Abstract.This paper presents an examination of the process of the development of module in the works and theories of Japanese architect Ikebe Kiyoshi (1920-79). Ikebe based his idea of module on the belief that “Beauty is Mathematics.” He applied his ideas of module in various ways from the 1940s to the 1970s. Analyzing his ideas and works against their historical background, the social and creative meanings of the idea of module and of mathematics in architecture will be re-examined. This allows us to see how Ikebe developed his ideas of module from a characteristic mathematical approach, and how he developed his idea of mathematical logic into his creative theories based on the flexible nature of people’s lifestyles and social conditions. Going beyond the cultural and social differences and the limitations of Le Corbusier’s Modulor, the idea of module as the method for organizing human space in a harmonious manner was reframed in Ikebe’s works, and was developed in a more flexible mathematical way.

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社会数学：模块在日本建筑生产现代化中的作用

摘要.本文考察了日本建筑师池部清 (1920-79) 的作品和理论中模块发展的过程。Ikebe 基于“美就是数学”的信念建立了他的模块理念。从 1940 年代到 1970 年代，他以各种方式应用了他的模块思想。分析他的思想和作品的历史背景，将重新审视模块思想和数学在建筑中的社会和创造性意义。这让我们看到池部是如何从典型的数学方法中发展出他的模块思想，以及他是如何根据人们生活方式和社会条件的灵活性将他的数理逻辑思想发展成他的创造性理论的。超越文化和社会差异以及勒柯布西耶模数的局限性，