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Order can be defined as a condition of logical, harmonious or comprehensive arrangement in which each element of a group is properly disposed with reference to other elements and to tis purpose. The Greeks and Romans meant perfect beauty, and so they designed an arrangement of columns supporting an entablature with each column comprising a capital, a shaft and a base.
The architects of the Renaissance developed a series of ratios that formed the basis for the proportions of their architecture. These series of ratios manifested themselves not only in the dimensions of a room or a façade, but also in the interlocking proportions of a sequence of spaces or and entire plan. These became known as the Renaissance Theories.
The Modular: A Harmonious Measure to the Human Scale Universally Applicable to Architecture and Mechanics was a study done by Le Corbusier in 1942, published in 1954. The study was a basic understanding of anthropometrics for a human scale.
Originally, there was the shaku, which was a traditional Japanese unit of measure. Then, the ken was established. This was not only a measurement for the construction of buildings, but it was an aesthetic module that ordered the structure, materials and space of Japanese architecture.
Anthropometry refers to the measurement of the size and proportions of the human body. This deals with the dimensions and proportions of the human body and how it affects the design of a space, as well as how a human interacts within a space.
