"Stay in the silence of the men of prayer and study, and build them a church". Le Corbusier
Here are a few sketches i did during my trip visit to the Convent de la Tourette designed by the architect "Le Corbusier". During my stay I was able to truly absorb the calm, spiritual and isolated environment & architecture of the place and also had the opportunity to sleep on one of the cell's human scale designed for the young dominican brothers.
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| . The monastery affirms the principle "above ground" and forms a building in the pure state. |
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| . Le Corbusier proceeded on the principle of a U-shaped rectangle, closed by the block of the detached church. . The cells are on a human scale, emerging from a system of proportions "The Modulor". |
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| . Xenakis has developed a system of "wave-shaped glass panels" inspired by his research on stochastic music. . The church forms a blind austere box, punctuated by colored horizontal lights and other on air "cannons to light". |
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