ABSTRACT
Aulis Blomstedt believed in universal laws of beauty and harmonics and developed a proportional system that he called “Canon 60” (and served as the title for his thematic article in Le Carré Bleu Volume 4, 1961). Based on the number “60” and on the human body and musical harmonies, this rationalist system was designed to produce simple and clear design and reected a general interest in principles governing standardized production. Kristian Gullichsen and Juhani Pallasmaa used their Moduli 225 system for experimental wooden summerhouses in Naantali in 1969 and Noormarkku in 1973.6 These works were related to Blomstedt’s “Canon 60” system but took the next step in exploring prefabricated serial production.
