Bridge of Houses Project, Melbourne, Australia (Scale model 1/16" = 1'0")
Steven Holl
American, born 1947
Steven Holl Architects
American, founded 1976
1979–1982
A long wooden scale model showing a sequence of small, house-like pavilions mounted on a beam, made to test how a linked series of compact volumes could create a ‘bridge’ of inhabitable spaces for a Melbourne site.
Seen up close it reads like a tiny, rhythmic cityscape—repeated boxy forms with punched windows, varied roof shapes and deep portals carved from warm wood, making abstract plans feel tactile and human-scaled.
The piece encapsulates Steven Holl’s approach to architecture as a sequence of experiential, light-filled rooms—using a sculptural model to explore how modular domestic volumes can reconfigure urban passage and atmosphere.
Medium
Wood
Dimensions
4 1/2 x 2 1/2 x 48 7/8" (11.4 x 6.4 x 124.2 cm)
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Department
Credit
Given anonymously and David Rockefeller, Jr. Purchase Fund
Accession
10.1997
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