It was when I flipped through the project on archdaily and found an article focusing on classics with Louis Kahn as the theme that this film was mentioned, so I thought of looking for it. I thought it was a boring documentary, but it wasn't. The film was very vivid, and I cried several times after watching it. It is moving, shocking and moving.
I don't think the film is too gossip or too personal. People are three-dimensional and complex, and the comprehensive description of work and family may only show some slices. So it is difficult to fully understand a person. Lu's life trajectory once again illustrates one thing, people's energy is limited. When you are too fond and good at one thing, you are bound to neglect other things, especially those who have come to his position.
Just like what the architect said with tears in the Bangladesh parliament at the end of the film: "We can feel him forever, so he gave us love. He may not give you equal love, but for us, he gave The enduring love of all of our people, that's important. Because he loves everyone, sometimes he can't take care of the people around him."
Lu's later works have a strong personal style, a serene beauty, and a gentle sense of heaviness. I think he somehow lived up to his ideal of making his work timeless. It is mentioned in the film that during the independence war between Bangladesh and Pakistan, the bomber did not blow up the Bangladesh Parliament because the soldiers thought it was a monument. He has combined the characteristics of modern architecture and historic sites to form his unique and difficult-to-replicate style. The use of light and the ability to perceive space are also the unique charm of his architecture.
I don't want to comment too much on his family life. No one is perfect. He has dedicated so much beauty to the world with this burning way of life. From material to spiritual, his love for the world is more or less. It will affect the little love for the people around you, which is unavoidable. But this does not prevent people from respecting and revering him. The classic works he left behind are the shape of his love for people.
"Failures and failures are what really make a person. Maybe he is destined to be a short, ugly Jew with a broken voice, and he is not good at getting along with others. Maybe God intended him to be like this, because this It drives him to look inside. So you can't regret that he didn't build more buildings, it's a shame he couldn't be who he was, that's what made us."
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