Visiting La Tourette

Bergen School of Architecture * C O M P L E X C O N T E X T * 2011

complex context, DIVERSIFIED SOLUTIONS Bergen School of Architecture / master course 2011 IDAR GRØNENG HAVN & HENNING WENAAS RIBE

TITEL - QUESTION ?

NEGOTIATED ITEMS

THE FRIARS - THE GUESTS - THE LOCALS - THE WALL DAV

LIGHT[FLEEING THE FOREST AS FAST AS WE COULD]

- ACTIVITY PROJECT ANALYSE INTENTION PROGRAM DIAGRAM APPROACH SPATIAL PROGRAMME

KONSEPT SKETCHES AND MODEL

SITEPLAN 1:500

3D MODELL spatial renders

BUILDING

PLANS - FACADES - SECTIONS

DETAIL

CONSTRUCTION - EXPLODE VIEW - LIGHT - WATER - MATERIALS -

PERFORATION - USE

COMPLEX CONTEXT COUVENT DE LA SANTA MARIE LA TOURETTE, 1960

COUVENT DE LA SANTA MARIE LA TOURETTE, 2011

THE FRIARS THE VISITORS THE LOCALS

NEGOTIATED ITEM : WALLS OF EVEUX

TENSION BETWEEN LOCAL BUILDING CULTURE AND LA TOURETTE // CORBUSIEAN // MODERNISTIC ARCHITECTURE

ANALYSIS

LA TOURETTE NEEDS A NEW PLACE TO RECIEVE VISITORS; BOTH INTERNATIONAL AND LOCALS. ADAPTING TO EXHISTING PATHS

NEW ENTRANCE TO LA TOURETTE VIA THE MOST PUBLIC ENTRANCE : THE CHURCH DOOR. MAKING A PUBLIC SPACE

PRIVATE / RESIDE

INTELLECTUAL / STUDY COMMON / SOCIAL LE CORBUSIERS PROGRAMMATICAL SECTIONING OF LA TOURETTE

ACCESS THROUGH CHURCH CONNECTS TO THE UPPER LEVELS OF THE CONVENT.

EXTRACTING SOCIAL AND INTELLECTUAL FUNCTIONS OF THE CONVENT, MAKING THEM AVAILABLE FOR GUESTS AND LOCALS

WITH NEW TOURISM, LA TOURETTE NEEDS A PLACE TO SERVE THEIR GUEST, AND A PLACE WHERE LOCALS, VISITORS AND FRIARS CAN MEET IN AN INFORMAL SETTING

THE URBAN SIDE

EXHIBITION / LIBRARY

CAFE / RECEPTION

NEW SOCIAL MEETING POINT, COFFEE, TEA, A PLACE TO SIT AND TALK OR READ AFTER CHURCH

THE SILENT SIDE

INTELLECTUAL / STUDY COMMON / SOCIAL

EXHIBITION OF LE CORBUSIER WORKS AND MODERNISM, HISTORY OF LA TOURETTE AND DOMINICAINS

FORMAL CONCEPT : ADAPTING TO EXISTING ROADS AND PATHS IN THE LANDSCAPE, ENFORCING THE URBANITY OF THE CHURCH

FORMAL CONCEPT : ADAPTING TO EXISTING STONE WALLS, PLACING NEW BUILDING ON TOP. WRAPPING NEW STONE WALL AROUND GLASS CORE

FORMAL CONCEPT : ADAPTING TO EXISTING TREES AND FOREST

PROJECT

SITUATION 1 : 500

SITUATION MODEL

MODELVIEWS

MATERIAL STRATEGY

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GROUND FLOOR

FIRST FLOOR

CROSSECTION

WATER HANDLING

STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS

NIGHT LIGHT