Architecture · Life

Christian 2022-11-14 16:07:46

Always thinking about money interests and social responsibility

I think maybe all people who are really willing to study architecture have thought about this problem. There are many people like Louis in art history, even more miserable than him. Humans always start to regret after they die All the destruction and torture they have done to this group of geniuses

may be just debts.

So do you want to be an artist with a long history or a person who has a good life?

What should architects do in their limited lives?

So in the face of huge responsibilities and interests, reputation and life, I stood and was confused,

so Lu Yikang couldn't give me the answer

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  • Louis Kahn: A work of art... is not a living thing... that walks or runs. But the making of a life. That which gives you a reaction. To some it is the wonder of man's fingers. To some it is the wonder of the mind. To some it is the wonder of technique. And to some it is how real it is. To some, how transcendent it is. Like the 5th Symphony, it presents itself with a feeling that you know it, if you have heard it once. And you look for it, and though you know it you must hear it again. Though you know it you must see it again. Truly, a work of art is one that tells us that Nature cannot make what man can make.

  • Louis Kahn: When you want to give something presence, you have to consult nature. And there is where design comes in. If you think of brick, for instance, you say to brick, "What do you want, brick?" And brick says to you, "I like an arch." And if you say to brick, "Look, arches are expensive, and I can use a concrete lintel over you. What do you think of that, brick?" brick says, "I like an arch."

    [Students laugh]

    Louis Kahn: And it's important, you see, that you honor the material that you use. You don't bandy it around as though you said, "Well, we have a lot of material around. We can do it one way, we can do it another." It's not true. You can only do it if you honor the brick, and glorify the brick, instead of just shortchanging it.

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