一、Denys Lasdun的生平
Denys Lasdun生於1914年，他是英國主要的一位建築師，他的成就開始於現代主義從Continent開始被倡導到英國的1930年早期，他最初的靈感是來自於Le Corbusier 和 Cubist的畫，但他真正開始是從他的工作開始，他的工作是研究古典英式巴洛克，而他也從這過程中學習到許多，尤其是當他在Nicholas
Hawksmoor那工作時(18世紀早期)。他的建築被叫做Lasdun's architecture，而要瞭解何謂Lasdun's architecture，那就須要先瞭解他處理建築物主題的手法，特別是他對建築物的想法，而他最特別的處理手法可以從’urban
landscapes’中看出，urban landscapes的型是結合空間和層級而來的，就像許多的人造丘陵和山谷。而他如何從許多自然世界中過去的階級和改變某些組織原理中抽取出來，並延伸成符合現代的趨向。這也是我們必須去感覺的。Lasdun藉由月台的水平線和他已完成的建築物突出的高度來暗示這些重要元件，這點可從他所完成的strata' - as in
the University of East Anglia, Norwich, 1962-8, the National Theatre, London,
1963-76, 和 the first phase of the European Investment Bank, Luxembourg, 1974-80等案子看出。一個階層的形成是從強化混凝土的潛力和形成岩石的回憶兩者的結合而來的，而這個條件暗示著普級的地質學的分析。
Lasdun的建築依賴的根據是現代的結構系統和機械，但是他的建築中，科技並沒有被盲目的崇拜。他最初的目的是建造一個適於生活的型式，而這型式的設計必須依每個基地的條件來各別設計，就像是鄉村的基地和都市的基地在設計上，所需面對的問題和情況就不會相同。他在70~80年代這一段時間離開建築界，而當他在90年重回建築界時，他再一次的從Corbusier's Dom
ino骨骼架構的基本的圖形和它的延伸，懸臂的厚板，加以轉變成豐富的空間序列，並加強環境中的經驗。這種轉變的結果是輕鬆的且極端的民主的，而這個典禮的實行是理想化的，且是經由光、幾何形狀、材質和抽象的型式交互作用而產生的結果。
Denys Lasdun, born in 1914,
is a major British architect whose career began in the early 1930s soon after
modernism was introduced to Britain from the Continent. His primary
inspirations were Le Corbusier and Cubist painting, but from the very start
there was a classical echo in his work which was reinforced by his study of the
English Baroque, especially the work of Nicholas Hawksmoor (early
18th-century). To come to terms with Lasdun's architecture it is necessary to
grasp his guiding themes, especially his idea of buildings as 'urban
landscapes' formed from interlocking spaces and levels like so many artificial
hills and valleys. It is also necessary to sense how he has extended the Modern
Movement, drawn lessons from several phases of the past and transformed certain
principles of organisation from the natural world. Lasdun has hinted at this
important component of his work by referring to the horizontal platforms and
overhanging levels of his mature buildings as 'strata' - as in the University
of East Anglia, Norwich, 1962-8, the National Theatre, London, 1963-76, and the
first phase of the European Investment Bank, Luxembourg, 1974-80. It is a term
which suggests a pervasive geological analogy, a stratification combining the
potentials of reinforced concrete with a reminiscence of formations of rock.
Lasdun's architecture relies upon modern structural systems and
machinery, but technology has never been a fetish in its own right. His primary
aim is the creation of forms which serve life while responding to the special
conditions of each site in countryside or city. He has returned time and again
to the basic diagramme of Le Corbusier's Dom ino skeleton of 1914 with its
extending, cantilevered slabs, but has transformed it into an architecture of
rich spatial sequences which intensify the experience of the surroundings. The
result is a relaxed and democratic monumentality in which the rituals of
institutions are idealised through the interplay of geometry, light, material
and abstract form.
二、作品
National Theatre
London; 1967-1976
University of East Anglia
Norwich; 1963-1972
Royal College of Physicians
London; 1960-1964
Fitzwilliam College
Cambridge; 1959-1960
Luxuswohnungen am St. James Place
London; 1957-1961
Wohnbauten in Bethnal Green
London; 1956-1959
Mietshäuser in der Roseberry Avenue
London; 1938-1939
Pinguin-Bassin
London; 1934-1938
三、基本資料
姓名：Sir Denys Louis Lasdun
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生於1914
逝於2001
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British architect.
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biography
Studium an der Londoner
Architectural Association.
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projects
National Theatre
London; 1967-1976
University of East Anglia
Norwich; 1963-1972
Royal College of
Physicians
London; 1960-1964
Fitzwilliam College
Cambridge; 1959-1960
Luxuswohnungen am St.
James Place
London; 1957-1961
Wohnbauten in Bethnal
Green
London; 1956-1959
Mietshäuser in der
Roseberry Avenue
London; 1938-1939
Pinguin-Bassin
London; 1934-1938
