Manhattan
Supporting Element
Queens
[The Grove] where one reveives invitation to the park. New York
Brooklyn
Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park
Major Element
[The Garden] where 'wilderness of American continent gives way to the order of 'the room''', creating forced perspective towards the final destination.
Architect: Louis Kahn Supporting Element
Location: New York, NY, USA Construction: 2010 - 2012
[The Forecourt] provides a 'most personal welcome with a sculpture of FDR's head.
Design: 1973 - 1974 Area: 1.62 Hectares Major Element
Plan
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“I had this thought that a memorial should be a room and a garden. That’s all I had. Why did I want a room and a garden? I just chose it to be the point of departure. The garden is somehow a personal nature, a personal kind of control of nature, a gathering of nature. And the room was the beginning of architecture. I had this sense, you see, and the room wasn’t just architecture, but was an extension of self.”
50m
100m
N [The Room] A place of inspired use, a final destination and a '' livingroom for a `peaceful discussion'''.
— Louis Kahn http://www.fdrfourfreedomspark.org/
Mengzi Wang 7-2-2016
Original Illustration
Original Model
The sculpture gradually appears from ascending stairs.
Elevation A Raised Structure
Sloped Hard Surface
Enclosure formed by the linden tree lines.
Elevation B
Flat Hard Surface
As one reaches the forecourt, clearence of tree opens up the 'ceiling'.
Elevation C
Trees
Flat Soft Surface
Entering ''the room'', a uninterrupted view towards the sea.
D
C
Mengzi Wang 7-2-2016
Elevation D
B
A