WorksheetsWhat Makes Buildings Beautiful?
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
According to the video, what is the quality that makes some buildings and urban environments attractive?
Functionality
Innovation
Beauty
Size
What did the 2011 survey in the United States find the strongest correlation with, in terms of a place's attributes?
Physical beauty
Basic services
Safety
Education
According to the video, what is the part of the brain that processes fear and can cause a fight-or-flight reaction?
Hippocampus
Cerebellum
Amygdala
Thalamus
What is the term used to describe nested structures that are self-similar on multiple levels of scale, often found in nature?
Ornament
Curves
Symmetry
Fractals
According to the video, what do humans seem to strongly prefer above asymmetry?
Curves
Fractals
Ornament
Symmetry
What did the study by psychologist David Halpern discover about the preferences of architecture students and non-architecture students?
They had similar preferences
Non-architecture students preferred traditional buildings
Architecture students and non-architecture students had opposite preferences
Architecture students preferred modern buildings
According to the video, what is the word used to describe the love of nature and the inherent preferences for natural shapes and features?
Fractals
Symmetry
Biophilia
Ornament
What did the study using eye tracking technology reveal about the shapes and features that humans naturally like?
Animals, plants, faces, and humans
Organised complexity
Plain facades
Sharp angles
According to the video, what do humans need a certain amount of from their environment to function in a normal way?
Informational load
Symmetry
Curves
Ornament
What did the analysis of the Louvre building in Paris reveal about its features?
Lacks symmetry
Lacks ornament
Displays symmetry, curves, and ornament
Lacks fit for purpose
