Assignment1: Contemporary Fabrications Techniques
Architecture Precedent Project: Kimbell Art Museum Architect: Louis Kahn Building Year: 1972 Location: Fort Worth, Texas, United States Category: Museum & Exhibit Key Concept Kimbell Art Museum, definitely a masterpiece in modern architecture. Louis Kahn used concrete made a clear definition for modern architecture. The art gallery is located in a tree-lined park. The concaved entrance in the west face to the park. Next to the building is a chessboard-like grove. It is like the greenery of the park is embedded in the art gallery. The environment of the park and the art gallery is integrated and interconnected. The art museum seems to be born there. The distinct form of the Kimbell Museum's cycloid barrel vaults is rimmed with narrow plexiglass skylights, providing room for natural light to penetrate into the spaces. To diffuse this light, pierced-aluminum reflectors shaped like wings hang below, illuminating the smoo...