Modulor
architecture
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basis in human figure
- In interior design: Concepts of design
…a theory of proportion called Modulor, also based on a study of human proportions. Yet, at best, these rules are merely guidelines. They can never substitute for the eye and judgment of the designer, and it is reasonable to predict that attempts to make the all-powerful computer a substitute for…
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Corbusier
- In Le Corbusier: The war years of Le Corbusier
…first bases of the “Modulor” concept, a scale of harmonic measures that set architectural elements in proportion to human stature. This theory was finally perfected in 1950, and Le Corbusier used it in designing all his subsequent buildings, wishing them to incorporate “a human scale.” By the time the…
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…system named by him the Modulor.
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