Event photos courtesy of Kyle Keirsey, Grant Gustafson, and Callan Roemer
House at Martha’s Vineyard (1988), construction photo
courtesy of Steven Holl Architects.
additional photos courtesy of Grant Gustafson.
STEVEN HOLLQuestions of Perception
KEYNOTE LECTURE
FRIDAY, AUGUST 5TH, 2022 AT 4:00 PM
MICROSOFT AUDITORIUM | SEATTLE CENTRAL LIBRARY
Steven Holl revisits Questions of Perception, the 1994 text he co-authored with Alberto Pérez-Gómez and Juhani Pallasmaa, in which Holl explores the phenomenology of architecture through eleven “phenomenal zones”:
enmeshed experience
perspectival space
of color
of light and shadow
spatiality of night
time, duration, and perception
water: a phenomenal lens
of sound
detail: the haptic realm
proportion, scale, and perception
site, circumstance, and idea
Incorporating recent projects by Steven Holl Architects realized after the book’s publication, Holl recasts the “phenomenal zones” and connects new built works with these original concepts.
Steven Holl was born in 1947 in Bremerton, WA. He graduated from the University of Washington and pursued architecture studies in Rome in 1970. In 1976, he joined the Architectural Association in London and in 1977 established Steven Holl Architects in New York City. Steven Holl was named by Time Magazine as America’s Best Architect, for creating buildings that ‘satisfy the spirit as well as the eye.’ He has realized cultural, civic, academic, and residential projects in the United States and internationally. He specializes in seamlessly integrating projects into contexts with cultural and historic importance.
Steven Holl has been recognized with architectures most prestigious awards and prizes, notably the Praemium Imperiale Award for Architecture, the AIA Gold Medal, and the RIBA Jencks Award. Steven Holl is a tenured Professor at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture and Planning; he has lectured and exhibited widely as well as published numerous texts.
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