Le Modulor
Modulor man
The Swiss-born French architect Le Corbusier who is the creator of the Le Modulor, once said that his vision and hope is to accomplish the harmonious measurement of the human scale, which is being used in architecture as well as the measurements of the carpenters, masons, and joiners should have a consistent measurement system so that the items they have made can be in accordance with one project or more conveniently mixed between the projects. He later developed the proportioning grid also known as the “Modulor” which is expressed in numbers, figures, and diagrams. Modulor is a measuring tool that is being emphasized in anthropometry and proportion. Modulor is being created to show the conceptual relationship between the two measuring systems which is imperial and metric, primarily based on the human body with one arm being raised. The Modulor could be used to come up with the measurement for all aspects of design starting from simple dimensions to big projects.
Modulor man
From what Le Corbusier believed is that the system could be further applied in industry and mechanics. The fundamental” module” of the Modulor is based on a six-foot man, the height of the detectives in English crime novels which he enjoyed. But in the present form, the measurement of the “ Modulor” is determined by a French man’s body which is 1.75m height. By right, if the English man’s height is six-feet, it should be 1.82m tall. It has also been proved that during the old times, the human body also follows the golden rule. As a challenge which has been the most troubling problem which is converting the metric system to the imperial system can be immediately solved by using this measurement. As the conversion between two systems is sometimes complicated and time-wasting stuff, there is a huge difference in practical effects that causes a wide gulf between these two systems.
Le Corbusier’s Modulor consists of a red and a blue row of numbers with meters and inches of numbering, it is also attempted by architecture, in the tradition of Vitruvius, to give human dimensions as a mathematical order based on the golden rule and the human proportions.
Dislocation of the Body in Architecture
As Western has its own measurement, Eastern also has its own respective measurements depending on the culture or country. There is a measuring system in the old days that is mainly used in Malaysia that uses the hand as the measurement, as Western people like to measure as a whole body because Eastern people prefer to measure starting from the small measurement. Even when it comes to the average height or scale of the human body, the percentage proportions of the eastern human body are much less than those of the western body.
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