E-PAPER: Five Steps Downhill
Five Steps Downhill. The typological sequence of Carthusian architectural adaption to new surroundings
Elke Nagel
Architecture provides a shell for monastic life ever since. More than others, the eremitic order of the Carthusians relies on seclusion from the world by the built environment. This contribution to session 516 of the Leeds International Medieval Congress 2015 summarises the results of a PhD research project run at Technische Universität München between 2006 and 2012 on Carthusian Architecture.