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1、SILENCEANDLIGHT–LOUISI.KAHNATETH1969ZURICH,SWITZERLANDLouisI.KahntalkingtothestudentsattheSchoolofArchitecture,ETH,Zurich,February12,1969.Thistalkofficiallyopenedtheexhibitionofhiswork(refertoPreface).I’mgoingtoputontheblackboardherewhatmayseematfirsttobeveryesoteric.ButIbelievet
2、hatImustdoitinordertoprimemyself.Don’tforgetthatI’malsolisteningandIhavereallynopreparedtalkexceptthatIputafewnotesdownjusttogetthesacrednessoutofmebecause,youknow,thisislikeablankpieceofpaperonwhichI’vegottomakeadrawing.Andso,thedrawingisatalkthistime,yousee.Itiswonderfultoconsi
3、der,youknow,thatyoumustseesowellthatyouheartoo.Andsometimesitiswelltohearsowellthatyouseetoo.Thesensereallycanbeconsideredonething.Itallcomestogether.ItisthereasonwhyIconstantlyrefertomusicinreferringtoarchitecture,becausetomethereisnogreatdifference–whenyoudigdeepenoughinthereal
4、mofnotdoingthingsbutsimplythinkingwhatyouwanttodo-thatallthevariouswaysofexpressioncometofore.Tome,whenIseeaplanImustseetheplanasthoughitwereasymphony,oftherealmofspacesintheconstructionandlight.Isortofcareless,yousee,forthemomentwhetheritworksornot.JustsoIknowthattheprinciplesar
5、erespectedwhichsomehowareeternalabouttheplan.AssoonasIseeaplanwhichtriestosellmespacewithoutlightIsimplyrejectitwithsuchease,asthoughitwerenoteventhoughtfullyrejected,becauseIknowthatitiswrong.Andso,falseprophets,likeschoolsthathavenonaturallight,aredefinitelyun-architectural.Tho
6、searewhatIliketocall-belongtothemarketplaceofarchitecturebutnottoarchitectureitself.SoImustputontheboardsomethingwhichIthoughtononlyrecentlywhichcouldbeakeytomypointofviewinregardtoallworksofartincludingarchitecture.Andso,Iputthisontheboard:SilenceandLight.Silenceisnotvery,veryqu
7、iet.Itissomethingwhichyoumasayislightless;darkles.Theseareallinventedwords.Darkles-theseisnosuchaword.Butwhynot?Lightless;Darkless.Desiretobe;toexpress.Somecansaythisistheambientsoul–ifyougobackbeyondandthinkofsomethinginwhichlightandsilenceweretogether,andmaybearestilltogether,a
8、ndseparatedonlyfortheconvenienceofargume