Church of Notre-Dame-du-Haut
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The Church of Notre-Dame-du-Haut is a chapel located in Ronchamp, France, designed by the influential 20th-century architect Le Corbusier. Completed between 1950 and 1955, it is renowned for its distinctive "wimple-like" roof and its pioneering use of rough-cast concrete. This structure is a significant example of functionalism in architecture, embodying Le Corbusier's principle that a building's design should be dictated by its purpose.1
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Le CorbusierThe second period…of the two, the chapel Notre-Dame duHaut at Ronchamp (1950–55), sacrifices Le Corbusier’s famous principles of apparent functionalism; the wall has been built to a double thickness for visual effect and the roof, which appears to be suspended, actually rests on a forest of supports. More brutal and austere is…
Read More…of the two, the chapel Notre-Dame duHaut at Ronchamp (1950–55), sacrifices Le Corbusier’s famous principles of apparent functionalism; the wall has been built to a double thickness for visual effect and the roof, which appears to be suspended, actually rests on a forest of supports. More brutal and austere is…
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stained glass20th centuryIn Le Corbusier’s Notre-Dame-du-Haut (1950–55) at Ronchamp, northwest of Dijon in France, the massive south wall, 12 feet (2.72 metres) thick at the base and five feet at the top, is dramatically punctuated with a series of crude, yet remarkably effective, stained-glass windows through which shafts of light…
Read MoreIn Le Corbusier’s Notre-Dame-du-Haut (1950–55) at Ronchamp, northwest of Dijon in France, the massive south wall, 12 feet (2.72 metres) thick at the base and five feet at the top, is dramatically punctuated with a series of crude, yet remarkably effective, stained-glass windows through which shafts of light…
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