Luce Memorial Chapel

As a renowned classic modern architecture in Taiwan, the Luce Chapel stands as a remarkable testimony for the far-reaching influence of western Modern Movement in the 50s. The celebration of modernism had made a marvelous presentation through the architectural concepts and techniques adopted on the chapel. They included: the four individual concrete curved walls made to experimented parabolic hyperboloid concept, the interior space beneath the four curved walls along with the structural details made for not only enacting the buoyancy-ventilation effect when air conditions were not yet popularized, but also for a great indoor acoustic space with amazing reverberation for musical performances, etc.

CAD model by CHUNYU TSAI

Besides, the geometric pattern on its plan layout, lattice beam and diamond-shaped tiles on the exterior RC wall unifies the plan, façade and section of the architecture, and reflects the construction team’s proficiency on geometric structure. This is also a practical demonstration of modern rationalism in terms of architectural logic and structure.

作為台灣著名的現代建築，路思義教堂是50年代受西方現代運動深遠影響的卓越見證。對現代主義的體現可以透過建築概念和技術看見。這些包括：四個單獨的混凝土彎曲牆壁，運用了實驗性的拋物線雙曲面概念，以及在這四個彎曲牆壁下方的室內空間和結構細節。這不僅實現了當時冷氣空調尚未普及時的浮力通風效果，還為音樂表演提供了極佳的室內音響空間，具有令人驚嘆的回響效果等。此外，平面布局上的幾何圖案，以及外部RC牆上的格柵樑和菱形瓷磚，將建築的平面、立面和剖面統一在一起，反映了施工團隊在幾何結構方面的高超技術。這也是現代合理主義在建築邏輯和結構方面的實際演示。

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