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Steven Holl 2008
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One project is not comparable to the next; it is unique. The situation is unique, the programme is unique, the site is unique, and therefore the idea that drives the design, the force that drives the design, has to be generated around that locus of circumstances. We have a model shop where we build models to test different strategies. In the models, we use materials according to the design concept. The conceptual idea driving the design has a materiality. It’s different for every project.

FINISHES

  • MATERIALBrass

  • TYPOLOGYRound

BEIJING, 2008

The models are not models for presentations; they are working tools to develop the concepts materially. The next step is going from the materiality of the model to the materiality of construction. The model is an in-between stage. We have been working with Olivari for several years, and our relationship is based on the constant exchange of physical, 3D-milled models that reproduce the final product with all its richness in shape, finish, colour and temperature.

— NYU School of Philosophy, New York, 2007 (ph. Andy Ryan)

— Steven Holl

For any given project, I want to be open to whatever the potentials are.
— Steven Holl

VEDI BIO STEVEN HOLL

— Linked Hybrid, Beijing, China, 2009 (ph. Shu He)

I think our lives today could be enhanced by the kind of emotional variety spaces can give, different kinds of tectonics, different kinds of material, and different kinds of light.
— Steven Holl

— Knut Hamsun Center, Hamarøy, Norway 2009

— Herning museum of contemporary art, Denmark 2009 (ph. Steen Gyldendal)

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