Modulor

Article summary

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 and the metric systems. It is based on the height of a man with his arm raised. The Modulor deemed the standard human height to be , excluding feminine measures. The dimensions were refined with overall height of raised arm set at . It was used as a system to set out a number of Le Corbusier's buildings and was later codified into two books.

Key claims

1. date of birth: 1887 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. publication date: 1948 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
3. publication date: 1954 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1377451580