Along With The Geniuses Of The Past

Along With The Geniuses Of The Past
Along With The Geniuses Of The Past

Video: Along With The Geniuses Of The Past

Video: Along With The Geniuses Of The Past
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The Charitable Organization of Notre Dame de Eau, which takes care of the famous pilgrimage chapel in Ronchamp, built in 1955 by Le Corbusier, wanted to give the surroundings of the famous monument a “new spiritual dimension”. For this, it was decided to establish there a small monastery of the Clarisse order, where twelve nuns from the Monastery of Saint-Clair in Besançon would settle. They will engage in missionary activities among the 100,000 tourists who visit Le Corbusier's site each year. This will not only emphasize the religious purpose of this outstanding building (which many visitors forget about), but also help the monastic order. Lately, those who want to retire from worldly life have practically not come there, and the nuns themselves would like to get better acquainted with the state of modern society.

Renzo Piano, who more than once had to design buildings located in close proximity to iconic structures of various kinds, noted that he could not have made a mistake, "entering into competition with Le Corbusier", but "to fade away and recede into the background" was also impossible; such a project required great composure and subtlety. As a result, he presented a chapel with an area of 400 sq. m and other buildings necessary for the monastery with an area of 1500 sq. m, which are recessed into the slope of the hill on which the Notre-Dame de O. Chapel stands. Among them, cells for 12 nuns and guest rooms for 10 pilgrims are planned, as well as the entrance pavilion of the territory of the monument.

All of them will be in the forest, but the architect does not intend to specifically hide them from human eyes. They will not be visible from the top of the hill, but visitors will feel their "presence".

Renzo Piano celebrated his 70th birthday on September 14, 2007, but he is not going to slow down the pace of his life and work: only the height of the heights of professional achievements conquered by him increases.

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