| Title |
Alvar Aalto’s Architectural Concepts Through Bergson’s Idea of Intuition |
| DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5659/JAIK.2024.40.6.149 |
| Keywords |
duration; intuition; elan vital; image; nature; humanism; synthesis |
| Abstract |
The study explores the thoughts and works of Alvar Aalto, a Finnish architect who created architectural aesthetics using natural materials and
forms through intuition as a creative method, in the context of Bergson’s theories: elan vital, intuition, and image. Bergson criticizes of
modern mechanistic and deterministic ideas, arguing that intuition is more realistic in the flow of time or duration than scientific and analytic
thinking. Additionally, in the theory of image as a recognition process through intuition, Bergson explains that recognition of objects is
constantly renewed by synthesizing memory images and perceptual images, leading to qualitative leaps. This aligns with Aalto's criticism of
modern mechanistic, material, scientific, and analytical thinking. Aalto intuitively integrated natural elements into his works, emphasizing the
human and the natural, which cannot be achieved through scientific and analytical methods. |