Le corbusier modulor
Le corbusier and the golden ratio...
El Modulor de Le Corbusier 1943-54. Edición revisada y ampliada
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José Javier Alayón González
DPA.
Documents de Projectes d'Arquitectura, 2013
Anyone who knows the Boîte à Miracles, before knowing the tales that arise that suggest Le Corbusier’s drawing as an inspiration for Villanueva, at once intuitively understood that the Montreal Pavilion was in debt to this concept of the empty box or magic box, beyond the simple drawing and its architectural sensation, the geometric thing that the Swiss architect defined.
Le corbusier modulor rule
Villanueva’s interpretation becomes even more faithful to the original idea of a box of miracles, than that developed by the inventor himself in his various versions, a recurring idea in evolution from the beginning of his career.
The tendency towards what is simple is an inclination of the spirit, it is “the sign of command” explained Le Corbusier. A tendency that would be translated into one of the four