pale concrete panels set to Modulor dimensions. Also, the engineer Iannis Xenakis applied the Modulor system to the design of the exterior vertical ventilators or "ondulatoires". Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts In the Carpenter Center the Modulor system was used for the brise-soleil distances, the floor to floor heights, the bay distances and the column thicknesses. Le Corbusier conceived that the dimensioning of the entrance ramp would be "visible essay on the mathematics of the human body". Unite d'Habitation a Berlin. In this image of the Modulor in Berlin, there are several messages: The typical apartment is designed for four people. (Note 4 people in bed on the right). The patterns of paint on the side of the balconies is explained by diagonal line. Brie Soleil is sized by the height of the Modulor man. The room height is calculated by the Modulor. Publication Le Corbusier published Le Modulor in 1948, followed by Modulor 2 in 1955. These works were first published in English as The Modulor in 1954 and Modulor 2 (Let the User Speak Next) in 1958. The 2004 reprinted box set including both books was printed in a square format using the Modulor with the series twenty seven to one hundred and forty reduced in size to one tenth. Commemorative usage A picture of the Modulor appears on the eighth banknote series on the 10 CHF Swiss banknote dedicated to Le Corbusier. See also Body proportions Ergonomics List of unusual units of measurement Preferred number, especially the section about Renard series, which covers a mathematical approach on evenly distributed numbers using geometric sequences, for use in constructing houses or devices. Rudolf Wittkower Rule of thumb Citations References External links 1948 non-fiction books French non-fiction books Architecture books Architectural design Architectural theory Le Corbusier Units of length Birkhäuser books 1943 introductions