The Modulor and Modulor 2 / / ed. by Fondation Le Corbusier.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Architecture, Design and Arts 2000 - 2014
• HerausgeberIn: Fondation Le Corbusier, ,
• Place / Publishing House: Basel : : Birkhäuser, , [2015]; ©2000
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (579 p.)

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- 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 -- Frontmatter 2 -- CONTENTS -- 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