WorksheetsTheory of Architecture (Refresher)
Total questions: 220
Worksheet time: 4hrs 18mins
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
Complete the phrase by Le Corbusier:
“Architecture is the masterly, correct and magnificent play of masses brought together in (a) .”
This is a property possessed by an object of producing different sensations on the eye
as a result of the way the object reflects or emits light
(a)
In the poem of the right angle (Le poeme de l'angle droit),
what is referred to as the two phases that rule our destiny? (Hint: _____ AND ___)
(a)
What is the famous church located in Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan
which is designed by Tadao Ando?
(a)
Write the name of structure (5 words)
followed "BY" then name of architect.
[ex. BUILDING BY ARCHITECT X]
(a)
This iconic museum in Bilbao, Spain is designed by a Canadian-American architect known for his post-modern design. What is this museum called?
(a)
An aged appearance caused by environmental factors,
either acquired naturally or artificially induced
(a)
An element of art that is produced when light,
striking an object, is reflected back to the eye.
(a)
A greek philosopher who authored the earliest documented theory of color.
(Hint: He suggested all colors came from white and black)
(a)
It is the quality that distinguishes a strong color from a weak one.
(Hint: Also called Intensity, 6-letter word)
(a)
The concept of the color wheel was invented when Sir Isaac Newton
bent the color spectrum into a (a) . (Hint: a shape)
In the color wheel, T__R__I_ uses two complementary color pair.
Proportions of colors must be chosen carefully to maintain balance.
(a)
In Color Psychology, Pastel yellow gives the impression of (a) . (Only choose 1 among the 3 adjectives stated in Module 2C)
This is what the eyes receive when light is reflected from a surface (floors, walls, furniture).
(If the differences between the L_______ ______Y within view are too great,
the iris muscle is strained due to constant adjustment, thus causing eye fatigue)
(a)
In a 3-1 light reflection ratio within a space, this suggests that floors should reflect about 20% of light,
while furniture 25-40%, and walls reflect what percentage?
(Hint: range; please type answer as xx-yy% )
(a)
When we apply certain colors on the different surfaces,
we get different visual effects.
For example, if we apply color to the central wall of space,
the idea of a certain "S_A____ _______I_G" is created.
(a)
A phenomenon wherein drawings consisting of black lines, any line which surrounds an area, and which is recognized as representing an object is quickly picked out by the observer, and it then seems to him to stand out from the background in an obvious manner.
(Hint: 12-letter word, ends with D)
(a)
PERCEPTION OF SHAPES
Counting the number of bars using the squares at the front, you'll find that there are 8 bars in total. Counting from the end of the bars, you'll get 7. According to the puzzle's creators, how many complete bars are actually there in the figure?
(a)
In Organization of Form and Spaces, this is a space that may be contained within the volume of a larger space
Space within a Form
Space within a Space
Space within Adjacent Space
Interlocking Spaces
In Organization of Form and Spaces, this is a space that may be contained within the volume of a larger space
Space within a Space
Adjacent Spaces
Spaces linked by a Common Space
Interlocking Spaces
A linear pattern of redundant elements.
Elements need not be perfectly identical,
however, to be grouped in a repetitive fashion.
(a)
This is worth 10 pts.
In 15 minutes, draw an example
of an impossible figure.

The Gestalt Principles are a set of laws arising from 1920s’ psychology,
describing how humans typically see objects by grouping similar elements,
recognizing patterns and simplifying complex images.
"Gestalt" is German word for "_______ _____".
(a)
This is worth 15 points for 15 mins.
Using your knowledge in Color Psychology, expand the room by painting some surfaces with one color that shows energy, excitement, impulse.
(Imperfect coloring [overlapping on lines] due to screen size and technicalities, will be considered)
Grading points: correct color used - 5 pts
correct painting of surface - 10 pts
A unified composition of two-dimensional shapes, or three-dimensional volumes, especially one that has, or gives the impression, of weight, density, and bulk.
Massing
Composition
Form
Perspective
The tendency of air or gas in a shaft or other vertical space to rise when heated, creating a draft that draws in cooler air/gas from below.
Effective Temperature
Chimney Effect (Stack Effect)
Greenhouse Effect
Insulation Effect
A form can be transformed by altering one or more of its dimensions and still retain its family identity. What type of transformation is this?
Dimensional Transformation
Subtractive Transformation
Additive Transformation
Visible Transformation
The articulation of the importance or significance of a form or space by its size, shape, or placement relative to the other forms and spaces of the organization.
Symmetry
Hierarchy
Axis
Rhythm
It is an architectural manifesto by the Swiss-French architect. A set of principles for modern buildings.
Four Books on Architecture
Five Points of Architecture
Ten Books of Architecture
Charter of Athens
The division of a line so that the whole is the greater part as that part is the smaller part. For example, 1:1/2, a proportion which is considered to be particularly pleasing to the eye.
Golden Ratio
Golden Section
Fibonacci Sequence
Modulor
It uses colors that are adjacent to each other on the color wheel. One color is used as a dominant color while others are used to enrich the scheme.
Monochromatic Color Scheme
Analogous Color Scheme
Complementary Color Scheme
Split-Complementary Color-Scheme
In Four Books of Architecture, which book discusses the private townhouses and country estates?
1st Book
2nd Book
3rd Book
4th Book
This refers to the manner in which the surfaces of a form come together to define its shape and volume. It clearly reveals the precise nature of its parts and their relationship to each other and to the whole.
Articulation
Form
Clustered Form
Edge
It is a consequence of concrete frame construction. Because walls were then deprived of their constructional role, their design became free as well.
Free Façade
Free Plan
Roof Gardens
Pilotis
If equally spaced windows are introduced on the unbroken wall, then regular repetition is present, what do you call this type of rhythm?
Accented Rhythm
Continuous Rhythm
Unaccented Rhythm
Rhythm by Repetition
In 1942, Le Corbusier began his study and published "__________" - a Harmonious Measure to the human scale universally applicable to architecture and mechanics.
Vitruvian Man
The Modulor
Human Dimensions
Furnicube
A color that feels flat and lifeless, yet it provides enormous support to the other hues.
White
Black
Purple
Grey
When elements compete with each other for place of importance, there is a __________. This causes 'duality' or the presence of two strong conflicting personalities or masses resulting in discord and redundancy.
Volume Contradiction
Competition
Contrast
Confusion
What type of form composition is present in the Nakagin Capsule Tower by Kisho Kurokawa.
Linear Form
Grid Form
Radial Form
Clustered Form
In architecture, this type of character bears a certain relation to the same attribute of an individual. It is found that the element of personality plays an important part in the revealing character of both with man and with architecture.
Personality Character
Personal Character
Expressive Character
Associated Character
The degree of concentration and stability of a form. It depends on its geometry as well as its orientation relative to the ground plane and our line of sight.
Visual Acceleration
Velocity of Eyesight
Visual Inertia
Structure Stability
The primary shapes can be extended or rotated to generate volumes whose forms are distinct, regular, and easily recognizable. These forms are referred to as the __________.
Polyhedron
Platonic Solids
Tectonics
Dynamic Shapes
What type of spatial organization is shown in the Villa Capra (The Rotunda) at Vicenza, Italy, by Andrea Palladio?
Grid Organization
Radial Organization
Centralized Organization
Clustered Organization
It bears a certain relation to the same attribute to the life of an individual.
Functional Character
Personal Character
Relative Proportion
Balance
Refers to the quality of surface treatment associated with materials.
Tone
Mass
Volume
Texture
A color produced by combining lights of red, yellow, and blue wavelengths. These lights or additive primaries contain all the wavelengths necessary to produce a colorless or white light.
Subtractive Color
Primary Color
Selective Color
Additive Color
This color is relatively long and stimulating. It is considered as the strongest color psychological as it perceives optimism, confidence, extraversion, emotional strength, friendliness, and creativity.
Orange
Red
Yellow
Blue
A Pritzker Prize awardee 2015, German architect and structural engineer, noted for his use of lightweight structures, in particular tensile and membrane structures, including the roof of the Olympic Stadium in Munich for the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Jean Nouvel
Frei Paul Otto
Sir James Frazer Stirling
Gottfried Böhm
"Form is the mystery that defies description, but brings people pleasure", whose dictum is this?
Michael Graves
Antoni Gaudi
Alvar Aalto
Adolf Loos
In all of his works, light is an important controlling factor. His use of concrete is impeccable, leaving its natural color and texture, and almost became his trademark design.
Oscar Niemeyer
Eero Saarinen
Gottfried Böhm
Tadao Ando
In geometry, a two- or three-dimensional space in which the axioms and postulates of Euclidean geometry applies.
Expressive Space
Euclidean Space
Aesthetic Space
Visual Space
A model developed in Germany by Bassam Tibi, where the idea is that minorities can have an identity of their own but they should at least support the core concepts of the culture on which the society is based.
Core Culture
Monoculturalism
Melting Point
Multiculturalism
Direct borrowing from one culture to another.
Stimulus Diffusion
Innovative Diffusion
Tangible Diffusion
Transculturation
An applied science concerned with the characteristics of people that needs to be considered in the design of devices and systems, in order that people and things will interact effectively and safely.
Anthropomorphism
Anthropocentrism
Anthropometrics
Ergonomics
A primary element of form that has the properties of length, width, shape, surface, orientation, and position.
Point
Plane
Line
Volume
A type of character that results directly from the purpose of use of the building.
Character
Personal Character
Functional Character
Traditional Character
Concrete textured by leaving the impression of the form in which it was modeled.
Genius Loci
Pop Architecture
Beton Brut
Abstraction
This type of relationship requires that the two forms have corresponding planar surfaces which are parallel to each other.
Spatial Tension
Face-to-face Contact
Edge-to-edge Contact
Interlocking Volumes
It 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. It can be defined with a row of columns, walls, or free-standing planes.
Spaces Linked by A Common Space
Interlocking Spaces
Adjacent Spaces
Space Within A Space
The size or proportion of a building element or space, or an article of furniture, related to the structural or functional dimensions of the human body.
Visual Scale
Mechanical Scale
Generic Scale
Human Scale
One of the three dimensions of colors. It is the purity or vividness of a hue, also called as intensity.
Saturation
Chroma
Hue
Value
What is "amihan"?
Southwest Monsoon
Northeast Monsoon
Southeast Monsoon
Northwest Monsoon
The degree by which a color differs from a gray of the same lightness or brightness, corresponding to saturation of the perceived color.
Value
Hue
Saturation
Chroma
Name of the project
Cuadra San Cristobal, Mexico
Glass House, Connecticut
House of Mrs. Venturi, Chestnut Hill
House at Stablo, Switzerland
Shanghai World Financial Center, China 2008
Dar Al Handasah Architects
Kohn Pedersen Fox
Adrian Smith at SOM
I.M. Pei
According to ____________, a ratio refers to the quantitative comparison between two
similar things.
Le Corbusier
Pythagoras
Palladio
Euclid
It is defined as the ratio between two sections of a line, or the two sections of the plane
figure, in which the lesser of the two is to the greater as the greater is to the sum of both;
Fibonacci Series
Modulor
Golden Rectangle
Golden Section
_____________, in the time of Augustus, studied actual samples of the Classical Orders
and presented the ideal proportions in a treatise “The Ten Books on Architecture”
Vignola
Da Vinci
Callicrates
Vitruvius
The principal work of Le Corbusier that exemplified the use of the Modulor was the _______________, where it uses 15 measures of the Modulor to bring the human scale to a
building;
Villa Savoye , Poissy, France
Unite D' Habitation, Merseilles, France
Notre Dame du-Haut, Ronchamp, France
Law Courts & Secretariat at Chandigarh, India
Building + Architect
Torres Siamesas, Santiago, Chile 2003
Alejandro Aravena
Ingalls Rink, New Haven Connecticut,
Santiago Calatrava
Context is composed completely of the following parameters?
function
space
form
dimension
technics
Building + Architect
Torres Siamesas, Santiago, Chile 2003
Alejandro Aravena
Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan 1964
Kenzo Tange
Building + Architect
Burj Tower, Doha 2012
Alejandro Aravena
Torre Agbar, Barcelona, Spain 2004
Jean Nouvel
A space that tends to bring people together;
sociofugal space
visual space
personal distance
sociopetal space
It refers to the degree by which color differs from a gray of the same lightness or brightness;
hue
tint
chroma
intensity
The word "Kinesthetic" comes from the noun " (a) " which means the sensory perception of movement.
It is related to a person's awareness of the position and movement of the parts of the body by means of sensory organs (proprioceptors) in the muscles and joints.
(a)
It is the sensation associated with movemen. Or the moving body "interacts" dynamically with architecture.
(a)
(a) Senses are senses which perceive the body's own movement and inform the individual of their position and the position of their limbs, in space.
Choose (among the choices) the 2 Proprioceptive Senses Systems
Vestibular System
Kinesthetic System
Vernacular System
Potential System
In the ear, which is mainly concerned with maintaining the body's posture and equilibrium.
Vestibular System
Kinesthetic System
Vernacular System
Potential System
It consists of sensors in the muscles, tendons, and joints that indicate the relative position and movements of the limbs and of different parts of the body.
Vestibular System
Kinesthetic System
Vernacular System
Potential System
It is the movement through space.
Circulation
Edges
Traffic
Flow
Space within an enclosure or an area where an occupant can move freely without obstructions.
(a)
It is the study of the movement of individuals between two points and the interactions they make with one another.
(a)
The most economical distance, requiring the least amount of energy and fuel and as a consequence, the most efficient.
Shortest Distance
Longest Distance
Medium Distance
Efficient Distance
It is an important factor in day-to-day living in the buildings that architects and designers create. Comparing two rooms, identical in shape and area, the one that permits the greater variety of free movement will usually be experienced as larger.
(a)
A change from a person's normal behavior in response to a stressor.
(a)
(a) is any disturbance that imbalances the internal environment of an organism. (Walter Cannon, n.d.)
What are the 3 types of stress mentioned in Theory of Architecture Module 3B?
Positive Stress
Tolerable Stress
Toxic Stress
Negative Stress
It refers to stress response that have the potential to negatively affect the architecture of the developing brain but generally occur over limited time periods that allow for the developing brain to recover and thereby reverse potentially harmful effects.
Positive Stress
Tolerable Stress
Toxic Stress
Negative Stress
Behavioral Stress
It refers to strong frequent, or prolonged use of the body's stress management system.
Positive Stress
Tolerable Stress
Toxic Stress
Negative Stress
Behavioral Stress
It refers to moderate, short-lived stress responses such as brief increases in heart rate or mild changes in the body's stress hormone levels.
Positive Stress
Tolerable Stress
Toxic Stress
Negative Stress
Behavioral Stress
What are the 2 types of stressors?
Biotic Stressor
Abiotic Stressor
Symbiotic Stressor
Assymbiotic Stressor
They are living things related complications that causes stress such as dominance, pollution, infection, social pressure, and competition.
Biotic Stressor
Abiotic Stressor
Symbiotic Stressor
Assymbiotic Stressor
These are any ecological, geological, or climate changes that causes stress to a person, such as increased temperatures, and natural disasters.
Biotic Stressor
Abiotic Stressor
Symbiotic Stressor
Assymbiotic Stressor
It is a supposition or a system of beliefs and ideas intended to explain something (fact, event or opinion).
Theory/Theories
Gossips
Concepts
Guesses
In defining Theories/ a Theory, it must be based on the different branches of studies like: math, science, education, arts and etc. Hence it must also be ________ and _________.
Plausible or Scientifically Acceptable and even an unproven assumption.
Acceptable and Proven
Assumption and a Plausible Guess
Proven and Tested
The word Architecture came from the Latin word: Arkhitekton. Arkhi means _______ and tekton means _______.
Creator and Builder
Chief and Builder
Designer and Builder
Creator and Designer
Architecture is the Art and Sciences of ___________ buildings and other physical structures.
Creating
Visualizing
Designing
Modifying
Architecture is also a profession associated with art and techniques of ___________ and building with things associated with construction with regards of the buildings ____________.
Designing and Aesthetic Effects
Designs and Concepts
Creating and Materials
Designing and Location
The Theory of Architecture came from the Latin word “Ratiocinatio” which means?
Theory of Creating and Designing Buildings
Reasoning
Rationale
Conceptualization
It is the Roman Architect-Engineer of the 1st Century CE who used the Theory of Architecture.
Imhotep
Aquinas
Vitrovius
Descartes
These are the three main Influence of Architecture.
Physical Needs, Emotional Needs, and Intellectual Needs
Necessities, Conveniences, and Comfort
Recognition, Self Expression, and Response
General, Nature, and Man
These are the three sub-parts found on the General Influence of Architecture.
Physical Needs, Emotional Needs, and Intellectual Needs.
Comfort, Necessities, and Conveniences
Recognition, Self Expression, and Response
General, Nature, and Man
It is one of the desires found in the Activities of Man in which focuses solely in Surviving.
Preservation
Recognition
Response
Self Expression
It is also one of the desires found in the Activities of Man but this desire focuses on taking action or response in any situation given.
Self Expression
Recognition
Preservation
Response
It is kind of the same with response but adding a bit of a personal touch to it.
Self Expression
Recognition
Response
Preservation
It is the belief of being recognized with power, they can consider themselves at the top of the world.
Self Expression
Recognition
Response
Preservation
Below are the Elements of Nature that Influenced Architectural Designs except for one.
Man-made disasters
Natural Disasters
Bodies of Water
Climate or Climate change
Flora and Fauna
These are the elements that needs to be considered in designing.
Plans, Location, Design, and Price
Plans, Sustainability, Protective Elements, Structural Elements, and Materials.
Logo, Brand, Materials Used, Designs, Location, and Costs
The influence of man in which a person wants to show off his/her power, richness, influences and etc.
Self Expression
Personality
Interests
Social Conditions
The Influence of Man in which is caught up between his/her personal activities and interests.
Interests
Self Expression
Social Conditions
Personality
It is the Architecture Act of 2004 or also known as?
RA 9266
RA 9163
RA 6969
RA 9340
Who is an Architect
Professionally and Academically qualified
With ID’s Issued by the Government
Studied and Graduated Architecture and is registered under the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) issued by the Professional Regulatory Board of Architecture (PRBOA)
A 1st year student who takes up Architecture.
The Qualifications of an Architect
5 years Bachelors Degree
2 years of diversified training or apprenticeship
Board Exam passer with 70% passing rate
A draftsman.
The Other Qualifications of an Architect
Took up Review and Refresher Courses with pre-board examinations
A high-school or a college dropout
Registered and License Architect (RPA)
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) points before renewal of license (at least 45 points, exempted if taking up master’s degree)
An Architect must be responsible for the
Design Development
Architectural Drawings
A fair and sustainable development, welfare, and cultural expression of society’s habitat in terms of shape, forms and cultural context to it.
Damages while building the project
These are the designs that an Architect can do except for
Residential Buildings
Industrial Buildings
Commercial Buildings
Institutional Buildings
In human building-analogies the skeletal system is referred as the
Electrical System
Sanitary System
Structural System
Mechanical System
In the human-building analogies the Sanitary System is referred as the
Circulatory System
Digestive System
Skeletal System
Respiratory System
In the human-building analogies it is considered to be the Circulatory System of the body/house
Structural
Electrical
Sanitary
Mechanical
In the human-building analogies, the mechanical system is referred to as the
Digestive System
Skeletal System
Circulatory System
Respiratory System
In The Architectural systems, especially in the organizations. It is a linear type of organization wherein it is not centralized but has a linear sequence of repetitive spaces.
Radial Organization
Cluster Organization
Grid Organization
Centralized Organization
Linear Organization
It is the organization of secondary forms towards the dominant (central area)
Linear Organization
Grid Organization
Clustered Organization
Centralized Organization
Radial Organization
It is the organization of clustered forms away from the centralized area, or extended in a radial manner
Radial Organization
Linear Organization
Grid Organization
Clustered Organization
Centralized Organization
It is the organization of any kinds of forms with spaces organized within the field of a structural grid (usually appears to be in 3d)
Linear Organization
Centralized Organization
Radial Organization
Grid Organization
Clustered Organization
The spaces within this group of organization appears to be a proximity or clustered together to show the common visual traits within its relationship
Cluster/ed Organization
Grid Organization
Radial Organization
Centralized Organization
Linear Organization
It is the Articulation of the Importance and Significance of a form or space, it’s shape, element, placement to the other forms and spaces of the organization.
Hierarchy
Size
Shape
Placement
This may show some dominance on a Architectural composition by being different in terms of size.
Hierarchy by Shape
Hierarchy by Size
Hierarchy by Placement
It is made to be strategically placed to call attention to itself as the most important element in the composition. (May include formal image, and spatial definition, the qualities of the shape, color, texture, scale and proportions)
Hierarchy by Size
Hierarchy by Shape
Hierarchy by Placement
It is the entrance of the area, building, structures, or sites (they are classified up to 3 approaches: the frontal, oblique, and spiral approach)
Approach and Entry
Path Configuration and Access
Sequence of Spaces
Light, view, touch, hearing, and smell
It is the kind of Approach wherein it directly leads to the entrance.
Oblique Approach
Spiral Approach
Frontal Approach
Approach and Entry
It is the kind of approach wherein it has extreme angles, it usually prolongs the sequence of approaching the Entry.
Approach and Entry
Oblique Approach
Frontal Approach
Spiral Approach
It is the kind of approach wherein it usually emphasizes the 3d-likeness/of the form of the building.
Frontal Approach
Oblique Approach
Spiral Approach
Approach and Entry
It is the means of using a structure and enclosure for the Environmental Protection and comforts, also for the improvement of one’s health, stability and welfare.
By means of Accommodating a program
By means of Technology
Compatible with its Contexts
It is the means of user requirements, needs, and aspirations, socio cultural, economic factors, legal restraints, and the historical traditions and precedents.
By means of Technology
Compatible with its Context
By means of Accommodating a Program
Approach and Entry
The means of site and environment, climate, geography, and cultural characteristics of the area.
By means of Technology
By means of Accommodating a program
Compatible with its Context
Placement
These are the three types of Architectural Orders
Physical
Perceptual
Conceptual
Space
Structure
It is the physical order in Architecture in which is responsible for the objects to circulate and has movement in it. (Usually involves: Bedroom, Garage, Living Room, Kitchen, Dining, and Toilet)
Structure
Space
Closure
Machines
This is the element that envelopes the house to form a measurable places [walls (exterior and interior), flooring, and Ceiling]
Machines
Enclosure
Space
Structure
It is the interior elements that use and runs the internal organs of the house (usually attachable and movable) (sinks, lavatory, water closet, cabinets, bed, sofa, table, and chairs, lightings and telecommunications)
Machines
Enclosure
Structure
Space
It is the elements that supports the building/house itself. (Posts, columns, retaining walls, floor stabs, trusses, and footing foundation)
Space
Structure
Enclosure
Machines
This is the sensory perception and recognition of physical elements (approach and departure, entry and egress, movement through order of spaces, functions and activities within the spaces and the proper execution of Light, color, texture, view, and sound)
Physical Order
Conceptual Order
Perceptual Order
Machines
The Comprehension of the ordered and disordered relationships among building elements and systems. (Usually includes Images, Patterns, Signs, and Context)
Space
Physical Order
Conceptual Order
Perceptual Order
The __________ of _____________ are the fundamental parts or aspects used to compose any work of design
Point and Line
Plane and Volume
Elements and Designs
Horizontal and Vertical Lines
It indicated a position in a plane surface, this creates shapes, form, and value but has no length, width, or depth.
Point
Line
Plane
Volume
The ________ is a long narrow mark or band, indicates lengths, direction, and position in one dimension, (Vertical and Horizontal, forms 3d-ness, expresses amount (connection ), and supports for an overhead plane)
Line
Point
Volume
Plane
A flat surface on which a straight line jointing any two points. (Indicated length, width, shape, surface orientation making it look like a 2D)
Line
Point
Volume
Plane
It is the amount of space that a substance occupies in an object, making it look like a 3D. (Also indicates length, form shape, surface orientation and position)
Plane
Volume
Line
Point
It is one of the Properties of form wherein it is the outward form of an object defined by outline. in architecture it is defined as a two dimensional area confined by an actual line or implied line. It is the characteristic outline or surface configuration of a particular form. Shape is the principal aspect by which we identify and categorize forms.
Shape
Size
Color
Texture
Position
It is one of the Properties of form wherein it is the relative extent of something; a thing's overall dimension or magnitude but in architecture size is the physical dimensions of length, width, and depth of a form. While these dimensions determine the proportions of a form, its scale is determined by the size relative to other forms in its context.
Shape
Size
Color
Texture
Position
It is the property processed by an object of producing different sensations on the eye as a result of the way object reflects or emits light. It can be described by individual's perception of hue, saturation, and tonal value.
Size
Color
Visual Inertia
Position
Texture
This is the visual and especially tactile quality given to a surface by the size, shape, arrangement, and proportions of the parts. It also determines the degree to which surfaces of a form reflect or absorb incident light.
Texture
Color
Position
Volume
Plane
It is the location of a form relative to its environment or the visual field within which it is seen.
Volume
Color
Texture
Position
Visual Inertia
This is the the direction of a form relative to the ground plane the, compass pass points,other forms,or to the person viewing the form.
Visual Inertia
Orientation
Position
Texture
It is the degree of concentration and stability of a form depends on its geometry as well as its orientation relative to the ground plane, the pull of gravity, and our line of sight.
Orientation
Shape
Volume
Visual Inertia
__________ is the primary elements in architecture for it refers to the shape or configuration of a building.
Shape
Volume
Plane
Form
This refers to designing and building structures and spaces that are balanced with their natural surroundings and tailored to the function they serve for their inhabitants. organically designed structures seem to blend in with the landscape or rise from it as if the surrounding spaces gave birth to them. (e.g Falling Water of Architect Frank Lloyd Wright)
Abstract
Organic Form
Form
Geometric Form
These are are forms that can be constructed using geometry, such as squares, rectangles, circles, cones, cubes, and many more.. these forms are commonly found in architecture and engineering.
Organic Forms
Form
Abstract
Geometric Form
It is a technique used by artist during the late century to bring out the aesthetics of the subject it is the process of taking away or removing characteristics from something in order to reduce it to a different type of character. In Architecture, abstract, is a type of design explored by many modernist, a mixture of form that embodies the transformation of something different and new. This can be aligned to brutalism, modernism, deconstructivism, and expressionist architecture.
Geometric Form
Organic Form
Form
Abstract
These are the Transformation of Forms
Additive / Addition
Subtraction / Subtractive
Dimension / Dimenstional
Multiplication / Multiplicative
Division
These are forms that can be transformed by altering one or more of its dimensions and still retain as a member of a family of form. ex. a cube can be transformed into similar prismatic forms through distinct changes in height, width or length., it can be compress into a planar form or stretched out into linear form.
Addition / Additive
Subtraction / Subtractive
Dimension / Dimensional
Multiplication / Multiplicative
Division
A form can be transformed by the addition of elements to its original volume
Additive / Addition
Subtractive / Subtraction
Multiplicative / Multiplication
Dimension / Dimensional
a transformation of by subtracting a portion of its volume. Depending on the extent of the subtracting process, the form can be retain its initial identity or be transformed into a form of another. (This form retains the exterior form and taken the portion interior out)
Subtraction / Subtractive
Multiplication / Multiplicative
Dimension / Dimensional
Addition / Additive
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spatial tension
edge to edge contact
face to face contact
interlocking volumes
