In this category, scales are subdivided, for constructive details 1: 2 and 1: 5, for furniture details built on site or for interior design, the 1:10, 1:20 or 1:25 scale, while for the detailed of a specific space, either in plant or section, the common scales are 1:25, 1:50 and even 1:75. The complete project, depending on its size, is usually reflected in scales 1: 100, 1: 200, 1: 250, and if it is very wide, 1: 500, although this scale already enters the limits of urban projects.
Expansion scale
The extension scale reproduces reality to greater dimension. In colloquial terms, it is to make a Zoom to an object, and the most frequent are 2: 1, 5: 1 and 10: 1. It is a resource appealed when making models on a specific detailespecially a constructive or structure node.
In the architecture planes, the reduction scale is the most used.Sven Mieke / Unspash.
Human scale
As his name says it, It is the scale that gives proportion to the drawings with respect to the dimensions of a person. Although, it is a graphic and non -numerical scale, it helps to understand the spatiality of a project, in wide and long, but particularly in the heights and visuals.
Finally, and although outside the term of scale in a plane, the architect usually works with other scales when projecting and understanding the behavior of his building with respect to the environment. Thus, the architectural scale tries to study the relationship of the work with the surrounding constructions, the neighborhood scale seeks to measure the impact of the project on a larger radio, while the urban scale helps to understand the behavior within the urban, and is mostly applied when public space is projected.
What is the human scale and its characteristics?
The human scale is based on anthropometry, that is, the dimensions of man. It is vital to refer to the human scale when projectingbecause the measures of the architecture obey and respond to the spatial needs of its inhabitants, that is, men, women and children. The concept is as basic as Leonardo Da Vinci himself studied the dimensions of man with respect to his spaces. The famous «man of vitruvio» is the basis of the human scale within architecture.