Response to Pandora and the modern scale model machine

Louis Kahn explored the order of his reference standard through his scale models. He said, Architecture is the manifestation in form of the order of our experience. It is the model of our consciousness. The architecture of each culture is a model of that culture's world , not of the world's shape. Consistently, through different scales of models, from detailed structure to the plan level to the site model, Kahn searched and displayed the diverse qualities and orders on various scales. Model is not only a representation of the architecture, but architecture itself is the model of that culture's world. He built a sequence of consecutive world from model to architecture. He opened the Pandora box of architecture and selectively took out the orders under his control.

Model of Mikveh Israel Synagogue, Louis Kahn

Philadelphia 200 year Exhibition, Louis Kahn

Structure Model of Richards Medical Laboratories, Louis Kahn

Compare of orders in different scales and details

Memorial to the Six Million Jewish Martyrs, Louis Kahn