Stella Matutina
From the cloister to the outside, and from St. Bernard’s Apology to contemporary architecture
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17979/aarc.2013.3.0.5110Keywords:
Saint Bernard, minimalism, Novy Dvur, John Pawson, cisterciansAbstract
Stella Matutina is the 2nd phase of John Pawson’s project for the Monastery of Our Lady of Novy Dvur (Czech Republic). The principles, fundamentals and basis of the Cistercian ideal are met, through contemporary details, which are still connected with the thoughts of Saint Bernard in his «Apology to Abbot William» (12th century). The Cistercian Spirituality was connected to Contemporary Architecture through Cistercian principles, contemporary minimalist principles or even for its impact, in the region where it is inserted or as a 21st century historical and architectonic landmark, thus being also a way catechizing and evangelization.
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