Franklin D Roosevelt Four Freedom Park Speech Analysis

The Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park was designed by Louis Kahn in October 17, 2012 to celebrate the four freedoms articulated in his 1941 State of the Union address. The architecture attracts me during the lecture because of its materials, such as the granite that fits in the skyline and the river nearby. The granite also creates mass to provide the occupants a feeling of stability although the architecture is on the island surrounded by water. The massive structure also connotate how important Franklin D.Roosevelt and his speech were for the people. The dramatic triangular shape of the site creates a formal path and direction for where the visitors should walk to and at the same time force the location of the “Room” to be at the vertex