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Louis I. Kahn - Exposed concrete and hollow stones - Roberto Gargiani - EPFL Press English Imprint

Louis I. Kahn - Exposed concrete and hollow stones

1949-1959

de Roberto Gargiani (auteur)
Collection : Treatise on Concrete
juillet 2014
format 160 x 240 264 pages Indisponible
94,79 €

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Présentation

Through sheer determination and courage, Kahn has researched the nature of concrete in the form of precast, cast in place or blocks. Each of his renowned works in exposed concrete, such as the Yale Art Gallery, the Richards Laboratories, the Bath House, the Salk Institute, the National Assembly, the Kimbell Museum, the Exeter Library and the Yale Center for British Art, is itself an important chapter in the history of architecture for the exploration into concrete’s formal expression, beyond the lesson of Le Corbusier. Kahn’s obsession on concrete fabrication processes, on the formwork and the mix design, is systematically examined in two volumes. The authors illustrate Kahn’s vision with documents that have never been revealed in other essays, drawing heavily from original sketches, plans, specifications, worksite photographs, and correspondences with collaborators, engineers, technicians and contractors. The first volume Exposed Concrete and Hollow Stones focuses on the first ten-year period of Kahn’s research on concrete. Moving through the many construction systems experienced by Kahn, from the discovery of exposed concrete in the form of béton brut at the Yale Art Gallery, to the precast and poured-in-place techniques, to the values of joint, growth and ornament, the essay culminates in the reconstruction of the artistic and technical characteristics of two great worksite, the Richards Laboratories and the First Unitarian Church and School. The second volume, Towards the Zero Degree of Concrete, covers the following fourteen years and leads the reader along Kahn’s path to the true “nature of concrete,” focusing on his main techniques and poetic discoveries such as the “liquid stone” of the Salk Institute, the “smooth finish” at Bryn Mawr and the concept of “monolithic” at the Yale Center for British Art.

Sommaire

  • The discovery of exposed concrete
  • Hollow stones and hollow columns
  • Precast and poured in place
  • Archaic concrete pattern
  • Forms of prefabricated concrete
  • First Unitarian church and school, or the end of béton brut.

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Informations

Editeur : EPFL Press English Imprint

Auteur(s) : Roberto Gargiani

Collection : Treatise on Concrete

Publication : 9 juillet 2014

Edition : 1ère édition

Support(s) : Livre papier

Nombre de pages Livre papier : 264

Format (en mm) Livre papier : 160 x 240

Poids (en grammes) : 810

Langue(s) : Anglais

EAN13 Livre papier : 9782940222766

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