Scale is something that we often do not think of, but at the
same time we cannot imagine a building without it. Scale helps a building fit
in with its surroundings or stand out. In many of the buildings we have seen in
class such as the Pope Villa scale is what is notable about the building. The large
front porch makes the building seem even larger than it truly is. The tall ceilings
make the rooms much larger as do the curved walls of the drawing and dining
room, Scale is used in this space to alter the perceived area of a space. The
Pope Villa was not an exceptionally large building but the way it was
constructed and used scale it made it seem much larger. Scale can be used to describe design as it how parts relate
to one another and so this can be used to describe the design. Scale seems to
be nearly as important as the principles and elements that we learned about in
the last unit.
The Pope Villa porch makes the rest of the house seem far grander
that I could be on its own. The porch adds to the façade and makes it much larger because of the
scale of the porch and the windows.
The
round walls in the drawing room and dining room use scale to make the space seem
larger than they really are, it also makes the room more interesting.
The chairs we looked at in class also used scale, the tall backs created a space within a space useing scale.
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