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    Published : 2023-06-23
    Vol. 14 No. 2 (2023)

    “Dispute” over Culture–Nature Relationship in Works of Architecture

    Dominika Dzwonkowska

    https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2060-2901

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.18290/rkult23142.4

    Abstract

    Jan Gwalbert Pawlikowski and Le Corbusier attempted to define how works of architecture, and more specifically ideal houses, should look like. The former saw them as houses created in harmony with the natural surroundings of the buildings as an expression of the protection of local culture, the so-called “peculiar features of the native land”. This concept reflects a respect for nature and a view of culture as inspired by the natural world. Le Corbusier, on the other hand, perceives nature purely utilitarian, it can become an element of “machines for living”, i.e., ideal houses. Nevertheless, its function is purely utilitarian, it is nothing more than a pleasant background for a human relaxation zone. The house should first and foremost serve human being with its functionality and usefulness. Its decorative sphere is of no importance, what matters in architecture is to create the best place to live. The article presents the axiological background for the differences in the perception of architectural creations by the two thinkers.

    Keywords:

    Jan Gwalbert Pawlikowski, Le Corbusier, dwelling machines, culture vs. nature



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    Roczniki Kulturoznawcze · ISSN 2082-8578 | eISSN 2544-5219 | DOI: 10.18290/rkult

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