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WorksheetsLe Corbusier, Excerpts from Towards a New Architecture
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
What are three reminders to architects from Le
Corbusier?
Aesthetic, Lines and Sketches
Liner, Airplanes and Automobiles
Mass, Surface and Plan
Forms, Shapes and Dimensions
To whom is the term “eyes which do not see” referred in
these texts?
The architects who remained "stuck in the old styles"
Blind people
The readers
The new style of architecture
What is the purpose of construction according to Le Corbusier?
To create aesthetically pleasing buildings
To make things hoed together
To be the main focus of a structure
Le Corbusier didn't mention anything about construction in the text.
What is the purpose of architecture according to Le Corbusier?
To be solely practical
To further develop society
Le Corbusier didn't mention the purpose of architecture in the text.
To move us
What kind of artists are "champions" of the time, according to Le Corbusier?
(2 answers)
Architects
Painters
Sculptors
Musicians
What are the advantages of primary, geometrical forms?
(Check all that apply)
They can be clearly appreciated
They are seldom used, so they are unique
They evoke no emotion
They are satisfying by their geometry
They are understandable through mathematics
What is introduced as the “necessity of order”?
Architecture
Mass, Surface and Plan
Regulating lines
Creation of the mind
A plan proceeds from “within to without”. What does that mean?
The exterior is a result of an interior
The plan should gradually lose elements
The interior is a result of an exterior
The plan should only be completed in your head
What is an engineer supposed to achieve by mathematical calculation?
Perfect symmetry
Harmony
A grand scale
Always the golden ratio
What does Le Corbusier refer to with the phrase: "the mass-production spirit"
(Check all that apply)
The spirit of constructing mass-production houses.
The spirit of selling mass-production houses.
The spirit of conceiving mass-production houses.
The spirit of living in mass-production houses.
The spirit of destroying mass-production houses.
What does Le Corbusier have to say about styles in architecture?
That neo-gothic is the best
That every architect has to have their own specific style
That he dislikes all the previous styles
That they no longer exist
Le Corbusier states that:
"...the effort of all generations is embodied in [tools]."
What does he mean?
Every tool is necessary and none should be discarded
The tool is the expression of progress
The tool is something scared
(unmarked poll)
Do you agree with Le Corbusier's ideas about architecture, styles and principles?
Yes, completely
Yes, somewhat
I don't really have an opinion yet
No, I slightly disagree
No, I completely disagree
