Sobre Ronchamp

by Rafael Moneo

La capilla de Notre-Dame du Haut en Ronchamp, en el Franco Condado francés, es uno de los edificios más singulares y fascinantes de la arquitectura religiosa del siglo xx. Inaugurado en 1955, el inusual proyecto de Le Corbusier supuso la reinvención del espacio sagrado, en el que la luz desempeña un importante papel simbólico. En el presente ensayo Rafael Moneo posa su mirada experta y penetrante sobre ese extraordinario lugar que durante tanto tiempo ha formado parte de su imaginario arquitectónico, y nos ayuda a desvelar los enigmas que se le plantean al visitante que cruza su umbral, a la vez que lo sitúa no sólo en el conjunto de la obra de Le Corbusier, sino en la arquitectura espiritual contemporánea.

128 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2022

About the author

José Rafael Moneo Vallés is a Spanish architect. He was born in Tudela, Spain, and won the Pritzker Prize for architecture in 1996 and the RIBA Royal Gold Medal in 2003. He studied at the ETSAM, Technical University of Madrid (UPM) from which he received his architectural degree in 1961. From 1958 to 1961 he worked in the office in Madrid of the architect Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza. In 1963 he received a two year fellowship to study at the Spanish Academy in Rome, which had a great influence on his later work. After his return to Spain in 1965, he taught as an adjunct professor at the ETSAM in Madrid (1966-1970). In 1972, became Professor of Elements of Composition at the ETSAB, for which he moved to Barcelona. He has taught architecture at various locations around the world and from 1985 to 1990 was the chairman of Harvard Graduate School of Design, where he is the first Josep Lluís Sert Professor of Architecture.He became Academic Numerary in the Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid in May 1997.
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Reviews

[Manuel Jose Jaen Posada · Rating 5 out of 5]

Moneo siempre con su profunda investigación acompañada de un texto fácil, casi una conversación, presenta Ronchamp desde un campo fenomenal su experiencia en la capilla develando muchos detalles de Le Corbusier.
Posteriormente hace un recorrido historiográfico de las obras eclesiásticas de Le Corbusier atando relaciones entre cada una de ellas y la arquitectura eclesiástica tradicional.