Patrick Lynch finds that Le Corbusier's Ronchamp Chapel is all about his mother

摘要

Some architects, including Alvar Aalto, Le Corbusier and Colin St John Wilson, feel the need to share their experiences and struggles with us in their writing. Vainglorious suffering is in the job description, of course, with a head] dose of self-justifying hubris and sometimes a shot of irony to leaven the pomposity. There are strong traces of messiah complex in most architects, and this comes across as a The origin of this audacity lies in part with Le Corbusier, and Flora Samuel's across several books research teases out his complicated relationship at home. She notes that when he was at the RIBA to receive the Gold Medal in 1953, his mother insisted on telling surprised journalists what a good and clever boy his brother was.