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Cathedrals of Culture: The Salk Institute - 3D

26 mins.

This poetic 3D portrait explores Louis Kahn’s Salk Institute, conceived in 1959 through a visionary collaboration between architect Louis Kahn and scientist Jonas Salk. Imagined as a monastery-like retreat on the California coast, the institute was designed as a place where science, nature, and contemplation could coexist. Directed by Robert Redford, the film reveals the building as a modern masterpiece, using light, geometry, and sound to reflect on architecture’s existential power—and its capacity to inspire human thought and creativity.

This poetic 3D portrait explores Louis Kahn’s Salk Institute, conceived in 1959 through a visionary collaboration between architect Louis Kahn and scientist Jonas Salk. Imagined as a monastery-like retreat on the California coast, the institute was designed as a place where science, nature, and contemplation could coexist. Directed by Robert Redford, the film reveals the building as a modern masterpiece, using light, geometry, and sound to reflect on architecture’s existential power—and its capacity to inspire human thought and creativity.

Director(s): Robert Redford Category: Institutional Release Date: 2014 Country: USA
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