Architect Steven Holl's Secret Weapons - Remodelista
The T Space Gallery in New York’s Dutchess County illustrates an architecture that upholds Steven Holl’s personally mandated responsibility to his profession: “Everything you design... ...from the smallest bedroom to the biggest institutional building, is architecture and should be accorded the same standard of uncompromising thought and attention.” Undaunted, Holl designs his projects in the air; using the 15-hour flights to his advantage. A pivot door opens into the two-level gallery space. A watercolor sketch of the roof plan of T Space illustrates an initial concept. Above L: A view of the two-level space. Above R: Light filters through a cutout window. The entire building is lined with plywood. A watercolor sketch illustrates the architect’s study of the impact of natural daylight within the gallery. Light comes from skylights, whose apertures were designed to achieve 25 foot candles of natural light on the walls, reducing the need for electricity. The movement of the sun casts different shadows on the walls throughout the day. A monochrome study of the interior of the gallery. The building floats on steel columns