08-27-2014, 09:06 AM
The Monastry of Sainte Marie de La Tourette Lyon, France.
This is a Dominican Order priory. The structural frame is of rough reinforced concrete. The panes of glass located on the three exterior faces achieved the system called "the undulatory glass surface". In the garden-court of the cloister, the fenestration is composed of large concrete elements reaching from floor to ceiling, perforated with glazed voids and separated from one another by "ventilators": vertical slits covered by metal mosquito netting and furnished with a pivoting shutter. The corridors leading to the dwelling cells are lit by a horizontal opening located under the ceiling.
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This is a Dominican Order priory. The structural frame is of rough reinforced concrete. The panes of glass located on the three exterior faces achieved the system called "the undulatory glass surface". In the garden-court of the cloister, the fenestration is composed of large concrete elements reaching from floor to ceiling, perforated with glazed voids and separated from one another by "ventilators": vertical slits covered by metal mosquito netting and furnished with a pivoting shutter. The corridors leading to the dwelling cells are lit by a horizontal opening located under the ceiling.