Module - module (English spelling)

Japanese: モデュール - もでゅーる/もじゅーる(英語表記)module
Module - module (English spelling)
A standard dimension used in architectural design. It varies by era and region, and in that sense, the Itsuken and Sanshaku dimensions that have long been used in traditional Japanese architecture are also types of modules, but the most common refers to the standard dimension in ancient Western architecture, in which the radius of the base of a pillar is used as the standard for the entire building. Le Corbusier reconstructed this ancient module as the Modulor (Modulor:or is French for gold), which incorporates the idea of ​​the golden section, and emphasized the necessity of functionalist architecture with concrete numbers and illustrations, such as assuming the ideal height of an adult male to be 182.9 cm, and made great use of it in the design of houses as "machines for living in." The strong influence of this can also be seen in Kenzo Tange, who advocated the Japanese-style Modulor, which was adapted to the physique of the Japanese, and adopted it as the standard dimension in the design of the New Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building.

(Takami Kuresawa, Architectural Critic / 2007)

Source : "Chiezo" published by Asahi Shimbun Publications Co., Ltd. About Chiezo

Japanese:
建築を設計する際に用いられる基準寸法。時代や地域によって異なり、その意味では日本の伝統建築で長らく用いられてきた一間(いつけん)や三尺もモデュールの一種だが、最も一般的には、柱の底面の半径を建物全体の基準に見立てた西洋の古代建築における基準寸法のことを指す。ル・コルビュジエは、この古くからあったモデュールを、黄金分割の発想を取り入れたモデュロール(Modulor:orは金を意味するフランス語)として再構成し、成人男子の理想身長を182.9cmに見立てるなど、具体的な数値と図解によって機能主義建築の必要性を力説、「住むための機械」としての住宅設計に大いに活用した。その強い影響を、日本人の体格に合わせた日本型モデュロールを提唱し、新東京都庁舎の設計に当たってそれを基準寸法として採用した丹下健三にもうかがうことができる。

(暮沢剛巳 建築評論家 / 2007年)

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