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Rethink Society

Architecture · 50+2 series · Postmodernism & New Forms

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1959–1965

Designing a Place for Thought

Salk Institute

Salk Institute courtyard and central water rill facing the Pacific.
The Salk Institute courtyard, La Jolla, California.TheNose · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Source record

The Moment

Scientific research architecture became a dialogue between geometry, light, concentration and landscape.

The Rethink

A workplace could be designed around the intellectual experience of its occupants.