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Louis Isadore Kahn (su nombre original era Itze-Leib Schmuilowsky) (20 de febrero de 1901-17 de marzo de 1974)

Kahn naci en Kuressaare en la isla de Saaremaa en EstoniaLOUIS I. KAHNS FISHER HOUSE: A CASESTUDY ON THE ARCHITECTURAL DETAILAND DESIGN INTENT

Pierson William BooherUniversity of PennsylvaniaEven as a young boy, Kahns interest in the beauty of nature was readily apparent. He had suffered severe burns to his face as a youth because he got too close to a collection of burning coals; when asked about why he defied his senses, Kahn said that he was attracted by the beautiful colors of the embers.2There is a possibility that the educational model of the cole des Beaux Arts that Eakins and later Paul Philippe Cret at the University of Pennsylvania learned under impacted Kahn both as a professor and as an architect, for Kahn was never content with his work and would constantly rework programs often until the client forced him to stop.8Tadds methodology was not to teach the student a set of fundamental educational principles rooted in denitions and rules, but rather to allow them to seek unique discoveries of natural forms and the products of their relationships learning-by-doing, if you will.10

Fig. 1.2: Kahns Rendering of the Proposed Palace of Liberal Arts for the 1926 SesquicentennialExposition. Source: Brownlee, David B., and David G. De Long. Louis I. Kahn: In the Realm of Architecture. Los Angeles: Museum of Contemporary Art, Rizzoli,1991, 23.Traveling between April of 1928 and March of 1929, Kahn immersed himself in the architecture, traveling to Greece, Rome, and numerous other Italian city-states. Kahn became interested in the existing housing stock, studying the individual and communal forms through sketched and written analysis.23 The trip was eye-opening to Kahn, as he began to realize the depth of architecture and the limitless design possibilities

Watercolor by Kahn of Amalfi in the Winter of 1928-29. Source: Brownlee, David B., and David G. De Long. Louis I. Kahn: In the Realm of Architecture. Los Angeles: Museum of Contemporary Art, Rizzoli, 1991, 146.

Kahn felt drawn to the innovative design values of the Modern Movement, yet the advancement of his ideas remained tied to the Beaux Arts style he was educated under. Perhaps Kahns psyche was fundamentally opposed to many of the notions of Modernism, in effect causing him to force his designs to conform to the trend.

Jesse Oser house (1940-42)

Louis Kahns sketch of the living room of the Oser House, 1940. Louis I. Kahn Collection, The University of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

Morton Weiss house (1948-50)(Louis I. Kahn, architect) Louis I. Kahn Collection, Architectural Archives, University of Pennsylvania. Local ID #: aaup.030.I.A.310.21B

It was during Kahns second trip to Europe from 1950-51 while a Resident inArchitecture at the American Academy in Rome that Scully and others believe Kahnfound what he was looking for.29

Pastel Drawing by Kahn of San Marco in Venice, ca. 1951. Source: Brownlee,David B., and David G. De Long. Louis I. Kahn: In the Realm of Architecture. Los Angeles:Museum of Contemporary Art, Rizzoli, 1991, 150It appears what Kahn wished to portray was exactly what he saw; the important aspects of the buildings were not the details or the number of floors, but the scale of the buildings in relation to one another and the conversation between each element and the sun.30I always start with a square, no matter what the problem is.37 From the square, Kahn would rationalize the spaces based on his justification that the programswould evolve into what they wanted to be.The most important aspect of a buildings organization lay in the relationshipbetween served and servant spaces; in terms of residential structures, the servedbeing bedrooms and living rooms and the servant being the kitchen and bathrooms.

Casa para Francis Adler (1954-55)

Weber DeVore houses (1954-55)

Trenton Bathhouseand Jewish Community Center (1954-59)

Fisher House 1960-67 Hatboro, Pennsylvania

Scheme One; Ground Floor Plan.

Scheme One; 3 Aug 1961; Ground Floor Plan

Scheme Two; 03/09/1962; Ground Floor Plan

British Castle Floor Plan Sketches by Kahn. Source: Brownlee, David B., and David G. De Long. Louis I. Kahn: In the Realm of Architecture.

Scheme Two; Third Iteration; Ground Floor Plan

Scheme Three; Early Charcoal Plan.

Scheme Three; Early Charcoal Northeast Elevation

Scheme Three; 09/20/1963; Ground Floor Plan

Scheme Four; Ground Floor Plan Sketch

Scheme Four; Second Floor Plan Sketch.

Scheme Five; Ground Floor Plan

Scheme Five; Second Floor Plan

Scheme Five; Basement Plan

Site Plan of Kahns Proposal for the Dominican Motherhouse

Esherick House 1959-1961204 Sunrise Lane, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Antonio Bonet: Edificio Paraguay y Suipacha (Buenos Aires, 1939)