Architect Louis Kahn and Light Art

	The auditorium of the First Unitarian Church and School, Rochester (New York)		Salk Institute for Biological Studies La Jolla (California) 1959-1965

My work with daylight (see Joost van Santen Daylight Art in Architecture) is influenced by the work of Louis Kahn, Architect.

Louis Kahn wrote 'No space, architecturally, is a space unless it has natural light.' So many of his designs start with a study of natural light in the environment. Kahn has written a book 'Light is the theme' about his design of the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas. international Standard Book Number: 0-912804-03-3 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 78-61163

In this book Louis Kahn writes: Silence to Light Light to Silence The threshold of their crossing is the Singularity is Inspiration (Where the desire to express meets the possible) is the Sanctuary of Art is the Treasury of the Shadows (Material casts shadows shadows belong tot light)

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Light Art integrated in Architecture	Amersfoort: Railway Station Emmen: Ordnance Survey Building Amsterdam: ING-bank Head Office Hilversum: Railway Station Den Haag: Palace of Justice Hillegom: Radiant light in church
Research and Experiments	Light Modules Images from Light Space
Light Sculptures	Ravensbrück Monument Four Light Sculptures Veldhoven: Landmark Sculptures
Identity	Curriculum Inspiration
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