To celebrate the US Independence Day on the 4th
July, Steven invited the studio to join him at his upstate New York residence
for some traditional BBQ, swimming and a chance to escape the sweltering NYC.
It was an architectural experience as well – I finally got to see the structures
that have been added to the original property over several years: an ongoing
experiment as much as a place to spend some quiet weekends with a watercolour
pad (more in this WSJ interview). It was fun to spot some of the ideas/ materials
that were later used in bigger projects by the firm – there’s probably no
better way to see if something works than by testing it on your own self first.
Despite the many architectural experiences and unusual materials co-existing in
a limited space, everything fits in the natural landscape rather comfortably,
and creates a perfect place to relax. Which we did, with plenty of swimming
(and an upturned boat!) in the nearby water lily covered lake, multiple
conversations, and a great deal of specialty dishes from all over the world
that my colleagues prepared. It was a good day.
Below are some photos, yet for individual projects I
recommend looking at the following links: Little
Tesseract at stevenholl.com and on Behance by Bilyana Dimitrova;
T-Space on ArchDaily and the Round Lake Hut at stevenholl.com
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| Little Tesseract |
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| Steven's studio in the Little Tesseract building |
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| Little Tesseract |
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| T-Space gallery |
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| T-Space gallery with an Ai Weiwei piece |
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| T-Space gallery |
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| SHA on 4th July 2013 |
