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The Original Form of Library Institutions in Architectures of Etienne-Louis Boullee and Louis Kahn

불레와 칸의 건축을 통해 본 도서관 시설의 원형에 관한 연구

  • Lee, Wonshok (School of Architecture, Hongik University) ;
  • Baek, Jin (Department of Architecture & Architectural Engineering, Seoul National University)
  • Received : 2021.08.06
  • Accepted : 2022.04.07
  • Published : 2022.04.30
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Abstract

The library has an extensive history that occupies a special place within a city's topography; it's a communicative institution and social infrastructure that is recognizably important in one's daily life. This study examines the inspiration and original form of the library that accommodates various roles, acts as the living room of a city, and represents an extraordinary place to experience. Louis Kahn explored the origin of institutions throughout his life in the concept of 'Form' and 'Design'. He believed that true innovation was possible only through the inspiration that already exists in the given nature of an institution. In the Bibliothèque Nationale, Étienne-Louis Boullée tried to evoke a sublime through the poetic act of transmitting knowledge while utilizing the grandeur of space. At the Exeter Library, influenced by Boullée's remarkable architecture, Louis Kahn created sanctity through a solemn display of books. Focusing on the concrete situation of reading a book, which is the next scene imagined by Boullée, the carrels were organized. Evidently, Louis Kahn embodies the ordinary nobility, which is the latent essence situated at the origin of the institution: the library.

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Acknowledgement

이 성과는 정부(과학기술정보통신부)의 재원으로 한국연구재단의 지원을 받아 수행된 연구임(No. 2018R1C1B5029913).

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