The Balance Problem Set

Problem 1: Urban Scale

Scale is how we perceive the size relationship of one thing to another. Typically, we use ourselves, that is our bodies, as the measure in determining whether something else is "large" or "small". The largest architectural scale is that of the city, called the urban scale. The smallest architectural scale is the detail scale. In between those two, is the building scale comprised of individual buildings.

Of the three architectural images below which is the best example of urban scale?

Notre Dame Cathedral,
Paris, France
(1163-1250)

Piazza di San Marco,
Venice, Italy
(830-1640)

Rose window, Notre Dame Cathedral,
Paris, France
(1163-1250)

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The Architecture Project
University of Arizona
Tuesday, September 2, 1997
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