| Le Corbusier designed the Sainte Marie de La Tourette near Lyon, France, completed in 1960. As one of the greatest works of Modernism produced, the Dominican Order convent sinks into the edge of a forest in a small valley.Rough concrete stained by time give an exterior unfamiliar to religious structures. The spaces are arranged in a non-traditional way because of the sloping terrain with living spaces below and work spaces above. A green roof is broken up at the interior courtyard, with scattered planes of glass looking onto what appears to be the ruins of civilization.
Sunlight is sculpted to majestically render the spaces. Hues of stark red, yellow, and blue give a feeling of primacy in the most sacred spaces. It’s a poor man’s church and yet a place of feeling and sacred connectivity. More Info , More Info , More Info |
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(Tim Brown Architects– flickr/creative commons license)
(Tim Brown Architects– flickr/creative commons license)
(Tim Brown Architects– flickr/creative commons license)
(Tim Brown Architects– flickr/creative commons license)
(Tim Brown Architects– flickr/creative commons license)
(Tim Brown Architects– flickr/creative commons license)
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