LEGO Architecture Notre Dame’s scale question can be answered without maths

You can get a sense of the scale of LEGO Architecture 21061 Notre-Dame de Paris without doing a single calculation.

One of the first questions that many will likely have had upon seeing the newly-revealed 21061 Notre-Dame de Paris is how does it scale next to similar LEGO Architecture builds and, perhaps most importantly, next to LEGO Icons 10307 Eiffel Tower? Two iconic architectural feats from the French capital, it only makes sense that some will want to display the duo next to one another.

Usually, working out the scale of LEGO sets in relation to one another would require some speedy maths calculations but there’s a little trick tucked away at the base of both LEGO sets that offer a sense of how the two are scaled to one another. Both sets share the same style of trees dotted around the bottom of the sets, either tucked under the feet of 10307 Eiffel Tower or framing the edges of 21061 Notre-Dame de Paris.

This simple inclusion ties together both sets, setting them firmly within the same brick-built version of Paris. Of course, in real life you’d expect to see similar trees popping up in the same city, even if the two structures were several streets away from each other.

Indeed, even if you dig into the numerical scales of each set, the LEGO Group appears to have kept them fairly close to the real-life proportions. The actual Eiffel Tower just over three times taller than the total height of the original Notre Dame, spires and all. Looking at the LEGO sets, 10307 Eiffel Tower is four and a half times taller than 21061 Notre-Dame de Paris, including the bases of both sets, which also appear to be similar to one another.

While the scales are slightly altered, it’s close enough to still likely look pretty good side by side. You could also get creative in how you display your Paris-based sets. After all, Notre Dame is just under five kilometres away from the Eiffel Tower, so if you wanted to get super realistic about your display, you’ll need them on opposite sides of the room anyway.

Moving back to our tree logic, the similar style of shrubs also means that the two sets side by side won’t look out of place, even if the technical scales differ slightly. While we won’t know for sure how the two will compare side by side until 21061 Notre-Dame de Paris is out on June 1 (or someone who gets their hands on it early does a comparison), fans of Paris should be able to put together an impressive brick-built Parisian display – if you’re willing to shell out the £755 required to get your hands on both of the enormous builds.

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