
The ‘Scale Model’ line – LeGO architecture in the 1960s
The history of the current LeGO architecture series
can be traced back to the beginning of the 1960s when
the LeGO brick’s popularity was still steadily increasing.
Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, the then owner of the
company, began looking for ways to further expand the
LeGO system, and asked his designers to come up with a
set of new components that would add a new dimension
to LeGO building.
Their answer was as simple as it was revolutionary:
five elements that matched the existing bricks, but were
only one third the height. These new building ‘plates’
made it possible to construct more detailed models than
before.
This greater LeGO flexibility seemed to match
the spirit of the age; where modernist architects were
redefining how houses looked, and people were taking
an active interest in the design of their dream home. It
was from these trends that the LeGO ‘Scale Model’ line
was born in early 1962.
The name itself was a direct link to the way
architects and engineers worked, and it was hoped that
they and others would build their projects ‘to scale’ in
LeGO elements. as with LeGO architecture today, the
original sets were designed to be different from the
normal brightly coloured LeGO boxes, and also included
‘an architectural Book’ for inspiration.
Though the five elements remain an integral part
of the LeGO building system today, the ‘Scale Model’
line was phased
out in 1965 – it
would be over 40
years before its
principles would
be revived in the
LeGO architecture
series we know
today.
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