ARC 308 Final Review Exam
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3 Big themes in Architecture - Answers -✔✔ Vitruvian Triad: Firmness, Commodity,
Delight
12 Elements of Form - Answers -✔✔ Balance, Proportion, Symmetry, Light, Space,
Shape, Line, Color, Material, Scale, Rhythm, Texture
3 ways Architecture expresses intellectual content - Answers -✔✔ Order, Complexity,
Technique/Technology
5 Reasons why we embed mathematics into Architecture - Answers -✔✔ Mysticism,
Prestige, Makes structural sense, Iconic, Intellectual puzzle
4 Reasons why we look at nature,biology, & organisms in architecture - Answers -✔✔
Buildings are made of natural materials, Forces of nature that are organic, Buildings are
made for human beings, We are organisms ourselves
Craft is a key element of beauty - Answers -✔✔ Economy, Complexity, Potency
Impactful in terms of arch. & a healthy planet - Answers -✔✔ Energy Consumption,
Other resource consumption, Land consumption, Air quality (Toxicity), Waste
5 Types of planning - Answers -✔✔ Transportation, Infrastructure, Land-use,
Economic, Environmentally
The Three E's - Answers -✔✔ Environment, Experience, Economics
4 Forces on a building - Answers -✔✔ Tension, Compression, Bending, Shear
7 Steps in normal construction process - Answers -✔✔ Site work, Foundation,
Structural System, Enclosure & Skin, Partitions, Integrate the system, Finishes in a
building
3 Thing we deal w/longitude - Answers -✔✔ Massing, Fenestration (S,N,E,W), Solar
shading
Passive solar buildings (5 Principles) - Answers -✔✔ Orientation, Sun-shading,
Thermal storage, Insulation, Ventilation