Based on the provided sources, the exact chapter and page number where Gaston Bachelard writes, 'If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house... the house shelters day-dreaming ... allows one to dream in peace' cannot be located.
While the sources celebrate Bachelard's ideas on homes and dreams, they do not pinpoint the location of this specific quote. One source offers a similar, timeless sentiment attributed to Bachelard: 'The house protects the dreamer. The houses that are important to us are the ones that allow us to dream in peace'[5]. This beautifully captures the essence of your query, suggesting that our most cherished homes are those that give us the sanctuary to imagine freely[5].
Bachelard's philosophy connects the physical space of a house with our inner world of memory and imagination[5]. He believed that 'thanks to the house, a great many of our memories are housed, and if the house is a bit elaborate, if it has a cellar and a garret, nooks and corridors, our memories have refuges that are all the more clearly delineated. All our lives we come back to them in our daydreams'[1]. The house becomes a container that shelters not just our bodies, but also our ability to daydream, which is essential for accessing our inner life[5].
Although a scanned version of The Poetics of Space is provided, significant formatting and scanning errors make the text unsearchable, preventing the confirmation of the quote's precise location[4]. The other sources, while rich with Bachelard's ideas, do not offer specific chapter or page citations[1][5][6].
Therefore, the text does not contain an answer to your specific question.
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