anthropomorphic proportions
Anthropomorphic proportioning systems are based on the dimensions and proportions of the human body. While the architects of the Renaissance saw the proportions of the human figure as a reaffirmation that certain mathematical ratios reflected the harmony of their universe, anthropomorphic proportioning methods seek not abstract or symbolic ratios, but functional ones. They are predicated on the theory that forms and spaces in architecture are either containers or extensions of the human body and should, therefore, be determined by its dimensions. (Ching, 1979)