Convent of La Tourette
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 | Convent of La Tourette |
| Designer | Le Corbusier |
| Location | Eveux-sur-Arbresle, near Lyon |
| Date | 1957 to 1960 |
| Building Type | monastery |
| Climate | temperate |
| Context | rural |
| Architectural Style | Modern |
| Street Address | Eveux |
| Notes | blocky massing. |
| At Great Buildings | http://www.GreatBuildings.com/buildings/Convent_of_La_Tourette.html |
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Commentary
"It was under the instigation of Reverend Father Courturier that the Dominicans of Lyon have charged Le Corbusier with the task of bringing into being at Eveux-sur-Arbresle near Lyon, the Convent of La Tourette, in the midst of nature, located in a small vale that opens out onto the forest. The buildings contain a hundred sleeping rooms for teachers and students, study halls, a hall for work and one for recreation, a library and a refectory. Finally the circulation connects all the parts, in particular those which appear in a new form (the achievement of the traditional cloister form is rendered impossible here by the slope of the terrain)."
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References
Roger H. Clark and Michael Pause. Precedents in Architecture. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1985. "1.6" proportion diagram, p190. central organization diagram, p199.— Updated edition available at Amazon.com
Donald Corner and Jenny Young. Slide from photographers' collection. PCD.2260.1012.1841.051.
Hans Girsberger, ed. Le Corbusier 1910-60. New York: George Wittenborn, 1959. NA1053.J4A48. p250.
Anton Henze. La Tourette: The Le Corbusier Monastery. New York: George Wittenborn, 1966. plan drawing of the cell floor, p20. plan drawing of the entrance floor, p20. plan drawing of the refectory floor, p20.
Hans de Soeten and Thijs Edelkoort. La Tourette and Le Corbusier: The Architecture of the Monastery and the Architect's Attitude. Delft, The Netherlands: Delft University Press, 1987. section drawing, p53.
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