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Robert Campbell - Conversation with I. M. Pei
China Architecture News - Jun 09, 2008 - 12:41 8218 views
Ieoh Ming Pei, architectRobert Campbell, critic, Boston Globe, 1996 Pulitzer PrizeThe John F. Kennedy Library building consists of a triangular 10-storytower for archives and administrative offices and a two-story base.containing exhibition space and two 300-seat theaters, and a 110-foothigh memorial pavilion, which gives coherence and focus to the whole.After viewing a film about Kennedy`s life, visitors descend into linkedexhibition areas highlighting the president`s family andadministration. From this darkened setting, visitors emerge into thesun-filled, silent void of the space-framed glass pavilion. Except foran enormous American flag suspended above, the space is empty to allowviewers to contemplate what they have seen and experienced against agreat panorama of sky, land and open sea.Ieoh Ming Pei, the building`s architect, discusses the evolution andimplementation of his vision for the John F. Kennedy PresidentialLibrary and Museum with the Boston Globe`s Pulitzer Prize winningarchitecture critic, Robert Campbell
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