TACN4

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

1960.

• dominant

• foreign

• possible

“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

According to Le Corbusier, architecture is “the masterly correct and .............. play of

masses brought together in light”.

• bright

• wooden

• magnificient

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

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

• TV set

• a refrigerator

• typewriter

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

and function.

• emotion

• rationality

• emotion and rationality

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

• concrete

• floors

• pilotis

Le Corbusier’s works are characterized by the independence of terrain, double-height

rooms,......, bridges and ramps.

• small-scaled floors

• medium-scaled floors

• gallery floors.

Le Corbusier worked out the urban planning schemes for Paris and for several large North

African and ..........cities.

• South African

• North American

• South American

Constructivism is a style of architecture using concrete, ...... and glass to organize planes

and volumes in an extremely formal expression.

• wood

• stone

• steel