Sobre el azar y la arbitrariedad en arquitectura
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Prada Pérez de Azpeitia, Manuel de
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En la segunda mitad del siglo XX se
construyeron relevantes edificios cuyo
aspecto exterior podría parecer el resultado
de un arbitrario capricho. El arquitecto
Rafael Moneo afirmó que cualquier forma
arbitrariamente elegida puede convertirse
en arquitectura. Puso como ejemplo el
conjunto de objetos que, según cuenta
Vitruvio, Calímaco encontró por azar,
decidió reproducir en piedra y convertir
en el capitel corintio. Pero esta decisión
pudo estar condicionada por el contenido
simbólico de aquellos objetos. En tal caso,
la decisión de Calímaco no fue arbitraria,
sino necesaria. De igual modo, algunas
formas arquitectónicas que pueden parecer
arbitrarias podrían expresar los valores
que conceden sentido a nuestro mundo:
libertad, dinamismo, variabilidad y fluidez.
La narración de Vitruvio podría enseñarnos
que artista no es aquel que reproduce lo que
encuentra, sino aquel que se pone al servicio
de aquello que es necesario producir.
In the second half of the 20th century relevant buildings were constructed whose exterior appearance could seem the result of an arbitrary whim. Architect Rafael Moneo affirmed that any arbitrarily chosen form can become architecture. He put as an example the set of objects that, according to Vitruvius, Callimachus found by chance, decided to reproduce in stone and turned into the Corinthian capital. But this decision could be conditioned by the symbolic content of those objects. In such a case, the Callimachus’ decision was not arbitrary, but necessary. In the same way, some architectural forms that may seem arbitrary could express the values that give meaning to our world: freedom, dynamism, variability and fluidity. Vitruvius’ narrative could teach us that an artist is not the one who reproduces what he finds, but the one who puts himself at the service of what is necessary to produce.
In the second half of the 20th century relevant buildings were constructed whose exterior appearance could seem the result of an arbitrary whim. Architect Rafael Moneo affirmed that any arbitrarily chosen form can become architecture. He put as an example the set of objects that, according to Vitruvius, Callimachus found by chance, decided to reproduce in stone and turned into the Corinthian capital. But this decision could be conditioned by the symbolic content of those objects. In such a case, the Callimachus’ decision was not arbitrary, but necessary. In the same way, some architectural forms that may seem arbitrary could express the values that give meaning to our world: freedom, dynamism, variability and fluidity. Vitruvius’ narrative could teach us that an artist is not the one who reproduces what he finds, but the one who puts himself at the service of what is necessary to produce.
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Prada Pérez de Azpeitia, M. (2019). Sobre el azar y la arbitrariedad en arquitectura. REIA: Revista Europea de Investigación en Arquitectura, (14), 177-194. http://reia.es/REIA14_11_Web.pdf



