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KAHN ANALYSIS

LOUIS KAHN - YALE CENTER FOR BRITISH ART, ANALYSIS

 
 
Yale Center for British Art - Floor Plan. The plan reveals an arrangement of nested, rotated squares.

Yale Center for British Art - Floor Plan. The plan reveals an arrangement of nested, rotated squares.

Elevation

Elevation

Section, with hint of pyramid. One of Kahn’s original drawings suggested that the cylindrical staircase would be beveled at the top.

Section, with hint of pyramid. One of Kahn’s original drawings suggested that the cylindrical staircase would be beveled at the top.

Unrolled elevation showing windows in black.

Unrolled elevation showing windows in black.

3D Model Explorations

Plan
Exploded Axonometric

Exploded Axonometric

Reconfigured Diamonds

Reconfigured Diamonds

Massing

Massing

Voids

Voids

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YALE CENTER FOR BRITISH ART, NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT

ARCHITECTURAL ANALYSIS