| Title |
The Original Form of Library Institutions in Architectures of Etienne-Louis Boullee and Louis Kahn |
| Authors |
이원석(Lee, Wonshok) ; 백진(Baek, Jin) |
| DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5659/JAIK.2022.38.4.131 |
| Keywords |
Institution; Library; Original Form; Beginning; Etienne-Louis Boullee; Louis Kahn; Ordinary Nobility |
| 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 Bibliotheque Nationale, Etienne-Louis Boullee tried to evoke a
sublime through the poetic act of transmitting knowledge while utilizing the grandeur of space. At the Exeter Library, influenced by Boullee'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 Boullee, 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. |