The monastery of La Tourette of the Dominican Order of Lyon was built in 1957-1960 by Le Corbusier. It is in Eveux-sur-Arbresle, near Lyon in France for free in the countryside. The system consists of a church, the monastery itself, with 100 cells, chapter room, classrooms, library and refectory. The basic shape is a rectangle that is formed of four wings. The architecture works through its clear design and layout very strict and austere – a place of silence and prayer. The box shape of the church was suspended by the lighting on both sides and provide for a special light show inside.
The versatile artist who had studied architecture in Athens, is mainly known as a musician and composer. received in the history of architecture but it is by his decisive participation in the studio of Le Corbusier during the 1950s. For the monastery of La Tourette near Lyon in Eveux (1955-59), Xenakis was not only project managers but also the designer of the vertical window divisions of the main facade and the cloister.
Another high point of cooperation between Xenakis and Le Corbusier was manifested in the Philips Pavilion for the Brussels World Fair in 1958, the Xenakis as tent-like sculpture designed music room.
Pan de Verre ondulatoire
The so-called “Pan de Verre ondulatoire” are in the monastery of La Tourette in the hallways. The glass surfaces are directly embedded into the concrete and change their distances from each other for musical-rhythmic criteria, which had established the avant-garde composer Xenakis.
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