Architecture symbols
Elevation symbols
People, plants and things to give a facade its scale. People are true height, so they work as a scale figure.
Why put people and trees on an elevation
A facade on its own has no sense of size — a two-storey house and a ten-storey block can look the same. A 175 cm person next to the door tells the reader the scale at a glance. Trees, cars and bicycles do the same job and show how the building sits in its street or garden.
Sizes in this set
- Standing and walking person: 175 cm tall.
- Seated person: about 135 cm to the top of the head.
- Child: about 110 cm.
- Deciduous tree: about 6 m tall, 4.5 m wide. Conifer: about 5 m. Shrub: 120 × 70 cm.
- Car: about 4 m long, 1.4 m high. Bicycle: about 175 cm long.
- Panel door 90 × 210 cm, casement window 120 × 150 cm, railing 100 cm high.
The level marker
A horizontal line with a half-filled triangle pointing down. Put it at each floor level, the eaves and the ridge, and write the height next to it — for example ±0.00 at the ground floor and +3.00 at the first floor.
Questions
What is entourage in architecture?
- The people, trees, cars and other objects added to a drawing to show scale and how a place is used. Keep it simple and light, so it doesn't compete with the building.
How tall should people be on an elevation?
- About 170–180 cm for an adult. The figures here are 175 cm, which reads naturally next to a 210 cm door.
Can I use these in a presentation?
- Yes — the PNG has a transparent background, and the SVG stays sharp at any size.