Scale — Architecture
1:25
1:25
scale
One metre becomes 4 cm. A person is 70 mm tall, a door 84 mm, a 3 m storey 12 cm. Everything below is drawn at 1:25.
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Scale1:25
Subjectceiling, chair, child, door, person, table
Grid1 cm on the model
DrawnAtelier AMOD
Sheet02 / 20
Person70 mm1.75 m
Door84 mm2.1 m
Storey12 cm3.0 m floor to floor
Car18 cm4.5 m long
01Converter
Real size,
Real size,
1:25 size
For a whole building at every scale at once, use the scale calculator.
| A stair riser 17.5 cm | 7 mm |
|---|---|
| A chair seat 45 cm | 18 mm |
| A person 1.75 m | 70 mm |
| A door 2.1 m | 84 mm |
| A storey, floor to floor 3 m | 12 cm |
| A car 4.5 m | 18 cm |
| A bus 12 m | 48 cm |
| A 10-storey building 32 m | 128 cm |
| 1 mm on the model | 2.5 cm |
|---|---|
| 1 cm on the model | 25 cm |
| 5 cm on the model | 1.25 m |
| 10 cm on the model | 2.5 m |
| 30 cm on the model | 7.5 m |
| 50 cm on the model | 12.5 m |
| 1 m on the model | 25 m |
02The museum piece
At 1:25
I
What is modelled
Brick bond, roof tiles, window frames and the rooms behind them. A person is 70 mm tall and reads as a figure with a posture.
II
What it is used for
Heritage buildings and museum exhibits, looked at closely by many people for years. Also furnished interiors.
III
In the archive
The archive holds 7 models at 1:25, among them Badr House, Cabana Homes Interior and Daikin Heating System.
03One figure, every scale
The same person
The same person
at every scale
Architecture
Model railway
04From the archive
Built at 1:25
Models from the archive at this scale, cut, assembled and painted by hand.
05The scale rule
Every scale
Architecture ↑Model railway ↓
06Questions
On 1:25
How big is a person at 1:25 scale?
A person 1.75 m tall is 70 mm at 1:25. A child of 1.2 m is 48 mm and a standard door of 2.1 m is 84 mm.
How do I convert 1:25 to real size?
Multiply by 25. One millimetre on the model is 2.5 cm in reality and one centimetre is 25 cm. To go the other way, divide the real size by 25: a 3 m storey becomes 12 cm.
What is 1:25 scale used for?
Heritage buildings and museum exhibits, looked at closely by many people for years. Also furnished interiors. Brick bond, roof tiles, window frames and the rooms behind them. A person is 70 mm tall and reads as a figure with a posture.
How big would my building be at 1:25?
A building 20 m wide, 12 m deep and 15 m tall is 80 × 48 × 60 cm at 1:25. The scale calculator works it out for any building at every scale at once.
Your building, at 1:25, built by hand.