Modulor Poetry
Proceedings of Bridges 2025: Mathematics and the Arts
Pages 391–394
Short Papers
Abstract
This paper introduces a new constraint-based poetic form that is inspired by, and uses proportions from, Le Corbusier’s Le Modulor, an intricate system of measurements based on the golden ratio. We define the constraints of a modulor poem and introduce an example written by the author. We use this example to illustrate how the poem can be deconstructed into 22 plus sub-poems, just as the Le Modulor tiling that the poem is embedded within can be deconstructed into several Le Modulor rectangles.