Steven Holl
Intellectual and PHENOMENAL intensity of his work and tectonic properties of his buildings hold a distinguished identity for Architect Steven Holl . His use of materials , colours and textures and my emphasis on PHENOMENOL depicts his adaptation of the theory of PHENOMENOLOGY , are the various considerations through which Holl’s Architecture can be Distinguished.
Steven Holl got his undergraduate degree from University of Washington and also attended graduate school at the AA school of Architecture and currently runs Steven Holl Architects a 40-person office in New York. He Also Teaches in the Columbia University.
Holl's architecture has undergone a shift in emphasis, from his earlier concern with typology to his current concern with a PHENOMENOLOGICAL approach. The shift came about partly due to his interest in the writings of philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty and architect-theorist Juhani Pallasmaa . The Architect’s emphasis on site, typology, local and cultural values, basically understanding the physical as well as social context of a region leads him to his approach of Critical Regionalism. In the critical regionalist goal of reinterpreting the context, Holl avoids merely formal or visual replication and strives to find the value of architecture in culture and history of the site , and thus takes up the responsibility to challenge the complex morphology of the site and still blend with its apparent attributes.
The significance of the philosophical interplay of his thinking and making of architecture defines his perspective of architecture , the exploration of his architectural positions constructs two main aspects , firstly , translation of philosophical concepts into the realm of architecture , based on the phenomenological philosophy of Maurice Merleau-Ponty. Secondly ,Intertwining of idea and phenomena, that is the phenomenological actualization in his architectural design.
THINKING OF ARCHITECTURE
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Steven Holl got his undergraduate degree from University of Washington and also attended graduate school at the AA school of Architecture and currently runs Steven Holl Architects a 40-person office in New York. He Also Teaches in the Columbia University.
Holl's architecture has undergone a shift in emphasis, from his earlier concern with typology to his current concern with a PHENOMENOLOGICAL approach. The shift came about partly due to his interest in the writings of philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty and architect-theorist Juhani Pallasmaa . The Architect’s emphasis on site, typology, local and cultural values, basically understanding the physical as well as social context of a region leads him to his approach of Critical Regionalism. In the critical regionalist goal of reinterpreting the context, Holl avoids merely formal or visual replication and strives to find the value of architecture in culture and history of the site , and thus takes up the responsibility to challenge the complex morphology of the site and still blend with its apparent attributes.
The significance of the philosophical interplay of his thinking and making of architecture defines his perspective of architecture , the exploration of his architectural positions constructs two main aspects , firstly , translation of philosophical concepts into the realm of architecture , based on the phenomenological philosophy of Maurice Merleau-Ponty. Secondly ,Intertwining of idea and phenomena, that is the phenomenological actualization in his architectural design.
THINKING OF ARCHITECTURE
The process of Thinking and Making of can be referred to