Exhibition Talk

Steven Holl – Drawing as Thought

To celebrate the exhibition at the Tchoban Foundation Museum for Architectural Drawing, a conversation between Steven Holl and Sergei Tchoban, moderated by Diana Carta, as well as the opening ceremony will be held at the Aedes Metropolitan Laboratory.

Amerika-Gedenkbibliothek, Berlin, 1988 © Steven Holl

Exhibition Talk: Thursday, 06.02.2025, 17:00

Exhibition Opening: Thursday, 06.02.2025, 19:00

Place: Aedes, Christinenstr. 18–19, 10119 Berlin

Please register for the talk at www.eventbrite.de. Registration for the opening is not required. The event will be in English and admission is free.

Introduction

Since his landmark design for the America Memorial Library (Amerika-Gedenkbibliothek) in Berlin, Steven Holl has emerged as one of today’s most influential architects. Beyond his remarkable cultural and public buildings, the American architect has produced over 50,000 sketches and drawings throughout his career. The exhibition Steven Holl – Drawing as Thought at the Tchoban Foundation Museum for Architectural Drawing presents a selection of his extraordinary graphic body of work.

The conversation between Steven Holl and Sergei Tchoban, founder of the Tchoban Foundation, moderated by architect and scholar Diana Carta, will be followed by the opening ceremony. Guests will then visit the exhibition at the Museum for Architectural Drawing, located just across the courtyard from Aedes, before returning to Aedes for the reception.

Programme
Talk

Welcome
Dunya Bouchi, Managing Director, Aedes Metropolitan Laboratory, Berlin
Nadejda Bartels, Director, Tchoban Foundation, Berlin

Introduction
Diana Carta, Architect and Scholar, Rome

Conversation
Steven Holl, Architect, New York
Sergei Tchoban, Founder, Tchoban Foundation, Berlin
moderated by Diana Carta

Programme
Opening

Welcome
Dr. h.c. Kristin Feireiss, Director, Aedes, Berlin
Sergei Tchoban, Founder, Tchoban Foundation
Steven Holl, Architect, New York

Followed by a reception

Video

Video by Reframe

Exhibition

Steven Holl – Drawing as Thought
Place: Tchoban Foundation. Museum for Architectural Drawing, Christinenstraße 18a, 10119 Berlin
Exhibition duration: 07.02. – 04.05.2025
Opening hours: Mon–Fri 14:00 – 19:00, Sat–Sun 13:00 – 17:00

The work of internationally renowned US architect Steven Holl is distinguished not only by his extraordinary buildings, with a focus on cultural and public structures such as museums, art centres, concert halls, libraries and universities worldwide, but also by his artistic oeuvre, which today comprises more than 50,000 sketches, black-and-white drawings and watercolours.

Steven Holl’s international career took off in 1988 when he won the competition for the Amerika-Gedenkbibliothek in Berlin. The exhibition at the Museum for Architectural Drawing begins with the large-format black-and-white drawings of his winning design.

The exhibition, curated by Kristin Feireiss, is accompanied by a catalogue.