Scale — Architecture
1:200
1:200
scale
One metre becomes 5 mm. A person is 8.75 mm tall, a door 10.5 mm, a 3 m storey 15 mm. Everything below is drawn at 1:200.
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Scale1:200
Subjectbuilding, bus, car, person, tree
Grid1 cm on the model
DrawnAtelier AMOD
Sheet07 / 20
Person8.75 mm1.75 m
Door10.5 mm2.1 m
Storey15 mm3.0 m floor to floor
Car22.5 mm4.5 m long
01Converter
Real size,
Real size,
1:200 size
For a whole building at every scale at once, use the scale calculator.
| A stair riser 17.5 cm | 0.88 mm |
|---|---|
| A chair seat 45 cm | 2.25 mm |
| A person 1.75 m | 8.75 mm |
| A door 2.1 m | 10.5 mm |
| A storey, floor to floor 3 m | 15 mm |
| A car 4.5 m | 22.5 mm |
| A bus 12 m | 60 mm |
| A 10-storey building 32 m | 16 cm |
| A football pitch 105 m | 52.5 cm |
| 100 metres 100 m | 50 cm |
| 1 mm on the model | 20 cm |
|---|---|
| 1 cm on the model | 2 m |
| 5 cm on the model | 10 m |
| 10 cm on the model | 20 m |
| 30 cm on the model | 60 m |
| 50 cm on the model | 100 m |
| 1 m on the model | 200 m |
02The sales model
At 1:200
I
What is modelled
Brickwork becomes painted texture and ornament is simplified to its silhouette. Floors stay countable, which is what a buyer looks for.
II
What it is used for
Sales models for apartment blocks and towers, with courtyards, roads and neighbours.
III
In the archive
The archive holds 23 models at 1:200, among them Aan 't Park, Hilton Kingsland and Ambassador's Residence.
03One figure, every scale
The same person
The same person
at every scale
Architecture
Model railway
04From the archive
Built at 1:200
Models from the archive at this scale, cut, assembled and painted by hand.
05The scale rule
Every scale
Architecture ↑Model railway ↓
06Questions
On 1:200
How big is a person at 1:200 scale?
A person 1.75 m tall is 8.75 mm at 1:200. A child of 1.2 m is 6 mm and a standard door of 2.1 m is 10.5 mm.
How do I convert 1:200 to real size?
Multiply by 200. One millimetre on the model is 20 cm in reality and one centimetre is 2 m. To go the other way, divide the real size by 200: a 3 m storey becomes 15 mm.
What is 1:200 scale used for?
Sales models for apartment blocks and towers, with courtyards, roads and neighbours. Brickwork becomes painted texture and ornament is simplified to its silhouette. Floors stay countable, which is what a buyer looks for.
How big would my building be at 1:200?
A building 20 m wide, 12 m deep and 15 m tall is 10 × 6 × 7.5 cm at 1:200. The scale calculator works it out for any building at every scale at once.
Your building, at 1:200, built by hand.