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_p Following the strange and complex [[Modulor|http://ww3.ac-poitiers.fr/arts_p/b@lise14/pageshtm/page_7.htm]], this is a personal reflexion about usual dimensions based on simple human combinations of two values coming from the ancient days : the foot, (≠30cm) and the inch (≠2.5cm). 
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_p This work is divided in three parts :

_h6 1) [[the modulor|?view=modulor_1]], a fast overflight of Le Corbusier's  dimensioning system
_h6 2) [[feet and inches|?view=modulor_2]], ancient measures revisited
_h6 3) [[architecture|?view=modulor_3]], application of a small dimensioning system

_p I will show briefly :
_ul 1) what is actually the "mysterious" Modulor discovered by Le Corbusier, 
_ul 2) how this rather complex system can be replaced by a simpler one,
_ul 3) and how this last one can be applyed to the conception of architectural shapes, whatever their degree of complexity.

_p {b Note :} This "presentation" was conceived and composed inline (straight on the web) using nothing but {b words} written with a simple tool : alphawiki. No complex page editor, no M$WORD, no M$PowerPoint or Apple/KeyNote, no [[LaTeK|?view=latex]], nothing but a small wiki (about 100 kb) easy to install (no database) and working on any platform in a standard browser. A wiki is a collaborative tool, but first of all - {b provided the syntax allows it} - it is a tool for composing and coding inline web pages with a rich dynamic content. This work is an example of what can be done with it. 
_p Some reflexions about the future of such a tool can be found here : [[RISC/WORDS|http://marty.alain.free.fr/risc/?view=mots]].

_p Alain Marty 20/08/2013