抄録
Le Corbusier employs metaphorical expression in many places in his writing and speech. This paper focuses, on his well-known metaphorical statements in the 'VERS UNE ARCHITECTURE', namely, "La maison est une machine a habiter", "Les ingenieurs font de l'architecture", and "Le Parthenon. Voici la machine a emouvoir", which are here referred to as metaphors of the machine. The ambiguity of them is analyzed in relation to the character of metaphorical expression itself and Le Corbusier's discourses on architecture and the machine. The initial two statements each imply ironycal meaning at the back of the stated affirmatives. This double meanings make them effective and significant. The last statement is enhanced by the ambiguous meaning of the 'machine'. In the analogy between the Parthenon and cars, Le Corbusier emphasizes their similarity, but it is clear he recognizes their disparity at the same time. It can therefore be concluded that each of these statements is ambiguous.
