Le Corbusier, Notre Dame du Haut

Generally, the churches are closed, impenetrable, as if wishing to become detached from reality.
Notre Dame du Haut is instead characterized by its porosity, its relationship with the outside and light.
All the coverage does not rest directly on the walls but on short pillars drowned in the wall thereof. In this way, looking at the ceiling from the inside, you feel a shaft of light that penetrates the walls and the canopy of concrete. The light is also used by dozens of openings in many different forms. Louvers, windows and blinds that determine evocative lighting effects enhanced by the contrast between the white plaster and gray dirt of cement.

Inside view

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