MIXED QUIZ 01

According the Vitruvius, Caryatids represent the history of ____.

• women of caryae

• divine Greek women

• powerful women

• status of Athenian women

This is the Cardboard Cathedral, a temporary church in New Zealand primarily made with cardboard tubes in A- Frame. Who designed this structure which was built in 2013?

• Tadao Ando

• Frei Otto

• Shigeru Ban

• Jean Nouvel

In 477, Pericles commissioned the Greek Architects Ictinus and Callicrates and the sculptor Phidias to design the Doric-Style Parthenon. It originally and primarily houses what?

• Statue of Zeus

• Opera Room

• Statue of Athena

• Library of Scrolls

Looking outside a building, you can typically see a rod embedded into the ground and connected to the internal electrical system of the building. What do you call this?

• grounding electrode

• grounding conductor

• lightning rod

• down conductor

Which architect and engineer was inspired by "bird skulls, soap bubbles and spider webs" in developing lightweight materials for his projects?

• Shigeru Ban

• Renzo Piano

• Frei Otto

• Auguste Perret

Which of the following is prevented when cross bridging between joists is done?

• twisting of joists

• rotation

• lateral displacement

• AOTA

When a rough lumber is 'dressed', which of the following does not happen?

• one side is smooth

• increase strength

• better surface finish

• reduced size

What do you call the settlement village of Ifugao traditional houses?

• halipan

• bable

• silong

• tukud

Answer explanation

The traditional Ifugao house is called bale/fale. Bable is a settlement village of ifugao community commonly comprising of bale/fale.

In which part of the Philippines can the traditional houses called bale/fale be found?

• Cordilleras

• Central Mindanao

• Bicol Region

• Sulu Archipelago

According to NBCP, what is the minimum distance of eaves edge above required windows from the property line?

• 1000mm

• 500mm

• 250mm

• 750mm