LEADER 02567nam 2200385 450 001 9910629585003321 005 20230515050857.0 024 7 $a10.1515/9783110567496 035 $a(CKB)5590000001000933 035 $a(NjHacI)995590000001000933 035 $a(EXLCZ)995590000001000933 100 $a20230515d2018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aPAINTING THE SKY BLACK $eLouis Kahn and the Architectonization of Nature /$fFlorian Sauter 210 1$aWarsaw, Poland :$cDe Gruyter Open Ltd.,$d[2018] 210 4$dİ2018 215 $a1 online resource (x, 499 pages) $cillustrations 311 $a3-11-056756-3 330 $aIn 1962, Louis I. Kahn described the design of the Salk Institute as having been developed "out of a respect and understanding of the nature of nature," before adding: "I am becoming increasingly conscious of the architecture of water, the architecture of air, the architecture of light." Attempting to poetically unveil the world through the conscious architectonization of nature, the deliberations presented in this book interpret the American architect's buildings as the result of a Stoic pursuit to comprehend the lawfulness of the natural world, scrutinize his endeavor to set spatial compositions into analogy with organisms' principles of growth and form, illustrate his growing awareness to shape space in reciprocity with environmental forces, and acknowledge his eventual willingness to make the surrounding landscape and cosmos an integrated part of the architectural project. Furthermore, Kahn's highly ambiguous epistemology with regard to man's position within and beyond nature is being discussed - ultimately promoting an ecologically sound down to earth approach, which takes into account the impulse of the primitive and elemental. Aspiring for an eternal expression, the manifestation of the world of the human spirit was for Kahn - one of the most legendary and original architects of the 20th century - only possible within the larger order of the universe, whereas the same transcendent, creative joy pervaded both. 606 $aArchitects$zUnited States 606 $aArchitecture$xHistory 615 0$aArchitects 615 0$aArchitecture$xHistory. 676 $a720.92273 700 $aSauter$b Florian$0865954 801 0$bNjHacI 801 1$bNjHacl 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910629585003321 996 $aPainting the sky black$91932534 997 $aUNINA