The modulor : a harmonious measure to the human scale, universally applicable to architecture and mechanics / by Le Corbusier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Le Corbusier, 1887-1965.

Contributor:

Fondation Le Corbusier,, editor.

Standardized Title:

Modulor. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Modular coordination (Architecture).

Ratio and proportion.

Physical Description:

1 recurso en línea (580 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Basel ; Boston : Birkhäuser, [2000]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Faksimile-Ausgabe eines Grundlagenwerkes der Architekturgeschichte

In the years 1942 to 1948, Le Corbusier developed a system of measurements which became known as "Modulor". 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 his architectural compositions. Le Modulor was published in 1950 and after meeting with success, Le Corbusier went on to publish Modulor 2 in 1955. In many of Le Corbusier s most notable buildings, including the Chapel at Ronchamp and the Unité d habitation, evidence of his Modulor system can be seen. These two volumes form an important and integral part of Le Corbusier's theoretical writings.

Contents:

Front matter

INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION

Modulor I

CONTENTS

TO THE READER

PART I. SETTING THE STAGE THE BACKGROUND AND THE NATURE OF THE SEARCH

Chapter 1. Preamble

Chapter 2. Chronological Review

Chapter 3. Mathematics

PART 2. PRACTICAL REALITIES

Chapter 4. The Position of the Modulor in the Present Time

Chapter 5. First Instances of Application

Chapter 6. A Simple Tool

PART 3. APPENDIX

Chapter 7. Concrete Verifications and Goda

Chapter 8. Documents and Information in Plenty: Let the User Speak Next

Front matter 2

Part One. LET THE USER SPEAK NEXT

Chapter 1. Preliminaries

Chapter 2. Testimony 1. Appraisals 2. Discussion 3. Practical applications of the Modular

Chapter 3. Divergencies

Part Two. TOOL

Chapter 4. Reflection 1. Far from the taboos 2. On solid ground 3. Man III suffered from blindness 4. let us rise higher

Chapter 5. 35 rue de Sevres

Chapter 6. Numeration

EPILOGUE

Appendix Good-humoured soliloquy

INDEX

Notes:

Facsimile reprint of the original edition from 1954 (vol. 1), 1958 (vol. 2) with title: Le modulor.

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

3-0356-0409-6

OCLC:

909476885