Writer: Maria João Moreira Soares

Uncommon References: Le Corbusier, the Primal and the Flesh of Matter

Uncommon References: Le Corbusier, the Primal and the Flesh of Matter

João Miguel Couto Duarte and Maria João Moreira Soares

In 1950, Le Corbusier began designing the Chapel of Notre-Dame du Haut in Ronchamp. Le Corbusier wrote that it represented ‘Liberté’ (freedom).[1] Totally free architecture. A veritable phenomenon of visual acoustics. That freedom affected one visitor in 1955: ‘the sacred building stood in the landscape like an extraterrestrial object, leaving… Read More