Sep 27, 2018 · The Modulor arises from Le Corbusier's obsession with establishing harmony between spaces and the human body and symbolizes a step towards binding the body...

Jun 18, 2024 · The Modulor is an anthropometric scale of proportions devised by the Swiss-born French architect Le Corbusier (1887–1965). Developed as a visual bridge between the Imperial and metric systems, it is based on the height of a man with his arm raised.

The Modulor is an anthropometric scale of proportions devised by the Swiss-born French architect Le Corbusier (1887–1965). It was developed as a visual bridge between two incompatible scales, the Imperial and the metric systems. It is based on the height of a man with his arm raised.

Dec 4, 2015 · Publication date 1980 Topics Modular coordination (Architecture), Ratio and proportion Publisher Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press Collection internetarchivebooks; inlibrary; printdisabled Contributor Internet Archive Language engfre; French Item Size 1.9G

Dec 23, 2023 · Le Corbusier was inspired to write “Modulor” by his quest for a universal system of measurement in architecture. Taking inspiration from human proportions and the Golden Ratio, he aimed to create a tool that harmonised mathematical precision with aesthetic beauty.

Le Corbusier, The Modulor: A Harmonious Measure to the Human Scale Universally Applicable to Architecture and Mechanics, trans. Peter de Francia and Anna Bostock, New York, 1954; repr.

Dec 28, 2023 · Le Corbusier gave himself the freedom to play with the Modulor silhouette, using it artistically in paintings and sculptures, and integrating stylized, recessed versions into concrete facades. Transformed into an ink pad, the Modulor could …

Between 1942 and 1955 the architect Le Corbusier (1887–1965) developed a universal measuring system known as the "Modulor". The Modulor represented an attempt to give architecture a mathematical order oriented to a human scale.

Le Corbusier perfected the programmatic Modulor figure and its geometric derivation in countless variations. Applying this series of measurements, he realized spectacular designs in typography, furniture, urban planning, and architecture—including his Zurich pavilion based on …

The Modulor is an anthropometric scale of proportions devised by the Swiss-born French architect Le Corbusier (1887-965). It was developed as a visual bridge between two incompatible scales,...