Architecture as machine
[EN] Le Corbusier’s well-known phrase ‘The house is a machine for living in’ suggested a kind of machinic aesthetic that became an important concept behind the functionality, standardization and rational order that together laid the foundation of modern architecture. This paper attempts to expand on...
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| Tipo de recurso: | capítulo de libro |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2016 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) |
| Repositorio: | RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/86921 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/86921 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | architecture le corbusier modern movement |
| Sumario: | [EN] Le Corbusier’s well-known phrase ‘The house is a machine for living in’ suggested a kind of machinic aesthetic that became an important concept behind the functionality, standardization and rational order that together laid the foundation of modern architecture. This paper attempts to expand on Le Corbusier's idea of machine by particularly examining architecture as a machinic system and how it could potentially depict spatial qualities that fulfill their functional purpose for human well-being. The idea of machine became a way to introduce scientific and logical reasoning as the basis of designing architecture through the establishment of standards. There were, however, some criticisms against the idea of machine since it tends to dehumanize, by assuming that human being had the same basic needs that could be standardized. This paper attempts to highlight that the establishment of standard becomes necessary, not in generating standard architectural forms but in defining the performance standard of architecture for human well-being |
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