T A B L E
O F
7
Acknowledgements
8
Introduction
C O N T E N T S
CHAPTER 4
T H E
PI L GR I M AGE
C H A PE L DA M E
OF
DU
MODE R N I T Y
A N D
C AT HOL IC
C H U RC H
H AU T
180
The Architectural Promenade
France, by Paul Virilio and Claude
107
The Eternal Feminine
Parent (architecture principe),
116
Summary
1966
26
The Liturgical Reform Movement
CHAPTER 5
29
L’Art sacré
T H E
37
Summary
OF
SA I N T E
DE
L A
124
“Jubilee Church” for a Suburb
MONA S T E RY M A R I E
The Commission and the
130
Communal Living
132
The Architectural Promenade
40
Paris Milieu
153
Summary
41
Orphism
44
Orphic Themes in
Summary
Seattle, by Stephen Holl, 1997 190
of Santa Maria, Porto, by Alvaro Siza, 1996 194
198
CHAPTER 6
T H E
Spain, by Estudio Sancho-
SA I N T
PI E R R E ,
59
BA SI L IC A
SA I N T E
AT
BAU M E
156
Firminy-Vert
156
The Commission
163
Design Development
164
The Architectural Promenade
Édouard Trouin and the
174
“Simplicity, Poverty, Truth”
Committee of Support
177
Summary
60
Claudel’s Basilica Scheme
63
The Evolution of Trouin and
Cosmic Light and Time: the Private Chapel at Valleaceron,
PA R ISH
C H U RC H
CHAPTER 3
L A
The Framing of Nature: the Meditation Space for Unesco,
Madridejos (S-M.A.O.), 2001 201
F I R M I N Y-V E RT
T H E
Liminal Liturgy: the Church
Paris, by Tadao Ando, 1995
Le poème de l’angle droit
55
Promenade Architecturale: the Chapel of Saint Ignatius,
Development of the Project
Upbringing
Christianity
of Rome by Richard Meier, 2003 187
T OU R E T T E
39
54
Porosity and Play: Chiesa del Dio Padre Misericoridoso or the
CHAPTER 2
Radiance
Bunker Architecture: Sainte
85
Church Building in France
R E L IGION
OF
C H U RC H E S
184
C OR BUSI E R
L E GAC Y
C OR BUSI E R’ S
Bernadette du Banlay, Nevers,
22
51
L E
The Commission
The Catholic Church
A N D
T H E
82
17
L E
NO T R E
RONC H A M P
CHAPTER 1
T H E
CHAPTER 7
Community and Context: the Chapel of Reconciliation, Berlin, by Rudolf Reitermann and Peter Sassenroth, 2000
205
Summary
206
Conclusion
Le Corbusier’s Basilica Schemes
212
Notes
74
The Fight to Build
224
Selected Bibliography
77
Aftermath –
228
Index
230
Illustration Credits
The Small Valley of Concrete 79
Summary