ANH VAN

1. Le Corbusier was the ..........figure internationally in modern architecture from 1920 to 1960.

• dominant

• foreign

• possible

2. “Modulor” is considered as a system of ……… grounded on the golden section or Fibonacci series using the human figures as its basis.

• figures

• proportions

• weight

3. According to Le Corbusier, architecture is “the masterly correct and .............. play of masses brought together in light”.

• bright

• wooden

• magnificient

4. His comparisons with engineering constructions and with modern forms of transportation were formulated into such oft-misunderstood postulates as “the house is a machine for living in” and that it should be as practically constructed as a typewriter.

• fundamentals

• basic princiciples

• a and b are correct

5. According to Le Corbusier, the house should be practically constructed as a ............

• TV set

• a refrigerator

• typewriter

6. A house is like a machine, but with complete .......... in plan, capacity for serial-production and function

• emotion

• rationality

• emotion and ratio

7. Five essential elements for a new architecture are the ………., roof terraces, free plan, continuous window strips and free façade composition.

• a. concrete

• b. floors

• c. pilotis

8. Le Corbusier’s works are characterized by the independence of terrain, double-height rooms,......, bridges and ramps

• a. small-scaled floors

• b. medium-scaled floors

• c. gallery floors.

9. Le Corbusier worked out the urban planning schemes for Paris and for several large North African and ….......cities

• a. South African

• b. North American

• c. South American

10. Constructivism is a style of architecture using concrete, …… and glass to organize planes and volumes in an extremely formal expression

• a. wood

• b. stone

• c. steel