Biography L O U I S I K

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Real Name Itze-Leib Schmuilowsky

Date Of Birth February 20, 1901

Died March 17, 1974 (Aged 73)

Birth Place Parnu, Estonia

Religiion Jewish

Nationality American

Marital Status Esther

(1930),
School Anne
Tyng(1945),
Harriet
Pattison(19
College 63)

Career attended public schools and supplemented his education with art
classes at the local industrial art school
University of Pennsylvania(completed B. Arch in 1924)

1926- Worked as senior draftsman in Ar. John Molitor’s office,

1929- worked in the offices of Paul Phillipe Cret, then with
Zantzinger, Borie and Medary
1932- Kahn and Dominique Berninger founded the
Awards AIA Gold Medal(1971), RIBA Gold Medal(1972), Frank P Brown
Architectural Research Group
Medal(1964)
1947- Teaching career at Yale University & University Of Pennsylvania
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L O U I S I K
A H N

In 1950-51 AD, Kahn was the architect in residence at

the American Academy in Rome, which is considered to
be a high point in his career. During this period, he also
visited Greece and Egypt. Inspired by the ancient ruins
and Renaissance buildings he had seen, Kahn would use
classical architecture’s solid forms and durable
materials in his work, combining these timeless forms
with modern techniques. He established his own style
as influenced by former contemporary movements.
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Major L O U I S I K
A H N
Project Duration Collaborated with
Yale University Art Gallery, (1951–1953)
New Haven, Connecticut
Richards Medical Research (1957–1965)
Laboratories, University of
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
The Salk Institute, LA Jolla, (1959–1965) Michael Duff of the Kahn firm was
California the supervising architect
First Unitarian Church, (1959–1969)
Rochester, New York
Jatiyo Sangshad Bhaban (1962–1974)
(National Assembly
Building) in Dhaka,
Bangladesh
Indian Institute of (1962) B V Doshi
Management, Ahmedabad,
in Ahmedabad, India
Kimbell Art Museum, Fort (1967–1972)
Worth, Texas
Yale Center for British Art, (1969–1974)
Yale University, New Haven,
Connecticut
Franklin D. Roosevelt Four (1972–1974). Construction
Freedoms Park, Roosevelt completed 2012.
Island, New York
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BUILDING = HUMANA H N
WILL TO BE
DESIRE TO BE
WILL TO EXPRESS
Defined space by means of masonry masses and a lucid
structure laid out in geometric, Natural
Light Brought architecture to life.

SPACE AND FUNCTION : Space played an essential

architectural role that is space and place are
inseparable.

Quite :Architecture is the thoughtful making of

space.

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BINDING ELEMENTS : Two buildings which are

functionally related in site should be visually binded
or connected to avoid a drama.
National Parliament
Quite : I try to create homes, not houses.
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SUNLIGHT :He used sunlight very carefully in his
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buildings and employed it as the maker of architecture.

Quite : The sun never knew how great it was until it hit
the side of a building.

National Parliament

LOCAL MATERIAL : Material used in this museum were

locally available like: concrete, travertine, stainless steel
and white oak.

Quite :You say to a brick, 'What do you want, brick?'

And brick says to you, 'I like an arch.' And you say to
brick, 'Look, I want one, too, but arches are expensive
and I can use a concrete lintel.' And then you say:
'What do you think of that, brick?' Brick says: 'I like an
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D E S I G NSI D E A: N
Influenced by ancient ruins, Kahn's style tends to the
monumental and monolithic.
His heavy buildings do not hide their weight, their
materials, or the way they are assembled.
Louis Kahn's works are considered as
monumental beyond
modernism.

Salk institute

G E O M E T RY
Kahn used many different shapes and lines to create his
masterpieces.
Among his most famous creations, he seems to favor both
parallel and perpendicular lines.
Through his bold technique, he created streamline, radical,
and futuristic looking buildings.
His creations are legendary, through the use of geometry.

The National Assembly building

K E Y S I D EA S
a) The Slit and the architecture of natural interior lighting
b) What the space wants to be
c) illuminating monumentality
d)The unexpected interior

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 PATTERN

WORK
L O U I I K A H
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W O R K S TS
Y L E S N
Kahn's architecture is notable for its simple, forms and
compositions.
Buildings, characterized by powerful, massive .
Through the use of brick ,concrete masonry.
A contemporary & monumental architecture with proportion.
Poetry of light and exposing the materials without altering.

W O R K S P R I N CI P L E S
Worked with simple materials, notably brick and concrete.
He strove through a masterful sense of space and light.
Kahn devoted his career to the uncompromising pursuit of
formal perfection and emotional expression.
Building included constructional elements such as the
mediums used as well as the color, line, shape, light, and
the symmetry of the site.

In his buildings, we see the realization of his vision:

luminous surfaces that evoke a fundamental awe.
Silent courtyards speak of the expansiveness and the
sanctity of the spirit
Monumental columns and graceful arches that embody
dignity and strength.
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PATTER
L O U I S I K
N A and light, A devotion toarchetypal
Reverence for materials H geometry,
N and A profound concern forhumanistic.
Quite :The first thing that an architect must do is
to sense that every building you build is a world
of its own, and that this world of its own serves
an institution.

Form and space of Salk institute

Quite : A great building must begin with the

unmeasurable, must go through measurable
means when it is being designed and in the end
must be unmeasurable

Serve service of Yale University Art gallery,

Quite :The sun never knew how great it was until it
hit the side of a building.

Solid void of Institute of Public Administration,

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PATTER
L O U I I K A H
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Quite : All material in nature,
the mountains and the streams and the air and we,
are made of Light which has been spent,
and this crumpled mass called material casts a
shadow, and the shadow belongs to Light.

Natural light Assembly building

Quite : Love rationalism though geometry is everywhere
shape, lines, structure the exterior to the interior
corridor.

Geometry of Kim bell Art museum,.

Quite : Architecture reflects of art making place that
what experienced by pedestrian who enter the
building .

Monumentality of Assembly building

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Kahn’s creation consists of two mirror image structures that

a grand courtyard.
An open plaza which forms a strong linear axis with the
Pacific Ocean on one end and the entrance on the
other, thus highlighting and framing the landscape.

The east end of building contain heating, ventilating,

and
other support systems. At the west end
Are six floors of offices overlooking the ocean.

Exterior photo showing building facades facing onto

courtyard space.
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NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
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G E OM E T R Y

Shape : Volumetric
Scale : Monumental

F O C U S

Centrality
Natural Light

DECORUM

Symmetric central mass diagram

Public
Semi Public
Private
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CIRCLUATION

Horizontal Circulation
Vertical Circulation

EXPOSER

South Plaza
President plaza

ATTITUD
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Contemporary Approach with romantic space

CONCEPT
Vernacular Design (Representing Of Culture, Heritage ,Topography ,Climate, Context)
As Puran Dhaka-road(ambulatory ) Paharpur Mohastahgarh –Centrality Context-(Dig And Mound)
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Projects
L O U I S I K
A H N

 The Dominican Sisters Convent

 The U.S. Consulate in Luanda, Angola
 The City Tower Project
 The Pocono Arts Centre
 The Fleischer House
 The Morris House
 The House of Cheerful Living
 The Baltimore Inner Harbor Development Project
 The Kansas City Office Tower
 The Palazzo de Congressi in Venice
 The Abbas Abad Development in Tehran, Iran
 The Mikveh Israel Synagogue in Philadelphia
 The Hurva Synagogue, Jerusalem
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 He used brick and concrete in new and special ways

 Kahn also paid careful attention to the use of sunlight and airy buildings
 All of Kahn's buildings share a common solidity and heaviness
 Their weightless-looking structures were mostly made of glass and metal
 He was known for his ability to create monumental architecture that
responded to the human scale
 He was also concerned with creating strong formal distinctions between served
spaces and servant spaces. What he meant by servant spaces was not spaces
for servants, but rather spaces that serve other spaces, such as stairwells,
corridors, restrooms, or any other back-of-house function like storage space or
mechanical rooms.
 His palette of materials tended toward heavily textured brick and bare concrete,
the textures often reinforced by juxtaposition to highly refined surfaces such as
travertine marble.
 Kahn was able to make the concrete material of the building look both solid and
airy. He used sunlight and bodies of water to create a truly special building.
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Niamul Hossain Golam Muctadir

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State University of Bangladesh