Alternative Histories: Robbrecht en Daem Architecten on Le Corbusier

12 January 2019
Robbrecht en Daem, Le Corbusier’s plaster model of the south wall of the Chapelle Notre Dame du Haut, 2018. Gypsum, fibreglass, epoxy, 400 × 600 × 250 mm.
Le Corbusier (1887–1965), model of south wall, Chapel de Notre-Dame-du-Haut, Ronchamp, c.1950–1951. Plaster, 127 × 216 × 38 mm. DMC 1439.

A Rain of Light

It is our true belief that light is particles of dust. When light is driven through impurities it intensifies, and we assign it a mineral quality. We feel empowered by the ‘photon theory of light’ by Albert Einstein.

– Robbrecht en Daem Architecten, January 2019­

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