Steven Holl je americký architekt a malíř, který se zaměřuje na fenomenologický přístup. Jeho práce zkoumá existenciální, tělesné zapojení člověka do jeho okolí. Tímto posunem v jeho tvorbě ovlivnilo studium děl filozofa Maurice Merleau-Pontyho a teoretika architektury Juhani Pallasmaa. Hollho architektura tak vybízí k hlubšímu prožitku prostoru a jeho smyslovému vnímání.
Focusing on the newly constructed expansion of the Kennedy Center, this book explores innovative designs for performing arts centers while showcasing the artistic process. It highlights the vision of a prominent American architect, offering insights into how the space enhances artistic expression and community engagement.
A+U 1994 special edition covering the work of Holl, Pallasmaa, and, Perez-Gomez, titled Questions of Perception. Their three individual essays presented in the book, are thematically linked; each one tries to explain the role man's perception plays in architecture and also explores phenomenal accounts. In their original introduction, the authors write: "The endless cultural limitations and contradictions inherent in artistic work, revealed with impeccable clarity and logic by the critics' deconstructive theory, are ultimately of limited use for the generation of architecture. The architect must take a position, one that necessarily has ethical consequences, and for which words, a theoretical discourse is nevertheless indispensable.Bilingually presented in English and Japanese.
Das HEART Herning Museum of Contemporary Art in Herning in Dänemark ist ein neuer Museumskomplex aus der Werkstatt des namhaften amerikanischen Architekten Steven Holl. Das Konzept löst die komplexe Bauaufgabe ganz im Sinne Piero Manzoni, dem Spiritus Rector von Herning. Der Konzeptkünstler war 1960 vom Hemdenfabrikanten Aage Damgaard für eine jahrelange fruchtbare Zusammenarbeit in die Stadt geholt worden. Holls Kulturkomplex strukturiert die umgebenden Landschaft durch Hügel und Teiche und lässt sie Teile der notwendigen Infrastruktur verbergen. Seine mit einer Brauchwasseranlage, natürlichem Licht und innovativer Dachkonstruktion ausgestatteten Gebäude sind eingeschossig und schließen an die Formensprache der gegenüber liegenden Fabrik aus den Sechzigerjahren in der Kreisform eines Kragens an: Sie erinnern aus der Vogelperspektive an lang gestreckte Hemdenärmel. Eröffnung des Museums: HEART – Herning Museum of Contemporary Art, Herning 9.9.2009
Idee und Phänomen bietet einen Überblick über die spektakulären Bauten Steven Holls, mit besonderem Augenmerk auf deren skulpturalen Ausdruck, das Material, die Komposition und den Einsatz des Lichts. Die Publikation beleuchtet den Prozess von der Idee zum Phänomen, von der ersten Skizze bis zur Konstruktion. Mit einem vollständigen Werkverzeichnis. Mit Essays von Dietmar Steiner (Architekturzentrum Wien), Yehuda Safran (Columbia University, New York) und Wolf Prix (Architekt, Wien)
This is the first publication of Steven Holls legendary watercolors.
This booklet describes Steven Holl Architects' design of a prototype for rebuilding Haiti after the devastating earthquake in 2010. This proposal focuses on the construction of "Dense-Pack Villages": small communities of two hundred people with homes constructed of concrete recycled from the rubble and built by local labour. The Dense-Pack homes have a low energy footprin, each village has a solar-powered desalination plant to provide fresh water, and the houses' roofs contain photovoltaic panels to generate electricity
The book gives an overview on the built work of Steven Holl, focusing the sculptural expression of his architecture, material, composition, use of light.
Steven Holl celebrates the thirtieth anniversary of his landmark book Anchoring with Compression, a collection of thirty-five major projects from the past decade. Holl applies concepts from neuroscience, literature, social science, and philosophy to develop the idea of compression: the condensation of material and social forces to create meaningful and sustainable architecture. A diverse roster of international works includes an expansion of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston ; academic facilities for Columbia University, Princeton University, and the Glasgow School of Art; urban plans; a harbor gateway for Copenhagen; and an extension of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. All demonstrate Holl's poetic attention to light, space, and water; a subtle and tactile employment of material and color; and an awareness of architecture's potential to connect people through inspiring public spaces.
Of the 516 entries received in the architectural competition for the Museum of Contemporary Art in Helsinki, an entry named 'Chiasma', became the undisputed winner. The submitting architect was Steven Holl and according to Museum Director Tuula "Undoubtedly any architect who was able to comprehend the nature of museum spaces in such a manner had to understand a great deal about art itself." This beautiful book documents in depth how Kiasma has introduced a new dimension to art museum architecture -- one of spatial strength and absence of gesture.
