ARC 112 Quiz 2

Which of the following three themes were proposed by Vitruvius as essential for an architect to focus on?

• space, time and energy
• art, science and philosophy
• good, bad and ugly
• firmitas, utilitas, and venustas (strength, functionality and beauty)

Select the term that best defines the public face of a building.

• Elevation
• Front
• Mask
• Facade

'The quality of dealing with ideas rather than events, freedom from representational qualities, the process of removing something.' is defined as ____________________. (Select the BEST word from below to fill the blank.)

• analysis
• precedent
• concept
• abstraction

'An investigation organized to uncover what may have been the strategies for a project’s design.' is defined as ____________________. (Select the BEST word from below to fill the blank.)

• analysis
• precedent
• concept
• abstraction

"A philosophy researching the experience of built space." may best be defined as _______________.

• tectonics
• abstraction
• phenomenology
• deconstruction

Columns and Beams are elements of a ________________.

• structural system
• Erector Set
• Lego Technic Set
• Lincoln Log Set

"Carry meaning through embodied traditions and rituals of construction, place and program." Is best defined by the following term -

• Floor Plan
• Materiality
• Tectonic System
• Phenomenology

Precedent may be defined as...

• Awareness of what had come before.
• The raw material.
• The designers library.
• All of the above.

The program of the building detail photo shown below is primarily a ______________.

• rock house
• winery
• library
• community center

The following is an example of the ____________ being used to analyze the form of a seashell.

• Golden Diagram
• Golden Lines
• Golden Seashell
• Golden Ratio