Maybe you have to be an architecture student to really, thoroughly enjoy this documentary. But I have to say this is one of the most amazing pictures I have ever watched. It was incredible to see all these people, in places from New York City, to Isreal, even to Bangladesh, who loved Lou Kahn, and were even on the verge of tears talking about him. Do yourself a favor and see it. It was well worth my $9.25.
sharei saw this film last nite and i am a design student (soon to be architecture) and i'd like to comment. yes it was incredible to see these people get really emotional over louis kahn, but i found it incredibly sad. here were these people crying over this 'demi-god' figure and yet he wasnt much of a father to his only son. i dont think his son thought of him as a demi-god.
i wasnt aware of louis' work but i'm looking forward to studying it. i liked much of it but i am wondering has the excellent cinematography influenced my opinion? i liked some of his ideas - the philosophy of leaving the walls unfinished and full of imperfections mirrored his own 'imperfect' face. i really liked this idea - aesthetically it looked awful but the idea was valid!
the building in bangladesh was wonderful - it looked like a futuristic fortress rising out of the sea.
the house in the forest - i call it the 'tree house' (sorry to all louis kahn purists) had fantastic interiors. i loved the juxtaposition of wood and concrete.
it was interesting to note the spiritual aspects of the film and how his son ended up 'finding' his father in such a spiritual place. i'm sure louis fans would see his work as spiritual.
Which schools are good for architecture or design? Where is it that you are studying?
sharewell i am studying in ireland but it is not an architecture school, it's an institute of technology
shareThanks. There is a similar school in my home city of Edmonton,AB called NAIT, which offers related programs in architectural technology and interior design. For architecture specifically, I would have to have firstly a BA or BSc then go to an architecture school for another 2 years. Maybe the requirements in the UK are similar?
sharewell i am in ireland not the uk, but i think it's similar enough.
you do a 3 year Bsc (part one) then 2 year BA (part two) you work for maybe two years, then do your part 3 and then you can call urself an architect.
i am actually going to study interior architecture because i prefer interiors but i still love architecture.
are you going to study at that school you mentioned?
Which schools are good for architecture?
None!
At every single one of them, you will be taught by people that will reward you for not sleeping for 65 straight hours (or more likely berate you for failing to do so.) You will be told upon presenting 12 different alternatives for your design that you really need to not slack off so much. You will have professors who will tear pieces off of a model you have spent 3 weeks building without a break to take a piss, and tell you it makes more sense to put it "over here." You will be indoctrinated into all number of bad habits that won't fly in a professional office of architecture, and when you wonder when you will ever get to actually "design" anything after 6 years years of design studios (if you are lucky to escape in that short a period of time), you will be told that that is being done by some wank in Atlanta who can't spell rktekt, that calls himself a "designer", and you will just be cranking out working drawings prostituting yourself for the use of your "seal." And after being laid off everytime Alan Greenspan sneezes because the "local economy" is in the crapper, you will look back and wonder how twenty years and a total of 34 vacation days passed you by and you have three kids flipping through catalogs for colleges that you coudn't even afford the return postage for the application form for and you hope they don't utter the 10 most horrifying words known to man: "Dad, I want to be an architect just like you," because you hope they wind up getting into a profession where they make enough money to take care of you in your old age, and enough compassion after being absent from their lives ever since taking one of your 34 vacation days to cut their umbilical cord, to at least pick out a nursing home for you that doesn't list "bedsores" in their prospectus as one of the daily activities.
^ Holy s hit that was one of the most profound things I have ever read on this site. Sad but, damn.
Yeah, well. The Dude abides.