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Theory of Architecture

Total questions: 72

Worksheet time: 1hrs 12mins

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1.

(a)   is a framework or a process that helps to answer the

meaning and understanding of architecture vocabulary

such as the chosen element of architecture.

2.

the three-dimensional field in which

objects and events occur and have relative

position and direction,

a)

SPACE

b)

SHAPE

c)

AREA

3.

In this type of

spatial relationship, the larger, enveloping

space serves as a three-dimensional field for

the smaller space contained within it

a)

SPACES LINKED BY A COMMON SPACE

b)

ADJACENT SPACES

c)

SPACE WITHIN A SPACE

4.

is the most common type

of spatial relationship. It allows each space to

be clearly defined and to respond, each in its

own way, to specific functional or symbolic

requirements.

a)

SPACE WITHIN A SPACE

b)

ADJACENT SPACES

c)

INTERLOCKING SPACES

5.

results from the

overlapping of two spatial fields and the

emergence of a zone of shared space

a)

SPACES LINKED BY A COMMON SPACE

b)

ADJACENT SPACES

c)

INTERLOCKING SPACES

6.

Two spaces that are separated by distance

can be linked or related to each other by a

third, intermediate, space

a)

SPATIAL ORGANIZATION

b)

SPACES LINKED BY A COMMON SPACE

c)

LINEAR

7.

is a stable, concentrated

composition that consists of several

secondary spaces grouped around a large,

dominant, central space

a)

LINEAR

b)

CLUSTERED

c)

CENTRALIZED

8.

consists essentially of a series of

spaces. These spaces can either be directly

related to one another or be linked through

a separate and distinct linear space

a)

LINEAR

b)

GRID

c)

RADIAL

9.

combines elements of both

centralized and linear organizations. It consists

of a dominant central space from which a

a)

CLUSTERED

b)

RADIAL

c)

CENTRALIZED

10.

consists of forms and spaces whose

positions in space and relationships with one

another are regulated by a three-dimensional

grid pattern or field

a)

CLUSTERED

b)

RADIAL

c)

GRID

11.

relies on physical proximity to

relate its spaces to one another. It often

consists of repetitive, cellular spaces that have

similar functions and share a common visual

trait such as shape or orientation

a)

LINEAR

b)

CENTRALIZED

c)

CLUSTERED

12.

are treatises which aim at

the fulfillment of one principal goal, usually at

the cost of other customary goals of building

(a)  

13.

Two plausible reasons can be given for

according logical primacy in the Vitruvian

triad to (a)   . The first is the notion that

architecture is essentially the “art of

building.” The second is that, since the uses

or functions of a building tend to change,

the structures serving such functions may

be considered as taking logical precedence

over them.

14.

Firmness or physical strength secured the

building's structural integrity.

a)

FIRMITAS

b)

UTILITAS

c)

VENUSTAS

15.

The notion that a building is defective unless

the spaces provided are adequate and

appropriate for their intended usage would

seem obvious.

a)

FIRMITAS

b)

UTILITAS

c)

VENUSTAS

16.

VITRUVIAN TRIAD: Utility provided an efficient arrangement of

spaces and mechanical systems to meet the

functional needs of its occupants

a)

UTILITAS

b)

VENUSTAS

c)

FIRMITAS

17.

This Latin term for “beauty” (literally, the salient qualities possessed by the goddess Venus) clearly implied a visual quality in architecture that would arouse the emotion of love, but it is of interest to note that one of the crucial aspects of this problem was already anticipated by Alberti in the 15th century, as is made clear by his substitution of the word amoenitas (“pleasure”) for Vitruvius’s more anthropomorphic term (a)   .

18.

In 1418, a copy of the Vitruve was found among the manuscripts of the Monastery of (a)   . The word about the manuscript spread fast to the circles of architects in Italy and was soon met with enthusiasm.

19.

The person in charge of constructions

commanded by Pope

a)

LEON BAUTISTA ALBERTI

b)

PHILIBERT DE L’ORME

c)

MARCUS VITRUVIUS POLLIO

20.

Leon Bautista Alberti wrote (a)   (on painting) where it

included Brunelleschi’s theories of perspective and De Re Aedificatoria (On Building), the first architectural treatise of the Renaissance.

21.

“Regole generall di architectura”

a)

LEON BAUTISTA ALBERTI

b)

SEBASTINO SERLIO

c)

GIACOMO BAROZZI DA VIGNOLA

22.

“Regola delle cinque ordini” / The Five Orders of

Architecture

a)

ANDREA PALLADIO

b)

SEBASTINO SERLIO

c)

GIACOMO BAROZZI DA VIGNOLA

23.

GIACOMO BAROZZI DA VIGNOLA based his design instructions on the idea of (a)   that the proportions of small integers meant harmony

24.

One of French theorist who are critical of Italians

a)

ANDREA PALLADIO

b)

PHILIBERT DE L’ORME

c)

LEON BAUTISTA ALBERTI

25.

The Father of modern picture books of

architecture

a)

PHILIBERT DE L’ORME

b)

ANDREA PALLADIO

c)

LEON BAUTISTA ALBERTI

26.

in (a)   a stone vault with a span of over 20m has been standing well over two millennia and exists still today.

27.

-Consists mostly of normative theory of design (based on practice)

-A collection of thematic theories of design with no method of combining them into a synthesis

(a)  

28.

Central figures in developing the mathematical

construction theory were

a)

Robert Hooke

b)

Jakob Bernoulli

c)

Leonhard Euler

d)

George Kinsley

e)

Calvin Meyers

29.

The methods of creating mathematical models and verifying them through experiments were adopted from

a)

Galileo Galilei

b)

Kristofer Pollonsky

c)

Francis Bacon

d)

Charles Darwin

30.

The name "engineer", which comes form the Latin word genium = " (a)   "

31.

The word (a)   was adopted by Marquise de Vauban

when he founded a building department, Corps des

ingénieurs, in the French army, in 1675.

32.

in 1747, a special school, _____, was founded in Paris.

a)

La Martiniere Lyon

b)

Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées

c)

L'Ensemble Scolaire Maurice-Tièche

d)

Lycée Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague

33.

He studied the methods of

exploiting an eternal source of architectural

forms: nature and especially the forms of

plants.

(a)  

34.

The example set by (a)   encouraged some of

the most skillful architects of our century to create

their private form languages.

35.

After the Gothic style, the first architectural style

independent of the tradition of antiquity in Europe was

a)

Renaissance

b)

Impressionism

c)

Art Nouveau

36.

The theoretical proposals of (a)   , and his

sculptural buildings, received at first much attention

among Functionalist architects, but fresh theories were

soon put forward by other authors.

37.

The (a)   of architects are not necessarily

based on laws of nature or on logical reasoning.

38.

The intended uses of new buildings have certainly influenced their architecture long before the emergence of first architects or theories.

a)

FUNCTIONALISM

b)

INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

c)

ARTS AND CRAFTS MOVEMENT

39.

Despite the influential slogan of (a)   , "Form follows function" no coherent theory of functionalism was created before the 1920s when it started to unfold in the Bauhaus school headed by Walter Gropius (1883 - 1969).

40.

_____ of the building meant to the first developers

and supporters of the Functionalist theory mostly the

physical requirements (primarily dimensions) that

were necessary to carry out the practical corporeal

activities in the building.

a)

Area

b)

Function

c)

Facade

41.

_____ is based on the perfect mastery of all the scientific, technological, and formal prerequisites of the task.

a)

Beauty

b)

Comprehension

c)

Proficiency

42.

A manifesto by Adolf Loos (1908), _____, had great influence on architects.

a)

Accessory and Transgression

b)

Crime and Punishment

c)

Ornament and Crime

43.

Functionalist architects understood how essential it is

to base their design on ______.

a)

theories of architecture

b)

empirical research

c)

thematic theories

44.

The _____ which began around 1760 in England, led to enormous changes at each level of civilization throughout the world.

a)

second industrial revolution

b)

industrial revolution

c)

progressive era

45.

industrial material brought more new building materials which are cast _____ with which architects and engineers rearranged the concept of function, size, and form due to the impact of industrial revolution.

a)

iron

b)

steel

c)

glass

d)

cement

e)

planks

46.

The ______ movement originated in England in the mid-19th century as an antidote to the dehumanizing effects of the industrial revolution.

a)

industrial

b)

arts and crafts

c)

london

47.

Many Europeans, and Americans, dedicated themselves to the styles of ancient Rome and Greece, which we call (a)   .

48.

English landscape gardener and designer of hothouses, who was the architect of the Crystal Palace for the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London

a)

SIR JORAH MORMONT

b)

SIR JOSEPH PAXTON

c)

SIR JAY GATSBY

49.

, giant glass-and-iron exhibition hall in

Hyde Park, London, that housed the Great Exhibition of

1851.

a)

Crystal Palace

b)

Diamond Palace

c)

Golden Palace

50.

_____, was an American industrialist, founder of the Otis Elevator Company, and inventor of a safety device that prevents elevators from falling if the hoisting cable fails

a)

Elisha Otis

b)

Maeve Wiley

c)

Ncuti Gueneva

51.

A highly successful architect and the first Professor of

Architecture (1876-77) at the University of Michigan,

Ann Arbor

a)

DANIEL BURNHAM

b)

WILLIAM LE BARON JENNEY

c)

SIR JOSEPH PAXTON

52.

He was

instrumental in the development of the skyscraper and was noted for his highly successful management of the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893 and his ideas about urban planning

a)

DANIEL BURNHAM

b)

WILLIAM LE BARON JENNEY

c)

OTTO WAGNER

53.

is widely considered America's first truly modern architect.

a)

OTTO WAGNER

b)

LOUIS SULLIVAN

c)

DANIEL BURNHAM

54.

in one of the worst disasters in US history, the

city of Chicago - then constructed almost exclusively of

wood - was destroyed almost entirely by a great fire.

The rebuilding of the city in stone and steel marked a

revolutionary turning point in the history of

architecture: in particular, the history of (a)   construction.

55.

The _____ of 1893 was the first world’s fair held in Chicago.

a)

World’s Columbian Exposition

b)

World's Jamaican Exposition

c)

World's American Exposition

56.

The (a)   City showcased chief architect Daniel Burnham’s ideas for a “City Beautiful” movement.

57.

He was an Austrian architect and urban planner. He was a leading member of the Vienna Secession movement of architecture, founded in 1897, and the broader Art Nouveau movement.

a)

OTTO WAGNER

b)

DAVID OTTOMAN

c)

SIR JOSEPH PAXTON

58.

He was a European architect who became more famous for his

ideas and writings than for his buildings.

a)

FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT

b)

PETER BEHRENS

c)

ADOLF LOOS

59.

was one of the most significant

European architects before World War I.

a)

OTTO WAGNER

b)

HENDRIK PETRUS BERLAGE

c)

PETER BEHRENS

60.

Wright is celebrated for developing a new type of American home, the Prairie house, elements of which continue to be copied. Streamlined and efficient, Wright's Prairie house designs paved the way for the iconic Ranch Style that became wildly popular in America during the 1950s and 1960s

a)

FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT

b)

LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE

c)

OTTO WAGNER

61.

architect noted for his influential role in the

development of modern architecture in Germany.

a)

LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE

b)

LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE

c)

PETER BEHRENS

62.

German-born American architect whose rectilinear

forms, crafted in elegant simplicity, epitomized the

International Style of architecture.

a)

LOUIS SULLIVAN

b)

LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE

c)

ADOLF LOOS

63.

pioneered European modernism in architecture and laid the foundation for what became the Bauhaus Movement in Germany and the International Style in the US.

a)

PETER BEHRENS

b)

LE CORBUSIER

c)

ADOLF LOOS

64.

emerged in the early-20th century in Italy. It was motivated by anti-historicism and characterized by long horizontal lines and streamlined forms suggesting speed, dynamism, movement and urgency.

a)

FUTURISM

b)

CUBISM

65.

is an Avant-Garde Art movement, which was

distinct in comparison as every other art style was

three-dimensional, this was two dimensional.

a)

CUBISM

b)

FUTURISM

66.

The (a)   was founded by the architect Walter Gropius, who combined two schools, the Weimar Academy of Arts and the Weimar School of Arts and Crafts

67.

(a)   style, architectural style that developed in Europe and the United States in the 1920s and ’30s and became the dominant tendency in Western architecture during the middle decades of the 20th century.

68.

a movement that emerged in the 1960s, described first

in a book called ‘Complexity and Contradiction in

Architecture’ by Robert Venturi and later in another

book by him and his wife Denise Scott Brown, ‘Learning

from Las Vegas’.

a)

postmodernism

b)

industrialism

c)

post-industrialism

69.

American architects who proposed alternatives to the functionalist mainstream of 20th-century American architectural design.

a)

Robert Venturi

b)

Denise Scott Brown

c)

Philip Johnson

d)

Daniel Burnham

70.

American architect and critic known both for his promotion of the International Style and, later, for his role in defining postmodernist architecture.

a)

PHILIP JOHNSON

b)

ROBERT VENTURI

c)

LE CORBUSIER

71.

(a)   building may be the single most important architectural detail

of the last fifty years.

72.

The physical appearance of _____ is often dominated by large sloping panels which gather solar energy.

a)

ecological architecture

b)

biographical architecture

c)

demographical architecture