La Réaction Poètique of a Prepared Mind

• Matthew Mindrup ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Sydney

     University of Sydney

     Australia

     
• Localización: Le Corbusier: 50 años después / Jorge Torres Cueco (aut.), 2016, ISBN 978-84-9048-373-2, págs. 1466-1473
• Idioma: español
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  • This paper explores Le Corbusier’s practice of collecting and studying everyday objects as inspiration for newarchitectural ideas. An avid collector of ‘objets trouves’ that Le Corbusier referred to specifically as ‘objets à réactionpoètique,’ he promoted their use claiming they gave direction to an imagination that alone might not be able to detect.Perhaps the most famous object in Le Corbusier’s collection was a crab shell that he used as inspiration for the design of theroof for his Notre-Dame du Haut chapel in Ronchamp, France. Although Le Corbusier’s use of this shell is well documentedin studies on his oeuvre, little attention has been given to the role he intended found objects to play in his design process. Inthemselves these objects, which have their own identities as shells, pinecones or pieces of bone, they do not immediately lendthemselves to any architectural solution. Rather, they are evidence of Le Corbusier’s unique approach to design that relies ona what Louis Pasteur referred to as a ‘prepared mind,’ availed of all relevant data and information pertaining to a task, thatcan search for solutions in random object or events by spontaneously shift back and forth between analytic and associativemodes of thought.