Joost van Santen Light Art
Inspiration, architect Louis Kahn starts his design with light.
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| Kalkar | Ladakh | Rembrandt | Svalbard | Turrell | Vermeer | Wadden |
The auditorium of the First Unitarian Church and School, Rochester (New York and Salk Institute for Biological Studies La Jolla (California) 1959-1965
| 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 |
Changing daylight images appear in the commissions and sculptures of Joost van Santen,
adding value to the physical appaerance of the works.