Rhythm of Shadows

​Kahn´s archetypical forms go back to Greek architecture, which he studied in the 1950s: “Greek architecture taught me that the column is where the light is not, and the space between is where the light is. It is a matter of no-light, light, no-light, light. A column and a column brings light between them. To make a column which grows out of the wall and which makes its own rhythm of no-light, light, no-light, light: that is the marvel of the artist.” ​

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Kahn defines the pace through the structural system but also, through the shadows. It may vary according to the geometric shapes and this can define a path or a space.Since the texture of soil, to the roof structure, you can define a rhythm in the building.

In the Yale Center for the British Arts, Kahn uses rhythm in the walls of the art exhibition to define the places where the art is displayed and he differentiates the spaces for art and the spaces for rest by removing walls from certain spots in the horizontal circulation.

In the Ayub Hospital in India, Kahn Kahn defines the rhythm, through perforations in the wall that allows light to enter, and visual. Soil texture has slight changes in the broader pace matching the structural axes. The walls are willing to make a longitudinal pace, forming a slight curve. Treatment with rhythm, help to understand the idea and continuity of this building, having more pleasure trough the journey in time and space.