08-27-2014, 09:46 AM
The Monastry of Sainte Marie de La Tourette Lyon, France
On two levels, the loggias crowning the building (one for each acoustically-isolated monk's cell) form brises-soleil.
The study halls, work and recreation halls, as well as the library occupy the upper-level.
Below are the refectory and the cloister in the form of a cross leading to the church.
And then come the piles carrying the four convent buildings rising from the slope of the terrain left in its original condition, without terracing.
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On two levels, the loggias crowning the building (one for each acoustically-isolated monk's cell) form brises-soleil.
The study halls, work and recreation halls, as well as the library occupy the upper-level.
Below are the refectory and the cloister in the form of a cross leading to the church.
And then come the piles carrying the four convent buildings rising from the slope of the terrain left in its original condition, without terracing.