The aim of this paper is to assess the application of the Modulor, the system of proportions created by Le Corbusier (1887–1965), to the Oliveira do Hospital Pousada, located in Portugal and designed by Manuel Mendes Tainha (1922–2012). This application of the Modulor has already been referred to in other works, yet its extent and meaning have never been investigated in depth. The assessment of the application of the Modulor in the Pousada will be supported by a review of the known sketches and technical drawings, which are kept in the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation’s Art Library in Lisbon, and by the dimensional survey carried out on the building. The understanding of this application will be framed in the context of an assessment of the importance of geometry in the design thought of Manual Tainha, who was one of the protagonists of the revision of the Modern Movement in Portuguese architecture of the 1950s.

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Manuel Tainha,Oliveira do Hospital Pousada,Modulor,Geometry

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