She nodded at parvis with the look of triumph of a child who has successfully worked out a difficult puzzle. |
The 7500 square metre piazza, to which the parvis is linked, is calculated to cater for a crowd of 15 000 people. |
The parvis was filled with a thick smoke, which the musketry streaked with flame. |
The building draws back from the end of the site to form a parvis planted with trees, which will hopefully become a well-used and cared-for public space. |
At the north end of the composition, in front of the cathedral is a new parvis which is intended to be a place of congregation and recreation. |
A simple glass wall separates the church from its huge parvis, dematerializing the boundary between interior and exterior. |