Interview with Steven Holl for TC Cuadernos

Fran Silvestre has interviewed Steven Holl on the occasion of the monograph that TC is publishing on his work, in a meeting that becomes a profound reflection on the principles that have guided his architectural trajectory.

Throughout the conversation, both architects address fundamental questions such as phenomenology applied to architecture and the capacity of spaces to generate unique sensory experiences.

Holl elaborates on his interest in perception, light and materiality, explaining how these elements come together to construct atmospheres that go beyond mere functionality. Architecture, as he suggests, is not limited to solving programs, but acts as a medium to intensify human experience through the senses.

As a guiding thread of the interview, several of his most emblematic projects are analysed, used as case studies to illustrate these ideas. In them, a constant pursuit of the intangible becomes evident: the way light transforms space, how materials engage in dialogue with their surroundings, and how users perceive and inhabit architecture.