8 a parallel devel.opnent to this liturgical evolution, ref ing and As the umishinJ storeys .inmediately the refectory led us to realize to full the the above the of importance of this place \\here the ccmnunity gathers several ti.mas daily far an "exercise" to I:bly Rule attaciles so which the much importance, as we well before only a big tangular rocm kncM had been • • •Vbat minimum painted white witmut character, acquired, through means involving a of and expense, a wann, pleasant atnK:>sphere. retained We we the decorative brick pa.vement, mich quite interesting; but stri is down the walls so that the original stones appear -an ex- trenely pleasing ef and sanded DCM fect. large concrete support the beams which upper Between the storey we a f alse-ceiling of slats separated spa.ces s'blf f ed with absorba.nt suspended made by material. The visual ef fect is good, the tical result is and excellent. This point deserves to noted, because visual be the and acoustical enviromient thus created was an tant f actor which facilitated our experll'nent. The arran;Jaoont of tables also its inq;x:>rtance. A vestige of the the had traditional arran;Jaoont was retained, the tables were placed on either side of the though windc:Ms reader 's p.llpit (situated central between 0...0 opening onto the nonastery and Superiors' table was placed court ) , the a wey that it f aces the reader. This leaves a rather inp:>rtant area in such' area is free in middle of the refectory; this spa.ce, which well lighted, has its the delimited nore or less the arrangement of the tables, it by and foIIllS at one the. sane time both the center of refectory and an ideal place far the the and to gather. cx:mnunity Reader Of f iae C;ross ,. Vestil;ul-e _ ,,I .I _ , ···'
8 As a parallel devel.opnent to this liturgical evolution, the ing and ref umishinJ of the storeys .inmediately above the refectory led us to realize to the full the importance of this place \\here the ccmnunity gathers several ti.mas daily far an "exercise" to which the I:bly Rule attaciles so much importance, as we well kncM • • •Vbat had before been only a big tangular rocm painted white and witmut character, acquired, through means involving a minimum of expense, a wann, pleasant atnK:>sphere. We retained the decorative brick pa.vement, mich is quite interesting; but we stri and sanded down the walls so that the original stones DCM appear -an trenely pleasing ef fect. Between the large concrete beams which support the upper storey we suspended a f alse-ceiling made of slats separated by spa.ces s'blf f ed with absorba.nt material. The visual ef fect is good, and the tical result is excellent. This point deserves to be noted, because the visual and acoustical enviromient thus created was an tant f actor which facilitated our experll'nent. The arran;Jaoont of the tables also had its inq;x:>rtance. A vestige of the traditional arran;Jaoont was retained, though the tables were placed on either side of the reader 's p.llpit (situated between 0...0 central windc:Ms opening onto the nonastery court ) , and the Superiors' table was placed in such' a wey that it f aces the reader. This leaves a rather inp:>rtant area free in the middle of the refectory; this spa.ce, which is well lighted, has its area delimited nore or less by the arrangement of the tables, and it foIIllS at one and the. sane time both the center of the refectory and an ideal place far the cx:mnunity to gather. Vestil;ul-e Reader C;ross ,. Of f iae _ ,,I .I _ , ···' ex-
Volume06Number01.docx