ARC 308 Test 2 Questions with All Correct Answers
What does the author suggest is the best way to achieve the most vivid and powerful experience possible? (29). How can this be applied specifically to architecture? - Answer- -It's by involving all the senses
-Fire creates intense feeling of re...
ARC 308 Test 2 Questions with All
Correct Answers
What does the author suggest is the best way to achieve the most vivid and powerful
experience possible? (29). How can this be applied specifically to architecture? -
Answer- -It's by involving all the senses
-Fire creates intense feeling of reality
-Islamic Gardens and Turkish garden
How is life in the Japanese village described by the author reliant on the seasons? How
does this tie in to thermal qualities? (32) - Answer- Customs can become associated
with seasonal and thermal qualities
-ex. Tea pots are mostly used in the winter because that's when people want hot stuff
What does the author say can be associated with strong thermal associations? What
elements of buildings are discussed similarly? (32-34) - Answer- Some things like
customs, products, produce, activities, objects, etc.
-Breakfast room, the American porch, inglenook, gazebo, etc
Why is the hearth more readily identified with warmth while radiant hot water pipes (and
other mechanisms for keeping warm) are not? (36) - Answer- Since we can't see or
understand the hot water pipes, we really don;t appreciate it.
Explain the one factor that helps us appreciate the thermal function of a place or object.
Discuss the author's ideas about shutters and louvers as it relates to this and the
common home. (37) - Answer- Variability- Have to be able to notice the change
-Shutters mainly placed as form of protection from wind but also serve to add a
comfortable feeling to a house.
Describe "conduction." What are a few examples of "conductive environments?" How is
our thermal relationship more likely to be established, and why are these processes less
noticeable than processes of conduction? (38-39) - Answer- Conduction- Heat transfer
through touch
- Conductive environment (ex. water)
-More established convection,evaporation, and radiant exchange
-Operate below our consciously sensible level
In America, how do we tend to address thermal conditions? How is this a problem/what
is the result? How did the American anthropologist's lifestyle change when he and his
family moved from their modern home to a village in France? (41-43) - Answer- We are
a determinant of behavior
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