Non ci sono parole per condannare gli atti di vandalismo che lo scorso venerdì hanno irrimediabilmente danneggiato alcune parti della meravigliosa, Chapelle Notre Dame du Haut a Ronchamp, una delle più affascinanti architetture di Le Corbusier.
Penso che chiunque abbia visitato questa suggestiva opera del Maestro, come me riviva anche nel ricordo la stessa forte emozione suscitata dagli intensi tagli di luce, dai colori sorprendenti, dalle morbide curve. Ci sentiamo feriti e violentati da questo gesto imperdonabile; pensare alle sue vetrate dipinte a mano in frantumi ci spezza il cuore.
Renata Sias, direttore WOW! Webmagazine
Ci uniamo all’appello di Antoine Picon, presidente di Fondation Le Corbusier:
“Following the acts of vandalism perpetrated in the Notre-Dame du Haut Chapel at Ronchamp, the Le Corbusier Foundation expresses its dismay at the consequences of these acts and at the irreversible damage they have caused to Le Corbusier’s work.
The Foundation deplores the fact that no specific security measures have been taken to protect the site, and in particular to protect one of its most emblematic and fragile features.
It draws the attention of the owners and public authorities to the need to give more effective protection to our 20th century heritage, and in particular to the work of Le Corbusier.
In view of the extremely poor condition of the chapel at the present time, and in addition to the urgent measures needed to ensure the security both of the site and the building, it calls for measures to ensure long term conservation of the chapel and asks that restoration work be undertaken without delay”.
Photo : Paul Koslowski 1997
