Friday, October 9, 2009
Smithson's and Le Corbusier
The Smithson’s thought of the House of the Future as a car itself. There were enthralled by the idea of mobility. Automobiles such as the caravan further encompassed this by organizing and containing everything one needs. This is what they tried to model their house after this idea of a mobile living unit. Not only did they take the shape and construction techniques from the car, but also the notion of freedom. Similarly, Le Corbusier’s houses represented the sense of modernity and functionality, which is derived from the automobile; however, they differ in the concept of mobility and ability to grow over one’s lifetime. The Smithson’s tried to create a self-embodiment which we so often associate with our automobiles.
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corb was fascinated as much with the idea of car production as the car. (which reminds me; could you post the link to your assembly line photos?) his car was one that reduced to perfect forms, a luxury item, while Smithsons was biomorphic and democratic. 'self-embodiment' is a good term--both in terms of being a 2nd skin and in terms of manifestation of individuality
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