"There has to be a material component."

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SH: ...I can remember the handle on a window at a Wright house in Oklahoma. Ordinarily, the window handle would be a minor experience, something one would not likely notice. But Wright adds a delicacy and grace to the element that makes it memorable. I think that the human experience of architecture is bound up in these sorts of elements. Personally, I do not accept an architectural idea based solely on concepts. There has to be a material component. ... With interiors composed of sheet rock an acoustical tiles, the experience falls flat.
Materiality has the potential to profoundly affect the experience of space.

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TG: ...The technique refreshes the object by making it "strange." I think this is exactly what Wright does with the concrete door at the Hollyhock House. Through a modification of materiality, he intensifies the doorness of the door, making the act of passing through it worth noticing.

SH: ... After reading these works, or experiencing this type of architecture, your senses are more cognizant, you see things differently. One of the urgent missions for architects and city planners today is this task of awakening the senses.
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Todd Gannon (Ed.). Simmons Hall/Steven Holl. pp.18-19. Princeton Architectural Press.

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strange is more than "strange"
sap 19.09.2009