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| Le Modulor. |
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 system and the Metric system. It is based on the height of an English man with his arm raised. It was used as a system to set out a number of Le Corbusier's buildings and was later codified into two books. - Wikipedia
Le Corbusier's dictum, “A house is a machine for living”, applies in a broader sense to all construction types and uses. However, what is sometimes forgotten is that human functioning is both external and internal. Yes, the body walks and crawls, stretches and reaches, climbs and descends, sits and lies down. But, these are only some of its outward manifestations. The designer must not forget the internal workings of the body. Not only does a healthy person use all five physical senses, but the body, mind and emotions form impressions from an aggregate intake of those senses. - [ http://www.greensage.com/ezine/10Oct07/ezine10-07SacredGeo.html ]
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Geometric & Mathematical Extensions to the Modulor The limitless numerical values |
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Geometric & Mathematical Extensions to the Modulor The Modulor grid. |
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From the above research, Le Modulor as defined as my own understanding is a type of proportion measurement that is created by Le Corbusier. It is a modular of Le Corbusier hence it got its name as Le Modulor. It is a scale or ratio mostly for architect measurement. It is highly related with the Vitruvian proportion or maybe can say that it is a revolution of it. Le Modulor show the golden ratio of human and it does help to measure the golden ratio for other things especially for measurement use in buildings because Le Corbusier is an architect. I think that the human figure in Le Modular raise up his hand is for the purpose of measurement for ceiling height because the height of ceiling greatly affect the space of buildings. The ceiling height of a building must be at least accommodate the height of the person raising his/her hand so that the space will not be too packed. And as if the human in golden ratio can raise his hand then the space reserve for ceiling height is also in golden ratio that everyone can suitable with it. It is same goes to other proportion measurement.
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