LEADER 03330nam 22004575 450 001 996309142603316 005 20210112145841.0 024 7 $a10.1515/9783110567496 035 $a(CKB)4560000000000307 035 $a(DE-B1597)488400 035 $a(OCoLC)1076408151 035 $a(DE-B1597)9783110567496 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5855100 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5855100 035 $a(OCoLC)1105800053 035 $a(EXLCZ)994560000000000307 100 $a20190615d2018 fg 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 ; managing editor Steve Pantazis ; language editor Marion Endt-Jones 210 1$aWarsaw ;$aBerlin :$cDe Gruyter Open Poland,$d[2018] 210 4$dİ2018 215 $a1 online resource 311 $a3-11-056732-6 311 $a3-11-056749-0 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tAbbreviations --$tIntroduction: Architecture Is Not a Horse --$t1 Doing More With Less. Towards An Architecture Of Optimization --$t2 From Mechanism To Vitalism. Rethinking The Paradigm Of Organization --$t3 Engaging Sun, Wind, Earth And Water. Adaptation In A Climate Of Change --$t4 In Praise Of Silence And Light. The Expression Of In-Commonness --$tEpilogue: Domestication Of The Elements --$tBibliography --$tIllustrations --$tIndex 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 $aARCHITECTURE / Individual Architects & Firms / General$2bisacsh 608 $aElectronic books. 615 7$aARCHITECTURE / Individual Architects & Firms / General. 676 $a720 700 $aSauter$b Florian$0865954 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996309142603316 996 $aPainting the sky black$91932534 997 $aUNISA