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WorksheetsTheory of Architecture
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 5mins
It is a comparison showing differences, the opposite of similarity
Rhythm
Character
Proportion
Contrast
Most elementary means of organizing forms and spaces in architecture
Balance
Axis
Scale
Character
Characterized by an arrangement where all the part radiate from a center like the spikes on a wheel
Radial
Formal
Centralized
Unsymmetrical
It means equality
Rhythm
Contrast
Formal
Balance
It gives a feeling of grandeur, dignity, and monumentality
Centralized
Radial
Scale
Balance
When lines, planes, and surface treatments are repeated in a regular sequence
Balance
Rhythm
Contrast
Proportion
It is evident by a comparison which the eye makes between the size, shape, and tone of a various object or part of a competition
Proportion
Rhythm
Scale
Balance
These systems are based on the dimension and proportion of the human body
Proportion
Balance
Anthropometrics
Anthropometric proportion
The size of a building element or space relative to the dimensions and proportion of human body
Generic scale
Visual scale
Human scale
Mechanical scale
The art and science of building design and construction
Architecture
Theory
Visual scale
Rhythm
That which the eye identifies, the mind perceives and interprets
shape
texture
form
orientation
A series of form arranged in sequence in a row
Clustered form
Linear form
Radial form
Grid form
Subtracting a portion of a forms volume to create another
Subtracting transformation
Subtractive transformation
Additive transformation
Dimensional transformation
A composition of linear forms extending outward from a central form in a radial manner
Linear form
Clustered form
Radial form
Centralized form
One or more dimensions are altered but will retain its identity
Subtractive transformation
Dimensional transformation
Additive transformation
NOTA
This refers to the manner in which the surface of a form come together to define its shape and volume
Articulation of form
Form
Clustered form
Architecture
