Notre Dame du Haut (Ronchamp)
Ronchamp Notre Dame du Haut (Ronchamp) is a Roman Catholic chapel in Ronchamp, France. Designed by Le Corbusier. Built in 1955, Ronchamp is a great and important example of modern architecture. It is a twelfth century example of both Franco-Swiss and religious architecture. Unlike many of other Le Corbusier’s designs which are orthogonal, functional, box like structures, Ronchamp comes across as an irregular piece. The building itself stylistically becomes very interesting and complex with many different architectural design elements coming together to create this almost sculptural like structure, when in fact the buildings program is relatively simple only containing two entrances, three chapels, and an alter. Le Corbusier imagined the spaces within the building as “meditative and reflective in purpose”. This was encouraged through the buildings natural lighting design. “Random” placement of windows all over the buildings facade are tapered into the wall cavities in order to amp...