Le Corbusier developed an anthropometric scale of proportions based on human measurements, the golden ratio & Fibonacci series to improve the appearance & function of architecture. He also wanted to visually represent a link between the Imperial & Metric systems, which were usually incompatible. Le Corbusier described the Modulor as a "range of harmonious measurements to suit the human scale" which he believed to be "universally applicable to architecture and to mechanical things." As such, Le Corbusier referenced his system in the design of many buildings, such as the Unité d'Habitation & the Church of Sainte Marie de La Tourette.
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Le Corbusier, The Modulor: A Harmonious Measure to the Human Scale, Birkhäuser, 2000, p. 17, 35, 130-131, 146.
Samuel, Flora (2007). Corbusier in Detail. Architectural Press, p. 62.
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Le Corbusier, The Modulor: A Harmonious Measure to the Human Scale, Birkhäuser, 2000, p. 17, 35, 130-131, 146.
Samuel, Flora (2007). Corbusier in Detail. Architectural Press, p. 62.