Saint-Pierre de Firminy-Vert Church - Le Corbusier

Name: Saint-Pierre de Firminy-Vert Church - Le Corbusier
Start: 2022-09-17T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Site Le Corbusier

Discover the nave of the church, the last work of the architect Le Corbusier. Visits by the Le Corbusier Association for the church of Firminy-Vert.

17 and 18 September 2022Passed

Conditions

Free entry without registration.

Arnaud Frich © F.L.C/ADAGP Conception, Le Corbusier architecte, José Oubrerie assistant (1960-65). Réalisation, José Oubrerie architecte (1970-2006).

Built between 1973 and 2006 on the plans of Le Corbusier, the church Saint-Pierre still amazes today by its great modernity of forms and lines, both outside and inside. Come and discover its exceptional light and its original forms.
Visit proposed by the Association Le Corbusier for the church of Firminy-Vert.

About the location

Site Le Corbusier

Boulevard périphérique du stade, 42700 Firminy, Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Loire
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

The site Corbusier, worldwide site of modern architecture
Corbusier, architect of international fame and founder of modern architecture, chose Firminy to conceive(design) his largest architectural set in Europe.
This unique(only) site groups(includes): the Community arts centre, the Stage(Stadium), the church Saint-Peter, the swimming pool and the Unity(Unit) of House (apartment-witness(-baton), nursery school, roof strikes down with its splendid open-air theatre and a fantastic view over vicinity).
Several types of visits - free or guided - give you the keys for reading these Historic monuments. You will discover on one hand the games(sets) of lights, of colours, of volumes and of other part the urbanistic main principles of the famous Charter of Athens.
Gabriele Croppi © Conception, Le Corbusier architect, José Oubrerie attending (1960-65). Realisation, José Oubrerie architect (1970-2006)