Space+and+Scale

Scale can be defined as the set of numbers, amounts ,etc., used to measure or compare the level of something. In constructions the scale is used to define its physical size and the way the construction will act in a metropolitan level, a neighboring level, etc. There are public constructions that have a massive scale, such as airports, highways or bus terminals, although there are buildings with smaller scales, like personal houses, or residential buildings (depending on its size). The scale helps us to imagine the flows inside of the building, and to see the actual size of the building.

Also, the scale can also be understood as the actual urban scale that the architect’s working on, there are different scales, such as urban or metropolitan used to help to define the aftermath of the building’s construction and how it’ll affect the city.

The human scale a kind of scale used to compare a building, object or construction to the human size, in order to see how humans will interact to the constructed environment. The human scale helps to visualize how people are going to inhabit the construction; it also helps to define the visuals people will see inside the property.

