Le Corbusier’s Middle East trip

Traces and memories of a future time

Authors

  • Orfina Fatigato Universidad de Nápoles Federico II, Italia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35305/23626097v5i8.102

Keywords:

Le Corbusier, trip, Middle East, classical architecture, modern architecture

Abstract

Charles Édouard Jeanneret travelled to the Middle East in May 1911, it was one of the many trips he took throughout his life. This long-awaited dream was envisaged as the conclusion of his studies as a young man. In spite of its unique nature, Le Corbusier often recognized this trip as a determining influence. This was due to not only the way in which his observations were employed but also the particular use of images that -through their constant updating, reinterpretation, interplay and reinvention- led to the uniqueness of this experience. Le Corbusier reused his ‘memories’ as constitutive features of his creative process of reformulation. They became ‘useful’ material assets for his patient search. This article reflects on the relationship between the description carried out during his visit and the transcription as project reprocessing, in particular reference to the way in which Le Corbusier employed the “Pompeian fragments” he brought from the Middle East.

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Author Biography

Orfina Fatigato, Universidad de Nápoles Federico II, Italia

Doctora Arquitecta (Facultad de Arquitectura de Nápoles). Profesora en el DiARC (Departamento de Arquitectura) Universidad de Nápoles Federico II, y docente en Escuela Nacional Superior de Arquitectura París Malaquais. Becaria posdoctoral (Municipalidad de París, programa Research in Paris, 2013). Miembro del Laboratoire de recherche ACS UMR AUSser3329, ENSA París, La Villette. Directora de la exposición A través de Nápoles en el XVII Encuentro de la Fundación Le Corbusier consagrada al centenario del Viaje de Oriente (2011). Autora del libro Napoli è réussi. Il ritorno in Occidente di Le Corbusier / Naples est réussi. Le retour en Occidente de Le Corbusier (Officina: Roma, 2013).

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Published

2018-07-01

How to Cite

Fatigato, O. (2018). Le Corbusier’s Middle East trip: Traces and memories of a future time. A&P Continuidad, 5(8), 38–47. https://doi.org/10.35305/23626097v5i8.102

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 8 (2018): ARCHITECTURE AND MASTERS. REVISITING LE CORBUSIER.

Section

Thematic dossier

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