TOA - Theories and Principle of Design

What is the concept of Sydney opera house?

• Thin shell structure

• snail

• sailing boats     

• slices of orange

What is the concept of Trans World Airlines flight center at JFK airport

• Birds wings

• Eagle

• Neo-Futuristic

• Airplane

Which principle of composition incorporates sense of movement?

• Rhythm

• Unity

• Character

• Scale and Proportion

Which principle of composition incorporates the sense of equilibrium?

• Proportion

• Contrast

• Balance

• Character

Which is not a type of a building entrance?

• Flush

• Projected

• Recessed

• Oblique

Which is not a type of approach?

• Frontal

• Oblique

• Spiral

• Inclined

The term theory of architecture was originally simply the accepted translation of the Latin term __________. As used by Vitruvius. 

• Ratiocination

• Doctrina de Architectura

• Venustas

• Racionalle

Written by a roman architect and dedicated to his patron, the Emperor Ceasar Augustus as a guide for building projects. It is divided into 10 books dwelling with city planning and architecture in general.

• De Re Aedificatoria

• De architectura

• Of Architecture

• 10 Books on Architecture

The author of the said book De architectura is ________.

• Leon Batista Alberti

• Sebastiano Serillo

• Vitruvius

• Andrea Paladio

Which among the following is not under Vitruvius

• Firmitas

• Venustas

• Concretas

• Utilitas