Iglesia st pierre le corbusier biography
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Light Matters: Le Corbusier and the Trinity of Light
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For his three sacred buildings, Le Corbusier has played masterfully with orientation, openings and textures to create kinetic architecture with daylight. His pilgrimage chapel at Ronchamp, the monastery of Sainte Marie de La Tourette, and the parish church of Saint-Pierre in Firminy reveal distinctive and individual approaches that each render contemplative spaces with light. In his book “Cosmos of Light: The Sacred Architecture of Le Corbusier,” Henry Plummer, Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has analysed these projects with outstanding photographs taken over 40 years and brilliant writing.
Read on for more about how Le Corbusier created his cosmos of light.
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Light has been linked with divinity and holiness in many different religions. In Christianity the Bible speaks of God who “is light” or Christ as
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Église Saint-Pierre, Firminy
France,
« I have done my job. I feel more bound than ever, through this work which is ours, with the Parish Association which, as stated in the contract, is the project owner. And now, for the greatest spiritual joy of all, I can imagine nothing better than the launch of construction. »
Commission
A parish church is planned as part of the creation of the Firminy-Vert district. Its construction was entrusted to the architect André Sive. He had envisaged a church close to the schools, the shopping centre and the Razes stadium but the architect&#;s death in September put an end to these plans.
In January , Le Corbusier was called upon to build the church by Father Roger Tardy, the parish priest at Firminy. Le Corbusier was already involved in other projects at Firminy-Vert: the Maison de la Culture, the Stadium and the Housing enhet. He considered this project important since it was intended for the workers.