What is the meaning of scale in garden architecture

Scale in garden architecture is the building space components and objects with a certain natural scale of comparison. Functional, aesthetic and environmental characteristics are the basis for determining the scale of the building, the correct scale should be consistent with the functional, aesthetic requirements, and environmental coordination. People themselves are the real measure of the building, that is to say, the sense of scale of the building can be finally analyzed clearly in the human body size or human movement size experience. Therefore, the commonly used building components must meet the requirements of people's use and have a specific standard, such as railings, window sills for about 1 meter high, step for about 15 centimeters, doors and windows for about 2 meters, the size of these components is generally fixed, can be used as a measure of the size of the building scale.

------- ------- Chen Xiaomei, editor-in-chief, "Landscape Architecture Design" 88~89 pages