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Change. We are talking about longevity of the architecture versus the functionality of place. If the Chapel's organizers have gone through so much trouble of as to commissioning Renzo Piano to do the work, obviously, there is a need? No? I think we architects take ourselves and the idealism of the profession too serious. We ought to let nature take its course, things will change, let things evolve and die. Perhaps the new generation of architects do not feel as strongly about Le Corbusier's work as the previous. Sometimes the myth of the man is just that-a myth. We should trust the clients more. Afterall it is their money and their building. Renzo Piano's scheme is understated and hidden from the general approach to Ronchamp. It doesn't take away the austerity of Corbusier's Ronchamp. If you look from the sustainability point of view, thinking green, thinking environment, thinking about people and not only about architects, Piano's scheme is alright.