Architecture and (re)creation: archetypal image, archetype and arche
Archetype; Aesthetics; Bollingen Tower; Psyche.
The architectural work, when aesthetically appreciated, is capable of bringing its composition closer to and connecting it with the emotions of the viewer who experiences it. Based on this premise, the research aims to examine how architecture can psychically (re)create the individual who engages with it, according to certain principles that Jung treated as archetype and Plato as arche. It seeks to demonstrate the psychic interinfluences between architect-artists and the users of their works. The research intends to focus on Jungian archetype theory; however, it is first necessary to elucidate Plato’s theory of arche and Freud’s theory of the psyche, which guide and underpin Jung’s theory. Subsequently, it becomes necessary to understand the importance of mythoi as expressions of human emotions, sensations, and intuitions, in order to recognize that aisthesis is fundamental to archetypes. Further on, Jung’s residence, known as the Bollingen Tower, will be analyzed morphologically and aesthetically in light of the psychic transformations reported by the psychologist himself, in order to demonstrate how the archetypal images present in the work manifested through Jung’s psyche and, at the same time, transformed it. Finally, the research seeks to evaluate the possibility of the psychic (re)creation of the individual through architecture, based on the interpretations and analyses previously carried out, highlighting how architectural works act as active transformers of the psyche of both the architect-artist and the individuals who experience them.