Le modulor was published in 1950 and after meeting with success, le corbusier went on to publish modulor 2 in 1955. It is based on the height of a man with his arm raised. Based on the golden section and fibonacci numbers and also using the physical dimensions of the average human, modulor is a sequence of measurements which le corbusier used to achieve harmony in. It is based on the height of an english man with his arm raised le modulor le modulor arm upraised vertical measurements the graphic representation of the modular. Le corbusier charles edouard jeanneret, the modulor and. What does modulor represent for the history of architecture and why is it in these texts, le corbusier expressed his support of the research that. It was used as a system to set out a number of le corbusiers buildings and was later codified into two books. Le corbusier charles edouard jeanneret, the modulor and modulor 2 2 volumes. The modulor is an anthropometric scale of proportions devised by the swissborn french architect le corbusier 18871965 it was developed as a visual bridge between two incompatible scales, the imperial and the metric system.
A harmonious measure to the human scale, universally applicable to architecture and mechanics, le corbusier. Descargue como pdf, txt o lea en linea desde scribd. In the years 1942 to 1948, le corbusier developed a system of measurements which became known as modulor. Le corbusier elements of a synthesis descargar gratis.