COLLECTION NAME:
Design Library Image Collection
mediaCollectionId
NCSULIB~1~1
Design Library Image Collection
Collection
true
Accession Number:
186717
imageid
186717
Accession Number
false
Order Title:
Archivision Addition Module SEVEN--6,160 images
orderdescription
Archivision Addition Module SEVEN--6,160 images
Order Title
false
Type of View:
generalView
imagetitletype
generalView
Type of View
false
View Title:
Detail, relief (incised) sculpture relating to Le Corbusier's symbolism for the "Modulor" scale
imagetitle
Detail, relief (incised) sculpture relating to Le Corbusier's symbolism for the "Modulor" scale
View Title
false
Date of View:
3/18/2008
imagedate
3/18/2008
Date of View
false
Image description:
The figures with their arms raised represent the "Modulor" scale, an anthropometric scale of proportions devised by Le Corbusier. It is based on the height of a man with his arm raised, and is derived from Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man and other sources.
imagedescription
The figures with their arms raised represent the "Modulor" scale, an anthropometric scale of proportions devised by Le Corbusier. It is based on the height of a man with his arm raised, and is derived from Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man and other sources.
Image description
false
Image Rights:
¿ Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
imagerights
¿ Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Image Rights
false
Source Institution:
Archivision, Inc.
sourceinstitution
Archivision, Inc.
Source Institution
false
Collection:
Addition Module SEVEN
collection
Addition Module SEVEN
Collection
false
Culture:
German
culture
German
Culture
false
Subject:
Housing
subject
Housing
Subject
false
Subject:
City planning
subject
City planning
Subject
false
Work Types:
Architecture; multiple dwellings; housing complexes; housing projects
worktypes
Architecture; multiple dwellings; housing complexes; housing projects
Work Types
false
Preferred Title:
Unit¿ d'Habitation Berlin
worktitle
Unit¿ d'Habitation Berlin
Preferred Title
false
Agent Display:
Le Corbusier (Swiss architect, 1887-1965)
workagentdisplay
Le Corbusier (Swiss architect, 1887-1965)
Agent Display
false
Date:
1956-1958 (creation)
workdatedisplay
1956-1958 (creation)
Date
false
Materials:
reinforced concrete; textured concrete; glass; wood
workmaterialdisplay
reinforced concrete; textured concrete; glass; wood
Materials
false
Technique:
construction (assembling)
worktechniquedisplay
construction (assembling)
Technique
false
Measurement:
53 m (height)
measurementdisplay
53 m (height)
Measurement
false
Alternate Title:
Berlin Corbusierhaus
titletext
Berlin Corbusierhaus
Alternate Title
false
Locations:
Berlin, Berlin, Germany
locations
Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Locations
false
Location Type:
(site)
locationtype
(site)
Location Type
false
Style/Period:
Modernist
styleperiod
Modernist
Style/Period
false
Style/Period:
Brutalist
styleperiod
Brutalist
Style/Period
false
Style/Period:
Twentieth century
styleperiod
Twentieth century
Style/Period
false
Classification:
Architecture
classificationterm
Architecture
Classification
false