Scale — Architecture
1:1000
1:1000
scale
One metre becomes 1 mm. A person is 1.75 mm tall, a door 2.1 mm, a 3 m storey 3 mm. Everything below is drawn at 1:1000.
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Scale1:1000
Subjectblock, person, tower
Grid1 cm on the model
DrawnAtelier AMOD
Sheet12 / 20
Person1.75 mm1.75 m
Door2.1 mm2.1 m
Storey3 mm3.0 m floor to floor
Car4.5 mm4.5 m long
01Converter
Real size,
Real size,
1:1000 size
For a whole building at every scale at once, use the scale calculator.
| A chair seat 45 cm | 0.45 mm |
|---|---|
| A person 1.75 m | 1.75 mm |
| A door 2.1 m | 2.1 mm |
| A storey, floor to floor 3 m | 3 mm |
| A car 4.5 m | 4.5 mm |
| A bus 12 m | 12 mm |
| A 10-storey building 32 m | 32 mm |
| A football pitch 105 m | 10.5 cm |
| 100 metres 100 m | 10 cm |
| One kilometre 1 km | 100 cm |
| 1 mm on the model | 1 m |
|---|---|
| 1 cm on the model | 10 m |
| 5 cm on the model | 50 m |
| 10 cm on the model | 100 m |
| 30 cm on the model | 300 m |
| 50 cm on the model | 500 m |
| 1 m on the model | 1 km |
02Districts and airports
At 1:1000
I
What is modelled
Blocks, roads, water and landscape. A person is 1.75 mm: present, but only as a speck.
II
What it is used for
Districts, airports and city quarters.
III
In the archive
The archive holds 5 models at 1:1000, among them Maktoum City, Hangzhou Station Area and Dalian Exhibition Center.
03One figure, every scale
The same person
The same person
at every scale
Architecture
Model railway
04From the archive
Built at 1:1000
Models from the archive at this scale, cut, assembled and painted by hand.
05The scale rule
Every scale
Architecture ↑Model railway ↓
06Questions
On 1:1000
How big is a person at 1:1000 scale?
A person 1.75 m tall is 1.75 mm at 1:1000. A child of 1.2 m is 1.2 mm and a standard door of 2.1 m is 2.1 mm.
How do I convert 1:1000 to real size?
Multiply by 1000. One millimetre on the model is 1 m in reality and one centimetre is 10 m. To go the other way, divide the real size by 1000: a 3 m storey becomes 3 mm.
What is 1:1000 scale used for?
Districts, airports and city quarters. Blocks, roads, water and landscape. A person is 1.75 mm: present, but only as a speck.
How big would my building be at 1:1000?
A building 20 m wide, 12 m deep and 15 m tall is 2 × 1.2 × 1.5 cm at 1:1000. The scale calculator works it out for any building at every scale at once.
Your building, at 1:1000, built by hand.