Le Corbusier. the Chapel at Ronchamp.

Intro -- Foreword -- Visiting and "Reading" the Building -- Promenade Architecturale -- The Site -- A Route through Spatial Shapes and Forms -- The Exterior -- ·The South-Facing Entrance Façade -- ·The Outdoor Chapel in the East -- ·The North Façade -- ·The West Façade -- The Interior -- ·A "Sculpted" Space -- ·Secondary Elements -- History and Genesis of the Project -- Background to the Commission -- ·The Commission -- The Generating Ideas -- ·Early Outline Sketches -- ·An Organic Plan -- The Preliminary Design -- The Definitive Design -- The Design Process -- The Construction Phase -- ·Construction Conditions -- ·Construction Principles -- ·Construction Materials -- A "Total Work of Art" -- ·Sculptural and "Acoustic" Forms -- ·Volumes Bathed in Light -- ·Colour -- ·Music -- Ronchamp: A Manifesto -- Notes -- Bibliography -- The Author.

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