Scale — Architecture
1:750
1:750
scale
One metre becomes 1.3 mm. A person is 2.33 mm tall, a door 2.8 mm, a 3 m storey 4 mm. Everything below is drawn at 1:750.
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Scale1:750
Subjectblock, person, tower
Grid1 cm on the model
DrawnAtelier AMOD
Sheet11 / 20
Person2.33 mm1.75 m
Door2.8 mm2.1 m
Storey4 mm3.0 m floor to floor
Car6 mm4.5 m long
01Converter
Real size,
Real size,
1:750 size
For a whole building at every scale at once, use the scale calculator.
| A chair seat 45 cm | 0.6 mm |
|---|---|
| A person 1.75 m | 2.33 mm |
| A door 2.1 m | 2.8 mm |
| A storey, floor to floor 3 m | 4 mm |
| A car 4.5 m | 6 mm |
| A bus 12 m | 16 mm |
| A 10-storey building 32 m | 42.7 mm |
| A football pitch 105 m | 14 cm |
| 100 metres 100 m | 13.3 cm |
| One kilometre 1 km | 133.3 cm |
| 1 mm on the model | 75 cm |
|---|---|
| 1 cm on the model | 7.5 m |
| 5 cm on the model | 37.5 m |
| 10 cm on the model | 75 m |
| 30 cm on the model | 225 m |
| 50 cm on the model | 375 m |
| 1 m on the model | 750 m |
02Large complexes
At 1:750
I
What is modelled
Volume and arrangement. Facades are drawn rather than built out; a 25-storey tower is about 11 cm tall.
II
What it is used for
Shopping centres, mixed-use complexes and large campuses.
III
In the archive
The archive holds 4 models at 1:750, among them Icerenkoy Carrefour, Star Mall and Zhuhai Conference Center.
03One figure, every scale
The same person
The same person
at every scale
Architecture
Model railway
04From the archive
Built at 1:750
Models from the archive at this scale, cut, assembled and painted by hand.
05The scale rule
Every scale
Architecture ↑Model railway ↓
06Questions
On 1:750
How big is a person at 1:750 scale?
A person 1.75 m tall is 2.33 mm at 1:750. A child of 1.2 m is 1.6 mm and a standard door of 2.1 m is 2.8 mm.
How do I convert 1:750 to real size?
Multiply by 750. One millimetre on the model is 75 cm in reality and one centimetre is 7.5 m. To go the other way, divide the real size by 750: a 3 m storey becomes 4 mm.
What is 1:750 scale used for?
Shopping centres, mixed-use complexes and large campuses. Volume and arrangement. Facades are drawn rather than built out; a 25-storey tower is about 11 cm tall.
How big would my building be at 1:750?
A building 20 m wide, 12 m deep and 15 m tall is 2.7 × 1.6 × 2 cm at 1:750. The scale calculator works it out for any building at every scale at once.
Your building, at 1:750, built by hand.