February 2020 – Page 2

“To scale” simply means that every element in a drawing or model is in the same proportion, with the same relationships as the real (or proposed) thing – but, that it is smaller or larger by a certain percentage.

First of all, scale permits us to get it the relationship between a figuration a drawing or model and reality. Being able to draw precisely to scale, and to move fluently between scales, is one of the most critical viewpoints of architectural drawing and spatial design.

Or maybe, we are frequently attempting to confirm that what we are looking at is appeared at a common scale, one that we know and understand, so that ready to interpret the spatial qualities in our intellect and imagine involving the spaces.

It is convenient for people to understand the scale anywhere, in two ways:

1) Understanding scale mathematically
2) Understanding scale as a result of experiences

Architects can use these two ways, but in this article, I would like to focus on the experience part rather than the mathematical part of the scale and inform my readers about this subject. Experiential scale calculation is something almost all people can do. For example, a person who is not an architect or engineer is aware that any doghouse is smaller than its own size because that person cannot experience the doghouse because it is smaller than its own size. This is also an experiential scale calculation.

Some standard scales used in architectural drawings:

HUMAN SCALE

The human scale in architecture can be clarified with the height of the building by giving reference to the human measurements and human scale. It can moreover be clarified by the utilize of different other highlights and elements such as colors, surfaces, a measure of windows and doors, etc.

modulor-man-le-corbusier Modulor Man by Le Corbusier

MINIATURE SCALE

When the scale of the object is set in such a way the estimate of the object or building decreases from the rel measure at that point it is named “miniature.” Architects utilize it for making plans and models. It is additionally utilized by miniature artists to infer different shapes and sculptures. In our standard of living in case, we need to compare at that point the little ant is in miniature to the human being. In the case of show making, the real measurements are decreased to create fitting models. Turkey Located in Istanbul “Miniatürk” is one of the examples in miniature scale. In the 1/25 scale reconstruction of the important works in different regions of Turkey and should be displayed in this way, it is quite appreciated by the people of different countries and the people of our own country.

miniaturk Miniatürk in Istanbul

VISION SCALE or ARCHITECTURAL SCALE

The peculiarity of this scale is that it is not based on real measurements. The determination of the scale is based on the measurements of the objects around the area to be determined.

MONUMENTAL SCALE

When the measure of the object or a building gets expanded than the real measure at that point it is named as monumental scale. The scale is much greater than the human scale and by and large utilized for public places. The places where huge crowds assemble such places ought to be developed on a monumental scale. We see that in buildings built in accordance with the Gothic architecture, such as churches, cathedrals, etc. much larger scales are used than the human scale.