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| Concrete by Lafarge completes Le Corbusier's unfinished work  Agilia, one of Lafarge's most important recent innovations in concrete, has been instrumental in the completion of one of Le Corbusier's latter designs, the church of St Pierre in the town of Firminy, in the Rhône-Alpes region of France. The church will be inaugurated on November 25. Originally designed in 1962, the church was to be the final structure in a series of buildings designed by Le Corbusier for Firminy-Vert, including a cultural centre, stadium and residential unit. The development was classified as a French Heritage site in 1996.Although construction started in 1973, several years after Le Corbusier's death, it was carried out in fits and starts until 1978 when it was definitively abandoned due to a lack of funds. In 2004 construction re-started and the church was finally completed in the summer of 2006 - more than thirty years after it began. The project came to fruition thanks to the perseverance and patience of José Oubrerie, formerly Le Corbusier's assistant, who oversaw it from the beginning. Agilia is Lafarge's line of self-placing concrete. It results from combined research in cement, aggregates and additives. Agilia creates value for Lafarge's customers and contributes to advances in the construction industry, while offering architects new possibilities. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Construction News :: home page |