Architect Stephen Holl's Concept for the Building

The new building partially bridges a lagoon and partially connects the organic geometry of the limestone bluff. Rather than an object, the building is a "formless" instrument in cortan steel with flat or curved planes slotted together.

The school's architecture represents a hybrid vision of the future—half bridge, half loft; half theory, half practice; and half human, half scientific.

As an agent of work and flexibility, the building connects interior functions in spatial overlap at its center. This internal space is envisioned as a "social condenser" where ongoing work can be observed. Around the perimeter spaces overlook, overlap, and engage the natural landscape and lagoon.

More information

• Web site for Stephen Holl Architects
  To find information about this project, select "enter site," then look for an image of the building (as shown above)
• Architect's renderings for this project
• Conceptual watercolors of the building by Steven Holl