Arc 141 Buildings Final -- "Buildings" Study Guide
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Pantheon (Rome 125 C.E.) correct answer - Damascus - Temple to "all the gods"
- Monumental coffered dome
- Stunning clarity of vision
- Oculus acts as a giant sundial
- Symbolized the center of the Roman Empire since materials came from many of its colonies.
Temples at Baalbek, Lebanon corre...
Arc 141 Buildings Final -- "Buildings" Study Guide
Pantheon (Rome 125 C.E.) correct answer✔✔ - Damascus - Temple to
"all the gods"
- Monumental coffered dome
- Stunning clarity of vision
- Oculus acts as a giant sundial
- Symbolized the center of the Roman Empire since materials came from
many of its colonies.
Temples at Baalbek, Lebanon correct answer✔✔
Yingzao Fashi correct answer✔✔ - Compendium of Chinese building
methods
- Compiled by author (Li Jie) and superintendent of state buildings
(conservative)
- Set practical, unified set of architectural standards
- Cai-fen is an 8 ranking system for timber in construction.
- Intended to be disseminated to the larger public. Its aim was to reduce
waste an correct bad practices.
Abbot Suger (1144) correct answer✔✔ - It reflects the renovation of the
Basilica of Saint Denis in Paris
- It symbolized both religion and politics.
- It became the archetype for Gothic architecture all over Europe
,Basilique of Saint-Denis correct answer✔✔ - Gothic architecture is
characterized by its slender skeletal structures, luminous interiors, and
emphasis on verticality.
- Walls seemingly dissolve and surfaces become diaphanous membranes
of filtered light.
The Blue Mosque (Istanbul, Turkey) correct answer✔✔ - Sultan
Mehmed Aga
- Combines aspects of traditional Islamic architecture with Byzantine
Christian elements, such as those of Hagia Sophia.
- The grand dome over the central prayer hall is supported
by colossal piers and the structure utilizes rhythmic alteration of bay
Sant'Andrea in Mantua correct answer✔✔ - Leon Battista Alberti
-Moves beyond surface treatments and unifies the interior spaces with
the exterior façade. Interlocking of a
Roman triumphal arch with a classical temple front, the
façade embodies his philosophy of learning from antique prototypes
Villa Rotonda (Vicenza) correct answer✔✔ - Andrea Palladio
- A square in plan with a circular domed hall at the
center, the villa suburbana is symmetrical in all directions
and has four classical porticoes
,- Symbolism: multiple temple fronts indicated that it was now the
wealthy land owner, as much as the gods, which held a central position
in society.
- Palladianism established a rigorous design syntax, which became a
generative and popular style in the ensuing centuries.
Villa Garches correct answer✔✔ - Le Corbusier
House VI correct answer✔✔ - Peter Eisenman - Example of dumb
theory, not built for its environment (leaks and such)
Santa Maria Novella (Florence) correct answer✔✔ - Leon Battista
Alberti
- Redesign of Gothic Church exterior with classic references
(Roman/Greek)
- Strives for the ideals of concinnitas
*Mother's House
Vanna Venturi House, Chestnut Hill, PA Robert Venturi, 1962-64
*Vanna Venturi House: Example of postmodern "nonstraightforward"
architecture. Symmetrical pitched roof, yet asymmetrical windows and
chimney. Ornamentation added to facade. correct answer✔✔
Pruitt-Igoe correct answer✔✔ ex of unintended consequences
Housing project with modernist ideas
Demolished in 1972
, Villa Savoye, Poissy, France Le Corbusier, 1929-31 correct answer✔✔
Everson Museum of Art
I.M. Pei
1962-1968 correct answer✔✔
Batson Building, Sacramento Sim Van der Ryn, 1977 correct answer✔✔
Lower Manhattan Expressway Plan, 1963 Jane Jacobs Robert Moses
(unbuilt) correct answer✔✔
Greenwich Village, New York, 1950s Jones Beach State Park, New
York, 1929
(Jane Jacobs, civic group leader) correct answer✔✔
Portland Building, Portland 1981-84 Michael Graves, 1982 correct
answer✔✔
Security Marine Bank Wisconsin, c. 1971 correct answer✔✔
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