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Re: Top Architectural Marvels - St Pierre Church in France
so, the firminy church took 41 years to build. it started, then stopped, then was practically in ruins till the French government declared it a heritage site and ponied up money to finish construction.
the great irony?
because government money was used to help build it, the church cannot actually be used as a church. the french are very serious about the separation of church and state. so the building is used as a kind of learning centre about corbusier.
altar and place where the preacher suppose to preach (cyaan memba the name, it late and i should be in bed)
it's hard to find info on the spiritual principles that le corbusier intended with the design of the church. some have hinted that the solidity, spareness and vastness of the concrete nave where services are held impose upon worshippers a sense of the sacred.
so, the firminy church took 41 years to build. it started, then stopped, then was practically in ruins till the French government declared it a heritage site and ponied up money to finish construction.
the great irony?
because government money was used to help build it, the church cannot actually be used as a church. the french are very serious about the separation of church and state. so the building is used as a kind of learning centre about corbusier.
altar and place where the preacher suppose to preach (cyaan memba the name, it late and i should be in bed)
it's hard to find info on the spiritual principles that le corbusier intended with the design of the church. some have hinted that the solidity, spareness and vastness of the concrete nave where services are held impose upon worshippers a sense of the sacred.
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