City in a City

The MAK Center for Art and Architecture at the Schindler House in Los Angeles presents “City in a City: a Decade of Urban Thinking by Steven Holl Architects”.

The exhibition “City in a City: a Decade of Urban Thinking by Steven Holl Architects” presents six urban projects in China, designed with particular focus on shaping public space, natural green strategies, hybrid programs, structure and light.

Included are three built works: Linked Hybrid in Beijing, Vanke Center/Horizontal Skyscraper in Shenzhen and Sliced Porosity Block in Chengdu; as well as three yet to be built works: Porosity Plan in Dongguan, Eco-City in Tianjin and the Qingdao Culture and Art Center. Concept watercolors of each building are exhibited along with project models and construction documents. Also featured are short videos of the built works. The exhibition is arranged chronologically from 2002 to 2013 through the rooms of the Schindler House, making physical Holl’s journey through a decade of thinking.

Holl’s office has taken on work of increasing complexity in China. His designs embrace pressing issues dealing with infrastructure, urban density and overpopulation. The projects featured in this exhibition offer a study of contrasting and nested scales that acknowledge the city-dweller’s ever-morphing perception of daily life from micro to macro and back again.

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Steven Holl Architects, Sliced Porosity Block Capitaland Raffles City, Chengdu, China 2007- 2012. © Shu He

Steven Holl Architects, Sliced Porosity Block Capitaland Raffles City, Chengdu, China 2007- 2012. © Steven Holl Architects

until March 9, 2014
City in a City: a Decade of Urban Thinking by Steven Holl Architects
MAK Center for Art and Architecture
835 North Kings Road, West Hollywood, Los Angeles

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