Scale — Architecture
1:2000
1:2000
scale
One metre becomes 0.5 mm. A person is 0.88 mm tall, a door 1.05 mm, a 3 m storey 1.5 mm. Everything below is drawn at 1:2000.
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Scale1:2000
Subjectblock, person, tower
Grid1 cm on the model
DrawnAtelier AMOD
Sheet13 / 20
Person0.88 mm1.75 m
Door1.05 mm2.1 m
Storey1.5 mm3.0 m floor to floor
Car2.25 mm4.5 m long
01Converter
Real size,
Real size,
1:2000 size
For a whole building at every scale at once, use the scale calculator.
| A person 1.75 m | 0.88 mm |
|---|---|
| A door 2.1 m | 1.05 mm |
| A storey, floor to floor 3 m | 1.5 mm |
| A car 4.5 m | 2.25 mm |
| A bus 12 m | 6 mm |
| A 10-storey building 32 m | 16 mm |
| A football pitch 105 m | 52.5 mm |
| 100 metres 100 m | 50 mm |
| One kilometre 1 km | 50 cm |
| 1 mm on the model | 2 m |
|---|---|
| 1 cm on the model | 20 m |
| 5 cm on the model | 100 m |
| 10 cm on the model | 200 m |
| 30 cm on the model | 600 m |
| 50 cm on the model | 1 km |
| 1 m on the model | 2 km |
02The city
At 1:2000
I
What is modelled
City form: blocks, streets, parks and the skyline. A 60-storey tower is under 10 cm tall.
II
What it is used for
City planning and regional masterplans.
III
In the archive
Nothing in the archive was built at exactly 1:2000; the nearest are at 1:1000: 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 near 1:2000
The archive's models at 1:1000, the architectural scale closest to 1:2000.
05The scale rule
Every scale
Architecture ↑Model railway ↓
06Questions
On 1:2000
How big is a person at 1:2000 scale?
A person 1.75 m tall is 0.88 mm at 1:2000. A child of 1.2 m is 0.6 mm and a standard door of 2.1 m is 1.05 mm.
How do I convert 1:2000 to real size?
Multiply by 2000. One millimetre on the model is 2 m in reality and one centimetre is 20 m. To go the other way, divide the real size by 2000: a 3 m storey becomes 1.5 mm.
What is 1:2000 scale used for?
City planning and regional masterplans. City form: blocks, streets, parks and the skyline. A 60-storey tower is under 10 cm tall.
How big would my building be at 1:2000?
A building 20 m wide, 12 m deep and 15 m tall is 1 × 0.6 × 0.8 cm at 1:2000. The scale calculator works it out for any building at every scale at once.
Your building, at 1:2000, built by hand.