Editing Modulor (section)

{{short description|Scale of proportions by Le Corbusier}}
[[File:Swiss-Commemorative-Coin-1987-CHF-5-obverse.png|thumbnail|Commemorative Swiss coin showing the ''modulor''.]]
The '''Modulor''' is an [[anthropometric]] [[scale (ratio)|scale]] of [[Proportion (architecture)|proportion]]s devised by the [[List of Swiss people|Swiss-born]] [[List of French people|French]] [[architect]] [[Le Corbusier]] (1887–1965).

It was developed as a visual bridge between two incompatible scales, the [[Imperial and US customary measurement systems|Imperial]] and the [[metric system|metric]] systems. It is based on the height of a man with his arm raised. The Modulor considered the standard human height as 1.83 m, excluding feminine measures. The dimensions were refined with overall height of raised arm set at 2.26 m.

It was used as a system to set out a number of Le Corbusier's buildings and was later codified into two books.