Le Corbusier. Le Couvent Sainte Marie de La Tourette / The Monastery of Sainte Marie de La Tourette / / Philippe Potié.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Architecture, Design and Arts 2000 - 2014
• VerfasserIn: Potié, Philippe,
• Place / Publishing House: Basel : : Birkhäuser, , [2015]; ©2001
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (136 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction --; Orientation Guide Parcours de visite --; History of the Project --; History of the Construction Process --; The Lesson of the Monastery --; Notes --; Bibliography/Bibliographie
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783035603149; 9783110635690; 9783035606034
• DOI: 10.1515/9783035603149
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Philippe Potié.

Ein informativer und handlicher Le Corbusier-Führer über ein Meisterwerk der modernen Sakralarchitektur. in 1952 Le Corbusier was commissioned "to dwell in the silence of men of prayer and study and to construct a church for them". The result was his impressive Convent of La Tourette, marking a significant step in modern religious architecture. Beginning with the rectangular form common to the Cirstercian monastic tradition, he created a building whose stark form contrasts beautifully with the organic elements of the interior court and the grasslands surrounding it. The church itself is a model of simplicity, the cement has been left rough and the well located sources of light evoke a feeling of silence and reflection. The order s precept of prayer, study and reflection is aptly mirrored in the architecture. Like the other Le Corbusier Guides published by Birkhäuser, this volume provides a wealth of plans, details, photographs and information on this building which today is also a conference centre.