Louis Isadore Kahn (1901-1974)
“Design is a personal matter. In general, there is no perfect design. To work hard to achieve perfection, but never achieve it, the perfect desire has always become the motivation of the artist. The seeds of the next work are in the finished works.†—Lois Isadore Kang On February 20, 1901, Louis Isadore Kahn was born on the Baltic Sea island of Saarema. It was a small island in Estonia, under Polish rule. In 1905, the family moved to the United States. As a student at the University of Pennsylvania, he was fortunate to be placed in a class taught by Paul Cret, a famous French designer. From Paris to Philadelphia, he has been strictly using Beaux- A series of methodologies in the Arts system. After fully understanding the Beaux-Arts system, Kang graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. From the 1920s to the 1930s, he worked like a draftsman. Later, Kang became the main designer of several construction groups in Philadelphia.
In the 1930s and 1940s, Kang began designing separate homes and factories. In 1947, he became a professor of architecture at Yale University, where he proposed: "A good question is far more satisfying than the most satisfying answer." After attending the American Architecture Symposium in Rome in 1950, Kang particularly appreciated the Mediterranean architecture, so he began his most important job: the creation of the Yale University Art Center (1952-1954) in New Haven, whose architectural style violated the prevailing international architectural style.
In 1957, Kang became a well-known professor of architecture at the University of Pennsylvania. His design of Richards Medical (1960-1965) at the University of Pennsylvania highlighted the spatial distinction between the “doctoral area†and the “patient areaâ€. The patient area usually consists of stairwells, elevators, exhaust vents, air intakes, ducts, etc. in four separate towers; the doctor's area is different, mainly including laboratories and offices. The laboratory's buildings have been for decades. It is designed according to this. Kang applied the actual characteristics to the architectural principles, and the Salk Institute La Jolla CA (1959-1965) in California reflects his mature style and is the best example. Inspired by classical architecture and medieval architecture, Kang successfully built the Yale Center for British Arts (1977) using basic geometric figures and raw materials such as concrete and brick.
Kang's design style is known for its simplicity and Platonic style. Therefore, the buildings he designed have quite obvious features, such as powerful structures and thick forms, which made him emerge after World War II. Controversial architect. Through the use of bricks and concrete completion, his design of contemporary immortal architecture has won the unanimous approval of the local. Due to the influence of international style, Kang's architecture combines the Beaux composite structure with the individual's aesthetics to form his own style.
Like the famous international architects Eero Saarinen and Frei Otto, his work was controversial during his life. However, his works have been well received by critics of every era and have been hailed as “the most original and important architects of the 20th century.†He is known as the poetry of architecture, and he is a latecomer. When he was in his teens, he really became a generation of masters. His architectural works usually presented eternal and elegant in the simplicity, and this lecture at Rice University explained how architecture should create reflections in the process of thinking about human nature. The miracle; the light and shadow he mentioned in his speech, as well as his role in grasping light in architectural works, inspired people to think about existence and philosophy. Through his description, we can perceive the true meaning of architecture—the expression of human dreams that exist beyond material and technology. Louis K.'s writings include "Building is the creation of space imagination", "Architecture? Silence and Light", "Harmony between Man and Architecture".
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