2. SIZE SCALE PROPORTION
Different attitudes towards dimensions
SCALE talks about the sizes of an object in relation to its context or about
the size of the drawing or a model in relation to the size in reality
PROPORTION talks about the relation of the dimensions wtihin one object
3. DRAWINGS AND MODELS ON SCALE
The scale of a map ex. Michelin
The scale of a city plan, neighbourhood,…
The scale of a plan of a landscape architect 1/200
The scale of the plans for designing, realisation and presentation of
buildings
1/200 1/100 1/50 1/20 1/5 1/1
4. SCALE MODELS IN ARCHITECTURE
Volumes ex. stone, wood ,foam
Volumes with openings
Exterior and interior equal ex. student work
Only the representation of the interior ex. Caruso Sint_john
5. SCALE MODELS IN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
Scale models in alternative material
Dummy
Prototype
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17. SCALE AS AN IMPRESSION OF SIZE
Scale as a means for expressing power and importance
‘Small is beautiful if big is also beautiful’
‘The only acceptable scale is the human scale’
Scale as a means to feel a small space ample
18. KOW LOON WALLED CITY - HONG KONG
First a Chinese military fort
From 1878 on an ungoverned settlement, enclave
1987 33.000 inhabitants on 0,03 KM2 ( ex. 100x 300 M)
1994 Demolishing completed
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22. SIZE IN ARCHITECTURE
‘The space needed for the body is much smaller
than the space needed for the soul’
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capsule
hotel
Japan
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25. Ernst Neufert (1900 – 1986)
Bauentwerfslehre; Handbuch für den Baufachmann, Bauherren, Lehrenden und
Lernden
1. Auflage : Bauwelt – Verlag, Berlin 1936
39., überarbeite Aulage : vieweg + teubner, Wiesbaden 2009,
ISBN 978-3-8348-0732- 8
A strange ‘bible’ for designers and architects
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- Angle about 35 ° (too steep or too lazy..)
- The relation between the vertical and horizontal part of the stair is related
to the size of a foot and the length of one step
- Width about 80 CM
- STAIRFORMULA 2 x O + A = 60 to 63 CM
- O is best less than 19 CM and A is best around 25 CM
- Practical example with O= 17,5, CM and A= 25 CM
