Steven Holl is globally renowned for monumental works that specifically invoke light, color and porosity in both programmatic and aesthetic ways. Holl can also be thought of as an artist’s architect—his firm has done work for many arts institutions, he methodically sketches his projects in watercolors, and his style is heavily influenced by art practice and theory. He’s also very interested in the phenomenology of architecture—how it’s sensed by humans, and its impact on our existence.
We spoke in a totally unremarkable conference room at the Salk Institute in La Jolla, California, the day before Holl was scheduled to give a keynote presentation for the Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture’s conference.
Listen to One-to-One #40 with Steven Holl:
Shownotes:
Reductionism in Art and Brain Science by Eric R. Kandel
Selected works by Holl:
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri ↓
Knut Hamsun Centre, Hamarøy, Norway ↓
Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland ↓
Sketch from Holl's ANFA keynote ↓
Check out more imagery in the photo gallery below:
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