Human Scale in Architecture

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Human Scale in Architecture
Di Lorenzo, Gabriela Méndez, Ana Elisa

• Gabriela Di Lorenzo
• Ana Elisa Méndez

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Monumental Effect

• Buildings, statues, and memorials are constructed
  in a scale larger than life as a social/cultural
  signal that the subject matter is also larger
  than life.

• Buildings, statues, and memorials are constructed
  in a scale larger than life as a social/cultural
  signal that the subject matter is also larger
  than life.

• Buildings, statues, and memorials are constructed
  in a scale larger than life as a social/cultural
  signal that the subject matter is also larger
  than life.

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Aesthetic Effect
Monumental Effect
John Hancock Tower, Boston
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Serve Automotive Scale
Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles