II. Four Key Ideas
Whether or not an awareness of a link to Kahn exists among all of the architects working with them – there have been a number of recently erected buildings which draw on the same formal qualities which inhabit the best of Kahn’s work. I will address four of the principle ideas from Kahn’s work which persist into the contemporary: the slit which allows natural light to illuminate interiors; seeking to understand “what the space wants to be”; the illumination of monumentality; and the presence of interiors which are surprising given the exterior of the building