ABSTRACT
This chapter explores how designers and, especially, architects deal with issues of scale and examines ways that educators might approach the parallel educational challenge. The oldest surviving work on architecture, by Vitruvius, is an attempt to interpret Greek architectural principles for a Roman audience. The cost of city-centre land compels architects and designers to build upwards. In the same way that architects take steps to improve the street view for those near large buildings; educators need to take steps to reduce the intimidation factor with new units. The chapter discusses the question of how educators might follow the lead of architects and designers by attending to proportion and levels of scale in their design of teaching units. The principle of gradients and promoting harmony through the proportional use of space applies to curriculum and course planning in some revealing and interesting ways.
