Urbanisms Working with Doubt

289 Pages·2009·101.068 MB·English

by  Steven Holl

Urbanisms

Urbanisms
Steven Holl
Working with Doubt
Princeton Architectural Press
New York

This book is dedicated to Astra Zarina (1929–2008), passionate teacher of urban phenomena.
New York City Gymnasium Bridge   1977 40
Bridge of Houses   1979 42
Parallax Towers   1989 46
Storefront for Art & Architecture   1993 50
Pratt Institute Higgins Hall Insertion   1997–2005 52
World Trade Center Schemes 1 and 3   2002 58
Highline Hybrid Tower    2004 62
Hudson Yards   2007 68
USA Erie Canal Edge   Rochester   1989 76
Stitch Plan   Cleveland   1989 80
Spatial Retaining Bars   Phoenix   1989 84
Spiroid Sectors   Dallas-Fort Worth   1989 88
Chapel of St. Ignatius   Seattle   1994–1997 92
UCSF Mission Bay   San Francisco   1996 96
MIT Master Plan   Cambridge   1999 100
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art   Kansas City   1999–2007 106
School of Art & Art History   Iowa City   1999–2006 114
China Green Urban Laboratory   Nanning   2002 122
Museum of Art & Architecture   Nanjing   2002–2009 130
Linked Hybrid   Beijing   2003–2009 136
Xi’an New Town   Xi’an   2005 164
Horizontal Skyscraper   Shenzhen   2006–2009 168
Sliced Porosity Block   Chengdu   2007–2012  186
Ningbo Fine Grain   Ningbo   2008 196
South Korea World Design Park Complex   Seoul   2007 200
Japan Void Space / Hinged Space   Fukuoka   1989–1991 204
Makuhari Bay New Town   Chiba, Tokyo   1992–1996 210
The Netherlands Manifold Hybrid   Amsterdam   1994 218
Sarphatistraat Offices   Amsterdam   1996–2000 220
Toolenburg-Zuid   Amsterdam   2002 224
Finland Kiasma   Helsinki   1992–1998 230
Meander   Helsinki   2006 236
Italy Porta-Vittoria   Milan   1986 240
Lombardia Regional Government Center   Milan   2004 244
France Les Halles   Paris   1979 248
Île Seguin   Paris   2001 250
Lebanon Beirut Marina and Town Quay   Beirut   2002–2010 258
Turkey Akbuk Peninsula Dense Pack   Akbuk   2006–2010 262
Foreword 10
Urbanisms: Working with Doubt 12
1 Geo-Spatial 14
2 Experiential Phenomena 16
3 Spatiality of Night 20
4 Urban Porosity 22
5 Sectional Cities 24
6 Enmeshed Experience: Partial Views 26
7 Psychological Space 28
8 Flux and the Ephemeral 30
9 Banalization versus Qualitative Power 32
10 Negative Capability 34
11 Fusion: Landscape / Urbanism / Architecture 36
Coda: Dilated Time 270
The Megaform and the Helix by Kenneth Frampton 272
Project Credits 276
Image Credits 286
Acknowledgments 287