Scale is very important in terms of
design. Scale is one of the main focus’s for interiors. The objects must be
usable for humans. For example, a couch is scaled to be used for people to sit
on comfortably. If the couch is too big, then people would have trouble getting
on the couch. That’s why scale in interiors is very important. Scale for exteriors
can range from small to gigantic. When standing next to a large building, one
may feel small or even intimidated by the large building. A large building can
be large for many reasons. One reason would be to represent something or
someone. For example, the Salisbury cathedral, and other cathedrals, represent
faith and God’s glory. They are made massive because they represent something
big and important to groups of people. They also show the creativity of their
time period.
In terms
of urban scale, the buildings size is very important. For example, in New York
City, they have lots of restrictions on how large a building can be. Not so
much the height, but the width of the building is very important so that one
building doesn’t take up too much space. A building can be analyzed and
described by scale alone. If a building is very tall you could speculate that
the building is used for many different things. You could also assume that the
building is important if it’s very large. In an interior if an object or space is
large, such as a buildings’ atrium, you will know that the atrium is an
important gathering area for people. This idea goes back to that humans and
scale are taken into high consideration in design and are one of the most
important things in design and in describing design.
Below is a picture of the Salisbury Cathedral.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salisbury_Cathedral
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