Steven Holl

by Gannon, Todd

• ISBN13: 9781568984643
• ISBN10: 1568984642
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-08-12
• Publisher: Princeton Architectural Pr

Summary

With its striking gridded facade and amoeba-shaped internal cavities, Steven Holl's new dormitory for MIT, Simmons Hall, is without question one of the most original and idiosyncratic architectural statements of recent memory. A veritable catalog of ideas -- from the use of color to experimentation with form and materials -- Simmons Hall is an essay in architectural imagination by one of the professions' most celebrated practitioners. This detailed monograph will allow readers to deconstruct this complex marvel of modern design and construction. Steven Holl Architects/Simmons Hall is documented with sketches, models, renderings, working drawings, and photographs at a level of detail that allow complete and careful study of the project. Commentary by the architect and design critics explores both the technical aspects and cultural contexts of the building.

Author Biography

Todd Gannon is a lecturer in architectural theory and design at the Knowlton School of Architecture and a project designer at Acock Associates Architects in Columbus, Ohio.

Table of Contents

Data and Chronology	6	(3)
Conversations with Steven Holl	9	(12)
Master Plan	21	(14)
Folded Street	35	(16)
Sponge	51	(19)
Perfcon	70	(8)
Student Rooms	78	(10)
Floor Plans	88	(7)
Execution	95	(22)
Completed Construction	117	(42)
Criticism---Yehuda Safran	159	(3)
Credits	162	(1)
Bibliography	163	(1)
Biographies	164