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International Studies in Phenomenology and Philosophy

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Geometries of reading, light of learning

Louis I. Kahn's library at Phillips Exeter

Shannon Mattern

pp. 389-420

Abstract

In Louis I. Kahn's library at Phillips Exeter Academy geometries of architecture and media function as parallel rhetorical systems, sometimes complementing, sometimes contradicting one another. This present paper examines how the geometric forms of the library shape patrons' relationships to media in the collection, and how Kahn's elementary geometries have accommodated new media characterized by non-geometric, non-linear forms.

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Kirkbride Robert (2010) Geometries of rhetoric. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 389-420

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-0346-0522-9_4

Full citation:

Mattern Shannon (2010) „Geometries of reading, light of learning: Louis I. Kahn's library at Phillips Exeter“, In: R. Kirkbride (ed.), Geometries of rhetoric, Dordrecht, Springer, 389–420.