The room is the beginning of architecture according to Louis Kahn. In what ways do you feel it is or isn't the beginning? What is the beginning of architecture to you? Why?
Eliel Saarinen - and I believe Louis Kahn agrees - says to design things considering the next larger context (chair to room, room to house, house to environment, etc.), and William McDonough says to design considering the next smaller context (down to the molecules that make the materials of the building). If taking these approaches, I feel that the room serves as the appropriate size to begin architecture; but I do feel differently about the room. It is not only the beginning, but it is continuous throughout architecture. It becomes the middle and the end.
Rooms are the function of the architecture. You begin with the room. When you are finished with architecture (if possible), you are finished with the room. Whatever its purpose, you focus on the room. What manifests within? What occurs outside the room? How is the room protected? How does the room protect? You explain rooms and how they work individually and collectively to clients. When architecture is constructed, it's the rooms which are inhabited and utilized. There are many aspects of architecture; they all relate to the room.
Eliel Saarinen - and I believe Louis Kahn agrees - says to design things considering the next larger context (chair to room, room to house, house to environment, etc.), and William McDonough says to design considering the next smaller context (down to the molecules that make the materials of the building). If taking these approaches, I feel that the room serves as the appropriate size to begin architecture; but I do feel differently about the room. It is not only the beginning, but it is continuous throughout architecture. It becomes the middle and the end.
ReplyDeleteRooms are the function of the architecture. You begin with the room. When you are finished with architecture (if possible), you are finished with the room. Whatever its purpose, you focus on the room. What manifests within? What occurs outside the room? How is the room protected? How does the room protect? You explain rooms and how they work individually and collectively to clients. When architecture is constructed, it's the rooms which are inhabited and utilized. There are many aspects of architecture; they all relate to the room.