Study on the Meaning of Scale in Architecture

Typological structure in contemporary architecture made of a square plan—A study on the geometry and scale in architecture

“…17,18 Note 17) Takeuchi (2005) indicated the difference between proportion and scale in architecture while referring to Boudon (1971); "proportion" means the ratio of one part to the other part in the same space, while "scale" means the ratio of a part of one space to a part of another space. 19 Based on this finding, the term "analysis in consideration of scale" is taken to mean, "even when two analysis targets are formed by the completely same elements, the two targets are distinguished by data of size." Note 18) The following criteria were set to gather "architectural works made of a square plan": (i) The outer shape of planning is a square figure; (ii) Additional elements do not exceed the area of the square plan; (iii) Multi-story building includes at least two square plans; (iv) Structural independence of square plan.…”

“…(Venturi 1977, 14 Boudon (1971); "proportion" means the ratio of one part to the other part in the same space, while "scale" means the ratio of a part of one space to a part of another space. 19 Based on this finding, the term "analysis in consideration of scale" is taken to mean, "even when two analysis targets are formed by the completely same elements, the two targets are distinguished by data of size." Note 20) Using the chi-squared test as a test of significance, we rejected the null hypothesis when a p-value is less than or equal to a significance level of 0.05.…”

“… Takeuchi (2005) indicated the difference between proportion and scale in architecture while referring to Boudon (1971); “proportion” means the ratio of one part to the other part in the same space, while “scale” means the ratio of a part of one space to a part of another space . Based on this finding, the term “analysis in consideration of scale” is taken to mean, “even when two analysis targets are formed by the completely same elements, the two targets are distinguished by data of size.” …”