Modernist architecture is usually scalebound. They are built on a grid, and things fit in that grid to create order.
Relatedly, the designer starts with the plot of land in mind, and works to fit the requirements of the building into the space.
This scaling approach has been augmented with technology by Sidewalk Labs (google) in their tool dwell - which helps developers plan the massing of neighbourhoods.
Scaling architecture was explored in Yokohama International Passenger Terminal, designed by Foreign Office Architects. This technique was enabled by the development of more powerful computers.
Scaling architecture is more like a craggy mountain or the sea. Many different scales crash into each other to form a continuum. The buildings could go on and on forever, and each element seems like it could regenerate on it's own grid forever. The fixing of the building to a plot comes at the end.