Mare, Estelle Alma2010-11-252010-11-252010-112001Maré, EA 2001, 'The room as the place of the mind. Louis Kahn's concept of beginnings: a critique, with reference to the Erdman Hall Dormitories at Bryn Mawr College.' South African Journal of Art History, vol. 16, pp. 72-78.0258-3542http://hdl.handle.net/2263/15352Article digitised using: Suprascan 1000 RGB scanner, scanned at 400 dpi; 24-bit colour; 100% Image derivating - Software used: Adobe Photoshop CS3 - Image levels, crop, deskew Abbyy Fine Reader No.9 - Image manipulation + OCR Adobe Acrobat 9 (PDF)The purpose of the article is to decode the meaning and evaluate the architectural relationships of the Erdman Hall Dormitories at Bryn Mawr College, designed by Louis Kahn in collaboration with architects in his office during the early 1960s, as a totality of forms representing the disclosure of a "world". An attempt is made to assess the design of the dormitories as a process with reference to the functionality and aesthetics of the final product.7 pagesPdfenArt Historical Work Group of South AfricaUnited States -- Architects and firmsArchitects -- IndividualArchitecture -- 20th centuryArchitecture -- ModernKahn, Louis I., 1901-1974Architecture -- Criticism and interpretationArchitecture -- PhilosophyArchitecture -- 20th century -- HistorySpace (Architecture)Dormitories -- United States -- DesignFunctionalism (Architecture)Architecture -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryKahn, Louis I., 1901-1974 -- Criticism and interpretationArticle