Scale — Architecture
1:250
1:250
scale
One metre becomes 4 mm. A person is 7 mm tall, a door 8.4 mm, a 3 m storey 12 mm. Everything below is drawn at 1:250.
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Scale1:250
Subjectbuilding, bus, person, tree
Grid1 cm on the model
DrawnAtelier AMOD
Sheet08 / 20
Person7 mm1.75 m
Door8.4 mm2.1 m
Storey12 mm3.0 m floor to floor
Car18 mm4.5 m long
01Converter
Real size,
Real size,
1:250 size
For a whole building at every scale at once, use the scale calculator.
| A stair riser 17.5 cm | 0.7 mm |
|---|---|
| A chair seat 45 cm | 1.8 mm |
| A person 1.75 m | 7 mm |
| A door 2.1 m | 8.4 mm |
| A storey, floor to floor 3 m | 12 mm |
| A car 4.5 m | 18 mm |
| A bus 12 m | 48 mm |
| A 10-storey building 32 m | 12.8 cm |
| A football pitch 105 m | 42 cm |
| 100 metres 100 m | 40 cm |
| 1 mm on the model | 25 cm |
|---|---|
| 1 cm on the model | 2.5 m |
| 5 cm on the model | 12.5 m |
| 10 cm on the model | 25 m |
| 30 cm on the model | 75 m |
| 50 cm on the model | 125 m |
| 1 m on the model | 250 m |
02Buildings in their streets
At 1:250
I
What is modelled
Facades read as rhythm: floor lines, window bays and balconies. A person is 7 mm tall.
II
What it is used for
Large buildings shown with the streets around them.
III
In the archive
Nothing in the archive was built at exactly 1:250; the nearest are at 1:200 and 1:300: 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 near 1:250
The archive's models at 1:200 and 1:300, the architectural scales closest to 1:250.
05The scale rule
Every scale
Architecture ↑Model railway ↓
06Questions
On 1:250
How big is a person at 1:250 scale?
A person 1.75 m tall is 7 mm at 1:250. A child of 1.2 m is 4.8 mm and a standard door of 2.1 m is 8.4 mm.
How do I convert 1:250 to real size?
Multiply by 250. One millimetre on the model is 25 cm in reality and one centimetre is 2.5 m. To go the other way, divide the real size by 250: a 3 m storey becomes 12 mm.
What is 1:250 scale used for?
Large buildings shown with the streets around them. Facades read as rhythm: floor lines, window bays and balconies. A person is 7 mm tall.
How big would my building be at 1:250?
A building 20 m wide, 12 m deep and 15 m tall is 8 × 4.8 × 6 cm at 1:250. The scale calculator works it out for any building at every scale at once.
Your building, at 1:250, built by hand.