Aksonometrik / Axonometric
stone blocks using the limestone that Perraudin commonly
employs in these techniques are subsumed within this
combination of verticality and horizontality. Furthermore,
to keep things simple the standard blocks used here
are 210 cm x 105 cm x 52 cm -simply because this is the
standard size produced in the nearby quarry.
The added affect of the verticality of these columns is to
create window gaps that channel light into the interior,
creating different patterns of light throughout the day
based on the season. In the changing cycles of days
and seasons, the timelessness and serenity of the life of
the nuns and monks of the monastery is echoed in an
existential statement by Perraudin in this integration of
the cycles of the sun as a part of the architecture. Light
is always a constant, present in the play of sunlight and
shade but intriguingly in the “Chai Viticole” at Solan, the
ephemeral ambient qualities of this light are balanced
deftly with the heavy and massive stone as a statement on
man’s momentary passage through life. The architecture
in stone functionally provides the interior climate and
other technical standards needed for wine production
while importantly relating the building to the spiritual and
ecological context of the site.
EYLÜL - EKİM 2013 / SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 2013 • NATURA 103