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Exeter Library — Louis Kahn
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Column dissolves into light.
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Systems of Clarity
Atlas Index:
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Origin:
Exeter
Era:
1972
Themes / Lineage:
column; void; proportion
Field Notes:
column; void; light
Quiet Modernism appears here as structure transitioning from mass into light.

Column dissolves into light.

Exeter Library — Louis Kahn

A vertical form loses solidity.

Edges soften.

Structure disperses upward.

What is set aside?
A column is usually read as stable support, but solidity never fully holds. As the form rises, it loses density. What continues is orientation without weight.

A column is usually read as stable support, but solidity never fully holds.

As the form rises, it loses density.

What continues is orientation without weight.

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