been a strong revival of interest in Friedman's work. This is due, in part, to the fact
that participation, sustainability and responses to overcrowding and inflexibility are features in the current architectural
dialogue. Much of the recent interest in Friedman's work has, however, come from the world of contemporary art. From early
in his career, Friedman found an audience for his ideas in artistic circles. As early as 1963 he was invited by Pierre Restany
to exhibit at Galerie J. In recent years, Friedman has taken part in Documenta XI, the Yokohama Triennial, and two Venice
Biennales. His arresting visual elements, in combination with his philosophy of participation, have resonated with relational
art, bringing new exposure to his work.
Partial list of secondary sources consulted for the finding aid notes (in addition to Friedman's published works and materials
in the archive):
Banham, Reyner.
Megastructure: Urban Futures of the Recent Past. New York: Harper & Row, 1976.
Busbea, Larry.
Topologies: The Urban Utopia in France, 1960-1970. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2007.
De Wit, Wim. "The Papers of Yona Friedman."
Getty Research Journal 1 (2009): 191-204.
Deyong, Sarah. "Memories of the Urban Future: The Rise and Fall of the Megastructure." In
The Changing of the Avant-garde: Visionary Drawings from the Howard Gilman Collection, 23-35. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 2002.
Eaton, Ruth.
Ideal Cities: Utopianism and the (Un) Built Environment. Antwerp: Mercatorfonds, 2001.
Edery, Georges. "Entretiens avec Yona Friedman."
Le carré bleu, no. 3/4 (2014): 15-25.
Escher, Cornelia Regine. "Mega-structuralism and the Groupe d'Étude d'Architecture Mobile." In
Structuralism Reloaded: Rule-based Design in Architecture and Urbanism, 214-221. Stuttgart: Edition Axel Menges, 2011.
Escher, Cornelia. "Du GEAM au GIAP: Michel Ragon et la culture de l'architecture visionnaire en France." In
Michel Ragon: Critique d'art et d'architecture, 203-220. Rennes: Presses universitaires de Rennes, 2013.
Fentener van Vlissingen, Helene (ed.). Yona Friedman. http://www.yonafriedman.nl.
Hoorn, Melanie van der.
Bricks & Balloons: Architecture in Comic-strip Form. Rotterdam: 010 Publishers, 2012.
Lebesque, Sabine and Helene Fentener van Vlissingen (eds.).
Yona Friedman: Structures Serving the Unpredictable. Rotterdam, NAI Publishers, 1999.
Mumford, Eric.
The CIAM Discourse on Urbanism, 1928-1960. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2000.
Newsome, W. Brian. "The 'Apartment Referendum' of 1959: Toward Participatory Architectural and Urban Planning in Postwar France."
French Historical Studies 28 (2005): 329-358.
Newsome, W. Brian.
French Urban Planning 1940-1968: The Construction and Deconstruction of an Authoritarian System. New York: Peter Lang, 2009.
Obrist, Hans Ulrich.
Yona Friedman. Cologne: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2007.
Obrist, Hans Ulrich "Ever Yona, Yona, Ever." In
Arquitectura con la gente, por la gente, para la gente, 138-161. León: MUSAC, 2011.
Obrist, Hans Ulrich und Wolfgang Fiel. "Im Gespräch mit Ekhard Schulze-Fielitz und Yona Friedman, London 21.2.2008." In
Eckhard Schulze-Fielitz: Metasprache des Raums, edited by Wolfgang Fiel, 404-431 Vienna: Springer, 2010.
Orazi, Manuel, and Yona Friedman. "A Conversation With Yona Friedman."
Log, no. 26 (2012): 60-75. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41765760.
Orazi, Manuel. "Yona Friedman: Biography and Works." In
Yona Friedman, edited by Luca Cerizza and Anna Daneri, 91-93. Milan: Charta, 2008.
Orazi, Manuel. "The Erratic Universe of Yona Friedman." In
Arquitectura con la gente, por la gente, para la gente, 108-135. León: MUSAC, 2011.
Orazi, Manuel. "The Erratic Universe of Yona Friedman." In
Yona Friedman: The Dilution of Architecture, by Yona Friedman and Manuel Orazi, 269-541. Zurich: Park Books, 2015. With response: Friedman, Yona. "Lettre de Yona Friedman
à son biographe Manuel Orazi."
Tracés 19 August 2015. https://www.espazium.ch/lettre-de-yona-friedman-a-son-biographe-manuel-orazi.
Orazi, Manuel, and Yona Friedman. "A Conversation with Yona Friedman."
Log, no. 26 (2012): 60-75. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41765760.
Ragon, Michel.
Prospective et Futurologie: Histoire mondiale de l'architecture et de l'urbanisme modernes. Paris: Casterman, 1978.
Rauchwerger, Daniel. "A Model Architect."
Haaretz 30 September 2015. https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/a-model-architect-1.396308
Steiner, Hadas.
Beyond Archigram: The Structure of Circulation. New York: Routledge, 2009.
Stempl, Markus. "The Structuralist Approach and the City in Space: Floating Cities for a Globalized Community, 1958-1974."
In
Structuralism Reloaded: Rule-based Design in Architecture and Urbanism, 204-213. Stuttgart: Edition Axel Menges, 2011.
Tan, Pelin. "Yona Friedman and GEAM." In
Megastructure Reloaded: Visionary Architecture and Urban Design of the Sixties Reflected by Contemporary Artists, 124-128. Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2008.
Wigley, Mark.
Constant's New Babylon: The Hyper-architecture of Desire. Rotterdam: 010 Publishers, 1998.
Willemin, Veronique.
Maisons mobiles. Paris: Éditions alternatives, 2004.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Architecture and society
Architecture, Modern -- 20th century
Architects -- France
Color slides
Drawings (visual works)
Sketches
Gelatin silver negatives
Gelatin silver prints
City planning
Chromogenic color prints
Color negatives
Visionary architecture
Megastructures
Photomontages
Collages (visual works)
Architects -- Archives
Friedman, Yona, 1923-
Writings, Series I.
circa 1957-2006, undated
Physical Description: 9.4 Linear Feet(24 boxes)
Scope and Contents
Yona Friedman's textual work—materials for books, articles, lectures and project proposals, both large and small—comprises
Series I. This documentation, which spans the majority of Friedman's career, includes all stages of the writing process from
notes and handwritten early drafts through typescripts, both earlier work produced on a typewriter and more recent material
printed from a computer, to offprints of published articles. In many cases, these materials are represented or duplicated
in the archive by photocopies, often in multiples.
The interwoven nature of Friedman's intellectual production and his goal of broadly spreading his ideas means that many of
the individual entries below are closely related. The content of an article would be published in more than one journal with
only minor changes, with an only slightly varying or even identical title, and would also be published in multiple languages.
Articles would, in turn, be repackaged as sections of Friedman's books. This publication methodology is reflected in the physical
characteristics of Friedman's manuscripts themselves. Works with images, and even some without, may be produced on tracing
paper, presumably for reproduction. Typescripts are often assembled from cut-out sections of text and glued to backing sheets,
and this technique reaches a further extent with composite manuscripts, where pieces of photocopied published works and typescripts,
with linking sections of handwritten manuscript, are all combined on backing sheets to create a new work. Sections of text
are reused and reassembled much like prefabricated modular elements. This method of textual construction also means that precisely
dating Friedman's individual works can be difficult. A small number of Friedman's writings are dated on the manuscript and
these are indicated below by a precise date with a month and day. For the majority of Friedman's writings, however, the year
given below is a terminus ante quem determined by a publication or lecture date, or is derived from context. The titles of
works presented in this series are taken directly from the piece with few exceptions, and occasionally retain quirks in spelling
and grammar.
Although this series contains the bulk of Friedman's writing, manuals and other books that are primarily graphic in nature
are to be found in Series II and exhibition catalogs are in Series IV.
Arrangement
The series is arranged in roughly chronological order, with undated and unidentified material at the end. Friedman's original
associative arrangement can be traced by the "boîte" numbers in each entry. A search using the "find" command with one of
those entries will retrieve the other materials originally housed in the same folder or box (see Arrangement and Processing
History notes above).
box 2, folder 5
"L'architecture mobile,"
circa late 1957-1958
Scope and Contents
Two early versions of Friedman's manifesto before the first distributed edition; one version was to have a preface by Roger
Caillois and includes Michel Subiela in the end credits. Photocopies of typescripts with drawings; partial typescript. Boîte:
17.10, 130BB, 130CC.
box 3, folder 1
"Ein Architektur-Versuch,"
1957
Scope and Contents
Published in
Bauwelt 48.16 (1957): 361-363; photocopy of offprint. Boîte: 39.
box 1, folder 1-2
"L'architecture mobile,"
1958 December 25
Scope and Contents
First distributed edition of the manifesto. "Mimeograph" of typescript and later photocopy; corrected "mimeograph" with handwritten
additions for preparation of second edition; loose cover. Boîte: 10A.10, VilleSpatiale1958, unnumbered.
box 3, folder 1A
"Éléments triédriques de construction,"
1959 April 15
Scope and Contents
Copy of text and images. Boîte: 17.7.
box 1, folder 3-4
"L'architecture mobile,"
1959 October 20
Scope and Contents
Second distributed edition of the manifesto. Typescript with original drawings on trace; photocopy. Boîte: 10A.9, unnnumbered.
box 3, folder 2
"De la mobilité en urbanisme et en architecture,"
1959
Scope and Contents
With Jean-Pierre Pecquet. Published in
Techniques et architecture 19 (1959): 82-87; photocopies of published article. Boîte: 37, 130Z.
box 3, folder 3
"Blocs 'à l'enjambée',"
1959-1960
Scope and Contents
With S. Ketoff, J.-P. Pecquet and R. Aujame. Published in
L'architecture d'aujourd'hui 87 (1959-1960): XXXVI; photocopies of published article. Boîte: 37.
box 3, folder 4-5
"Pour une architecture mobile: Les problèmes modernes de l'architecture et de l'urbanisme,"
1960
Scope and Contents
Published in
Revue technique du bâtiment numbers 2, 3, 5 (1960): 3-8, 9-19, 8-18; tearsheets and photocopies. Boîte: 16A, 17.4, 37.
box 3, folder 6
"L'architecture mobile,"
1960
Scope and Contents
Published in
Europäisches Bau-Forum 1 (1960): 4-5; photocopy of published article, fascicles of journal. Boîte: 16A, 37.
box 3, folder 7
"Les constructions 'ruche',"
1960
Scope and Contents
Published in
Europäisches Bau-Forum 6 (1960): 65-67; photocopy of published article. Boîte: 37.
box 3, folder 8
"Urbanisme spatial,"
1960
Scope and Contents
Published in
L'architecture d'aujourd'hui 88 (1960): XLIII; photocopy of published article. Boîte: 37.
box 1, folder 10
"Les dix principes de l'architecture mobile,"
1960-1962
Scope and Contents
Manuscript, titled "Les dix principes de l'urbanisme nouveau," with photographs of drawings illustrating principles; also
later typescripts. Boîte: 10A.12, 17.4, 19B.2.
box 3, folder 10
"Mobile Architecture,"
1960
Scope and Contents
With R. Aujame. Published in
Architectural Design 30, no. 9 (1960): 356; photocopy of published article. Boîte: 38.
box 3, folder 24
"Paris spatiale,"
1960
Scope and Contents
Typescript. Boîte: 24A.6.
box 3, folder 11
"Paris spatial: Une suggestion,"
1960
Scope and Contents
Published in
Revue technique du bâtiment (1960): 13-18; tear sheets, photocopy of published article. Boîte: 16A, 17.4, 37.
box 3, folder 12-13
"Pour un urbanisme mobile,"
circa 1960
Scope and Contents
Typescripts. Published in
Techniques et architecture 20 (1960) or 21 (1961): 124-128; tearsheets and photocopy. Includes sections: programme 1960; blocs à l'enjambées, with
S. Ketof, R. Aujame, and J.P. Pecquet; les quartiers spatiaux; bâtiment pilote du quartier spatial à Niamey, with S. Ketof
and R. Aujame; le foyer des nigériens à Treichville, with S. Ketof and R. Aujame. Boîte: 16A, 17.6, 17.12, 37.1A.
box 3, folder 22
"Programme pour un urbanisme mobile,"
circa 1960
Scope and Contents
Published in unidentified journal: 341-343; photocopies of published article. Boîte: 37, 169II.
box 3, folder 25
"Programme d'actualité pour un urbanisme mobile,"
circa 1960
Scope and Contents
Published in
Revue technique du bâtiment: 17-22; tearsheets. Boîte: 17B.
box 3, folder 9
"Les agglomérations spatiales,"
1960-1961
Scope and Contents
Published in
L'architecture d'aujourd'hui 93 (1960-1961): XLVIII; photocopy of published article; drawings and notes with brief text. Boîte: 10A.12, 37.
box 3, folder 23
"Un programme d'interventions pour l'assainissement de Paris,"
circa 1960-1963
Scope and Contents
Published in unidentified journal: 140; photocopy of published article. Boîte: 37.
box 3, folder 21
"L'architecture mobile,"
circa 1960-1965
Scope and Contents
Published in unidentified journal: 32-34; photocopy of published article. Boîte: 37.
box 3, folder 14
"L'avenir des services collectifs,"
1961 March 10
Scope and Contents
Published in
Revue techniques du bâtiment (1961): 11-12. Typescript; tearsheets. Boîte: 16A, 17.3, 17.7.
box 3, folder 26
"The Climatised City,"
1962 January 12
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and typescript drafts. Boîte: 17.7, 19H.1.
box 1, folder 5-9
"L'architecture mobile,"
1962 July 1
Scope and Contents
Third distributed edition of the manifesto. Carbon copies of typescript with photostats of images; partial typescript with
corrections; drawings on trace; three original copies of distributed work (one copy has minor annotations and has small photograph
of Friedman and photocopy of 1965
Lördagen article inserted); copy of Dutch translation. Boîte: 10B.19, 19G.2, 26C, unnumbered.
box 3, folder 15
"Théorie générale de la mobilité,"
1962
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and typescript drafts. Published in
Europäisches Bau-Forum 3 (1962): 371-372; fascicles of journal; tearsheet. Boîte: 16A, 17.3, 17.7, VilleSpatiale1958.
box 3, folder 16
"Paris spatial,"
1962
Scope and Contents
Published in
L'architecture d'aujourd'hui 101 (1962): XXXVII; photocopy of published article. Boîte: 37.
box 2, folder 1-4
"L'architecture mobile,"
1963 September 15
Scope and Contents
Fourth distributed edition of the manifesto. Typescript; working draft; two original copies of distributed work; photocopy
of English translation. Boîte: unnumbered.
box 3, folder 35
"La théorie des systèmes compréhensibles et son application à l'urbanisme (résumé),"
1963 September 15
Scope and Contents
Typescript. Published as "Résumé de la théorie des systèmes compréhensibles et son application à l'urbanisme" in
Europäisches Bau-Forum 5 (1964): 815-816; photocopy of published article. Boîte: 24B.6, 37, unnumbered.
box 3, folder 17
"Ports on Channel Bridge,"
1963
Scope and Contents
Published in
Architectural Design 33 (1963): 158-159; photocopy of published article. Boîte: 38.
box 3, folder 18
"Les villes-ponts,"
1963
Scope and Contents
Published in
Techniques et architecture (1963):13-15; tearsheet, photocopy of published article. Boîte: 37, unnumbered.
box 3, folder 19
"Towards a Mobile Architecture,"
1963
Scope and Contents
Published in
Architectural Design 33 (1963): 509-510; photocopy of published article. Boîte: 38.
box 3, folder 20
"'Mobiler' Städtebau,"
1963
Scope and Contents
Published in
Bauwelt (1963): 14-15; photocopy of published article. Boîte: 39.
box 4, folder 2
"L'industrialisation et la ville,"
1964
Scope and Contents
Published in
Techniques et architecture 25 (1964): 176-177; photocopy of published article. Boîte: 37.
box 4, folder 3-4
"La théorie des systèmes compréhensibles et son application à l'urbanisme,"
1964
Scope and Contents
Published in
L'architecture d'aujourd'hui 115 (1964): 28-29; tearsheets, photocopy of published article. Boîte: 37, unnumbered.
box 4, folder 5
"L'urbanisme comme système compréhensible,"
1964
Scope and Contents
Lecture delivered at Harvard University and the Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh; handwritten draft; variant typescript copies;
prints of images. Published in
Techniques et architecture (1964): 153-155; photocopy of published article. Boîte: 24B.6, 26, 37, AncienOrig.2, unnumbered.
box 4, folder 6
"Mobil Arkitektur,"
1964
Scope and Contents
Published in
Byggekunst 46 (1964): 108-109; fascicles of journal, photocopy of published article. Boîte: 39, unnumbered.
box 4, folder 6
"Byplan som Fattbart System/L'urbanisme comme système compréhensible,"
1964
Scope and Contents
Published in
Byggekunst 46 (1964): 110-112; fascicles of journal, photocopy of published article. Boîte: 39, unnumbered.
box 4, folder 7
"Actual Problems of Town-Planning,"
1964
Scope and Contents
Handwritten draft and drawings; typescript with note that part I is a summary of a lecture given at Harvard University and
Carnegie Mellon University in March 1964. Published as "Problems of Town-Planning" in
Arts and Architecture 81 (1964): 30-31, 38-39; fascicles of journal, photocopies of published article. Boîte: 24B.6, 38, AncienOrig.2, unnumbered.
box 4, folder 8
"Towards a Coherent System of Planning,"
1964
Scope and Contents
Published in
Architectural Design 34 (1964): 371-372; photocopy of published article. Boîte: 39.
box 4, folder 10
"Une proposition concernant la ville de New York,"
1964
Scope and Contents
Handwritten draft, typescripts, notes. Boîte: 91.2, unnumbered.
box 4, folder 12
"La théorie des systèmes compréhensibles: Une proposition,"
circa 1964
Scope and Contents
Typescript drafts. Published in unidentified journal: 167-197; photocopy of published article. Boîte: 37, 128, GRI2A.
box 4, folder 13
"Les infrastructures possibles,"
1964-1965
Scope and Contents
Paper delivered at the University of California, Berkeley and at the University of Strasbourg; includes handwritten draft,
typescripts, notes. Published in
Europäisches Bau-Forum 5 (1965): 1029-1030; photocopy of published article. Boîte: 24B.6, 37, 91.2, unnumbered.
box 4, folder 14
"Réflexions sur l'architecture de l'avenir,"
1965 October 8
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and typescript drafts of various sections, together with handwritten and typescript drafts of "Critères pour la
planification des villes." Published together in
Réalisations du bâtiment et des travaux publics 2 (1966); photocopy of offprint. Boîte: 37, 91.2, 92.1.
box 4, folder 16
"Infrastructures for New York and Los Angeles,"
1965
Scope and Contents
Published in
Art and Architecture (1965): 26-27; fascicles of journal, photocopy of published article, copies of images. Boîte: 38, 92.1, unnumbered.
box 4, folder 17
"Une architecture pour des milliards d'hommes,"
1965
Scope and Contents
Published in
Problèmes 96 (1965): 31-48; photocopy of published article. Also published in
Les visionnaires de l'architecture (Paris: Robert Laffont, 1965): pages 53-85; offprint and photocopy, as well as photocopy of preceding book section "Pourquoi
l'urbanisme spatial? de Yona Friedman." Boite: 37, 39, 164Z, unnumbered.
box 4, folder 18
"Une nouvelle façon de rançonner sur l'urbanisme,"
1965
Scope and Contents
Published in
Problèmes 96 (1965): 56-59; photocopy of published article. Boîte: 37.
box 4, folder 20
"L'urbanisme comme système compréhensible,"
1965
Scope and Contents
Published in
Europäisches Bau-Forum (1965): 977-978; photocopy of published article. Boîte: 39.
box 4, folder 21
"Mobiler Städtebau: Erklärung des räumlich Städtebaues,"
1965
Scope and Contents
Published in
Der Architekt (1965): 24-25; fascicles with published article; photocopy. Boîte: 39, unnumbered.
box 4, folder 21
"Paris spatial,"
1965
Scope and Contents
Published in
Der Architekt (1965): 26-27, 37; fascicles with published article. Boîte: unnumbered.
box 4, folder 19
"L'urbanisme spatial,"
1965 or later
Scope and Contents
Compilation published in
Revue technique du bâtiment (1965?): 7-18; photocopy of published article. Boîte: 37.
box 4, folder 22
"A Trend in Architecture: Analysis and Prognosis,"
1965
Scope and Contents
Published in
Architectural Design 35 (1965): 52-53; photocopy of published article. Boîte: 39.
box 4A, folder 1
"Architecture de demain,"
1966 February 15
Scope and Contents
Published in unidentified newspaper; partial photocopy of article. Boîte: 37.
box 4A, folder 2
"Development over a Paris Terminal,"
1966
Scope and Contents
Published in
Architectural Design 36 (1966): AD7; photocopy of published article. Boîte: 38.
box 4A, folder 3
"Utilisation de structures tridimensionnelles pour résoudre certains problèmes d'urbanisme,"
1966
Scope and Contents
Proofed typescript. Published in
Proceedings of the International Conference on Space Structures, University of Surrey (1966): 1-12; offprint, photocopy. Boîte: 18C, 37, unnumbered.
box 4A, folder 4
"Kriterion der Stadtplanung,"
1966
Scope and Contents
Published in
Werk 2 (1966): 23-24; photocopy of published article. Boîte: 39.
box 4A, folder 5
"Infrastructure Joint,"
1966
Scope and Contents
Published in
Architectural Design 36 (1966): AD7; photocopy of published article. Boîte: 38.
box 4A, folder 6
"Recherches de solutions aux problèmes urbains,"
1966
Scope and Contents
Published in
Techniques et architecture 27 (1966): 136-139; photocopy of published article; copy of images used in article. Boîte: 18C, 37.
box 4A, folder 8
"Réflexions sur l'architecture de l'avenir,"
circa 1966
Scope and Contents
Published in unidentified journal: 27-30; photocopy of published article. Also includes photocopy of single page from Italian
version, "Riflessioni sull'architettura dell'avvenire" published in an unidentified journal, page 50-. Boîte: 37.
box 4A, folder 9
"L'art et la ville,"
1967 July 22-1968
Scope and Contents
Submitted for publication in 1967. Published in
Leonardo 1 (1968): 51-61; offprint, photocopy of page proofs. Boîte: 37, unnumbered.
box 4A, folder 22
"Une tentative pour l'avenir des villes,"
1967 July
Scope and Contents
Typescript. Published in
Progrès (1968): 60-68; photocopy of published article. Boîte: 37, GRI2B.
box 4A, folder 10
"Projet de 'Nice Futur': 2) Cité sur l'emplacement actuel de l'aéroport de Nice et sur le banc de sable,"
1967 October 27
Scope and Contents
Handwritten draft, carbon copy of typescript, drawings, photostats of drawings. Boîte: 24B.3.
box 4A, folder 11
"Sommaire de l'architecture mobile,"
1967
Scope and Contents
Published in
Fylkingen International Bulletin 1 (1967): 22-25; photocopy of published article. Boîte: 37.
box 4A, folder 12
"Programme de recherche pour une méthode d'urbanisme,"
1967
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and typescript drafts. Published in
Réalisations du bâtiment et des travaux publics 4 (1967); offprints, photocopy. Boîte: 18C, 18J, 37, 38.
box 4A, folder 13
"A Research Programme for a Scientific Method of Planning,"
1967
Scope and Contents
Published in
Architectural Design (1967): 379-381; photocopy of published article. Boite 38.
box 4A, folder 14
"The Revolt of the Young,"
1968 May
Scope and Contents
Published in
Action 2, 21 May 1968: 4-6; photocopy of published article. Boîte: 38.
box 4A, folder 15
"Remarques sur le structuralisme, concept dont on abuse souvent,"
1968 June 1
Scope and Contents
Typescript. Boîte: 18E.
box 4A, folder 16
"De la formation de l'architecture,"
1968 August 29
Scope and Contents
Typescript. Also includes copy of 1966 proposal for Atelier internationale de recherche pour la planification and letter to
Max Querrien, Directeur de l'architecture, Ministère des affaires culturelles. Boîte: 19B.1.
box 4A, folder 20
"Seminar on Methods for Architects/Planners,"
1968 September
Scope and Contents
Title page of preliminary draft. Published in
ARCH+ 1 (1968): 27-50; photocopy of published article. Boîte: 39, unnumbered.
box 4A, folder 17
"A Short Outline of a Current Social Trend and Its Meaning to Architecture,"
1968 October 22
Scope and Contents
Lecture(?) at Columbia University. Typescript and copies. Boîte: 18E, GRI2B.
box 4A, folder 18
"Vers une démocratisation de la planification,"
1968 November 4
Scope and Contents
Typescript and copies. Published in
Neuf 19 (1969): 5-8, in
Techniques et architecture 30 (1969) and as "Architecture et urbanisme" in unidentified journal (1970?): 13; photocopies of published articles. Also
includes copies of English translation by C. MacKay. Boîte: 18E, 37, 93.2, GRI1A, GRI1B, GRI2A, GRI2B.
box 4A, folder 19
"Gegen den Demokratismus der Planung,"
1968 December 27
Scope and Contents
Published in
Allgemeine Bauzeitung, 27 December 1968: 16-18; partial photocopies of published article. Boîte: 39.
box 4A, folder 21
"Recherche d'une méthode,"
1968
Scope and Contents
Published in
Techniques et architecture 29 (1968): 76-82; photocopy of published article. Also photocopy of Spanish translation, "En busca de un metodo," from unidentified
publication, pages 83-112. Boîte: 37, 39.
box 4A, folder 23
"Die Wohndichte: Ein falsches Problem?"
1968
Scope and Contents
Published in
Bauen und Wohnen (1968): 40-41; photocopy of published article. Boîte: 39.
box 4A, folder 24
"Programma di ricerca per una metodologia urbanistica scientifica,"
1968
Scope and Contents
Published in
Dibattito urbanistico 17 (1968): 188-124; photocopy of published article; also includes photocopy of article from unidentified publication, pages
139-149. Boîte: 39.
box 4A, folder 27
Untitled manuscript,
circa 1968
Scope and Contents
Two brief typescript drafts of text in English on "mapping of architectural plans." Boîte: 18E.
box 4A, folder 28
"Objective Methodologies for Architecture and Planning,"
circa 1968
Scope and Contents
Book proposal. Typescript. Boîte: 18E.
box 4A, folder 29
"Développment possible d'une nouvelle société: La societé de 'non-compétition',"
1969 October 30
Scope and Contents
Typescript and copy of English translation. Boîte: GRI1B, GRI2B.
box 4A, folder 30
"Nice futur,"
1969
Scope and Contents
With Guy Rottier. Published in
Neuf 19 (1969): 20-21; photocopy of published article. Boîte: 37.
box 4A, folder 31
"Hvem Skal Traeffe Valget og Hvordan?,"
1969
Scope and Contents
Published in
Arkitektur og billedkunst (1969): 22-26; photocopy of published article. Boîte: 39.
box 4A, folder 32
"Hacia una democratización de la planificación,"
circa 1969
Scope and Contents
Copy of typescript. Article published in unidentified journal, circa 1969: 75-78; photocopy of published article. Boîte: 39,
GRI2B.
box 4A, folder 33
"Sommaire du séminaire pour les 'Méthodes objectives pour les architectes et autres planificateurs',"
late 1960s
Scope and Contents
Handwritten draft, includes outline of ideas and elements later published as
Pour une architecture scientifique. Typescript and copies, also includes summary of a videotape course. Boîte: 19B.1, 19B.2, 93.1.
box 5, folder 1
"Future's Town as an Act of Choice: How to Prepare It,"
1970
Scope and Contents
Paper delivered in Kyoto, April 1970. Published in
Challenges from the Future: Proceedings of the International Future Research Conference (Tokyo, 1970): 363-371. Materials include handwritten draft; copy of typescript; uncorrected galley proofs; photocopies of
published article. Boîte: 19B.2, 19O, 38, 39, unnumbered.
box 5, folder 2
"Vers la démocratisation de l'environnement (ou comment sortir d'une impasse?),"
1970
Scope and Contents
Handwritten draft and photocopy; typescript with additional material and partial copy; typescript of English translation and
copies. French version published in
Techniques et architecture 32 (1970): 82-87; photocopy of published article. Boîte: 19B.2, 37, 93.2, GRI1A, GRI1B.
box 5, folder 4
"De la possibilité des 'utopies' sociales et techniques,"
1971 January 21
Scope and Contents
Paper presented at the Congres International du I.E.E.E. in Mexico, 21 January 1971; handwritten and typescript drafts, with
copy; typescript in English. Boîte: 19B.2, 23, 27F, 93.2.
box 5, folder 5
"Concernant Gaudi,"
1971 May 5
Scope and Contents
Handwritten draft, typescript. Boîte: 93.2.
box 5, folder 6
"Two Papers about the Description of Social Systems: Research Project concerning 'Natural Laws' of Urban Behavior and about
the Possibility of Social Utopias and about Social Ecology,"
1971 August 31
Scope and Contents
Presented at the Symposium on Trends in Mathematical Modeling (Venice, Italy, 13-18 December 1971), under the auspices of
UNESCO with the Laboratory of Studies on Research and Documentation of CNR. Handwritten draft; typescripts; photocopies of
UNESCO distribution copy; photocopy of published natural laws article in Spanish from unknown source, pages 273-287. Boîte:
19B.1, 19B.2, 19O, 39, 93.2.
box 5, folder 7
"A 'Non-Paternalistic' Attitude in Using Models of Social Organizations,"
1971
Scope and Contents
Presented at the Symposium on Trends in Mathematical Modeling (Venice, Italy, 13-18 December 1971), under the auspices of
UNESCO. Early handwritten draft, entitled "The Lacking Mathematical Model;" typescript and carbon. Published in
International Seminar on Trends in Mathematical Modelling (Berlin, 1973): 31-40; photocopy of published article. Boîte: 19B.1, 39, 93.2.
box 5, folder 8
"L'expression individuelle, son rôle et ses possibilités dans l'architecture de l'avenir,"
1971
Scope and Contents
Typescript and photocopy of English version. French version published in
Architecture formes + functions 16 (1971): 77-80; photocopy of published article. Boîte: 37, GRI1A, GRI2B. For French typescript, see Box 12, folder 11.
box 5, folder 9
"The Flatwriter: Choice by Computer,"
1971
Scope and Contents
Published in
Progressive Architecture 52 (1971): 98-101; photocopies of published article. Boîte: 38, 39.
box 5, folder 10
"La ville totale,"
1971
Scope and Contents
With Kenzo Tange, Nicholas Negroponte, Richard Buckminster Fuller. Published in
2000 24 (1971): 5-7; photocopy of published article. Boîte: 37.
box 5, folder 11
"Tentative de description 'objective' de l'organisation sociale,"
1971
Scope and Contents
Published in
Techniques et architecture 33, no. 4 (1971): 94-96; photocopy of published article. Boîte: 37.
box 5, folder 12
"Problèmes particuliers pouvant être abordés par la théorie du stockage-réglage,"
circa 1971
Scope and Contents
With Christian Goux. Typescripts and related materials. Boîte: 93.2.
box 7, folder 1-6
Pour une architecture scientifique,
1971
Scope and Contents
Copies of sections of typescript of English edition, one annotated; handwritten and typescript drafts of sections of French
edition; copies of varying versions of images; photocopies of sections of published English edition and title page of Russian
edition; French typescript table of contents; figures with translated captions for Spanish edition. Also includes figures
on vellum from originating seminar courses and drawings of variations of title page. Boîte: 10B.6, 14C, 19C, 19O, 23, 27C,
47, 47B, 93.2, 94.2, 102B, 163G, unnumbered, GRI1A, GRI1B, GRI2A.
box 5, folder 13
"Société=environnement,"
1972 January
Scope and Contents
Handwritten draft (with note for Miguet); typescript of English version on trace, notes. Boîte: 120, unnumbered.
box 5, folder 16
"On Models of Utopias and Social Ecology,"
1972
Scope and Contents
Handwritten draft, typescript drafts. Published in
Leonardo 5 (1972): 37-41; production materials; offprints and photocopy. Boîte: 38, 93.2, 94.2, unnumbered.
box 5, folder 17
"L'organisation des 'autres',"
1972
Scope and Contents
Published in
Techniques et architecture (1972): 109-111; photocopy of published article. Boîte: 37.
box 5, folder 18
"Un modèle topologique des relations sociales,"
1972
Scope and Contents
Published in
Épistémologie sociologique 14 (1972): 73-106; photocopy of published article. Boîte: 39.
box 5A, folder 6-8
"Projet d'un institut de design,"
1972-1973, 1977(?)
Scope and Contents
Typescripts of progressive proposals with images, and photocopies; budgets and equipment sourcing; includes funding proposal
for Sommer-Allibert. Boîte: 19, 19A, 120.1, 120.2, 135, 138B, unnumbered. See also Box 5, folder 14.
box 5, folder 19
"Projet d'un groupe de travail de recherche architecturale à l'école speciale d'architecture à Paris,"
1973 January 24
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of typescript. Boîte: 122.
"Premiers tests d'un 'modèle d'équilibre',"
1973 April
Scope and Contents
Report on "urban mechanisms" for Atelier Parisien d'Urbanisme (APUR). Includes copies of report, one with colored diagrams;
drawings on trace, with photocopies; also materials related to "Action 'Meteo urbain'." Boîte: 22C, 22D, 22E, 22F, 88, 138A.
See also Box 5, folder 25.
box 5, folder 20
"Introduction,"
1973 September 25
Scope and Contents
Possibly preface for catalog of exhibition featuring the work of John Lautner and the firm Daniel, Mann, Johnson and Mendenhall.
Handwritten drafts, typescripts and photocopies; also photocopies and offprints relating to the work of Lautner and DMJM.
Boîte: unnumbered.
box 5, folder 21
"Vers un 'monde pauvre' ou comment la pénurie nous évitera de courir à la catastrophe,"
1973 November
Scope and Contents
Note in later English translation dates original French manuscript to November 1973. Handwritten drafts and photocopy; photocopies
of typescript; photocopy of published article in unidentified publication, pages 170-187. Boîte: 39, 53, 122.
box 5, folder 23
"Où va l'architecture,"
1973
Scope and Contents
Photocopy from unidentified publication: VI 1-VI 11. Boîte: 37.
box 5, folder 25
"Planning Proposals for Paris Tested by the Urban Mechanism Group,"
1973
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and typescript drafts; drawings on trace with publication notations; photocopies of drawings with added color.
Published in
Architectural Design (1973): 790-791; photocopy of published article. Boîte: 22D, 22E, 38, 122.
"Pictogrammes,"
1973-1977
Scope and Contents
Typescript and photocopies, with images, in French and English. Also includes sections of Genesis and Friedman's "African
Tales" written in pictographs, lexicon and correlation with Chinese ideographs. Boîte: 12, 89D, 89M, 92.2, 113H, 115, 115A,
116A, 139A, 140D, 147I, unnumbered.
box 5, folder 22
"Méthode des mécanismes urbains exemples,"
circa 1973
Scope and Contents
Published in unidentified journal, volume 29, number 3; photocopy of published article. Boîte: 37.
box 5, folder 26
"Histoire d'une idée,"
circa 1973
Scope and Contents
Handwritten drafts with photocopies; copies of letters sent to Max Blumenthal. Published in
Techniques et architecture: 110-111; photocopy of published article. Boîte: 37, 122.
box 5, folder 24
"Project: International Investigation about the 'Critical Group' Phenomenon,"
circa 1973
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of typescript; handwritten French version. Boîte: 113B, 122, AncienOrig.2.
box 6A, folder 16-17A
"Manuel d'enseignement de l'architecture aux écoles primaires et secondaires,"
1973
Scope and Contents
Early drafts of work that became "Le langage de l'autoplanification: manuel des enseignants." See Series II, Box 19. Materials
include handwritten drafts and copies (some copies heavily annotated); drawings; copies of pages of "Comment dessiner ma maison"
manual; correspondence; receipts. Also included here is a folder of childrens' drawings of houses. Boîte: 19A, unnumbered.
box 6, folder 1
"Planning in Paris: From Upstairs or from Downstairs,"
1974 October
Scope and Contents
Typescript. Boîte: 43B.1.
box 6, folder 2
"Sur la 'grève civile',"
1974 November 21
Scope and Contents
Handwritten draft, typescripts, annotated copy. Boîte: 113.
box 6, folder 3
"Introduction à l'analyse: Une application du principe du stockage-réglage,"
1974 December 20
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of typescript. Boîte: 43B.1.
box 6, folder 4
"Towards a 'Poor World' or How Scarcity Might Prevent the Catastrophe,"
1974
Scope and Contents
Typescript and photocopies. Slightly variant version published in
Architectural Design (1974): 442-444; photocopies of article. Boîte: 38, 113A, 134/144, 153.1, AncienOrig.2, unnumbered.
box 6, folder 5
"Arguments for a Poor World,"
1974
Scope and Contents
Published in
Futures (1974): 334-339; offprint and photocopy. Boîte: 38, 53.
box 6, folder 6
"Une pauvreté nécessaire,"
1974
Scope and Contents
Published in
Gulliver 11 (1974): 52-65; photocopy of published article. Boîte: 37.
box 6, folder 7
"Model of a Poor World,"
1974
Scope and Contents
Text followed by "manual" section; published in unidentified journal, Fall 1974: 3-24; photocopy of published article. Boîte:
39.
box 6, folder 8
"User Design,"
1974
Scope and Contents
Published in
Architectural Design (1974): 699-700; photocopies of published article. Boîte: 38.
box 6, folder 9
"Groups and Networks,"
1974
Scope and Contents
Published in
Associations internationales (1974): 274-285; photocopy of published article. Boîte: 38.
box 6, folder 10
"International Relations: Consequences of Communications Difficulties,"
1974
Scope and Contents
Paper for International Seminar on International Relations and Mathematical Models, in Brasov, Romania, 1974. Materials include
composite manuscript created from typewritten and photocopied elements; photocopy of related but variant text; hand-drawn
chart; photocopy of published article from unidentified source, pages 430-441. Boîte: 39, 153.1.
box 6, folder 11
"Infrastructure et 'autoplanification',"
circa 1974
Scope and Contents
Published in unidentified journal; photocopies of published article. Boîte: 37.
box 6, folder 12
"Some New Approaches to Building (Self-building, Self-repair, Self-planning): 1) New Approach to Building as a Result of Impending
Scarcity, 2) Self-planning as a Result of Communication Difficulties,"
circa 1973-1975
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of typescript. Boîte: 142, AncienOrig.2.
box 6, folder 13
"New Problems Concerning the Industrialization of Constructions,"
circa 1974-1975
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and typescript drafts with photocopies; brief summary of lecture given in Hannover; notes. Boîte: 43B.1, 122.
box 6, folder 14
"The World City: A Problem of Communication,"
1975 May
Scope and Contents
Paper for the Intergovernmental Bureau for Informatics (IBI) colloquium, Ottawa. Typescript and photocopies. Boîte: 113, 113A.
box 6, folder 15
"Les problèmes posées par l'information,"
1975 September 15
Scope and Contents
Complement to the project, Research and Human Needs. Handwritten drafts and typescripts. Boîte: 113, 113E.
box 6, folder 16
"Research and Human Needs: Information Development through Information Popularization,"
1975 November 29
Scope and Contents
Handwritten draft; typescript and photocopies. Also expanded copies with "annexes." Boîte: 100.1, 113, 113E, 116E, AncienOrig.2.
box 6, folder 17
"A Project for a Soft World-Exposition for the Year 1979 Dedicated to Worldwide Environmental Problems and Organized under
the Auspices of the U.N.E.P.,"
1975 December 2
Scope and Contents
Handwritten drafts; photocopies of typescript; handwritten draft, typescript and copies of earlier proposition in French.
Also includes correspondence with United Nations Environment Programme officials. Boîte: 113, 113E, AncienOrig2, unnumbered.
box 6, folder 18
"Social Minimum and Social Maximum: A Problem of Behavior Change and Global Communication,"
1975
Scope and Contents
Published in
Analysen und Prognosen (May 1975): 14; photocopies of published article. Boîte: 39.
box 6, folder 19
"Urbanismus und individuelle Architektur,"
1975
Scope and Contents
Published in
Du (November 1975): 15-39; photocopy of published article. Boîte: 39.
box 6, folder 20
"Architecture by Yourself,"
1975
Scope and Contents
Composite draft and photocopy of lecture(?), as well as partial copy of later expanded version. Boîte: 140, 43B1. Published
in
Professionals and Urban Form (Albany, 1983): 340-349; photocopies of published article. Boîte: 39, 140.
box 9, folder 1-2
Utopies réalisables,
1975
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and typescript text and notes, with photocopies; article-length typescript from 1971 with same title; photocopies
of earlier articles; book proposal; outline; photocopies of German edition table of contents, with annotations. Also includes
published excerpts. Boîte: 19B.2, 23, 39, 92.2, 94.2, 100.1, 113, 120.1, 122.
box 6, folder 22
"Wellbeing in Cities and in the Future,"
1975-1976
Scope and Contents
Paper for the World Environment and Resources Council Conference on the Environment of Human Settlements, Brussels, April,
1976. Handwritten draft, typescript and photocopies; also conference submission guidelines, images and packet of copies of
publication samples. Published in
The Environment of Human Settlements: Human Well-being in Cities (Oxford, 1976): 303-308; photocopy of published paper. Boîte: 39, 113A, 153.8, AncienOrig.2.
box 6, folder 23
"The Babel Syndrome,"
1975-1977
Scope and Contents
Published in
Ceres (September-October 1975): 48-52. Copy of typescript on submission (?) form, notes, photocopies of published article. Also
German translation, "Das Babel-Syndrom," published in
Technologie und Politik 9 (1977): 67-80; photocopy of published article. Boîte: 14C, 38, 39, 50, 100.1, 102B, 142, 164Z.
box 6, folder 24
"Quelques remarques sur l'art dans la rue,"
circa 1975
Scope and Contents
Typescript and photocopies. Boîte: 141.
box 6, folder 28
"Immediate Education for Survival,"
circa 1975-1978
Scope and Contents
Typescripts and variant composite manuscript. Boîte: 113D, 138F, 147D.
box 6A, folder 1
"Urban Agriculture as Lifeboat of Civilization,"
1976 May 18
Scope and Contents
Published in
Mainichi Daily News; photocopies of published article. Boîte: 39, 158.7.
box 6A, folder 2
"Was nicht gesagt wurde bei dem Treffen des Clubs von Rome über dem Bericht Rio,"
1976 November 15
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of handwritten draft. Boîte: 100.1, 114G.
box 6A, folder 3
"Food and Shelter: How to Achieve It?"
1976
Scope and Contents
Published in
RIBA Journal 88 (1976): 400; photocopy of published article. Boîte: 38.
box 6A, folder 5
"Draft of a Report on Some Problems and Potential Solutions of the Housing Problem in a Region of Developing Countries,"
1977 April-May
Scope and Contents
For UNESCO; photocopy of typescript. Boîte: 138F, 140A.
box 6A, folder 6
"Project: External Decoration of Houses in Poor Neighborhoods to Equalize Status Symbols,"
1977 June 10
Scope and Contents
Proposal for UNESCO, typescript. Boîte: 138F.
box 6A, folder 6
"Project: Distant Ecological Impact of Cities,"
1977 June 10
Scope and Contents
Proposal for UNESCO, typescript. Boîte: 138F.
box 6A, folder 7
"Un programme de populariser l'information utile à l'auto-assistance pour la survie,"
1977 August 10
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of typescript. Boîte: 113D, 138E.
box 6A, folder 8
"No-Cost Housing: Working Document Prepared for Seminar on Housing for Low-Income Families in the Arab Region, Cairo, 14-18
November 1977,"
1977 August 16
Scope and Contents
For UNESCO; distribution copy. Also Spanish translation "Viviendo sin costo." Boîte: 138, 140A.
box 6A, folder 9
"'Plein emploi' ou 'plein chomage'?"
1977 September 30
Scope and Contents
Typescript. Boîte: 139C.
box 6A, folder 10
"About Critical Groupsize,"
1977 October 14-1980
Scope and Contents
Paper presented at the United Nations University (UNU) Project on Goals, Processes and Indicators of Development (GPID) II
meeting in Geneva, 9-14 January 1977. Typescripts and photocopy of article from 1980 UNU publication; also earlier handwritten
draft, entitled "The Principle of Critical Groupsize." Boîte: 114, 114F, 138, 165P.
box 6A, folder 11
"Mémoire sur le problème des ateliers d'artistes à Paris,"
1977 November 22
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of typescript with drawings. Boîte: 140D.
box 6A, folder 12
"La 'quaternalisation',"
1977 December 26
Scope and Contents
Typescript and photocopy. Boîte: 139C.
box 6A, folder 13
Editorial,
1977
Scope and Contents
Published in
World Future Studies Federation Newsletter, November 1977: 1-3; photocopy of published article. Boîte: 38, 140B.
box 6A, folder 14
"Technical Solutions to the Social Impacts of Classical Low Cost Housing in Third World Countries,"
1977
Scope and Contents
Paper for the Cairo conference. Photocopies of typescript. Boîte: 113A, 142, AncienOrig.2.
box 6A, folder 15
"Esquisse d'une théorie de description scientifique basée sur les échanges,"
1977-1979
Scope and Contents
Paper for Association française pour la cybernétique économique et technique (AFCET) congress. Handwritten drafts and photocopies;
notes; call for papers; correspondence; carbon of typescript. Also includes typescripts and photocopies for 1979 expanded
version. Published in
Modélisation et maîtrise des systèmes: techniques, économiques, sociaux. Actes du congrès de l'AFCET à Versailles, 21-24 novembre
1977
(Suresnes, 1977): 199-210; photocopies of published paper. Boîte: 39, 112, 131E, 140B.
box 8, folder 3
"Rapport sur la faisibilité d'un institut régional de l'habitat de subsistance pour les états membres de la region arabe,"
1978 January
Scope and Contents
Paper for UNESCO; typescript and photocopy. Boîte: 114B, 138E.
box 8, folder 1
"Project: L'impact environmental à distance qui résulte de la croissance des villes,"
1978 April 27
Scope and Contents
Proposal for Man and the Biosphere (MAB) project / UNESCO; typescript. Boîte: 138F.
box 8, folder 10
"Art and the Future,"
1978 June 5
Scope and Contents
Typescript and photocopy. Published in
Art and the Future. Collected Papers of the First International Conference on Art and the Future, Indonesia, 8-15 July, 1978 (Toyabungkah, 1978): 131-134; photocopies of published article. Boîte: 38, 140D, unnumbered.
box 8, folder 27
"Les cités du futur,"
1978 June 24
Scope and Contents
Typescript. Boîte: 140.
box 8, folder 8
"Project: Manuel concernant certaines méthodes d'explicitation entre experts,"
1978 June 25
Scope and Contents
Proposal for UNESCO; typescript. Boîte: 138F.
box 8, folder 9
"L'UNESCO pour tous,"
1978 June
Scope and Contents
Proposal for UNESCO; typescript in French and photocopy of typescript of English translation. Boîte: 138E.
box 8, folder 2
"About Implicit Limitations of Satisfactors for Needs,"
1978 September 15
Scope and Contents
Paper written for UNU / GPID project; typescript and photocopy. Boîte: 115F, 138.
box 8, folder 7
"Summary: Introductory Talk to the Discussions in La Paz, Bolivia,"
1978 November 28
Scope and Contents
Paper for the UNESCO Seminar on Housing for Low-income Families; typescript. Boîte: 138F.
box 8, folder 4
"The Quaternary Sector,"
1978
Scope and Contents
Paper written for the GPID III meeting, for the UNU; typescript and photocopy. See also Box 8, folder 11. Boîte: 139C, unnumbered.
box 8, folder 5
"Die Quaternalisation,"
1978
Scope and Contents
Paper delivered at Internationale Arbeitstatung, Berlin, 23.-26.11.78. Published in
Konferenzdokumentation Bedingungen des Lebens in der Zukunft und die Folgen für die Erziehung (Berlin, 1978): 2-17; photocopy of published paper. Boîte: unnumbered.
box 8, folder 6
"Le 'secteur D' de l'économie,"
1978
Scope and Contents
Published in
Futuribles 15: 331-338; photocopies of published article and interpretation of fascicle cover. Boîte: 37, 139C, 143.1, unnumbered.
box 9, folder 7
L'architecture de survie, où s'invente aujourd'hui le monde de demain,
1978
Scope and Contents
Extracts, including translations into English. One extract published as "L'architecture de survie — La ville de survie," in
proceedings of Urban Space for Life and Work conference. Boîte: 39, 138E, 140A, 143.1, 153.3.
box 8, folder 28
"Explanatory Note about the Processus of 'Self-Planning' Implemented for the Design of the Lycée 'David d'Angers',"
circa 1978
Scope and Contents
Typescript. Boîte: 140.
box 8, folder 23
Institut national d'études et de recherches du bâtiment (INERBA) report,
circa 1978
Scope and Contents
For UNESCO and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Typescript. Boîte: 138E.
box 8, folder 12
"La 'quaternalisation',"
1979 January 10
Scope and Contents
Published in
Le monde January 10, 1979: 2; clipping and photocopies of published article. Boîte: 37, 100.1, 102B, 141.
box 8, folder 15
"About Routine,"
1979 May 15
Scope and Contents
Typescript and photocopies. Published as an editorial in
World Future Studies Federation Newsletter, September 1979: 3; photocopies of published article (some include sheet of corrections). Boîte: 38.1C, 35I, 140B, unnumbered.
box 8, folder 21
"Project of a Pilote Operation Helping to Make Acceptable Local Construction Methods in Lowest Income Communities,"
1979 May 15
Scope and Contents
Project to be proposed to the United Nations Agency for Habitat (UNAH) and UNESCO; composite manuscript is part typescript
and part photocopy. Boîte: 138F.
box 8, folder 16
"Ce que les architectes peuvent apprendre des villages urbains et ce que les villages urbains peuvent apprendre des architectes,"
1979 June 5
Scope and Contents
Paper for Seminaire de L'Union internationale des architectes (UIA) sur l'habitat, Jakarta, 1979; photocopy. Also typescript
and photocopies of English translation, "What Can Learn Architects from Urban Villages and What Can Learn Urban Villages from
Architects." See also Box 10, folder 3. Boîte: 140A, unnumbered.
box 8, folder 19
"Communication between Citizens and Responsibles for Cultural Actions: Introduction."
1979 June 8
Scope and Contents
Paper for Council of Europe, Council for Cultural Co-operation, Cultural Affairs, Cultural Development Policies in Towns,
Strasbourg, 6 June 1979; also French version, "La communication entre le citoyen et les responsables de l'action culturelle;"
photocopies of distribution copy. Boîte: 140B.
box 8, folder 26
"Réponses à la consultation 'Communication et territoire',"
1979 August 15
Scope and Contents
Typescript with photocopies, one annotated. Boîte: 14B, 100.1, 137G, 140B.
box 8, folder 17
"Workshop for the Preparation of a Manual Serving for the Formation of 'Kampung-Architects', Jakarta 1980,"
1979 October 10
Scope and Contents
Typescript and photocopies. Boîte: 140A, unnumbered.
box 8, folder 30
"Autoplanification de l'habitat pavillonaire sur une structure d'accueil,"
1979 November 10
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of typescript; expanded composite manuscript, with drawings on trace; as well as related typescript, "Possibilités
de matérialisation de l'habitat pavillonaire sur structure d'accueil." See also Green Architecture, Box 63. Boîte: 138C, unnumbered.
box 8, folder 14
"Proposition pour la préparation de manuels sur une 'science de la survie',"
1979 November 15
Scope and Contents
Typescript and photocopy. Also includes list of early fascicles for project and outlines for fascicles on energy and space
management. Boîte: 138B, unnumbered.
box 8, folder 20
"Quelques remarques sur la relation entre la forme bâtie d'une ville et la consommation d'énergie,"
1979 November 22
Scope and Contents
Two versions, one with illustrations; photocopies; composite draft. Boîte: 138?, unnumbered.
box 8, folder 13
"Urban Agriculture: A Model of Development Customary in Developing Countries. A Possible Complement to Current European Lifestyle,"
1979 November 27
Scope and Contents
Paper delivered at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)/United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) Regional
Seminar on Alternative Patterns of Development and Lifestyles, Ljubljana, 3-8 December 1979; also includes report on seminar.
Variant versions in typescripts and photocopies. Boîte: 100.1, 140, 140F, unnumbered.
box 8, folder 18
"About the Planner's Attitude towards Subsistance Economy,"
1979 December 22
Scope and Contents
Paper for the 7th Eastern Regional Organization for Planning and Human Settlements (EAROPH) Conference in Kuala Lumpur, 1979.
Typescript and photocopy. Boîte: 140A, 153.3.
box 8, folder 11
"The Quaternary Sector,"
1979
Scope and Contents
Distributed by the UNU, an expanded version of a paper delivered at GPID III, with visual presentation. Included are distribution
copy and typescript of added section, "Some additional remarks concerning the quaternary sector." See also Box 8, folder 4.
Boîte: 53, 139C. Published in
Human Systems Management 2 (1981):44-52; photocopies of published article. Boîte: 38, 39.
box 8, folder 22
"Communiquer avec l'usager,"
1979
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of handwritten draft, handwritten sections. Published in
Techniques et architecture 328 (1979): 121-123; photocopy of proofs, photocopies of published article. Boîte: 37, 102B, 140.
box 8, folder 24
"Der vierte Sektor — eine praktische Utopie,"
1979
Scope and Contents
Published in
Anders Arbeiten — Anders Wirtschaften (Frankfurt, 1979): 66-77; photocopy of published article. Boîte: 39.
box 8, folder 31
"L'architecture verte,"
circa 1979
Scope and Contents
Typescript. Boîte: 138C.
box 8, folder 25
"Projet pour un centre d'enseignement populaire de l'architecture,"
circa 1979
Scope and Contents
Typescript and photocopies. Boîte: 138B, unnumbered.
box 10, folder 12
"Note concernant une expérience en matière de rapports entre bureaux de poste et usagers,"
1980 January 25
Scope and Contents
Typescript and photocopy. Boîte: 153.7, unnumbered.
box 10, folder 40
"Some Remarks to the Manual for Training of Motivators 'Self-Help in Low Cost Housing' Prepared by F.I.T.,"
1980 March 9
Scope and Contents
Typescript. Boîte: 137I.
box 10, folder 4
"Implementation Problems for Need Oriented Policies,"
1980 March 21
Scope and Contents
Typescript and photocopy. Boîte: 138, 141.
box 10, folder 33
"Des bandes dessinées pour mieux vivre,"
1980 May 11
Scope and Contents
Published in
Le monde dimanche May 11 1980; clipping and photocopies of published article. Boîte: 37, 100.1, 102B, 141.
box 10, folder 2
"Compte rendu des démarches effectuées en Inde au sujet de l'opération 'l'UNESCO pour tous',"
1980 May 16
Scope and Contents
Typescript; photocopy of letter to Federico Mayor. Boîte: 138E.
box 10, folder 1
"The Modus Operandi Proposed for the Project 'UNESCO for People',"
1980 May 22
Scope and Contents
Typescript. Boîte: 138E.
box 10, folder 5
"Remarques générales sur le projet et sur la mission de l'architecte,"
1980 June 2
Scope and Contents
Typescript and photocopies. Boîte: 138C, unnumbered.
box 10, folder 11
"Operation 'Summer Clock All the Year Round',"
1980 July 10
Scope and Contents
Typescript, drawing and photocopy of letter received; photocopies. Boîte: 141, unnumbered.
box 10, folder 7
"The New Accountancy,"
1980 August 15
Scope and Contents
Typescript. Boîte: 137G.
box 10, folder 8
"Un fonctionnariat contingent?"
1980 September 25
Scope and Contents
Typescript drafts and photocopy. Published as "Un contingent pour la fonction publique?" in
IFDA Dossier 23 (1981): 86-89; photocopies of published article Boîte: 37, 137C, 137G, 137O.
box 10, folder 14
"Pourquoi ne pas arrêter les échanges commerciaux entre 'nord' et 'sud'?"
1980 October 10
Scope and Contents
Typescript and photocopy. Boîte: 137G, unnumbered.
box 10, folder 9
"L'obsolescence nécessaire des interventions humaines dans la nature,"
1980 December 9
Scope and Contents
Typescript and photocopies. Boîte: 100.1, 137C, unnumbered
box 10, folder 10
"Social Relevance of Design, Particularly for Lowest Income Classes,"
1980 December 18
Scope and Contents
Typescript and photocopies. Boîte: 137I, unnumbered.
box 10, folder 3
"Que peuvent apprendre les architectes des villages urbains et que peuvent apprendre les villages urbains des architectes?"
1980
Scope and Contents
Published in
Espaces et société 32-33 (1980): 43-54; photocopy of published article. See also Box 8, folder 16. Boîte: unnumbered.
box 10, folder 6
"La nouvelle abondance,"
1980
Scope and Contents
Book proposal. Typescript and photocopies of French summary; typescript and photocopy of English summary, typescripts of two
versions of English table of contents. Boîte: 100.1, 137G, 137O, unnumbered.
box 10, folder 13
"About Implicit Limitations on Satisfiers,"
1980
Scope and Contents
Published in
Human Needs (Berlin, 1980): 151-162; photocopies of published article. Boîte: 39, 42C.
box 10, folder 38
"Project: Popularization of Survival Knowledge (Particularly in Developing Countries),"
circa 1980-1981
Scope and Contents
Typescript. Boîte: 137I.
box 10, folder 34
"Projet: Présentation popularisée du Guide du Conseil de l'Europe,"
circa 1980-1984
Scope and Contents
Typescript. Boîte: 137C.
box 10, folder 34
"Projet: Présentation popularisée de certains aspects du programme du Guide du Conseil de l'Europe 'Préparation à la vie',"
circa 1980-1984
Scope and Contents
Typescript. Boîte: 137C.
box 10, folder 36
"Projet du livre: Survivre la crise en la contournant puisqu'on ne peut pas la vaincre,"
circa 1980-1984
Scope and Contents
Typescript. Boîte: 137C.
box 10, folder 20
"On Eco-democracy,"
1981 February 10
Scope and Contents
Typescript; photocopies of typescript, one with paste-up of bande dessinée. Boîte: 100.1, 137H, unnumbered.
box 10, folder 44
Untitled text on physics,
1981 February 10
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of typescript in English. Boîte: 137F.1.
box 10, folder 42
"Une tentative de langage scientifique anthropomorphe,"
1981 February 14
Scope and Contents
Announcement of lecture by Friedman for La société française de cybernétique et des systèmes généraux with attached manuscript.
However, manuscript is a composite draft including sections of photocopy of typescript of "Blueprint for a Scientific Description
Theory...," which substantially postdates the lecture. Boîte: 137F.1.
box 10, folder 39
"The Project 'Hanging Garden': Three Examples to Implement the Same Principle,"
1981 February 15
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of typescript. Boîte: 137I.
box 10, folder 24
"Les deux voies du développement,"
1981 March 6
Scope and Contents
Typescripts with photocopy of manual. Slightly different version published as "Les deux voies,"
Le Monde 1981 September 2; photocopies of published article. Boîte: 37, 102B, 137C, 137O, 141. See also Box 25, folder 9.
box 10, folder 23
"Projected R+D Plant of the C.M.C. in Secunderabad (Andra Pradesh),"
1981 March 14
Scope and Contents
Typescript with drawings in margin. Boîte: 141.
box 10, folder 16
"A Policy for Design,"
1981 July 15
Scope and Contents
Paper for Design '81, Helsinki, August 1981; typescript and photocopy. Boîte: 137I, unnumbered. Also published version in
conference program or report(?); photocopy. Boîte: 39.
box 10, folder 25
"Travailler autrement: Une révolution invisible,"
1981 July
Scope and Contents
Typescript. Boîte: 141.
box 10, folder 21
"Travail, ville, technologie,"
1981 August 15
Scope and Contents
Typescript. Boîte: 137C.
box 10, folder 22
"La révolution invisible,"
1981 August 18
Scope and Contents
Typescript. Boîte: 137C.
box 10, folder 37
"Case History of Implementation of Kampung Improvement Triggered by the Technique of Manuals in Jakarta, 1981"
1981 September 25
Scope and Contents
Typescript. Boîte: 137I.
box 10, folder 15
"Une politique nord-sud à souhaiter: un développement vers les autarcies locales,"
1981 October 20
Scope and Contents
Typescript and photocopies. Boîte: 100.1, 137G, unnumbered.
box 10, folder 17
"Towards a Policy of Urban Survival,"
1981
Scope and Contents
Paper for the conference L'écologie en action, Paris, 22-29 septembre 1981. Includes outline proposal; typescript; composite
draft. Published in
Ecology in Practice Part II: The Social Response (Dublin, 1984): 47-52; photocopies of published article; UNESCO distribution copy. Boîte: 35.2, 38, 52D, 95.2, 100.1, 102B,
137C, 137O, 164Z, unnumbered.
box 10, folder 19
"The Visual Arts and the Future,"
1981
Scope and Contents
Published in
Leonardo 14 (1981): 310; photocopies of published article. Boîte: 38, 140D.
box 10, folder 31
"Science/technologie: instruments complémentaires,"
1982 January 8
Scope and Contents
Typescript. Boîte: 137G.
box 10, folder 28
"Nord-Sud: Privilégier les industries locales,"
1982 July
Scope and Contents
Published in
La Croix July 30 1982: 2; photocopies of newspaper article/editorial. Boîte: 37, 50, 100.1, 102B.
box 10A, folder 1-2
"Réflexions faites, un plan du livre 'La révolution invisible',"
1982 August 28
Scope and Contents
Book proposal. Includes typescript outline and photocopy; handwritten notes and photocopies; offprints and photocopies of
collected articles. Boîte: 100.1, 139.
box 10, folder 30
Paper for the Otterloo International Conference for Architects and Urbanists, 16-18 September 1982,
1982 September 12
Scope and Contents
Typescript. Boîte: 137G.
box 10, folder 29
"Remarques générales à propos du thème 'Les travaux et les jours' de l'exposition universelle 1989,"
1982 October 29
Scope and Contents
Typescript. Boîte: 141.
box 10, folder 32
"Projet de manuels en bandes dessinées pour familiariser l'opinion publique avec la nature des problèmes mondiaux,"
1982 October 29
Scope and Contents
Typescript. Boîte: 141.
box 10, folder 29
"Remarques particulières à propos du pavillon sur le thème 'Les travaux et les jours',"
1982 November 10
Scope and Contents
Typescript, photocopies of drawings. Boîte: 141.
box 10, folder 43
"Blueprint for a Scientific Description Theory Based on Anthropomorph Model,"
1982 December 24
Scope and Contents
Typescript. Boîte: 137F.1.
box 10, folder 26
"L'art de la survie,"
1982
Scope and Contents
Published in
Autogestions no. 8-9 (1982):89-95; offprint, photocopies of published article. Boîte: 37, 53, 100.1, unnumbered.
box 10, folder 27
"Anthropomorphic Models or the Praise of Mythology/ Les modèles anthropomorphes et l'élogie de la mythologie,"
1982
Scope and Contents
Published in both
Impact of Science on Society 32 (1982): 221-224, and
Impact: science et société 32 (1982): 249-253; offprints and photocopies of published articles. Also includes photocopy of "Art and the Future." Boîte:
14B, 53, 80E, 102B.
box 10, folder 35
"Zum Thema,"
1982
Scope and Contents
Published in
Siedlungsökologie (Karlsruhe, 1982): VII-VIII; photocopy of published article. Boîte: 39.
box 10, folder 35
"Konzept einer 'Grünen Architektur',"
1982
Scope and Contents
Published in
Siedlungsökologie (Karlsruhe, 1982): 80-83; photocopy of published article. Boîte: 39.
box 10, folder 35
"Vorschlag für eine Selbstbau-Ökostadt,"
1982
Scope and Contents
Published in
Siedlungsökologie (Karlsruhe, 1982): 84-87; photocopy of published article. Boîte: 39.
box 10, folder 41
"A Silent Development,"
circa 1981-1983
Scope and Contents
Book proposal. Includes typescript outline; photocopies of some book elements. Boîte: 137H
box 9, folder 3-6
Alternatives énergétiques ou la civilisation paysanne modernisée,
1982-1983
Scope and Contents
Typescript drafts of text, with photocopies and annotations; photocopies of images; photocopy of chapter of published work;
correspondence; sales catalogs. Boîte: 132, 169CC, unnumbered.
box 11, folder 1
"Note sur les styles de la vie à attendre en 2033,"
1983 February 10
Scope and Contents
Typescript and photocopy. Boîte: 100.1, unnumbered.
box 11, folder 15
"Le droit de comprendre,"
1983
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of handwritten draft. Published in
Pour les droits de l'homme (Choisy-le-Roi, 1983): 207-217; photocopies of published article. Boîte: 39, 100.1, 102B, 137C, unnumbered.
box 18, folder 16
"The Role of Knowledge in Conflict Resolution,"
circa 1982-1989
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of typescript, with figures. Boîte: 42C.
box 11, folder 4-5
"La nouvelle physiocratie ou une économie basée sur la connaissance,"
1983, 1985-1987
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and typescript drafts for French version and English version, "The New Physiocratia or a Knowledge-Based Economy;"
notes; photocopies of drafts; photocopy of published article from unidentified publication, pages 35-42. Boîte: 14B, 37, 50,
51, 95.1, 100.1, 102B.
box 11, folder 6
"Communicating with Users,"
1984
Scope and Contents
Published in
The Scope of Social Architecture (New York, 1984): 153-160; photocopies of published article. Boîte: 14C, 39A, 52D, 102B.
box 11, folder 14
"A New Look at the Scientific Worldscape and Some Extrapolations concerning Architecture,"
1984
Scope and Contents
Paper presented at the colloquium Subjective Standpoints in Architecture and Science, 14-18 May, 1984, Stuttgart. Published
in
Subjektive Standorte in Baukunste und Naturwissenschaft, IL36 (1984): 96-97; photocopy of published article. Boîte: 39.
box 11, folder 13
"Wohnen als Spiegel der Gesellschaft,"
1985
Scope and Contents
Published in
Menschlich Wohnen (Darmstadt, 1985): 9-22; photocopies of published article. Boîte: 39, 50.
box 11, folder 18
"Why a Communication Centre,"
1985
Scope and Contents
Published in
Journal of Extension Systems 1 (1985): 63-69; photocopy of published article. Boîte: 38, 48.1D, 51.
box 11, folder 11
"Comments to the Article of Mr. A. Maller on 'Signs, Symbols, Space in Basic Architectural Design',"
1986 January 29
Scope and Contents
Handwritten manuscript, photocopies of typescript, copy of original Maller article. Boîte: 14B, 47B.
box 11, folder 7-10
"'Containing Structures' in Space-Frame: A New Medium for Architects,"
1986
Scope and Contents
Handwritten draft and notes; photocopies of typescript drafts; composite drafts; photocopies of images. Boîte: 14C, 35G, 110.1,
110.2. Version published as "Space Frames and Span-Over Buildings" in
International Journal of Space Structures 6 (1991): 257-265; photocopies of published article. Boîte: 14C, 38, 52D, 102B, unnumbered.
box 11, folder 12
"Communication Centre of Scientific Knowledge for Self-Reliance,"
1986
Scope and Contents
Edited typescript. Published in
Leonardo 19 (1986): 333-336; photocopies of published article. Boîte: 15.3, 38, 50.
box 11, folder 17
"Basic Technology: Communication for Self-Reliance,"
1986
Scope and Contents
Published in
MIMAR 20 (1986): 60-67; photocopies of published article. Boîte: 38, 39.
box 12, folder 2
"An Architect's Confession,"
1987 April 28
Scope and Contents
Handwritten draft, typescript drafts, photocopies. Boîte: 52D, 71F, unnumbered.
box 12, folder 1
"Cohabitation,"
1987 December 1
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of typescript. Boîte: 52I.
box 11, folder 16
"Einfache Kommunikation, ein Weg zur Ökozivilisation,"
1987-1988
Scope and Contents
With Eda Schaur. Published in
Siedlungsökologie, 2. Auflage (Karlsruhe, 1988): 217-225; photocopy of published article. Also includes earlier drafts in German and English
with varying titles. Boîte: 39.
box 12, folder 4
"Système de sécurité permettant aux trains circuler à vitesse accrue sur les voies classiques de chemin de fer,"
1988 September 14
Scope and Contents
Handwritten draft and photocopies; drawings and photocopies; photocopy of patent filing receipt. Boîte: 46B.
box 12, folder 3
"Appropriate Technology for Self-Reliance,"
1988
Scope and Contents
Published in
Open House International 13 (1988): 10-13; photocopy of published article. Boîte: 38.
box 11, folder 3
"Mangel—als Motor von Wandel und Veränderung,"
1988
Scope and Contents
Untitled typescript in English. Article was published in German in
Siedlungsökologie, 2. Auflage (Karlsruhe, 1988): 28-30. Boîte: 137C.
box 12, folder 5
"Das Flechtwerk als Grundelement eines neuen Stils in der Architektur,"
1988
Scope and Contents
Paper delivered at the international symposium Flechtwerk der Zukunft, 5/11/88 in Coburg; photocopies of published paper?;
related manual and images. Boîte: 32D, 39.
box 12, folder 25
"Vers une perestroïka à l'occidentale?"
1989 November 15
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of typescript. Boîte: 71K.
box 12, folder 24
"We Need Convivial Architecture,"
1989 December 20
Scope and Contents
With Eda Schaur. Photocopy of typescript with images. Boîte: 71D.
box 12, folder 34
"Réhabilitation ou réamenagement?'
1989 December
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of typescript. Boîte: 71G.
box 12, folder 6
"Search and Research,"
1990 September 16
Scope and Contents
Paper for Internationales Kolloquium zwischen Forschung und Baukunst, 24.-28. September 1990, Stuttgart. Photocopies of typescript;
copy of conference agenda. Boîte: 1D?, 64A, 169CC.
box 12, folder 7
"Un savoir pour survivre,"
1990
Scope and Contents
Published in
Alliage 3 (1990): 47-56; photocopy of published article. Boîte: 4G, 37.
box 12, folder 8-12
"Scientific Theory as One of the Fine Arts,"
1990-1993
Scope and Contents
Article published in
Leonardo 26 (1993): 359-363, along with special section introduction "Development through Images: An Introductory Remark." Materials
include call for papers on topic of "Art and Development;" submissions by other authors on this topic; submission guidelines;
correspondence; handwritten and typescript drafts; illustrations; anonymous reader comments. Boîte: 38, 80B, 80C, 80D, 80E.
See also
L'univers erratique Boxes 14-15.
box 12, folder 32
Unititled work on "patrimoine de l'humanité,"
1991 February 2
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of typescript. Boîte: 69C.
box 12, folder 26
"Une proposition concernant les élections législatives,"
1991 March 1
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of typescript; correspondence with Robert Badinter. Boîte: 5C, 69E.
box 12, folder 27
"The Phenomenon of Urban Self-regeneration,"
1991 June 10
Scope and Contents
Paper delivered at the II. International Symposium of the SFB 230, Stuttgart, October 1-4, 1991; published in proceedings
of conference,
Natürliche Konstruktionen, Mitteilungen des SFB 230, heft 6 (1992): 25-28. Typescript. Boîte: 5G
box 12, folder 14
"After Postmodernism, What Next?,"
1991 September 5?
Scope and Contents
Composite draft of paper and photocopy of program of conference held in Milan on Friday October 4 and Saturday October 5.
Boîte: 1D.
box 12, folder 13
Untitled paper delivered at Technion conference,
1991
Scope and Contents
Handwritten draft and typescript, with photocopies; also another short paper, "A Special Land-Extension Project (Neo-Polders);"
and original multi-colored visualizations and photocopies. Boîte: 4B, 4E.
box 12, folder 28
"Architectural Conservation through Appropriate Reconsideration of Urban Functions,"
circa 1991
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of typescript. Boîte: 5G.
box 12, folder 29
"Comments to Support the Stockholm Initiative,"
circa 1991
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of typescript; photocopy of Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Boîte: 5A, 5C.
box 12, folder 33
Presentation for the Biennale de Buenos Aires,
circa 1991
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of typescript text and images. Boîte: 86J.
box 12, folder 30
"About 'Space-Chains',"
1992 March 25
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of typescript. Boîte: 77B.
box 12, folder 15
"Aid for Development through Knowledge,"
1992
Scope and Contents
With Eda Schaur. Published in
Trialog 34 (1992): 35-41; photocopies of published article. Boîte: 38, 164Z.
box 12, folder 23
"Beyond Architecture,"
1992-1993
Scope and Contents
Book proposal and material for lecture in Vienna in 1992. Includes notes and photocopies of notes; book proposal and outline,
with photocopy; photocopies of some book elements. Boîte: 76E, 88, 89H, 118J.
box 12, folder 16
"Capitalisme social,"
1993 April 21
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of typescript; clipping. Boîte: 85J, 169CC.
box 12, folder 17
"Future Research in an Erratic Universe,"
1993 May 21
Scope and Contents
For World Association of Art and Science (WAAS)? Photocopies of typescript; handwritten comments. Boîte: 87A, 168F.
box 12, folder 20-22
"Building Intelligently: The Role of User Expectations,"
1993 October 24
Scope and Contents
Paper for the colloquium "Intelligent Bauen" 10.-12. November 1993, Stuttgart. Call for papers leaflet; handwritten drafts
and photocopies; notes and photocopies; photocopies of typescript; also typescript and photocopies of Friedman's remarks from
the final discussion session; originals of images; photocopies of text and image layouts, some with corrections. Boîte: 87B,
87C, 87D, 87O, 118AA, 119F, 119H, 119J, 123T, 124B, 127U.
box 12, folder 18
"Romanticism in Architecture – A Presentday View,"
1993 November 8
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of typescript. Boîte: 118F.
box 12, folder 19
"Transition Structures: From Regular to Erratic,"
1993 November 16
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of typescript. Boîte: 118G.
box 12, folder 31
"Project: Research for Subjacent Regularities in Urban Growth Processes through Implementation of the 'Urban Mechanisms' Model,"
1993 October 14
Scope and Contents
Handwritten draft with variant title, and photocopy; typescripts and photocopies, variants, one with annotations. Boîte: 88,
126I.
box 13, folder 2
"Fil conducteur,"
1994 May 16
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of typescript. Boîte: 123B, 160A.1.
box 13, folder 1
"Bidonvilles: la solution bambou,"
1994 May 18
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of typescript. Boîte: 124L.
box 13, folder 3
"Thinking about the City,"
1994 August 30
Scope and Contents
Annotated photocopy of typescript and paste-up photocopy of typescript with images inserted in the text. Boîte: 126T, 158K.
See also Box 42, folder 21.
box 13, folder 22
"Crumpled Sheet Structures,"
1994 September 10
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of typescript with images. Boîte: 126T.
box 13, folder 21
"About Erraticity in Mathematics,"
1994 November 22
Scope and Contents
Annotated typescript. Boîte: 126A.
box 13, folder 4
"About 'Organic Architecture',"
1994 December 7
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of typescript. Boîte: 127W.
box 13, folder 8
"Nous ne vivons pas à l'intérieur d'une machine-univers,"
1994 December 13
Scope and Contents
Typescript. Boîte: 127AA.
box 13, folder 10
"About Goals,"
1994 December 21
Scope and Contents
Annotated photocopy of typescript. Boîte: 127H.
box 13, folder 5
"Statement for the WAAS General Assembly, Minneapolis,"
1994
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of typescript. Boîte: 125C.
box 13, folder 7
"Random Stuctures (provisory title)/Irregular and Transition Structures and Their Use in Architecture,"
1994
Scope and Contents
Paper for Symposium SFB 230: Evolution of Natural Structures. Photocopies of typescript; photocopies of images. Boîte: 119I,
125D, 130O.
box 13, folder 6
"Nature and Architecture: From Randomness to 'Style',"
1994
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of typescripts, one annotated; photocopies of drawings. Published in
Evolution of Natural Structures: Principles, Strategies, and Models in Architecture and Nature. Proceedings of the III. International
Symposium of the Sonderforschungsbereich 230, Stuttgart, October 4-7, 1994
(Stuttgart, 1994): 223-228; photocopy of published article. Boîte: 123A, 125D, 126T, 158M.
box 14-15
L'univers erratique,
1994
Scope and Contents
Materials include handwritten drafts; notes; typescript drafts, some with annotations; composite drafts; reader notes; correspondence;
related manuals. Includes photocopies of drawings for chapter headings for "L'univers sans nombres." Chapter headings match
those of 1986 version of manual "An Anthropomorph Theory of Physics" (see Box 28, folder 5). Boîte: 32G, 32M, 46C, 46BB, 64K,
64L, 79, 88, 90, 118B.
box 13, folder 9
"Structures Without Rules and Their Implementation in Architecture,"
1994-1996
Scope and Contents
Corrected typescripts. Published in
International Journal of Space Structures 11 (1996): 85-91; photocopy of published article. Boîte: 38, 130O, 130LL, 159E.
box 13, folder 11
"Note pour
L'aventure humaine au sujet de 'l'art et les nouvelles technologies',"
1995 August 9
Scope and Contents
Handwritten draft and notes; typescript draft; call for articles; photocopies of drafts, one annotated. Boîte: 158, 158K.
box 13, folder 12-13
"'Cité-Continent' Europe: Un point de vue sur le développement en Europe / Continent-City' Europe: A View on Development in
Europe,"
1995
Scope and Contents
Handwritten drafts in French and English with photocopies; typescript drafts and photocopies, some annotated; notes and photocopies;
images on tracing paper and photocopies, some annotated; summary of lecture for "Schwerin Dialogue." Boîte: 130A, 157R, 158D,
158E, 158F, 158H, 159O, 160E.
box 18, folder 18
"Au-delà de l'architecture,"
circa 1995
Scope and Contents
Book proposal; interviews with Michel Ellenberger combined with selected Friedman articles. Handwritten and typescript outlines,
with photocopies; photocopies of typescript interviews. Boîte: 130F, 158K, 158M.
box 13, folder 17
"Rationnel et sur-rationnel,"
1995-1996
Scope and Contents
Handwritten drafts and photocopy with annotations; notes. Published in
L'aventure humaine 5 (1996): 55-58; photocopy of published article; offprint. Boîte: 37, 158.2.
box 13, folder 14
"World Models,"
1996 July 24
Scope and Contents
Handwritten draft, annotated photocopy, notes. Boîte: 160C.
box 13, folder 15
"Strutture in 'fogli accartocciati'/Irregular Structures 'Crumpled Sheets',"
1996
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and typescript project descriptions; photocopies of photographs and drawings; correspondence. Published in
Zodiac 16 (1996): 124-125; photocopies of published article. Boîte: 39, 160O.4, 163R, 164Z, unnumbered.
box 13, folder 20
"Géométrisation-dégéométrisation/Limits to Geometry in the Field of Architecture,"
1996
Scope and Contents
Handwritten drafts in French and English, with photocopies; notes. Boîte: 159V, 160D.
box 13, folder 16
"Philosophie et imprécision,"
1997
Scope and Contents
Handwritten drafts and photocopies; typescript drafts and photocopies; notes. Published in
L'aventure humaine 7 (1997): 103-108; photocopy of published article. Boîte: 37, 161C.
box 17, folder 4-5
"Tall Building Aesthetics: A New Style for Skyscrapers,"
1997
Scope and Contents
Paper for Conquest of Vertical Space in the 21st Century, third international conference of the Concrete Society. Materials
include abstract, letter from conference organization and publication submission guidelines; handwritten and typescript drafts;
photocopies of typescript, some with images, some also with annotations; handwritten draft of "Architecture of Tall Buildings:
A Reconsideration of the Aesthetics," and photocopies; drawings on paper and trace, with photocopies. Published in
Multi-purpose High-rise Towers and Tall Buildings (London, 1997): 29-37; photocopy of published article. Boîte: 38, 160L.2, 163R, unnumbered. For further visualizations, see
Box 69.
box 13, folder 18-19
"Function Follows Form,"
1997 March 12
Scope and Contents
Paper delivered at Structures and Practices, Association of Art Historians Conference, London 1997; also variant used in Innsbruck
1998. Material includes handwritten draft and photocopy; notes; typescript drafts and photocopies, some annotated; composite
typescript; images and photocopies; lists of images; conference flier and correspondence. Published in
Non-Plan: Essays on Freedom, Participation and Change in Modern Architecture and Urbanism (Oxford, 2000): 104-115; uncorrected proofs for article. Boite: 161H, 164N, 167W.
"Interview avec moi-même,"
1997, 2006
Scope and Contents
Distributed by Friedman. Includes handwritten drafts and photocopies, some with annotations; notes; typescripts; composite
manuscript; production materials including original drawings for cover and photographs of Friedman; photocopy of assembled
text; page of additional text from 2006. Boîte: 163N, 163O, 163P, 163S, 165C, 176.
box 16, folder 1-4
Papers and black-and-white photographs
box 16, folder 5
Paper for WAAS General Assembly, Vancouver,
1998 May 27
Scope and Contents
Handwritten draft of abstract; photocopies of typescript; notes and reference materials. Boîte: 164R, 165O.
box 16, folder 13
"À quoi je pense?,"
1999 July 31
Scope and Contents
For special supplement to
Libération, December 31, 1999. Handwritten drafts and photocopy; photocopy of typescript; correspondence and notes. Boîte: 167X.
box 9, folder 2A
Utopies réalisables, second edition,
1999-2000
Scope and Contents
Handwritten additions/alterations to text, with photocopies; photocopies of articles added to annexes; photocopy of proofs
of table of contents; photocopy of section of text from book; handwritten text and drawings on paper and trace for chapter
headers, with photocopies; letter regarding rights to first edition. Boîte: 160H, 167L, 167V, 167AA, unnumbered.
box 16, folder 15
"Un musée du 21ème siècle, à Paris,"
2000 February 19
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of typescript with images. Boîte: unnumbered.
box 16, folder 7
"La ville du troisième millénaire,"
2000 May 25
Scope and Contents
Published in
Théorie et images (see below, Series II, Box 38). Handwritten drafts; typescript; photocopies. Boîte: 169O.
box 16, folder 8
"Une théorie d'architecture : Qu'est-ce que ça?"
2000 June 8
Scope and Contents
Paper for conference related to
Mobile Architecture exhibition at the Institut français d'architecture (IFA), Paris. Handwritten draft, notes, photocopy. Boîte: 169I.
box 16, folder 9
"Rumeur urbain #59,"
2000 August 18
Scope and Contents
Contribution to Urban Rumors project, curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist, in collaboration with Fri-art, Fribourg, Switzerland.
Handwritten drafts; notes; typescripts; photocopies of illustrations. Boîte: 169GG.
box 16, folder 10
"Realizable and Unrealizable Utopias,"
circa 2000-2005
Scope and Contents
Handwritten drafts and notes. Boîte: 195.
box 16, folder 6
Untitled work on globalization,
circa 2000-2005
Scope and Contents
Handwritten text and notes. Boîte: 195.
box 16, folder 11
"Quelques réflexions après l'attentat au World Trade Center: Le point de vue d'un architecte,"
2001 September 17
Scope and Contents
New submission for Friedman's
Le point d'ironie, no. 24, in association with
Documenta XI, after attack on World Trade Center. For original submission, see Box 38, folder 9. Handwritten draft and typescript; photocopies;
correspondence with publisher; printed sheets in French and English; reference material on New York. Boîte: 171, 172.
box 16, folder 14
"A New Paradigm: Scientific Theory as One of the Fine Arts,"
circa 2002
Scope and Contents
Includes handwritten draft; notes; photocopies of typescript; photocopy of original article. Boîte: 165F.
box 16, folder 12
L'architecture de survie, new edition,
2002
Scope and Contents
Materials relating to a proposed new edition, including photocopy of 1978 Casterman edition with minor annotations; handwritten
drafts of new introduction, with photocopies. Boîte: unnumbered.
"Urban Aesthetics,"
2003
Scope and Contents
Paper presented at the International Symposium on Contemporary Art Theory (SITAC). Includes photocopies of typescript for
talk and a manual; color photographs and montages; notes; conference materials. Boîte: 180.
box 106, folder 2
Color photographs and photomontages
box 17, folder 2
"Ideas at Large,"
2005
Scope and Contents
Published in
Domus 879 (2005): 94-95. Handwritten draft; photocopies of text and illustrations. Boîte: 196.
box 17, folder 3
Pro Domo,
2006
Scope and Contents
Color print-out, labelled "corrected copy." Boîte: unnumbered.
box 18, folder 1
"General Outline of a Policy of Physical Planning for the Island of Java,"
undated
Scope and Contents
For UNESCO. Typescripts. Boîte: 113D, 138F.
box 18, folder 2
"Formulation of Goals for the Environment of Human Settlements,"
undated
Scope and Contents
Unidentified publication, pages 57-61; photocopy of published article. Boîte: 39.
box 18, folder 2
"Formulation of Goals for the Environment of Human Settlements,"
undated
Scope and Contents
Unidentified publication, pages 15-16; photocopy of published article. Boîte: 39.
box 18, folder 3
Unidentified book-length typescript,
undated
Scope and Contents
Two incomplete typescripts; partially on University of Michigan paper. Translation of
L'architecture mobile into English with variations/expansions and the addition of sections from
Pour une architecture scientifique. Boîte: 121.
box 18, folder 4
"Échange équilibre entre vacanciers,"
undated
Scope and Contents
Typescript. Boîte: 138B.
box 18, folder 5
"Some New Questions Arising from Communication Difficulties,"
undated
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of typescript. Boîte: 153.3.
box 18, folder 6
"Note sur les opérations d'autoplanification du Lycée David d'Angers et du siège social de la C.D.C. à Ivry,"
undated
Scope and Contents
Typescript. Boîte: 141.
box 18, folder 9
"L'autoplanification : Une autre façon de practiquer l'architecture,"
undated
Scope and Contents
Typescript draft. Published in unidentified publication, pages 50-52; photocopies of published article. Boîte: 37, 102B.
box 18, folder 10
"Une plante à habiter,"
undated
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of published work, part of an exhibition brochure(?). Boîte: 38.
box 18, folder 11
"Osez habiter! / Osate abitare!,"
undated
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and composite manuscript in French. Italian version from published in unidentified publication, pages 139-153;
photocopy of published article. Boîte: 39, GRI2A.
box 18, folder 12
"About Factors Determining the Physical Form of Settlements,"
undated
Scope and Contents
Handwritten draft. Boîte: 14B.
box 18, folder 13
"The Lost Book of Tchuang Tse,"
undated
Scope and Contents
Handwritten draft, typescript, photocopies. Boîte: 14B, 100.1.
box 18, folder 14
"Space Chains: A New Technique and an Opening to a New Style,"
undated
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of typescript with images. Boîte: 71A.
box 18, folder 15
"High-rise Buildings with Local Technology,"
undated,
Scope and Contents
Handwritten draft, typescript and photocopy of typescript with images. Boîte: 14B, 42A.
box 18, folder 17-17A
Villes imaginaires/projets imaginés,
undated
Scope and Contents
Handwritten text and notes; typescripts; photocopies of drawings. Also included here is a set of photocopies of related images
identified as "Voyage imaginaire." Boîte: 76I, 78H, 80F, 130P, 169P, 169T.
box 18, folder 19
"Popular Encyclopedia of Survival: A Long-term Project,"
undated
Scope and Contents
Published in unidentified publication, pages 13-19; photocopy of published article. Boîte: 38.1E.
box 18, folder 20
"Crise économique ou crise de mentalité,"
undated
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of typescript. Boîte: 100.1.
box 18, folder 21
"Au sujet de la Déclaration Universelle des Droits de l'Homme,"
undated
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of typescript. Boîte: 165E.2.
Manuals and other graphic works, Series II.
1973-2006, undated
Physical Description: 11.9 Linear Feet(26 boxes)
Scope and Contents
The production materials for Friedman's manuals and other graphic works form Series II. Beginning in 1973 with a commission
to help schoolchildren learn about architecture, Friedman developed a distinctive graphic style to convey information, a form
of bande dessinée or comic-strip, with minimal added text. Easily reproduced and capable of being understood by the quasi-literate,
the manuals were translated into local languages and widely distributed in India, as well as Indonesia, Africa and South America.
Friedman's initial self-help manuals focused on architecture and planning, but gradually their emphasis shifted to a larger
array of economic, health, and quality of life topics, directed primarily toward a third-world audience. The shift in subject
matter reflects a change in Friedman's intellectual interests and his growing involvement with United Nations programs, such
as UNESCO and UNU, in the later 1970s. Although the purely didactic manuals ceased in the early 1990s as UNU funding for the
project ended, Friedman continued to use this graphic style for other works, often book-length, such as
Vous avez un chien and artists' books such as
The "Trompe l'oeil" Universe.
Included here are original texts and drawings for manuals in various production stages, as well as multiple photocopies of
completed manuals. The frequent use of tracing paper and the techniques of paste-up and overlay, similar to that seen with
the manuscript material in Series I, as well as the frequent recombination of component elements, elucidate Friedman's working
methods and his emphasis on the broad distribution of his work. As with the writings in Series I, the manuals are produced
in multiple languages and the titles of works presented in this series are taken directly from the piece, occasionally retaining
quirks in spelling and grammar. Of particular interest are a group of hand-colored drawings, which were part of a planned
audio-visual version of the manuals. Friedman's other graphic works are represented by production materials with similar stages
of text and images, as well as collages and photomontages.
Arrangement
The series is arranged in roughly chronological order with undated material at the end. Friedman's original associative arrangement
can be traced by the "boîte" numbers in each entry. A search using the "find" command with one of those entries will retrieve
the other materials originally housed in the same folder or box (see Arrangement and Processing History notes above).
box 19, folder 1-2
"Le langage de l'autoplanification: Manuel des enseignants,"
1973
Scope and Contents
Includes typescripts with hand-drawn illustrations on paper and trace; typescript with paste-up illustrations; photocopies;
drawings on trace; title pages for "Comment dessiner ma maison?: Manuel des enseignés" and "Comment façonner ma ville?: Manuel
des enseignés;" photocopies of miscellaneous drawings and exercises. Boîte: 133D, 142, unnumbered. See also Box 6A, folders
16-17A.
box 19, folder 7
"Quelques exercises pour les petits et pour les grands,"
1973
Scope and Contents
Exercises were included as Annexe III of "Le langage de l'autoplanification." Photocopy with handwritten title page. Boîte:
147.
box 19, folder 3-6
"C'est mon manuel car je veux savoir dessiner ma maison!"
1973
Scope and Contents
French version: Composite trace and paste-up draft; paste-up draft. English version: Paste-up draft; draft with text on trace.
German version: Paste-up draft; photocopy. Boîte: 133, unnumbered.
box 21, folder 1
"Comment vivre entre les autres sans être chef et sans être esclave?"
1974
Scope and Contents
Partial images and text on trace; photocopies; draft of text and notes. Boîte: 122, 133C.
box 22, folder 6
"Groups and Networks,"
circa 1974
Scope and Contents
Drafts of text and translation; paste-up draft and photocopy of English version. Boîte: 122, 133E, unnumbered.
box 21, folder 2
"Votre ville est à vous, sachez comment la conserver!"
1974-1975
Scope and Contents
Pour la direction de l'environnement et les pouvoirs locaux; conseil de l'Europe, Strasbourg. The manual contains the following
sections: 1) Machinbourg, ville européenne; 2) Comment on utilise une ville; 3) La rue; 4) Renouveler la ville; 5) La peau
de la ville; 6) L'ambiance urbaine; 7) Conclusion. Included in the archive are images and text on trace for the French version
and a paste-up of the English version, "It is Your Town Know How to Protect It!" Boîte: unnumbered.
box 42, folder 17
Manual on autoplanification,
circa 1975, undated
Scope and Contents
Drawings on trace; photocopies. Variations on manual used as part of
Une utopie réalisée. Boîte: 139D, 147B, AncienOrig2.
box 20, folder 1-7
"Comment habiter la terre/How to Settle on Earth,"
1976
Scope and Contents
Pour la conférence des nations unies sur les établissements humains, réalisé avec l'aide du Ministère de la qualité de la
vie à Paris. The manual contains the following sections: 1) L'homme, un organisme vivant au milieu des autres; 2) L'homme
et ses semblables; 3) Les problèmes de la croissance et de l'équilibre; 4) L'habitat humain est un système organisé; 5) Bienfaits
et méfaits de l'agriculture dans l'organisation de la survie; 6) La nourriture: Centre de l'habitat; 7) Cherchons des alternatives
de survie; 8) Première alternative: Inventer une autre nourriture; 9) Deuxième alternative: L'agriculture urbaine; 10) Troisième
alternative: Réorganiser la terre; 11) Une autre alternative encore: Changer de mentalité; 12) Refaire un monde artificiel
(écosystème artificiel); 13) "Pauvreté" et environnement; 14) Éviter la compétition; 15) Qui doit planifier?; 16) Et les pays
industrialisés?; 17) À vous de choisir, mais.... Included in the archive are drafts with images and text on trace; sections
of images and trace on paper; photocopies, one annotated; miscellaneous notes, drafts and production materials. Also included
are a photocopy of the French version and a paste-up of the English version of an abridged edition, "Manuel des terriens
concernant quelques propositions urgentes/Manual for Earth People, Concerning a Few Urgent Propositions." Boîte: 103, 113,
115C, 115E, 115G, 116, 116B, 144, unnumbered.
box 21, folder 3-6
"Programme modeste pour survivre dans un monde en pleine crise,"
1976
Scope and Contents
The manual contains the following sections: A 1-16) L'argent rend pauvre; A 17-28) L'économie basée sur le troc contre l'économie
basée sur l'argent; AA 1-8) L'exterritorialité pour les innovations sociales; B 1-8) Ne dépendez que de vous-même; C 1-8)
L'emploi; D 1-9) Le pouvoir; E 1-8) Communiquer. Included in the archive are a composite trace and paste-up draft and photocopy
for the French version and a copy of images and text on trace and one complete and several partial photocopies of the English
version, "A Modest Program for Survival in a World of Crisis." Boîte: 51, 113F, 114D, 115C, 117B, 117C, 139C, 147F, 147J.
box 21, folder 10
Manual for Inducing Popular Creativity into Science project,
circa 1976
Scope and Contents
Manual is adapted and expanded version of the "Communiquer" section of "Programme modeste pour survivre dans un monde en pleine
crise." Photocopies; partial copy of text and images on trace; copy of brief text. Boîte: 143, 147D.
box 23, folder 9
"We Have Many Deserts Don't Make New Ones,"
1976-1977
Scope and Contents
For the United Nations Conference on Desertification. Handwritten drafts of text; text and images on trace, and photocopy;
also includes text, "Popularized Information about Desertification." Boîte: 19, 19D, 114A, 147.
box 22, folder 1-5
"L'habitat c'est l'affaire de tous, mais particulièrement la vôtre,"
1977
Scope and Contents
For the Séminaire de l'UNESCO, Dakar. The manual contains the following sections: A) Construire votre maison; B) Dessiner
votre maison; C) Vivre avec les autres; D) Public et privé; E) Assurer votre survie; F) Planifier votre ville; G) Embellir
votre ville. Included in the archive are a partial, composite trace and photocopy draft and a photocopy for the French version.
An English version, "Housing is the Interest of All, but Particularly Yours," is documented by a copy with text and images
on trace and photocopies, as well as a UNESCO distribution copy with added introductory text. A copy of a Spanish version,
lacking a title page, is composed of both original text and drawings on trace and photocopied pages. Boîte: 51, 94.1 115D,
147, 147E, 147G, unnumbered.
box 21, folder 7-9
"Où commence la ville?"
1977, 1985
Scope and Contents
For UNESCO. The manual contains the following sections: A) Une ville. Qu'est que c'est?; B) Comment vit-on dans la ville?;
C) La survie de la ville; D) Pourquoi vit-on dans la ville?; E) La crise urbaine; F) Le village urbain; G) Les décisions urbaines
prises par les habitants; H) untitled. Included in the archive are a photocopy for the French version and a combination trace/photocopy
paste-up and photocopies of the English version, "Where Do Towns Begin?," as well as an undated partial French handwritten
original (sections A-D and the title page for section E) entitled "Qu'est ce que c'est qu'une ville?" Also included are photocopies
of portions of manual published in fascicles of
Lettre urbaine in 1985. Boîte: 47F, 105.1E, 134B, 136, 147, unnumbered. See also Box 29, folder 21..
box 23, folder 1-2
"La Méditerranée et ses problèmes,"
1977
Scope and Contents
Text and images on trace, and photocopy. Also includes a variant version on trace and a photocopy of a later(?) expanded version
entitled "Rendre la Méditerranée blanc." Boîte: 77D, 112, 139D, 147A.
box 23, folder 3-4
"L'autoplanification dans l'école,"
1977
Scope and Contents
The manual contains the following sections: A) Pourquoi l'autoplanification?; B) Le langage de l'autoplanification; C) Planifier
avec les autres; D) Un exemple: L'autoplanification d'une école; E) Questions techniques; F) Et la beauté? Included in the
archive are an incomplete copy with extended front matter composed of photocopy and trace pages, a complete photocopy, and
a partial photocopy. Boîte: 116C, 139C, 147C.
box 23, folder 10-11
"Le matériau fait la maison,"
circa 1977-1978
Scope and Contents
For the Haut comité de l'environnement, Paris. Text and images on trace; photocopy of variant version; annotated variant photocopy
with typescript introduction. Boîte: 116D, 143.
box 23, folder 5
"Le secteur quaternaire,"
1978
Scope and Contents
For Project GPID, UNU. French version: text and image on trace; photocopy; second photocopy topped by a cover sheet for the
Science and Technology and the Future pre-conference sessions to the World Future Studies Conference (WFSC), May 1979. English
version, "The Quaternary Sector": text and image on trace. Boîte: 115B, 143.
box 25, folder 5
"Cooking with the Sun,"
1978
Scope and Contents
Immediate Education for Survival, UNESCO. Handwritten drafts of text in English and French version "Cuisiner avec le soleil;"
photocopies of English version; and paste-up with French text over English. Also includes photocopy of published manual from
Outreach 80: 27-30. Boîte: 38, 51, 111, 113, 147D.
box 25, folder 3
"L'eau qui tombe du ciel,"
1978
Scope and Contents
French text; handwritten draft of text and photocopies (one from a larger compilation) of English version of manual, "Water
from the Sky." Boîte: 113, 113F, 147D.
box 23, folder 12
"L'autodiagnose,"
circa 1978
Scope and Contents
Text and images on trace; photocopies. Boîte: 117D, 139D, 153.7.
box 24, folder 11
"Le jour du soleil: au soleil du futur,"
1979 June 23
Scope and Contents
For Fondation Claude Nicolas Ledoux, Salines d'Arc-et-Senans. Photocopy. Boîte: 5J, 143.1.
box 23, folder 6-8
"Comprendre la montagne,"
1979
Scope and Contents
For UNESCO. The manual contains the following sections: A) Habiter les montagnes; B) Ce que les montagnes signifient pour
le monde; C) L'homme dans la montagne; D) Comment vivent les montagnards; E) La montagne peut nourrir l'homme; F) Penser aux
autres. Included in the archive are a copy of images and text on trace for the French version; a photocopy paste-up and a
photocopy of the English version, "Understanding Mountains." Boîte: 105.2B, 107, 134, 134A, 136.
box 24, folder 1-2
"Qu'est ce que c'est la région?"
1979
Scope and Contents
For UNESCO. The manual contains the following sections: A) Où commence et où finit la région; B) La région du vivant; C)
Comment est habitée une région?; D) De quoi vit une région?; E) La culture; F) Pourquoi la région. Included in the archive
are a copy of images and text on trace for the French version and a composite photocopy and trace paste-up copy and a photocopy
of the English version, "What Is a Region?" Boîte: 105.2C, 134, 136.
box 24, folder 3
"What Can Research Do for You and What Can You Do for Research?"
1979
Scope and Contents
For UNESCO. Copy on trace and photocopy; possible variant title "Research and Human Needs." Boîte: 105, 143.
box 24, folder 4-5
"La ville des enfants,"
1979
Scope and Contents
For UNESCO. The manual contains the following sections: A) L'enfant dans la ville des adultes; B) La pouponnière est partout;
C) Jeu et travail; D) La ville est une autre école; E) Une coexistence pacifique entre enfants et adultes; F) Protéger l'enfant;
G) La ville, certains jours; H) La ville telle que l'enfant la voudrait. Included in the archive are a copy with text on paper
for the French version; and two text and images on trace copies and a photocopy of the English version, "The City also Belongs
to the Child." Boîte: 105.2A, 153.6.
box 24, folder 9
"L'architecture verte,"
1979
Scope and Contents
Photocopy paste-up and photocopy. Boîte: 28P.1, 77A.
box 25, folder 7
"Research and Immediate Education,"
1979
Scope and Contents
Published in
Impact of Science on Society 29 (1979): 247-251. Text and images on trace; photocopy of published manual. Boîte: 38, unnumbered.
box 24, folder 6
"Some Suggestions about the Charter of European Culture,"
1980
Scope and Contents
For the Colloquium of the Council of Europe, Delphi and the Workshop on Cultural Development, Lifestyles and Future Societies,
Arc-et-Senans. Copy with text and image on trace; two photocopies; Conseil de l'Europe distribution copies and photocopies.
Boîte: 139F, 140B, 140F, unnumbered.
box 24, folder 7
"L'Europe des villes: La cité européenne en crise (des villes à vivre),"
1980
Scope and Contents
For the Council of Europe, Strasbourg; European Campaign for the Renaissance of the City. French version: title page and scattered
pages on trace only. The English version, "A Europe of Cities: The European City in Crisis (Cities to Live)," is represented
by a copy with text on trace and two photocopies. Boîte: 140F, unnumbered.
box 24, folder 8
"Embellir les maisons,"
1980
Scope and Contents
Text and image on trace; Section 8 of a larger work (?). Boîte: 147.
box 24, folder 10
"Une université de la paix, pourquoi?"
1980
Scope and Contents
For UNESCO, Conference on Education for Disarmament. French version: text and images on trace; photocopies. The English version,
"Why a University for Peace?" is represented by a paste-up copy. Boîte: 42K, 88, 143.6.
box 25, folder 2
"Rings into Roofs,"
1980
Scope and Contents
Photocopies. Boîte: 51, 111.
box 25, folder 6
"Environment is Everything,"
1980
Scope and Contents
Published in
Intermedia 8 (1980): 35-36; photocopy of published manual. Boîte: 38.
box 24, folder 13
"L'autoplanification du lycée David d'Angers, à Angers,"
1980
Scope and Contents
For the Ministère de l'éducation. Photocopies. Boîte: 105.2F.
box 24, folder 12
"Les intellectuels,"
circa 1980
Scope and Contents
Text and images on trace; photocopies. Boîte: 59, 88, 143.1.
box 25 , folder 1
"You Alone Can Help Yourself to Get a Home,"
1981
Scope and Contents
A collection of manuals compiled in 1981; title page has imprint of Centre for Popularization of Survival Knowledge. Includes
title page and table of contents on trace for compilation; an incomplete set of component manuals with text and images on
trace: "Why This Manual?," "What Can You Build of and How?," "Simple Ways to Build a Vault," "Rings into Roofs" (1980), "Trees
Make a Shelter" (1980), "Building with Grass," "Materials to Build from Can Be Found," "A Structure in Common," "Water from
the Sky" (with Immediate Education for Survival, UNESCO on cover and two photocopied pages of a different manual on water),
"Cooking with the Sun" (photocopy only, with Immediate Education for Survival, UNESCO on cover), "Waste into Food," "A Few
Words about Floods and Dams." Boîte: 143.
box 25, folder 4
"Irrigating Drop by Drop,"
1981 or earlier
Scope and Contents
Immediate Education for Survival, UNESCO. Text and images on trace. Boîte: 143.
box 25, folder 8
"Keeping Food Fresh with Cold,"
1981
Scope and Contents
Text and image on trace; photocopy. Boîte: 111.3, 143.
box 25, folder 30
"Don't Live with Garbage,"
1981
Scope and Contents
For Jakarta. Text and images on trace. Boîte: 143.
box 25, folder 31
"About Public Latrines,"
1981
Scope and Contents
For Jakarta. Text and images on trace. Boîte: 143.6.
box 25, folder 8A
"La ville des enfants expliquée aux adultes, suivi de la ville des adultes expliquée aux enfants,"
1981
Scope and Contents
For UNESCO. Compilation of three manuals: I. "La ville des enfants," II. "Où commence la ville?," III. "La région: une super-ville."
Title page only. Boîte: 153.6.
box 25, folder 32
"Manual for the Barefoot Architect,"
1981
Scope and Contents
Includes typescript and photocopy of "Manual for the Barefoot Architect in the Greater Bombay Region;" typescript of "Workshop
for Drafting a Manual for the Service of 'Barefoot Architects';" photocopy of "Abstracts of Addenda to the Chapters of the
Existing Manual;" typescript of acknowledgement; photocopies of newspaper clippings; photocopy of letter regarding a workshop
on habitat in Bombay; text on trace. Boîte: 137I, 137O.
box 25, folder 29
"Simple Technology Might Be What You Need,"
circa 1981
Scope and Contents
Text and image on trace. Boîte: 143.6.
box 25, folder 9
"Les deux voies du développement,"
1981
Scope and Contents
For Recherche et besoins humains, UNESCO. Two photocopies. Boîte: 137C. See also Box 10, folder 24.
Immediate Education for Survival manual series,
1981-1990
Scope and Contents
Some by Eda Schaur. The series included the following manuals: "Research and Immediate Education;" "Cooking with the Sun;"
"Water from the Sky;" "Waste into Food;" "Materials to Build Can Be Found;" "Rings into Roofs;" "Building with Grass;" "Trees
Make a Shelter;" "A Structure in Common;" "Keeping Food Fresh by Cold;" "Don't Leave Your Own Food for Rats;" "Washing the
Water;" "It Is Important to Improve Your Roof;" "Simple Ways to Build a Vault;" "Which Materials Can Serve You Best?;" "Simple
Technology Might Be What You Need;" "Making Your House;" "Planning Your House;" "What Can You Build of and How?;" "A Hearth
That Uses Less Fuel;" "You Can Grow Your Own Fuel for Cooking;" "Spend Less and Be Better Nourished;" "Mushrooms — A Richer
Food;" "Weeds into Wealth;" "Water That Evaporates Could be Saved;" "A Simple Water Lift;" "Waste Land into Farm Land;" "Farming
in Three 'Stories';" "How Trees Can Grow with Little Rain;" "Catching the Run-off Water;" "Water Storage;" "Making Water Drinkable;"
"Washing the Salty Land;" "Drying Food for Tomorrow;" "Growing Food on Shelves;" "A Granary You Can Build;" "Urban Waste:
A Valuable Resource;" "You Can Cope with Natural Disasters;" "Let the Wind Work for You;" "A Well-pit Lined with Bamboo;"
"Keeping the Heat Out;" "Preventing Fire;" "How to Make a Stronger Beam?;" "Bending Makes the Beam Stronger;" "Making the
Roof Water Resistant;" "A House in the Open;" "Working Together;" "Make Your Water Safe by Boiling;" "Keep Flies Away from
Your Food;" "How to Save People from Diarrhoea?;" "Leprosy Can Be Cured;" "Energy: What Is It and How Is It Used?;" "Sources
of Energy;" "How Energy Is Consumed by Man;" "Managing our Energy Sources;" "Harnessing the Wind;" "Biogas: Production and
Use;" "Minimizing the Effects of Drought;" "Growing Trees with Little Rain;" "Crops That Need Little Water;" "Which Plants
Give Most with Less Work?;" "Helping the Plants to Grow;" "Curing the Sick with Kitchen Garden Plants;" "Coping with Cyclones;"
"Water Pipes from Bamboo;" "Termites Give You Natural Cement;" "Raising Fish for Your Family and for the Market;" "Keeping
Your Grains in a Good State;" "What Is Agroforestry?;" "Agroforestry: Which Crops?;" "Agroforestry: Which Forests?;" "What
Care Does a Woodland Farm Need?;" "Self-forming Terraces on Slopes;" "Urban Agriculture;" "Simple Remedies against Common
Ills;" "Environment and Poverty;" "Vaults without Scaffolding;" "How to Keep the Roof Aloft?;" "Bamboo Domes with Suspended
Mat Cover;" "False Domes;" "Suspended Domes;" "Lattice Domes;" 'The Chain-line;" "Space Frames;" "Bulb-shaped Domes;" "Conic
Domes;" "Rope'n Rod;" "Suspended Roofs;" "Freely Shaped Grids."
Manuals published in
Invention Intelligence,
1981-1990
box 27, folder 1-5
Fascicles,
1981-1987
Scope and Contents
Incomplete set. Boîte: unnumbered.
box 26, folder 1-3
Photocopies of published manuals,
1981-1989
Scope and Contents
Incomplete sets. Boîte: 38.1D, 39A.2B, 46D, 47F, 102A.
box 26, folder 4-6
Compilation of published manual abstracts,
1981-1990
Scope and Contents
Sets of photocopies. Boîte: 46A, 48.2E, 48.2G, 76D.
box 26, folder 7
Manuals published by Directorate of Adult Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development, New Delhi,
circa 1986
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of fascicles in English and in Hindi. Boîte: 39A.1O, 39A.2A, 47F.
box 27, folder 6
Manuals published in
Gram Shilpa,
1985
Scope and Contents
Two fascicles. Boîte: unnumbered.
box 25, folder 12
"Preparation for Life,"
1982
Scope and Contents
Council for Cultural Co-operation (C.D.C.C.) Project no. 1, Council of Europe. The manual contains the following sections:
A) Preparation for Life: Why?; B) Preparation for Life: Who Should Do What?. Photocopy. Boîte: unnumbered.
box 25, folder 10
"Don't Leave Your Own Food for Rats,"
1982 or earlier
Scope and Contents
Text and images on trace; photocopy. Boîte: 111.3, 143.
box 25, folder 11
"Washing the Water,"
1982 or earlier
Scope and Contents
Text and images on trace; photocopy. Boîte: 111.3, 143.
box 25, folder 11A
"Which Materials Can Serve You Best?"
1982 or before
Scope and Contents
Text and images on trace. Boîte: 143.6.
box 25, folder 13
"It Is Important To Improve Your Roof,"
circa 1982
Scope and Contents
Text and images on trace. Boîte: unnumbered.
box 28, folder 1
"À propos de la loi sur l'architecture,"
1983
Scope and Contents
Two copies with text and images on trace; photocopies. Boîte: 87H, 137E, 139C.
box 28, folder 2
"Monsieur Dupont et son chien cherchent à sortir de la crise,"
1983
Scope and Contents
Text and images on trace; photocopy and paste-up. Boîte: 137E, 139F.
box 28, folder 3
"Si nous ne conservons pas la nature, la nature ne nous conservera pas,"
1983
Scope and Contents
Éducation de Survie, Ministère de l'environnement. The manual contains the following sections: A) La nature, qu'est ce que
c'est?; B) L'homme veut survivre; C) Aider la nature à se conserver; D) Le retour de la nature; E) La nature a sa place dans
la ville; F) La nature sur les étages ou "l'architecture verte;" G) L'alliance de l'homme et de la nature. Partial copy with
text and image on trace; photocopy paste-up; complete photocopy and photocopy of section F. Boîte: 28O, 105.2D, 137A, 139B,
139E.
box 28, folder 4-8
"An Anthropomorph Theory of Physics,"
1983-1986
Scope and Contents
"Based on a paper from 1977, and on another from 1981." The manual contains the following sections: A) About Scientific Theories;
B) Exchange and Motivation; C) Granulated Space; D) A New Concept of Time; E) Conjectures; F) Conclusion; G) Recapitulation;
H) How Could It Be Proved? The 1986 revision alters the sections to: A) About Scientific Theories; B) Exchange and Motivation;
C) Granulated Space; D) Geometrical and Physical Space; E) A New Concept of Time; F) Conjectures [broken into subsections];
Ω) Synthesis; G) Conclusion; H) Recapitulation. Material includes text and images on trace and a photocopy of draft version;
photocopies of "finished" version, one annotated; photocopy of 1986 revised version; various production materials such as
handwritten text, trace sheets and partial photocopies. Also paste-up, annotated photocopy and photocopy of "L'univers granulaire"
and photocopies of "An Anthropomorph Model of Granulated Space (Abridged Version)." Boîte: 46BB, 88, 89K, 100.3, 105.2H, 111.2,
137F.1, 139B.
box 25, folder 14
"Drying Food for Tomorrow,"
1983
Scope and Contents
Background information by Board on Science and Technology in International Development (BOSTID). Text and images on trace.
Boîte: 137D.
box 25, folder 15
"A Hearth for Using Less Fuel,"
1983
Scope and Contents
Background information by BOSTID. Published in
Outreach 83: 33-35. Text and images on trace; photocopies of published article. Boîte: 38, 137D, 164Z.
box 25, folder 16
"You Can Grow Your Own Fuel for Cooking,"
1983
Scope and Contents
Background information by BOSTID. Text and images on trace. Boîte: 137D.
box 25, folder 17
"Spending Less and Better Nourished,"
1983
Scope and Contents
Background information by BOSTID. Text and images on trace. Boîte: 137D.
box 25, folder 18
"Weeds into Wealth,"
1983
Scope and Contents
Background information by BOSTID. Text and images on trace. Boîte: 137D.
box 25, folder 19
"Waste Land into Farmland,"
1983
Scope and Contents
Background information by BOSTID. Text and images on trace. Boîte: 137D.
box 25, folder 20
"Washing Salty Land,"
1983
Scope and Contents
Background information by BOSTID. Text and images on trace. Boîte: 137D.
box 25, folder 21
"Catching the Run-off Water,"
1983
Scope and Contents
Background information by BOSTID. Text and images on trace. Boîte: 137D.
box 25, folder 22
"Water Storage,"
1983
Scope and Contents
Background information by BOSTID. Text and images on trace. Boîte: 137D.
box 25, folder 23
"A Simple Water Lift,"
1983
Scope and Contents
Text and images on trace. Boîte: 137D.
box 25, folder 24
"Crops with Less Water,"
1983
Scope and Contents
Background information by BOSTID. Text and images on trace. Boîte: 137D.
box 25, folder 25
"Farming in 3 Stories,"
1983
Scope and Contents
Background information by BOSTID. Text and images on trace. Boîte: 137D.
box 25, folder 26
"Mushrooms: A Richer Food,"
1983
Scope and Contents
Text and images on trace. Boîte: 137D, 137F.1.
box 25, folder 27
"Water That Goes to the Sun,"
1983
Scope and Contents
Text and images on trace. Boîte: 137D, 137F.1.
box 29, folder 2A
"Le droit de comprendre,"
1983-1984
Scope and Contents
Photocopy. Boîte: 52K.
"Tales in the African Mode,"
circa 1983-1986
Scope and Contents
The manual contains the following sections: The Strange Story of Lionshair; The One-who-doesn't-look-behind; Farsighted Head;
and Koulou Makalla, the Lion, the Hare and the Spider. Includes photocopy of collected tales; text and image on trace for
three sections; photocopies of "Koulou Makalla" section; production materials. Boîte: 5F, 111.1, 137F, unnumbered.
box 29, folder 1
"European Declaration of Cultural Objectives,"
1984
Scope and Contents
For the Council of Europe; 4th Conference of European Ministers, Berlin. The manual contains the following sections: A) What
is Culture?; B) Developing the Heritage; C) Developing Human Attitudes; D) Safeguarding Freedoms; E) Promoting Participation;
F) Encouraging Solidarity; G) Building the Future. Text and images on trace; photocopy paste-up of French version, "Déclaration
européenne sur les objectifs culturels." Also includes photocopies of an excerpt used as illustrations for "Déclaration européenne
sur les objectifs culturels" in unidentified publication. Boîte: 37.2A, 37.2B, 137B.
box 29, folder 2
"Le droit de comprendre,"
1984
Scope and Contents
For the Musée national des sciences des technologies et des industries, Parc de la Villette, Paris. Photocopies. Also includes
photocopies of condensed version published on page two of an unidentified La Villette publication. Boîte: 37.1B, 38.1E, 102B,
105.2G1.
box 29, folder 6
"Terre, vaisseau précieux,"
1984
Scope and Contents
For the Musée national des sciences des technologies et des industries, Parc de la Villette, Paris; Secteur 1. Photocopy.
Boîte: 105.2G2.
box 29, folder 3
"L'aventure de la vie,"
1984
Scope and Contents
For the Musée national des sciences des technologies et des industries, Parc de la Villette, Paris; Secteur 2. Photocopy.
Boîte: 105.2G3.
box 29, folder 4
"L'homme, manipulateur de la matière,"
1984
Scope and Contents
For the Musée national des sciences des technologies et des industries, Parc de la Villette, Paris; Secteur 3. Photocopy.
Boîte: 105.2G4.
box 29, folder 5
"Communiquer,"
1984
Scope and Contents
For the Musée national des sciences des technologies et des industries, Parc de la Villette, Paris; Secteur 4. Photocopy.
Boîte: 105.2G2.
box 29, folder 7
"The Ramayana Manual,"
1984
Scope and Contents
I.M.D. Photocopy. Boite 106.2D.
box 29, folder 8
"Community Participation in the Construction of Educational Buildings,"
1984
Scope and Contents
For UNESCO, Division of Education Policy and Planning report, samples of manuals with brief text. Distribution copy; partial
photocopy. Boîte: 102B, unnumbered.
box 29, folder 9
"Urban Waste: A Resource,"
1984
Scope and Contents
Photocopy. Boîte: 51.
box 29, folder 10
"Working Together,"
1984
Scope and Contents
Photocopy. Boîte: 51.
box 29, folder 11-12
1984 manual compilation,
1984
Scope and Contents
Some manuals by Eda Schaur. Includes "Make Your Water Safe by Boiling;" "A Granary You Can Build;" "Let the Wind Work for
You;" "Keep Flies Away from Your Food;" "Growing Food on Shelves;" "A Well-pit Lined with Bamboo;" "Leprosy Can Be Healed;"
"How To Save People with Diarrhoea;" "How Strong Can a Beam Be?;" "Bending Makes the Beam Stronger;" "A Roof Should Resist
to Water;" "A House in the Open;" "Working Together;" "Urban Waste: A Resource;" "Keeping the Inside Tempered;" "Many People,
Little Space, Little Means;" "A Roof in Common;" "Preventing Fire." Photocopied distribution copies. Boîte: 105.1C, unnumbered.
"La terre est un bateau,"
1984
Scope and Contents
For La Villette Science Museum, Paris. Production materials, such as handwritten text, sets of images on trace, paste-ups
and annotated photocopies, transparencies, and multiple photocopy sets; for French version and English version, "Earth Is
Like a Ship." See also Box 53. Boîte: 51, 95.1, 95.3, 99.1, 103, 109.
"L'espérance africaine,"
1984-1987
Scope and Contents
Rapport de M. Edgard Pisani, président de la commission préparatoire de la session spéciale des nations unies sur la situation
économique africaine. Includes copies of Pisani report; multiple photocopies and production materials, including handwritten
text, templates, paste-ups and annotated photocopies. Boîte: 14A, 14C, 50, 58E, 111.1.
box 29, folder 13
"A Bamboo Water Pipe,"
1985
Scope and Contents
By Eda Schaur. Images, paste-up, photocopies. Boîte: 51, 95.1, 111.3.
box 29, folder 14
"Keep Your Grain in a Good State,"
1985
Scope and Contents
By Eda Schaur. Images, paste-up, photocopies. Boîte: 51, 95.1, 111.3.
box 29, folder 15
"Harnessing the Wind,"
1985
Scope and Contents
By Eda Schaur. Images on trace and paper, paste-up, photocopies. Boîte: 51, 95.1, 111.
box 29, folder 16
"You Can Reduce Earthquake Damage,"
1985
Scope and Contents
The manual contains the following sections: What To Know about Earthquake; Earthquake Resistence of Walls and Structures;
How To Make Walls More Safe; Light Roofs Make Less Damage. Included in the archive are handwritten text, paste-ups and photocopies.
Boîte: 51, 98.2.
box 29, folder 17
"Como impedir a inundação,"
1985
Scope and Contents
By Anelice Lober, Fernanda Magalhaeg and Yona Friedman. Photocopy. Boîte: 47A.
box 29, folder 17
"Segurança da casa em morros,"
1985
Scope and Contents
By Anelice Lober, Fernanda Magalhaeg and Yona Friedman. Photocopies. Boîte: 47A, 102B.
box 29, folder 18
"Leibnitz. La monadologie,"
1985
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of French version and photocopy of German version. Boîte: 105.1A, 105.2E.
box 29, folder 21
"Comment vit-on dans la ville?"
1985
Scope and Contents
Published in
Habitat d'Afrique, no 1 (1985): 1-2; fascicle with variantcondensed version of section from "Où commence la ville?" manual (Box 21, folders
7-9). Boîte: unnumbered.
box 29, folder 19-20
1985 manual compilation,
1985
Scope and Contents
Some manuals by Eda Schaur and others. Includes "Help Your Plants Grow;" "Energy Can Become a Farm Product;" "About Biogas;"
"Keep Your Grain in a Good State;" "A Bamboo Water Pipe;" "Harnessing the Wind;" "You Can Reduce Earthquake Damage;" "Como
impedir a inundação;" "Segurança da casa em morros." Photocopy, partial paste-up; distribution photocopy. Boîte; 105.1B, unnumbered.
box 32, folder 12
"What Does Mean Rural Energy Policy?,"
circa 1985
Scope and Contents
The manual contains the following sections: 1) What Is Energy?; 2) How Energy Is Used?; 3) Energy Sources; 4) How Energy Is
Consumed?; 5) Energy Sources You Can Find around You; 6) Machines That Make Energy Useful; 7) A Healthy Energy Policy. Included
in the archive are sections of text and image on trace, paste-ups and photocopies of the manual; a text "About Rural Energy
Policy," with handwritten drafts, paste-up and photocopies; photocopies of related manuals. Boîte: 95.2, 98.2.
box 32, folder 13
"Your Environment Might Be Important for You,"
1986 or earlier
Scope and Contents
Text and images on trace; photocopies, one annotated; paste-up version from publication. Boîte: 153.7.
box 32, folder 1
"What Is Agroforestry?"
1986
Scope and Contents
Background information: Prof. J. Vieira da Silva, Centre botanique, Université Paris VII. Paste-up and photocopies. Boîte:
12, 51, 111.3, unnumbered.
box 32, folder 2
"Agroforestry: Which Forests?"
1986
Scope and Contents
Background information: Prof. J. Vieira da Silva, Centre botanique, Université Paris VII. Paste-up and photocopies. Boîte:
12, 51, 111.3, unnumbered.
box 32, folder 3
"Agroforestry: Which Crops?"
1986
Scope and Contents
Background information: Prof. J. Vieira da Silva, Centre botanique, Université Paris VII. Photocopies. Boîte: 12, 51, 111.3,
unnumbered.
box 32, folder 4
"What Care Does Need a Woodland Farm?"
1986
Scope and Contents
Background information: Prof. J. Vieira da Silva, Centre botanique, Université Paris VII. Photocopies. Boîte: 12, 51, 111.3.
box 32, folder 5
"A Kitchen Garden for Your Health Can Be Very Small,"
1986
Scope and Contents
Photocopy. Boîte: 12.
box 32, folder 6
"Urban Agriculture,"
1986
Scope and Contents
Photocopy. Boîte: 12.
box 32, folder 7
"Environment and Poverty,"
1986
Scope and Contents
Photocopy. Boîte: 12.
box 32, folder 8
"Choosing Plants for Your Kitchen Garden,"
1986
Scope and Contents
Photocopies. Boîte: 12, 51.
box 32, folder 9
"Medicin from Your Kitchen Garden,"
1986
Scope and Contents
Hand-drafted copy; photocopies. Boîte: 12, 51.
box 32, folder 10
"Simple Remedies against Common Ills,"
1986
Scope and Contents
Handwritten draft of text; copy of manual with hand-drawn images; photocopies. Boîte: 12, 35.2, 51.
box 32, folder 11
"Termites Give You Natural Cement,"
1986
Scope and Contents
Yona Friedman and Eda Schaur. Background information: The Developing Countries Farm Radio Network. Handwritten draft of text;
photocopies of manual. Boîte: 12, 35.2, 51, 111.3, unnumbered.
box 33, folder 1
"You Need Trees on Your Land,"
1986
Scope and Contents
Manual package with introductory text includes: "Farming in 3 Stories;" "Crops with Less Water;" "You Can Grow Your Own Fuel
for Cooking;" "What Is Agroforestry?;" "Agroforestry: Which Forests?;" "Agroforestry: Which Crops?;" "What Care Does Need
a Woodland Farm?" Photocopy. Boîte: 107.1A.
box 33, folder 2
"Growing Vegetables for Yourself,"
1986
Scope and Contents
Manual package with introductory text includes: "Urban Agriculture;" "Growing Food on Shelves;" "Help Your Plants To Grow;"
"Irrigating Drop by Drop;" "A Kitchen Garden for Your Health Can Be Very Small;" "Choosing Plants for Your Kitchen Garden;"
"Mushrooms: A Richer Food." Photocopy. Boîte: 107.1B.
box 33, folder 3
"Energy: A Farm Product,"
1986
Scope and Contents
Manual package with introductory text includes: "Energy Can Become a Farm Product;" "Let the Wind Work for You;" "Harnessing
the Wind;" "About Biogas;" "A Simple Waterlift;" "A Hearth for Using Less Fuel;" "You Can Grow Your Own Fuel for Cooking;"
"Cooking with the Sun;" "Keeping the Inside Tempered." Photocopy. Boîte: 107.1C.
box 33, folder 4
"Roof and Shelter,"
1986
Scope and Contents
Manual package with introductory text includes: "Making Your House;" "What Can You Build of and How?;" "It Is Important To
Improve Your Roof;" "How Strong Can Be a Beam?;" "Bending Makes the Beam Stronger;" "Simple Ways To Build a Vault;" "Rings
into Roofs;" "Trees Make a Shelter;" "Building with Grass;" "A Roof Should Resist Water;" "Keeping the Inside Tempered;" "Working
Together;" "Urban Waste: A Resource." Photocopy. Boîte: 107.1D.
box 33, folder 5
"Protect Yourself against Disasters,"
1986
Scope and Contents
Manual package with introductory text includes: "Nature Can Bring upon You Disasters Too;" "A Few Words about Flood and Dams;"
"You Can Reduce Earthquake Damage;" "How To Avoid Inundation;" "Safety on Slopes;" "Preventing Fire." Photocopy. Boîte: 107.1E.
box 33, folder 6
"Food Enrichment and Conservation,"
1986
Scope and Contents
Manual package with introductory text includes: "Spending Less and Better Nourished;" "Germination Increases the Value of
Your Food;" "Mushrooms: A Richer Food;" "Drying Food for Tomorrow;" "Keeping Food Fresh by Cold;" "Keep Your Grain in a Good
State;" "A Granary You Can Build;" "Don't Leave Your Food for Rats." Photocopy. Boîte: 107.
box 33, folder 7
"Your Environment Feeds You,"
1986
Scope and Contents
Manual package with introductory text includes: "Your Environment Might Be Important for You;" "It Is Your Own World You Pollute;"
"Don't Live with Garbage;" "Environment and Poverty;" "Waste Land into Farmland;" "Washing Salty Land;" "Help Your Plants
To Grow;" "What Is Agroforestry?;" "Urban Agriculture;" "Waste into Food;" "Weeds into Wealth." Photocopy. Boîte: 107.
box 33, folder 8
"Africa Needs a Food Policy,"
1986
Scope and Contents
Manual package with introductory text includes: "Africa Needs a Food Policy;" "Urban Agriculture;" "A Kitchen Garden for Your
Health Can Be Very Small;" "Choosing Plants for Your Kitchen Garden;" "Waste Land into Farmland;" "Washing Salty Land;" "Catching
the Run-off Water;" "Water Storage;" "Crops with Less Water;" "Irrigating Drop by Drop;" "Farming in 3 Stories." Photocopy.
Boîte: 107.
box 33, folder 9
"Protect Your Health,"
1986
Scope and Contents
Manual package with introductory text includes: "It Is Your Own World You Pollute;" "Don't Live with Garbage;" "About Public
Latrines;" "Washing the Water;" "Make Your Water Safe by Boiling;" "Keep Flies Away from Your Food;" "Medicin from Your Kitchen
Garden;" "Simple Remedies against Common Ills;" "How To Save People with Diarrhea;" "Leprosy Can Be Healed." Photocopies.
Boîte: 35.1, 108.1A.
box 33, folder 10
"Water Management for Small Farmers,"
1986
Scope and Contents
Manual package includes: "Water from the Sky;" "Catching the Run-off Water;" "Water Storage;" "Water That Goes To the Sun;"
"Crops with Less Water;" "How Trees Can Grow with Little Water;" "Irrigating Drop by Drop;" "Washing the Water." Photocopy.
Boîte: 108.1B.
box 33, folder 11
"Planning in the Neighbourhood,"
1986
Scope and Contents
Manual package includes: "Planning Your Town;" "Planning Your House;" "Public and Private;" "A Structure in Common;" "Many
People, Little Place, Little Means;" "A Roof in Common;" "Working Together;" "Making the House Beautiful;" "Preventing Fire."
Photocopy. Boîte: 108.1C.
box 33, folder 12
"Better and More Land,"
1986
Scope and Contents
Manual package includes: "Waste Land into Farm Land;" "Washing Salty Land;" "Farming in 3 Stories;" "Catching the Run-off
Water;" "How Trees Can Grow with Little Water;" "What Is Agroforestry?;" "A Kitchen Garden for Your Health Can Be Very Small;"
"Help Your Plants Grow;" "Weeds into Wealth;" "Waste into Food." Photocopy. Boîte: 108.1D.
box 33, folder 14
"Some Problems of Environment,"
circa 1986
Scope and Contents
Manual package. Photocopy. Boîte: 107.
box 33, folder 13
"Continent Ocean,"
1986
Scope and Contents
For the National Museum of Sciences and Technology, La Villette, Paris. Includes handwritten text for manual; paste-up version;
materials relating to Ocean exhibit. Boîte:12.
box 34, folder 1-8
Museum of Simple Technology manuals,
1986-1987
Scope and Contents
Includes handwritten lists of exhibits and manuals on display; photocopies of manuals reformatted for display, as well as
photocopies in original format; in addition to usual didactic manuals includes copies of "A Museum of Simple Technology,"
"Why a Communication Centre?," sample compilations, "How the Manuals Are Used?," "Some Letters We Received." Boîte: 13, 53,
48.1D, 49, 95.2,106.2F.
Project converting manuals to audiovisual formats,
circa 1986-1987
Scope and Contents
Includes production materials, such as larger-format versions of frames, colored frames, color tests, transparency overlays
and equipment catalogs, as well as color photographs, slides and negatives. Boîte: 55, 56, 57, 95.3, 100.3, 101, 109.
box 37, folder 8
"About Cyclones,"
1987
Scope and Contents
For Prepare, India. Includes handwritten text; photocopy of manual; letter from Dharmaraj(?). Boîte: 47I.
box 37, folder 9
"Raising Fish for Your Family and for the Market,"
1988
Scope and Contents
Based on "Freshwater Fish Farming" published by F.A.O. Paste-up and photocopy. Boîte: 42E, unnumbered.
box 37, folder 10
"Self-forming Terraces on Slopes,"
circa 1988
Scope and Contents
Background material: Developing Countries Farm Radio Network. Photocopies. Boîte: 46.
box 37, folder 1-5
"Facts for Life,"
1988, 1996
Scope and Contents
For UNICEF. The manual contains the following sections: 1) Timing Births; 2) Safe Motherhood; 3) Breastfeeding; 4) Child Growth;
5) Immunization; 6) Diarrhoea; 7) Coughs and Colds; 8) Hygiene; 9) Malaria; 10) A.I.D.S. Included in the archive are a copy
of text to be followed; paste-ups using that text; hand-drawn images for manual; photocopies of manual; 1996 publication documenting
UNICEF Facts for Life program. Boîte: 45.
box 37, folder 11
"Déclaration universelle des droits de l'homme,"
1989
Scope and Contents
Photocopies. Boîte: 32B.
box 36, folder 1-10
Roofs, Parts 1 and 2/ "Roof for People" manual,
1990-1992
Scope and Contents
For UNESCO. Compilation of manuals relating to roofing. Includes the following sections: "Making Your Home;" "What Can You
Build with and How?;" "Choosing Materials;" "Flat Roofs;" "Space Frames;" "Bamboo Domes with Suspended Mat Cover;" "Lattice
Domes;" "Bulb-shaped Domes;" "Rings into Roofs;" "Structures Made with Ring-balls;" "Roofs Made with Rings (Space Chains);"
"Suspended Roofs;" "Ropes and Rods;" "Freely Shapeable Roofs;" "Dome Structures with Flexible Materials;" "Building with Grass;"
"False Domes;" "Conic Domes;" "Simple Ways To Build a Vault;" "Vaults without Scaffolding;" "Suspended Domes;" "How To Keep
Aloft the Roof;" "The Chain-line;" "How Strong Can a Beam Be?;" "Bending Makes the Beam Stronger;" "A Roof Should Resist to
Water;" "Keeping the Inside Temperate;" "Preventing Fire;" "It Is Important To Improve Your Roof." Included here are copies
of publication; copies of manuals "improved" with annotations in red pen for Roof project/Osaka competition; photocopies;
handwritten text, paste-ups and other production materials. Boîte: 5M, 35, 35E, 35F, 48.2A, 63, 67, unnumbered.
box 37, folder 6-7
"Traité sur l'amélioration de l'habitat ancien,"
circa 1991
Scope and Contents
Paste-up and photocopy. Also earlier version(?) for L'agence nationale pour l'amélioration de l'habitat (ANAH), with handwritten
draft of text and photocopy of text layout with no images. Boîte: 1A, 1X, 81.
box 38, folder 1
"Building Mounds Safe of Floods,"
circa 1991
Scope and Contents
Photocopy. Boîte: 1F.
box 38, folder 13
"Earth Pledge,"
circa 1991-1992
Scope and Contents
Photocopy. Boîte: 76H.
box 38, folder 2
"Les sans-abris doivent être logés!,"
circa 1992
Scope and Contents
Handwritten text; layout; paste-up copy; photocopy of manual. Boîte: 28O, 75C.
box 38, folder 3
"Ville-continent,"
circa 1994
Scope and Contents
French and English versions with handwritten and typescript text; paste-ups; photocopies. Also includes photocopy of poster,
Votre ville l'Europe. Boîte: 158A, 158B, 158C, 158G.
box 39, folder 1-7
The "Trompe-l'oeil" Universe,
1997-2002
Scope and Contents
Includes materials relating to the 2002 graphic publication, as well as earlier textual material, primarily in French: handwritten
text drafts and notes, with photocopies; typescript drafts, with photocopies; handwritten and typescript drafts of image text,
with photocopies; original drawings for graphics; photocopies of graphic format in French; paste-up of book in English. Boîte:
161G, 164C, 165G, 165S, 167A, 167B, 167C, 170NN, unnumbered.
box 40, folder 10
Manual about structures,
circa 1998
Scope and Contents
Handwritten draft of text, notes; sketches; photocopy of manual; also includes gallery ephemera. Boîte: 165B.
box 38, folder 5-6
"Les fonctions des espaces spécialisés...,
circa 1999
Scope and Contents
French and English versions; paste-up and photocopies. English version labelled "Slide show for Columbia University, 1999."
Boîte: 167P, 168M, 172.
box 38, folder 7
"Africa Needs a Food Policy Now and for the Future,"
2000
Scope and Contents
Based on the Dakar seminar Africa 2000. Photocopies. Boîte: 51, 111.
box 37, folder 11
"Processus Architecture,"
2000
Scope and Contents
Presented at the International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA), Paris, December 7-10, 2000. Handwritten text draft; composite
original and photocopy paste-up text and images; photocopy. Boîte: 170T, 170U.
Théorie et images,
2000
Scope and Contents
Boîte: 169V, unnumbered.
box 38, folder 4
Paste-up dummy of the book
box 132*, folder 6
Photocopies of cover image
"What Could Be Architecture in the 3rd Millenium?,"
circa 2000
Scope and Contents
Published as
Le point d'ironie, no. 24, in association with
Documenta XI. Handwritten text, notes and images; version on trace; paste-ups; photocopies; production materials for publication; fascicles
of publication. Boîte: 170E, 170Z, 170KK, 170MM, 171.
box 38, folder 10
"Softening the City: An Urban Utopia for the 3rd Millenium,"
circa 2001
Scope and Contents
Presentation at Technische Universität Darmstadt. Handwritten draft of abstract; notes; photocopies of images; photocopy of
manual. Boîte: 171, unnumbered.
box 38, folder 11
"Les intellectuels," new version,
circa 2001
Scope and Contents
Handwritten text and images; photocopy. Boîte: 170Q.
box 40, folder 6
"Les 10 principes du 'nouvel espace urbain': Un complément aux 10 principes de l'urbanisme mobile,"
circa 2001
Scope and Contents
Includes text and images on trace; text and image paste-up; photocopy; version with tranparencies and collaging on colored
paper; notes. Boîte: 170, 170O, 171, unnumbered.
box 38, folder 12
"Architecture Is the Art of Shaping Voids,"
circa early 2000s
Scope and Contents
Text and images on paper; photocopies. Boîte: 169F.
box 40, folder 7
"Best Possible Universe,"
2002
Scope and Contents
Published in
032c no. 4, Winter 2002/2003. Handwritten text and images; paste-up; photocopies. Boîte: 172.
box 40, folder 8
Manual for Vienna (?),
circa 2004
Scope and Contents
Paste-up of French version; handwritten text and photocopies of English version. Boîte: 162B.2, 168B.1, 168B.2.
Vous avez un chien,
2004
Scope and Contents
Includes handwritten and typescript drafts of text in French and English; paste-ups; photocopies of assembled text and graphics,
some annotated; photocopy in camera-ready format; proofs of cover; photographs. Boîte: 157A, 157C, 157D, 157E, 158O, unnumbered.
box 106, folder 3
Color photographs of Friedman and Balkis
Cities,
2004-2005
Scope and Contents
Production materials include: handwritten drafts of brief text and outline; photocopies of drawings, some annotated; collages;
photomontages; photocopies of photographs, collages and photomontages; camera-ready layout. Boîte: 196, Cities A, B, C.
box 40, folder 11
"Mainstream Architecture's Product Is a Shoebox,"
circa 2005
Scope and Contents
Drawings with text, and photocopies; notes. Published as cover of
Domus 879 (2005). Boîte: 174, 196.
box 40, folder 9
"Irregular Structures,"
2005-2006
Scope and Contents
Photocopy. Also includes announcement for 2006 lecture in Vienna. Boîte: unnumbered.
box 42, folder 1
Manual on development,
undated
Scope and Contents
Photocopy. Boîte: 76F.
box 42, folder 2
Manual on the economy,
undated
Scope and Contents
Text and images on trace, photocopy. Boîte: 114C, 143.
box 42, folder 3
Manual on aesthetics,
undated
Scope and Contents
Handwritten text; notes; paste-up; photocopy. Boîte: 168C.
box 42, folder 4
Manual on system,
undated
Scope and Contents
Handwritten text; text and images on trace, photocopy. Boîte: 113F, 143.
box 42, folder 5
"The Car Will Come to Take You to the City...,"
undated
Scope and Contents
Handwritten text and images. Boîte: 105.
box 42, folder 6
"Vos vêtements sont faits à la mesure de votre corps...,"
undated
Scope and Contents
Text and mages on trace; paste-up. Boîte: 147.
box 42, folder 7
"Public Cultural Actions...,"
undated
Scope and Contents
Photocopies. Boîte: 5M, 139F, 140B.
box 42, folder 8
"Dichte in der Natur,"
undated
Scope and Contents
Pour Musée de Zurich. Text and images on trace; photocopies. Boîte: 102B, 113C, 139D, 143.
box 42, folder 9
Manual on creation,
undated
Scope and Contents
Photocopy. Boîte: 130N.
box 42, folder 10
"Rainwater is good water...,"
undated
Scope and Contents
Text and images on trace, photocopy. Boîte: 137E, 139A.
box 42, folder 11
"Dans le monde les problèmes qui se posent sont nombreux...,"
undated
Scope and Contents
Text and images on trace. Boîte: 143.
box 42, folder 12
"L'enfant rusé,"
undated
Scope and Contents
Un conte de Côte d'Ivoire d'après Ndri Daya, traduit par Nguessan Kouadio. Paste-up of text with no images; photocopy of text
with hand drawn images; photocopies. Boîte: 111, 169Z.
box 42, folder 13
"A Myth about the Creation of the World,"
undated
Scope and Contents
Copy of text with no images, photocopies of complete work. Boîte: 111, 169Z.
box 42, folder 14
Manual on the I Ging (I Ching),
undated
Scope and Contents
Text and images on trace for English and German versions; paste-up of English version; photocopy of German version; photocopies
of text. Boîte: 106.2C, 106.2F, unnumbered.
box 42, folder 15
"Un remède au sous-emploi,"
undated
Scope and Contents
Handwritten text only. Boîte: 28X.
box 42, folder 16
"Die Schöpfung,"
undated
Scope and Contents
Trad. Martin Buber. Photocopies. Boîte: 5f, 32H.
box 42, folder 18
Manual on La ville spatiale,
undated
Scope and Contents
For DIAS. Photocopies. Boîte: 169L, 169BB.
Design competition entries, Series III.
1959-2000
Physical Description: 4.8 Linear Feet(8 boxes, 2 flatfiles, 2 boxed rolls)
Scope and Contents
Yona Friedman entered design competitions as another means of spreading his ideas on architecture and planning. Series III
contains materials relating to those competition entries, as well as prizes awarded to Friedman. Included here are proposals,
notes, sketches, drawings, collages, photomontages and photographic documentation of models from throughout Friedman's career.
Arrangement
The series is arranged in roughly chronological order. Friedman's original associative arrangement can be traced by the "boîte"
numbers in each entry. A search using the "find" command with one of those entries will retrieve the other materials originally
housed in the same folder or box (see Arrangement and Processing History notes above).
Renewal of city center, Tunis,
1959-1960
Scope and Contents
Includes text of proposal and images on trace, mounted drawings and photographs of model, copies of drawings, photocopies
of studies. Boîte: 10A4, 12, 17B, 26C.3, 131A.
Bâtiment à l'enjambée, Luxembourg,
circa 1960
Scope and Contents
Concours pour la construction des bâtiments représentatifs sur le plateau du Saint-Esprit. Materials include project proposal
(561923), with keyed drawings; site plan; plans on transparencies; photographs of model, with photocopies; overlay on trace
of drawing for ville spatiale and photocopies of photomontages. Boîte: 10A.2, 17B, 17.5, 159U, 176, unnumbered.
box 43, folder 4
Parliament House, Dar es Salaam,
1967
Scope and Contents
Includes photocopy of project proposal/notes; drawings on trace and graph paper; copies of drawings; photographs of models,
with negatives. Boîte: 25B, 66, 169K.
Pompidou Center, Paris,
1970, undated
Scope and Contents
With Georges Patrix. Includes proposal; drawings on trace and paper; copies of drawings; notes; photographs of model; photomontages
of model; photomontage of current structure. Also includes earlier proposal (Luxembourg?), modified and used as basis for
a draft, as well as copies of later photomontages incorporating Pompidou as built. Boîte: 1Q, 18H, 18I, 18M, 18N, 27A, 27B,
57, 131B, 140D, 193.
box 107, folder 1
Photographic negatives of models
box 43, folder 11
Computer Center, Secunderabad,
1975-1976
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of drawings. Boîte: 141.
Tête Défense, Paris,
1982
Scope and Contents
Includes drawings on trace, drawings on paper, copies of drawings. Boîte: 27E, 127K.
International Forum, Tokyo,
1989
Scope and Contents
With Eda Schaur. Includes original plans and drawings on trace and paper; photocopies of plans and drawings, some with annotations,
color or collage; production materials for montages, color photographs of model and for montages. Boîte: 28U, 56.2C, 57, 66,
78U, 87F, 159A.
box 108
Color photographs, slides and negatives
Sophisticated Roof-building with Simple Means,
circa 1989
Scope and Contents
World Habitat Award submission. Includes preliminary submission; award guidelines booklet and information; handwritten text
and notes; photocopies of manuals, drawings, notes, articles. Boîte: 36.
Maison du Japon, Paris,
1990
Scope and Contents
Includes original plans and drawings on trace and paper; photocopies of plans and drawings, some with annotations; photocopies
of photomontage, slides. Boîte: 71B, 71H, 71L, 71M, 71N, 129.
box 44, folder 4-6
Samerkand, Uzbekistan,
1990
Scope and Contents
Includes handwritten and typescript drafts of text; plans and drawings on trace and on paper; photocopies of plans and drawings,
some annotated, collaged; notes. Boîte: 8B, 8C, 8D, 8E, 8F, 8G, 68D.
Roofs for People,
1991-1997
Scope and Contents
With Eda Schaur, 5th International Design Competition, Osaka. Includes handwritten text and notes; typescript drafts; drawings;
photocopies of production materials; photocopies of presentation; copy of festival program; letters from Japan Design Foundation
regarding awarding of Grand Prize to Friedman and Schaur, as well as later follow-up on activities of prize winners. Boîte:
1B, 5B, 35, 63, 74A, 76G, 163R, unnumbered.
Hills of the winds / La colline des vents,
1992
Scope and Contents
6th International Design Competition, Osaka. Includes competition brochure; handwritten and typed drafts of submission form;
handwritten and typescript drafts; drawings on paper; collages; color photographs of models; photocopies. Boîte: 80N, 80O,
80P, 80S, 80T, 80U, 80V, 80W, 89B, 89E, 123K.
box 107, folder 2
Color photographs and negatives of models
Labyrinth,
1992
Scope and Contents
International Public Design Competition, Nagoya, with Eda Schaur (?). Includes competition brochure; competition submission
form; handwritten and typescript drafts of text; drawings on paper and trace; collages; notes; photocopies. Boîte: unnumbered.
Raising the Roof, Opening Doors: Living Environments for People with AIDS, Boston,
1992
Scope and Contents
Schema derived from Marseilles project (See Boxes 67-68). Includes competition prospectus, poster and site plans; notes; handwritten
and typewritten drafts of proposal; drawings and collages; photocopies. Boîte: 84, 123Z.
box 44, folder 8
Kyoto Prize in Creative Arts and Moral Sciences,
1998
Scope and Contents
Informational booklet; nomination form; handwritten and typescript drafts of nomination text; photocopies; photocopies of
accompanying material. Nomination form submitted in the name of Anthony Hill. Boîte: 162N.
Milano Pyramid,
1999-2000
Scope and Contents
Concorso internazionale di architettura, Milano 2001, III Millenium. Includes handwritten drafts of text; drawings and collages
on paper and trace; overlays; photocopies of text, drawings, photographs; site plans. Boîte: 166.
Exhibitions, Series IV.
1959-2004
Physical Description: 8.7 Linear Feet(22 boxes, 2 flatfiles, 1 boxed roll)
Scope and Contents
From early in his career to the present day, Friedman's work has been made available in a variety of public venues ranging
from traditional gallery exhibitions to the street theater of his Urban Carpet project to the full-scale didactic model that
was the Museum of Simple Technology. Production materials relating to and documentation of these displays form Series IV.
Included here are proposals, notes and sketches, installation designs and related materials, didactic material, loan agreements,
correspondence, exhibition ephemera, drawings, collages and photomontages, as well as photographic documentation of the displays.
Production materials for exhibition catalogs are also to be found in this series.
Arrangement
The series is arranged in roughly chronological order. Friedman's original associative arrangement can be traced by the "boîte"
numbers in each entry. A search using the "find" command with one of those entries will retrieve the other materials originally
housed in the same folder or box (see Arrangement and Processing History notes above).
box 59, folder 1
Expo '70, Osaka,
1970
Scope and Contents
Includes handwritten proposal; typescript draft of proposal; copy of typescript draft of proposal; copy of letter from organizing
body; drawings on trace; photomontage; photograph. Boîte: 22B, 180, GRI2B.
Une utopie réalisée, Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris,
1975
Scope and Contents
Includes material relating to the exhibition and the catalog. Catalog production materials: photocopies of cover graphics;
handwritten and typescript drafts of text in French and English and photocopies; drawings and photocopies for "manual" section;
photocopies of drawings in text; page layouts; dummy with corrections. Exhibition materials: installation sketches and notes,
with photocopies; photograph; photocopies of montages. Boîte: 92, 142, unnumbered.
Urban Carpet / Tapis urbain,
1975
Scope and Contents
Photographs and photocopies; drawings and photocopies. Boîte: 43, 113, 131E.
box 48, folder 9
Papers and black-and-white photographs
Museum of Simple Technology, Madras,
1982-1987
Scope and Contents
With Eda Schaur. Includes proposals; notes and sketches; drawings and photocopies; collaged images; photographs and photocopies;
correspondence; cost estimates and invoices; didactic material; translations; press releases and press coverage; business
cards and contact information. Also includes material on Alunatte. Boîte: 5L, 11, 12, 13, 16, 47, 48, 55, 56, 57, 59, 66,
71I, 99.3, 100, 110, 130HH, 164L.
box 52
Black-and-white photographs
box 110-111
Color photographs, slides, negatives and photomontages
Musée national des sciences, des techniques et des industries, la Villette, Paris, permanent exhibitions,
1984-1985
Scope and Contents
Materials relating to proposed contribution to the permanent exhibitions at La Villette, as well as "La terre est un bateau."
Includes correspondence; museum planning documentation and didactic materials; prints of architectural drawings; sketches
and notes; drawings and photocopies; financial documentation. For associated manuals see Series II, Box 29-30. Boîte: 57,
95, 98, 112D, UN.
flatfile 3**
Prints of architectural drawings
box 59, folder 2
The Vision of Modernism, Deutsches Architekturmuseum, Frankfurt,
1985
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence; loan agreement; photocopies of drawings and photographs. Boîte: 35.1, 99.2.
Pavillons de l'hydrologie simple, La Villette, Paris,
1989-1990
Scope and Contents
With Eda Schaur. Includes photocopies of proposal; photographs and photocopies; sketches; drawings and photocopies; architectural
drawings; correspondence; documentation regarding materials and costs; invoices;"L'eau du ciel" manuals; photographs and slides
of installation; photographs of maquette. Boîte: 5G, 35A, 35H, 56.1E, 57, 66, 75G, 88, 98.3, 129, unnumbered.
.
box 54, folder 1-7
Papers and black-and-white photographs
box 109, folder 3
Color photographs, slides and negatives
flatfile 3**
Prints of architectural drawings
International Research and Development Center (IRDC), Ottawa,
1990
Scope and Contents
Entry on low-cost building techniques for an exhibition on best discoveries for developing countries in past twenty years.
Photocopies of images mounted on colored paper; photocopies of mounted images; photographs; photocopies of selected manuals
and drafts and photocopies of "Shelters for the Great Number." Boîte: 57, 63.2, 64I, 66, 67, 68D.
box 59, folder 3
Wunschmaschine Welterfindung, Kunsthalle Wien, 24.5.1996-28.7.1996,
1995-1996
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence; contracts and financial documents; guest list; photocopies of photographs. Boîte: 159B, 159G.
Made in France: 1947-1997, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris,
1997
Scope and Contents
Includes exhibition ephemera and photocopies; photographs. Boîte: 57, 161A.
The Displaced Grid, RIBA Architectural Centre, London (1998),
1997-1998
Scope and Contents
Color photographs; photocopy of description of exhibition; photocopy of loan agreement with Fonds regional d'art contemporain
(FRAC); photocopies of drawings; notes. Boîte: 37, 164O, unnumbered.
Structures Serving the Unpredictable, Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAI), Rotterdam,
1998-2000
Scope and Contents
Materials relating to planning of exhibition and catalog, as well as documentation regarding the contents of the exhibit.
Includes correspondence; drawings on trace and paper; collages; photomontage; exhibition design materials, including architectural
drawings; drafts, proofs and unbound copy of catalog. Also includes drafts of letter written in 2000 to FRAC regarding ceding
of NAI exhibition material. Boîte: 165T, 167E, 168N, 169KK, unnumbered.
Architecture mobile, Institut français d'architecture, Paris,
2000
Scope and Contents
Includes exhibition and lecture ephemera; photographs and photocopies. Boîte: 170A, 170D, 170AA, 172, 195.
Yona Friedman: A Retrospective, Österreichische Gesellschaft für Architektur, Vienna,
2000
Scope and Contents
Exhibition and lecture ephemera. Boîte: 169Y.
Ville Spatiale, 1st Yokohama Triennial, Yokohama,
2000-2001
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, drawings and photocopies; notes; drafts of text; photographs; exhibition ephemera; receipts; photomontages
and materials. Boîte: 169X, 170X, 170Y, 178.
The Short Century, Museum Villa Stuck, Munich,
2001
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence; loan agreements; photographs and photocopies. Boîte: 170W.
Selections from the Collection Fonds regional d'art contemporain du Centre, Orléans, France, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York, February 8 2001-March 17 2001,
2001
Scope and Contents
Sketches; gallery information; installation instructions; photographs and photocopies; photocopies of New Year's card drawings
incorporating these models. Boîte: 170CC, unnumbered.
Urban Creation, 4th Shanghai Biennial, Shanghai,
2002
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence; proposal; drawings on paper and trace with photocopies on paper and transparencies; collages of photocopied
drawings and photomontage; notebook; exhibition ephemera; receipts. Boîte: 181, 188.
box 114, folder 1
Color photographs, negatives and photomontage
Documenta XI, Kassel, Germany,
2002
Scope and Contents
Includes project proposal; correspondence; drawings and photocopies; exhibit material preparation; photographs and photocopies;
collages. Includes documentation of NAI and Yokohama exhibitions, as well as earlier original project material. Boîte: 177,
unnumbered.
box 59, flatfile 11
DO IT, e-flux online exhibition,
2002
Scope and Contents
Handwritten text; correspondence. Boîte: 172.
box 59, folder 12
The Changing of the Avant Garde, Museum of Modern Art, New York,
2002
Scope and Contents
Information forms for images in exhibition. Boîte: 172.
Rubbish is Beautiful/Utopia Station, 50th Biennal Venice,
2003
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence; photographs and photocopies; drafts of "manual;" sketches and notes; receipts; drawings on paper
and trace and photocopies; photocopies of photomontages; notebook. Boîte: 176, 182, 188.
box 116
Color photographs and photomontages
box 59, folder 8
Un-built Cities, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn,
2003
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, handwritten draft of text; exhibition ephemera. Boîte: 174, 175.
box 59, folder 9
Micro Utopias, Bienal de Valencia,
2003
Scope and Contents
Exhibition information; sketch; photocopies of photographs of installation. Boîte: 174.
Do Your City, Nuit Blanche, Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris, Paris,
2004
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence; sketches; drawings on trace and photocopies; photographs and photocopies; photocopy collages; colored
photocopies of photomontages; "manual." Boîte: 173, 174, 188, 194.
box 59, folder 10
Une ville spatiale, Aedes East Extension Pavillon, Berlin,
2004
Scope and Contents
Gallery information; sketches; photocopies; photocopies of photographs. Boîte: 175, 194.
Studies and visualizations for architectural and planning projects, Series V.
1958-2006
Physical Description: 20.8 Linear Feet(35 boxes, 9 flatfiles, 1 boxed roll)
Arrangement
The series is arranged in three sections. The materials in the underlying principles section represent the theoretical principles
being developed by Friedman. The next section, individual projects, represents the application of these principles to specific
problems, arranged in chronological order by project date. A final section of photocopied image compilations completes the
series.
Friedman's original associative arrangement can be traced by the "boîte" numbers in each entry. A search using the "find"
command with one of those entries will retrieve the other materials originally housed in the same folder or box (see Arrangement
and Processing History notes above).
Scope and Contents
Friedman, especially in the last two decades, is perhaps best known for his eye-catching visualizations of his theoretical
approaches to architecture and planning. Series V comprises studies, drawings and other primarily visual documentation of
Friedman's projects. Notes, diagrams, original sketches and drawings, architectural plans, production stages of collages and
photomontages, photographs of maquettes, as well as numerous photocopies of all these formats, some with further elaboration,
form the series. The projects range from Friedman's early working out of the general principles of mobile architecture and
the spatial city in the 1950s to work as recent as his 2005 design of a spatial city for Venice. Large full-color renderings
of projects and Friedman's actual maquettes are not included in the archive.
Given Friedman's practice of revisiting and reviving projects throughout his career, the dating of the material in this series
is problematic. For individual projects, the date given in parentheses represents an intellectual date for the project, or
at least its first iteration. The actual images in the archive however are mostly undated and may be substantially later than
the project date in some instances. When images are dated on the piece, that date will follow the project date.
Underlying principles,
1958- 2000, undated
La ville spatiale,
1958-2000, undated
Scope and Contents
Includes studies and visualizations for various schemes and variants. Includes montages using photographs of Rudofsky and
Robert Doisneau and versions such as "Kaleidoscope," "Polyphonic," "Panorama," "à la Klee" and "avec cadres." Also includes
vintage postcards, photographs and other collage and photomontage materials. Drawings on paper and trace; collages; photomontages;
photocopies of drawings, collages and photomontages, some with elaboration; photographs of maquettes, and photocopies; drawings
made from maquettes. Boîte: 1G, 1I, 1K, 10A.6, 12, 14C, 28B, 28C, 28D.2, 28E, 28M, 28T, 42H, 52F, 55, 56, 56.1K, 56.2F, 56.2J,
56.2K, 57, 76K, 77C, 78E, 78F, 78G, 86A, 86C, 89J, 91.2, 92.1, 95.1, 99.2, 99.3, 109, 119B, 119C, 119G, 123T, 123V.1, 125L,
125N, 127B, 127L, 127T, 127X, 128, 130F, 130G, 131I, 140D, 153.5, 157H, 158D, 158F, 158P, 158.4, 158.7, 159C.2, 159F, 159J,
160F.1, 160F.3, 160I, 160O.1, 160P, 161N, 161O, 162B.2, 162B.4, 162K, 163A, 163B, 163C, 163D, 163E, 163F, 163U, 163V, 164G,
164I, 164J, 164AA, 165K, 165R, 167CC, 169JJ, 170K, 170L, 170M, 170W, 174, VilleSpatiale1958, unnumbered.
box 73
Black-and-white photographs of maquettes
Scope and Contents
Includes photographs by Paul Almasy, as well photocopies of photographs of maquettes.
box 123
Color photographs, slides and negatives of maquettes
Space-chains,
1959-1990, undated
Scope and Contents
Drawings on paper and trace, with photocopies, some elaborated; collages; photographs and slides of various maquettes, including
"ville-pont" and "grande coupole;" photographs and slides of Lichtenfels (RFA); photocopies of photographs. Boîte: 1M, 24D,
28W0, 40.2, 42J, 56, 56.1K, 57, 66, 69D, 83, 95.1, 95.2, 99.2, 99.3, 128, 129, 159T.
box 71, folder 1-6
Papers and black-and-white photographs
box 124-126
Color photographs, slides and negatives
box 71A, folder 1
Space-frames,
1963-1968, undated
Scope and Contents
Black-and-white photographs of maquettes, and example in Halle. Boîte: 128, unnumbered.
box 71A, folder 2-3
Infrastructure and infill,
1959-1964, undated
Scope and Contents
Includes studies and visualizations for various schemes and variants, including "irrégulières," "frisées," "pilons des arbres,"
"concentrique," "suspendu," "sphérique." Drawings, collages and photocopies, some elaborated; photocopies of collages; photographs
of maquettes. Boîte: 26A.3, 26B.3, 85A, 85C, 89A, 89C, 89D, 159R, 160T, 162B.1, 162F, 163I, 164H, 164M, AncienOrig 2.
Individual projects,
1958-2006, undated
Cylindrical shelters / Abris cylindriques (1953/1958),
1958, undated
Scope and Contents
Materials relating to the 1958 development of the concept with Jean-Pierre Pecquet, including various prospectus booklets
describing the concept and materials; drawings with photocopies, some elaborated; reprographic prints; black-and-white photographs
of prototype; article offprints. Boîte: 10A.1, 17F, 19F, 92.1, 112, 113, 169K, VilleSpatiale1958, AncienOrig2, unnumbered.
box 60, folder 1-2
Papers and black-and-white photographs
Trihedric system / Système triédrique (1955),
1958-1959, undated
Scope and Contents
Notes, black-and-white photographs of model, photocopy of text and drawings; drawings and sketches on trace and paper, and
copies; notes; text on Abidjan project; collages; supplier statements; agreement with Ketoff. Some prints list Haifa on the
block and may therefore be earlier. Boîte: 17F, 153.4, VilleSpatiale1958, unnumbered.
Curved panel / Maison Arabie (1956),
undated
Scope and Contents
Drawings and photocopies; technical drawings and photocopies; photographs and slides of maquette and photocopies. Boîte: 8A,
17E, 17.10, 19, 19F.1, 55, 95.1, 141.
Span-over blocks / Blocs à l'enjambée (1957-1958),
1958-1959, undated
Scope and Contents
Drawings, charts, graph, brief text; photographic negative of span-over block model, further elements drawn on negative; materials
relating to project with Pecquet and Ketoff, including drawings and sketches, notes, structural, materials and patent documentation
and correspondence. Boîte: 10A.3, VilleSpatiale1958.
Sahara cabins / Cabines-Sahara (1958),
1958, undated
Scope and Contents
With Jean-Pierre Pecquet. Includes prospectus and documentation; prints of architectural drawings. Boîte: 19G, unnumbered.
Stacked concrete boxes / Cellules de béton superposées ("Bétonbloc") (1958),
1958, undated
Scope and Contents
With Jean-Pierre Pecquet. Includes specifications and prints of architectural drawings. Boîte: unnumbered.
Paris spatial / Spatial Paris (1959-),
1970-1995, undated
Scope and Contents
Includes North-South axis project, network and circulation studies and various Paris locations including Boulevard Garibaldi,
St. Médard, rue des Volontaires. Notes; diagrams; drawings on paper and trace; collages and photocopies, some elaborated;
photographs and negatives; transparencies; prints and photostats; photomontages and photocopies; postcards and photographs
used as image sources. Also includes related research, such as the Chesterton map of Paris. Boîte: 1J, 1O, 1P, 1R, 10A.2,
10B.4, 10B.16, 17.15, 18C, 18I, 27D, 28V, 75K, 89F, 128, 158E, 158.5, 159C1, 162B, 162C, 163J, 164A, 164D, 165I, 193, unnumbered.
box 60A, folder 1-7
Papers and black-and-white photographs
box 118, folder 3
Color photographs and negatives
box 60, folder 10
Monaco (1959-1987),
1975, undated
Scope and Contents
Brief text proposals; drawing on trace; photocopy of drawings and photomontages; source images for photomontages. Boîte: 18D,
19E, 24A.3, unnumbered.
box 60, folder 8
Urban agriculture (1959),
undated
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of drawings. Boîte: 131F.
box 60, folder 7
African projects / Projets africains (1959),
1960, undated
Scope and Contents
Drawings on trace; brief typescript text; photographs; copies of drawings and diagrams; photocopies of drawings, some elaborated.
Boîte: 10A.5, 17G, 17.12, 20, 161, 169K.
box 61, folder 1
Bridge-town over the English Channel/ Le pont sur la Manche (1963),
1963, undated
Scope and Contents
Sketches; drawings on paper and trace; brief text, with photocopies; prints of drawings and text; photostats and photocopies;
photocopy of photograph of model; photograph of drawing. Boîte: 10B.16; 17.1, 17.2, 24.A.3, 99.3, 171.
box 61, folder 2
Seven bridge-towns to link four continents / Sept villes-ponts reliant les quatre continents (1963),
undated
Scope and Contents
Drawing on transparency; text and drawing for "manual;" notes; print; illegible correspondence on thermofax paper. Boîte:
128, 170.
box 61, folder 3
Thames Center, London / Centre-pont pour Londres (1963),
undated
Scope and Contents
Drawing, sketches, prints and photocopies. Boîte: 1N, 1O, 17B, 24A.3, 128.
box 61, folder 4
African bridge-town / Ville-pont africaine (circa 1963),
undated
Scope and Contents
Copies of drawings. Boîte: 24A.3, 128.
American projects: New York, Los Angeles / Projets américains (1964),
1966, undated
Scope and Contents
Drawings and copies; copies of photographs and photomontages; photograph of photomontage; newspaper clippings; planning brochure
and newsletter. Boîte: 10B.9, 18C, 99.2, 99.3, unnumbered.
box 61, folder 7
Railway stations / Gares (1964),
undated
Scope and Contents
Drawing on trace. Boîte: 112C.
Gare Saint-Lazare (1964),
undated
Scope and Contents
Handwritten draft and typescript of short text; drawings on paper and trace with copies, some with elaboration; photographs;
photomontage. Boîte: 10B.13, 18C, 26D.3, 167DD, unnumbered.
box 61, folder 10
Venice (1969),
undated
Scope and Contents
Copies of drawings. Boîte: 25A.
box 61, folder 11
Umbrella for Les Halles, Paris / Parapluie pour Les Halles, Paris (1969, 2004),
2004, undated
Scope and Contents
Text and drawings on trace; photocopies of drawings; ephemera. Boîte: 43A.1, 131B, 194.
box 61, folder 12
Variations on a facade with no structure / Variations de façade sans structure (1970),
undated
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of drawings, some colored and collaged. Boîte: 1C.
Administrative Center of the CDC Dubonnet Byrrh firm, Ivry / Centre administratif de la compagnie CDC Dubonnet Byrrh, Ivry
(1974),
1974-1975
Scope and Contents
Drawings on trace, with photocopies, some colored; planning documentation; photocopy of photomontage. Boîte: 28P, 28Q, 87I,
142, 164N.
Art in the street / Art dans la rue (1975),
undated
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of drawings and photomontages; photographs of photomontages. Also photocopies of drawings of decorated facades.
Boîte: 56.2D, 57, 141, 143.1.
Caracas, Venezuela (1975)
1975, undated
Scope and Contents
Drawings on trace; letter to Diego Arria proposing ideas for Caracas. Boîte: 95.1, 112, 112B, 112E, 113.
Lycée David d'Angers (1978),
1977-1981, undated
Scope and Contents
Includes typescripts and/or photocopies of short texts: "Nouveau Lycée David d'Angers, à Angers, Mémoire de présentation,"
"Lycée David d'Angers, à Angers, Note descriptive de la décoration," "Explanatory Note about the Processus of 'Self-Planning'
Implemented for the Design of the Lycée 'David d'Angers'" "L'autoplanification dans l'école;" drawings on trace and paper,
with photocopies; materials relating to autoplanification process, including correspondence with planning équipe, potential
variations, governmental reports and documentation; collages, one with painted decoration; photographs of school. Boîte: 57,
66, 95.2, 131G, 138D, 143, 153.2, 153.9, unnumbered.
box 63, folder 1-2
Green architecture / Architecture verte (1979),
1978-1979, undated
Scope and Contents
Typescript and photocopies of brief text; drawings and photocopies, some colored. Includes later Hudson River Marina and Pont
vert. Boîte: 5K, 28N, 28P, 75N, 77A, 78D, 78F, 141, 143.7, unnumbered.
box 63, folder 3
Self-help housing in Belapur, India / Logements en auto-construction à Belapur, Inde (1980),
undated
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of drawings of variant design. Boîte: 137I, 143.7.
Extension to the Bronx Museum, New York (1986),
1987, 2001, undated
Scope and Contents
Photographs of maquette and photocopies; drawings and photocopies; photocopy of brief descriptive text; photographs of urban
blight. Boîte: 52A, 52E, 56, 56.2H, 56.2N, 57, 75G, 129.
box 119, folder 1
Color photographs, slides and negatives
Dome projects / Projets de dôme (Coupoles) (circa 1986),
1985-2001, undated
Scope and Contents
Drawings on paper and trace, with photocopies, some with elaboration; collages; photocopies of photomontages/collages; photographs
of drawings and maquettes, with photocopies. Boîte: 5E, 28W, 46G, 52B, 52C, 52G, 55, 57, 61, 61F, 68A, 68B, 68C, 69A, 75F,
75G, 75L, 76J, 78C, 86KK, 95.3, 103, 129.
box 63, folder 5
Museum without doors / Musée sans portes (1987),
undated
Scope and Contents
Typescripts of brief description of project; photocopies of drawing; photocopies of photographs of maquette. Boîte: 5H, 42G.
Green church / Église verte (1988)
1981, undated
Scope and Contents
Project description; photocopies of drawings; photocopies of photographs of montage; color photomontages; negatives. Boîte:
8A, 141.
box 121, folder 1
Photomontages and negatives
Museum walkway / Passerelle de musée (circa 1988),
undated
Scope and Contents
Drawings on trace and paper, with photocopies; brief text; color photographs of Seine, used for photomontages; photocopies
of photomontages and collages; color photographs of maquette and photocopies; negatives for photographs. Boîte: 78A, 78B,
78J, 78K, 78L, 78M, 78N, 78O, 78P, 78R, 78S.
box 120, folder 2
Color photographs and negatives
box 63, folder 9
Project for the Bicentenary of the Revolution / Projet pour le Bicentenaire de la Révolution (1989),
undated
Scope and Contents
Brief text, photocopies of drawings and photomontages, some with elaboration. Boîte: 32E.
box 63, folder 10
New York "tridimensionnelle" / "tissée" (circa 1989),
undated
Scope and Contents
Collage; photocopies of drawings and photomontages. Boîte: 71E, 123R.
Administrative Center for the European Union, Strasbourg / Centre administratif pour l'Union Européenne (Ville-pont Rhine)
(1990),
1991, undated
Scope and Contents
Drawings on paper and trace, with photocopies; photocopies of photomontages/collages; typescript of brief description; photographs
of maquette, with photocopies. Boîte: 1Z, 1ZO, 4A, 4B, 4K, 4L, 8H, 8I, 56, 56.1.C, 66, 85, 85E, 85K, 85L, 86H, 86I, 160F.2,
160O.4.
box 65, folder 1-4
Papers and black-and-white photographs of maquette
box 65, folder 5
Hill of faith / La colline de la foi (1990),
undated
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of drawings; photocopies of photomontages. Boîte: 85F, 85G, 85H.
box 65, folder 6
Church / Église (Cathédral, at La Defense) (1990),
undated
Scope and Contents
Drawings on paper and trace, with photocopies; photocopies of collages. Boîte: 1E, 1S, 1SO, 1ZO, 86G.
box 65, folder 7
Teatro Piranesi / Le théatre Piranesi (1990),
1992, undated
Scope and Contents
Drawings with photocopies, some with elaboration; photocopies of collages/photomontage. Boîte: 1L, 28L, 86E, 118C.
Préau, École maternelle Rico Carpaye, Le Port, Réunion (1990),
1990, undated
Scope and Contents
Notes and drawings with photocopies; material sample; prints of architectural drawings. Boîte: 42F, 69D, 69F.
Flatfile 11**
Prints of architectural drawings
Museum of Modern Art (circa 1990),
undated
Scope and Contents
Drawings on paper and trace; photocopies of photomontages; handwritten brief text and photocopy; color photographs. Boîte:
167H, 167J.
Europa Gate, Berlin (1990),
1990, undated
Scope and Contents
Drawing on trace with photocopies; brief text; photographs. Boîte: 35B, 56, 66.
Chairs with rings / Chaises à anneaux (1991),
undated
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of drawings; photographs of models, with photocopies. Boîte: 1U, 123E, unnumbered.
Macaroni (1992),
undated
Scope and Contents
Material for versions of project, including drawings on paper and trace, with photocopies, some elaborated; photographs of
maquette and photocopies; photomontages; photocopies of collages. Boîte: 57, 165N, 168E, 169D, 169E, 170F, 172.
box 121, folder 6
Color photographs and photomontages
Crumpled sheets / Feuilles froissées (1992-1996),
1988-2001, undated
Scope and Contents
Includes studies for general concept and applications to specific settings, such as crumpled roofs over public spaces, roof
over Haram es-Sharif, Heaven's Gate and Nagoya crumpled sheets gate. Materials include brief text; notes; sample crumpled
sheets of paper; photocopies of photographs of crumpled sheets of paper; drawings on paper and trace, with photocopies, some
with elaboration; photographs of maquettes and photocopies; photomontages and photocopies; collages and photocopies; photographic
copies and photocopies of source photographs; research material. Boîte: 35D, 35F, 52A, 52J, 55, 89A, 89C, 118D, 118K, 125P,
125V, 125W, 125Z, 127C, 127Z, 130D, 130M, 158.1, 158.3, 158A, 158C, 158I, 158J, 162B.2, 164E, 165L, 169C, 169G, 170BB, 173,
196, 198D.
box 121, folder 10
Color photographs, slides and photomontages
2 walls + 1 roof / 2 murs + 1 toit (Les sans-abris) (1992),
1991-1993, undated
Scope and Contents
Project for housing the homeless in Marseilles, with Eda Schauer, concept extended to competition entry for Boston (above
Box 46). Multiple versions and variants. Materials include drawings on paper and trace, with photocopies, some elaborated;
collages and photocopies; sketches and notes; zoning/project guidelines; photographs of maquettes and photocopies; photocopy
of clipping; photocopies of drawings for Mattias Rant in Vienna; packets with text "Étude de realisation d'un immeuble de
logements avec autoconstruction partielle par les futurs occupants," "Les vivants plus importants que les morts!" "Logements
pour les sans-abris." Boîte: 74A, 74G, 75B, 75H, 75I, 75J, 75M, 75N, 80F, 80G, 80H, 80J, 80K, 80L, 80M, 81, 82, 85B, 85M,
86B, 86L, 118E, 123C, 123D, 123L, 157F, 157L, 157M, 157V, 159L.
box 122, folder 1
Color photographs and negatives
Lasagna (early 1990s),
undated
Scope and Contents
Drawings on paper and trace with photocopies; photocopies of photomontages; photographs of maquettes. Boîte: 169C, 169M, 169N,
169AA, 169LL, 172.
box 69, folder 5
Minneapolis ville spatiale (circa 1994),
undated
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of photomontage. Boîte: 125B.
box 69, folder 6
Nagoya Tower (circa 1994),
undated
Scope and Contents
Brief text with drawing; photocopies of drawings and photomontages. Boîte: 125EE.
Amorphous architecture / Architecture amorphe (1994),
1993-1998
Scope and Contents
Drawings on paper and trace, with photocopies, some with elaboration; notes; page of text and images in "manual" style; photomontages;
photographs of maquettes. Boîte: 87G, 130EE, 164V, 164X, 169C, 169H.
box 122, folder 2
Photomontages and color photographs
box 69, folder 7
Air-rights buildings (circa 1995),
undated
Scope and Contents
Notes, sketches, photocopies of drawings. Boîte: 160P.
box 69, folder 3-4
Tall building aesthetics / Esthétique des bâtiments élevés (1997),
1997, undated
Scope and Contents
Visualizations deriving from Friedman's 1997 conference paper (see Box 17), including anthropomorphic skyscrapers, serpentine
skyscrapers, les tours des fées, tower with crumpled sheets and "New Granada." Materials include drawings on paper and trace,
with photocopies, some with elaboration; collages; photocopies of photomontages; photocopies of source photographs. Boîte:
160J, 160K, 160L, 161F, 161J, 161K, 161L, 161M, 164U.
box 69, folder 8
Rotterdam ville spatiale (circa 1998-1999),
undated
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of photomontage. Boîte: 164AA.
Museum of the XXIst century / Musée du XXI siècle (1999),
1995-2000, undated
Scope and Contents
Includes drafts of handwritten text and photocopies; drawings on paper and trace with photocopies; notes and sketches; photocopies
of photomontages and negatives of photographs used; "maquette" of article for
Le carré bleu and photocopies. Boîte: 168H, 168I, 168J, 168K, 169HH, 174, unnumbered.
box 122, folder 3
Color photographs and negatives
Musée ambulant de l'art contemporaine, Bruxelles (2000),
1998-2004, undated
Scope and Contents
Brief text; proposal; correspondence; drawings, collages and photomontages, with photocopies, some elaborated; Brussels arts
ephemera. Boîte: 163M, 194.
box 69, folder 12
Irregular tensegrity (2000-2005),
undated
Scope and Contents
Notes; sketches and drawings, with photocopies. Boîte: 159S.
Mosquito net / Moustiquaire (2001),
undated
Scope and Contents
Production materials; collages; photocopies of collages. Boîte: 173.
Berlin (2003),
2003-2004
Scope and Contents
Includes drawings on paper and trace, with photocopies, many elaborated; photomontages and collages, with photocopies; photographs;
research materials; materials relating to publication of Berlin project as
Point d'ironie, no. 35 (2004); newspaper article. Boîte: 175.
box 122, folder 5
Color photographs and photomontages
box 70, folder 1
Venezia nuova, Venice (2005),
undated
Scope and Contents
Collages and photocopies. Boîte: 173.
Merz structures (circa 2006),
2002, undated
Scope and Contents
Drawings on paper and trace, with photocopies; collages and photomontages; source photographic material and photocopies; photographs.
Includes "Maison des cartes," "Le plein et le vide," Merzpavillons. Boîte: 170DD, 172, 173, 194, 196, unnumbered.
box 70, folder 3
Maison à Roquebrune(?) pour Annie Negro (Annie Charvein),
undated
Scope and Contents
Drawings on trace. Boîte: 143.6.
box 70, folder 4
Musée d'Art Moderne de Rio de Janeiro, proposed reconstruction,
undated
Scope and Contents
Drawings on trace. Boîte: 143.6.
Compilations of visualizations,
1995, undated
box 75-76
"Original générales,"
1995
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of drawings, collages, photographs and photomontages. Boîte: OG1, 2, 3.
box 74, folder 1-4
Visualization compilation including photographs,
undated
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of drawings, collages, photographs and photomontages. Boîte: unnumbered.
box 74, folder 5-6
Visualization compilation with list of drawings,
undated
Scope and Contents
Sets of photocopies of drawings, collages, photographs and photomontages, with "list of drawings." Boîte: 46F, 105.1D.
box 77, folder 1
Visualization compilation,
undated
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of drawings, collages, and photomontages. Boîte: unnumbered.
box 77, folder 2
Scans of slides,
undated
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of scans of slides showing maquettes, drawings, collages and photomontages, exhibitions. Boîte: unnumbered.
Professional organizations, Series VI.
1956-1997, undated
Physical Description: 7.9 Linear Feet(15 boxes, 1 flatfile, 1 boxed roll)
Scope and Contents
Documentation of Friedman's association with various organizations comprises Series VI. Throughout Friedman's career, there
has been a tension between wanting to operate within a larger professional context and his radical individuality. Friedman
had limited involvement with large established groups such as CIAM or those in which he was not the main instigator, such
as GIAP, which he described as "banal." Instead Friedman operated most comfortably in groups of his own creation. These organizations
might be fairly large and international, like GEAM, or basically only himself with a collaborator, such as CCSK. The documentation
of Friedman's involvement with these last two groups is of particular interest, as each typifies a phase in his career. Included
in this documentation are numerous drafts of position statements, correspondence, offprints and photocopies of collaborators
work, and financial documents.
Arrangement
The series is arranged by organization in roughly chronological order. Friedman's original associative arrangement can be
traced by the "boîte" numbers in each entry. A search using the "find" command with one of those entries will retrieve the
other materials originally housed in the same folder or box (see Arrangement and Processing History notes above).
box 78, folder 1
Congrès internationaux d'architecture moderne (CIAM),
1956-1957
Scope and Contents
Typescripts of slogan summary and complement to Friedman's personal statement at Dubrovnik meeting; documents relating to
reorganization, including copies of various documents with Friedman's notes, copies of letters to Bakema from Friedman and
from other CIAM members. Boîte: 17.10, 19B, GEAM1961, unnumbered.
Groupe d'Études d'Architecture Mobile (GEAM),
1958-1994, undated
Contributions of invitees to GEAM meetings,
1958-1959
Scope and Contents
Includes offprints, typescripts and journal fascicles documenting the work of Masato Ohtaka and Keiichi Okumura, Camille Frieden,
Frei Otto, Z.S. Makowski, Roland Frey and Hermann Schröder, Walter Ruhnau. Also text of lecture by Frieden. Boîte: unnumbered.
Exhibitions,
1961-1962
Scope and Contents
Materials relating to preparation of 1961 traveling exhibition, initial venues, venues added in 1962 and exhibit and conference
at Knoll International in Amsterdam. Includes correspondence; participants' biographies and descriptive text and photographs
of their contributions; exhibition ephemera; press coverage and plans for Knoll exhibit. Boîte: 17.7, GEAM1961, unnumbered.
Groupe internationale d'architecture prospective (GIAP),
1964-1965
16 villes/12 villes prospectives,
1964-1965
Scope and Contents
Materials related to the planning and the catalog of the exhibition featuring contributions from Biro & Fernier, Friedman,
Ludwig Hilberseimer, Walter Jonas, Noriaki Kurokawa, Reginald Malcolmson, Paul Maymont, Walter Ruhnau, Nicolas Schöffer, Eckhard
Schultze-Fielitz, Pierre Szēkely, and Kenzo Tange at Neuilly, July 1965; includes copy of catalog, planning documentation.
Texts, copies of images, photographic prints and negatives record the work of participants. Originally conceived as variations
on the title of "16 villes" intended for the Musée des artes modernes in September 1965. Boîte: 93.1.
box 79, folder 1-2
Papers and photographic prints
box 79, folder 4
Société Civile de l'Autoplanification,
1973-1974
Scope and Contents
Research program and financial documentation. Boîte: 142, AncienOrig.
box 79, folder 5
Settlement for People International Research Group,
circa 1974-1975
Scope and Contents
Handwritten draft and photocopies of typescript of proposal outlines goals, means of achieving them and members; possibly
linked to UNEP. Boîte: 142.
Communication Centre of Scientific Knowledge for Self-Reliance (CCSK),
1980-1997, undated
box 88, folder 1-3
Precursors and earliest stages,
1980-1982
Scope and Contents
Includes typescripts and photocopies of proposals leading up to the creation of the CCSK and its earliest stages; includes
relevant correspondance, as well as materials from 1982 World Bank seminar. Boîte: 141.1, 141.2
box 84, folder 1-2A
Annual activity reports, program descriptions and budgets,
1984-1992
Scope and Contents
Boîte: 11, 15, 40.2, 48.1D, 50, 51, 95.1, 100, 102B, UN3.
Correspondence,
1984-1991, undated
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence with various United Nations programs and non-governmental organisations, various publishers and distributors
for the manuals and packages, appeals to foundations and other funding sources. Included in the correspondence is information
about the manuals, the Museum of Simple Technology, and other projects. Boîte: 11, 15, 35.2, 40, 48.1D, 50, 95.1, 97, 99,
100, 110, 110.2, UN1-3, unnumbered.
Informational and promotional material about the CCSK and its projects,
1983-1988, undated
Scope and Contents
Production materials and final versions with photocopies of works in "manual," text and poster form documenting the work of
the CCSK. Includes "Centre de communication des connaissances scientifiques pour l'autodeveloppement;" "The Four Facets of
the Communication Centre;" "Some Facts about the Communication Centre;" "The Role of the Communication Centre of Scientific
Knowledge for Self-Reliance;" "Why a Communication Centre?;" "Sortir de la crise par la petite porte;" "We do Receive Letters;"
"Comment aider les defavorises du tiers monde avec une depense d'un centime par famille;" "How the Manuals Are Used;" "Lao
Tse Told;" "An Implementable Communication Policy for Reducing Intergroup Conflicts;" "Appropriate Information: Why? What?
How?;" "Transfer of Scientific Knowledge at the Local Level;" "What is the Activity of the United Nations University?;" Also
includes sections of manuals often used for CCSK promotional purposes.Boîte: 11, 14B, 15, 35.1, 40.2, 47D, 48.1D, 48.2C, 50,
51, 61B, 95.1, 97, 100, 100.1, 100.3, 102B, 103, 106, 109, 110, 141.1, UN3, unnumbered.
For published versions of above see Series I.
Press coverage,
1981-circa 1990
Scope and Contents
Clippings and photocopies of newspaper and magazine articles, includes pressbook. Boîte: 38, 40.2, 47F, 47K, 50, 97, 100.1,
unnumbered.
Projects,
1984-1997, undated
box 84, folder 3-4A
Workshop on communication of knowledge for underprivileged groups, Madras, 1-3 August 1985,
1984-1985
Scope and Contents
Materials related to the workshop and its planning, including lists of participants, budget items, summaries and press reports
on the work of the CCSK, report on the conference. Boîte: 51, 97, UN3.
box 85, folder 1-9
Manual packages and catalogs,
1985-1988, undated
Scope and Contents
Includes lists and catalogs of manuals compiled by year and by topic; set of topical compilations: "The House," "Food," "Land,"
"Social Factors," Water," "Environment," "L'aménagement du temps." Also includes materials returned by Pergamon Press with
letter declining to publish the manuals. Boîte: 15, 35.2, 40.2, 47E, 48.1A, 48.1D, 48.2D, 48.2F, 50, 95.1, 106, unnumbered.
Popular Encyclopedia of Survival,
1987, undated
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and typescript drafts, paste-ups, photocopies; also includes slightly later version focused on Africa. Includes
copies of letters received, drafts of undated letters, as well as UNESCO documentation with highlighted passages. Boîte: 14B,
15.3, 40.2, 42B, 48.1D, 48.2B, 48.2I, 51, 59, unnumbered.
box 84, folder 5
University of Life Support Sciences,
1986
Scope and Contents
Notes, typescripts and photocopies of proposal. Boîte: 50.
box 84, folder 6
Museum of Simple Technology Network,
circa 1987-1988
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of project proposal. Boîte: 48.2I, 51, unnumbered.
box 84, folder 7
Tall Buildings with Local Technology,
1985
Scope and Contents
Materials related to Friedman and Schaur's participation and committee work. Boîte: 50, UN.
box 84, folder 8
Training Seminar in Lome,
1985
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of handwritten draft and typescript of proposal, budget notes. Boîte: 95.2, UN, UN3.
box 90, folder 1-2
Construction of prototype housing structures with low cost roof in India,
circa 1995-1997
Scope and Contents
B. Khan's project implementing Friedman's theories and manuals with CCSK in advisory (?) role. Project proposal, contracts,
relevant CCSK material, drawings, notes. Boîte: 158G, 159M, 159N, 161D.
box 88, folder 4-8
Miscellaneous papers,
1985-1986, undated
Scope and Contents
Various materials including United Nations University calendars and newsletters, information on funding agencies, CCSK letterhead,
testimonials, examples of manual materials, clippings. Boîte: 11, 15.3, 40.2, 47B, 47J, 48.1D, 49, 50, 51, 99, 100, 158.7,
172, UN3.
Artworks, Series VII.
1960-2003, undated
Physical Description: 2.9 Linear Feet(8 boxes, 1 flatflie)
Scope and Contents
Throughout his life, Yona Friedman has produced artworks outside the scope of his architectural visualizations. Series VII
consists of production materials, documentation, and in a few instances finished pieces, of Friedman's work in a variety of
media, including film, drawing, collage, photomontage, and even mail art.For a period in the 1960s Friedman focused heavily
on film and animation, and materials relating to this work ranging from scenarios and shot lists to the images of the animation
frames form a substantial portion of this series. Friedman's larger drawings and photomontage creations, such as Truths or
unicorns, are represented in the archive by production materials, working versions, and photocopies of the finished pieces.
Of special interest are examples of more intimate work intended for family and friends.Yet, Friedman's greatest artwork may
be his apartment on the Boulevard Garibaldi, where he has lived since 1968, which receives extensive photographic documentation
in this series. The space, filled with models, drawings, souvenirs, and artworks, both found and created by Friedman, epitomizes
Friedman's universe, and will pass intact into the collection of the Fonds national de l'art contemporain.
Arrangement
The series is arranged by medium. Friedman's original associative arrangement can be traced by the "boîte" numbers in each
entry. A search using the "find" command with one of those entries will retrieve the other materials originally housed in
the same folder or box (see Arrangement and Processing History notes above).
Film and television projects,
1960-1986, undated
Documentation of career, Series VIII.
1958-2004, undated
Physical Description: 6.1 Linear Feet(13 boxes)
Arrangement
The series is arranged by topic and type of material. Friedman's original associative arrangement can be traced by the "boîte"
numbers in each entry. A search using the "find" command with one of those entries will retrieve the other materials originally
housed in the same folder or box (see Arrangement and Processing History notes above).
Scope and Contents
Materials documenting Yona Friedman's long career forms Series VIII. Included here are curricula vitae and biographical material,
publicity materials, information on awards received, and grants and patents applied for. A large portion of the series is
devoted to publications and other materials written by others on the topic of Friedman and his work, ranging from clippings
and photocopies of general press coverage, to transcripts of interviews, to materials relating to treatments of Friedman on
film. Also included in this series is Friedman's documentation of his archive, including inventories and descriptions, as
well as information on its dispersal.
box 96, folder 1-4
Curriculum vitae and biographical material,
circa 1975-2000, undated
Scope and Contents
Manuscript and published materials relating to Friedman's life and career; typescripts, clippings and photocopies. Boîte:
18E, 24B.6, 37, 38, 40.2, 47B, 48.1D, 50, 95.1, 95.2, 124F, 130W, 130X, 130Z, 140E, 157V, 160A.1, 161B.1, 169.11, 170LL,
GRI2A.
General press coverage,
1958-2004, undated
Scope and Contents
Primarily photocopies of articles about Friedman taken from an international range of journals and newspapers, both architectural
in focus and general interest. The articles document Friedman's work and theories, awards received, publication announcements
and book reviews, exhibition announcements, as well as notices of lectures and broadcast appearances. Many photocopies are
partial or framed in such a way that the complete work is not preserved. A few original clippings and tearsheets are included,
as well as a few academic papers on Friedman. Boîte: 28X, 35.1, 35.2, 37, 38, 39, 92.1, 102B, 122, 134/144, 140, 141, 170V,
172, 176, unnumbered.
Interviews with Friedman,
1966-2004, undated
Scope and Contents
See also Box 18, folder 18 for interviews with Michael Ellenberger.
Archive,
1991-2004, undated
Inventories, catalogs and lists,
1996, 1997, undated
box 101, folder 1-4
Archive,
1996-1997, undated
Scope and Contents
Inventories by box, index by subject, text describing the archive and a partial box list with extended descriptive entries;
summary description with photocopies of work. Boîte: 157P, 158K, 158.6, 159H, 159X, 162A, 162E, 162R, 164B, 165D, unnumbered.
box 102, folder 1-3
Drawings,
undated
Scope and Contents
Includes material labelled "Catalogue des dessins" and "Répertoire des dessins." Boîte: 81, unnumbered.
Maquettes,
undated
Scope and Contents
Boite: 89P, 89R, 162M
box 131, folder 1
Lists with color photographs attached, loose photographs and negatives
Catalog of slides,
undated
Scope and Contents
Boîte: 157U, 158N.
box 101, folder 5-6
Digitization project,
2000, undated
Scope and Contents
Material relating to planning of project to transfer archive to CD-ROM. Boîte: 169A, 169B, 169R, 169X, 169DD, 169EE, 170HH,
172.
Dispersal of materials,
1991-2004
Miscellaneous professional and personal papers, Series IX.
1957-2002, undated
Physical Description: 3.3 Linear Feet(10 boxes)
Scope and Contents
A variety of miscellaneous papers form Series IX. Various professional papers, ranging from a scattering of general correspondence
to copies of typescripts, articles and photographs documenting the work of his colleagues and contemporaries, enrich the picture
of Friedman's process and his role in the architectural avant-garde. Also included here is a small quantity of personal papers,
such as small visual works collected by Friedman and family photographs.
Arrangement
The series is arranged by topic and type of material. Friedman's original associative arrangement can be traced by the "boîte"
numbers in each entry. A search using the "find" command with one of those entries will retrieve the other materials originally
housed in the same folder or box (see Arrangement and Processing History notes above).