ARC 308 EXAM 3
MC QUESTIONS
WITH 100%
VERIFIED
ANSWERS!!
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,ARC 308 EXAM 3 MC QUESTIONS WITH 100%
VERIFIED ANSWERS!!
In the lecture on "Architectural Determinism", Baker House at MIT was noted
for all but one of the following traits. Which is NOT a point made in that
lecture?
a. Baker House's careful arrangement of private rooms, shared spaces and
pathways encourage student interaction, but also allow for privacy
b. The dormitory emphasizes a single deterministic experience for all students
including identical rooms and amenities in all parts of the building
c. It is carefully designed to optimize sun, view, and privacy on a site which
offered great potential amenity for students living there
d. It has had great longevity, serving serveral generations of students since its
completion with little alteration in its general plan. Answer - b. The dormitory
emphasizes a single deterministic experience for all students including identical
rooms and amenities in all parts of the building
In the lecture on "Meaning" the University of Virginia campus was noted as
drawing on the Pantheon for some of its meaning. Which of the following is
NOT one of the points made?
a. Allusions to the Roman republic carried messages about emergent American
democracy
, b. Because the Pantheon was dedicated to the Roman god Apollo, who stood
for enlightenment, reference to it carried appropriate messages about
education
c. The forecourt of the Pantheon was a place for exchange of ideas, as "The
Lawn" at the heart of the University of Virginia campus was also to be a place
for civil discourse
d. Reference to the architecture of Rome, with its power, grandeur, and long-
lived in uence, lent a sense of permanence and aspiration to the edgling
University Answer - b. Because the Pantheon was dedicated to the Roman god
Apollo, who stood for enlightenment, reference to it carried appropriate
messages about education
In their chapter on "The Order of Dreams," the authors of The Place of Houses
use Fallingwater by Frank Lloyd Wright (which we also looked at in class earlier
in the semester) as an example. Which of the following is NOT a description of
their observations about it?
a. The house captures and intensifies the natural ledging of rock and cave with
smooth concrete bridges crossing the crevice, darting up the hill, and balancing
over the falling stream.
b. This house, like many others, includes reference to the traditional mythic
elements of towers, caves, and formed land.
c. The house itself is a place to be explored as fully as the forested and craggy
site that it extended
d. The house bears the clear signature of its famous architect and is very much
like other great houses he did in the same area.
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