ARC 1013 - Final Exam Review || Questions and 100% Verified Answers.
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users; art correct answers Architecture responds to the needs of its ________ and rises to the level of ____.
place; geography; climate; surroundings correct answers Architecture is connected to a particular _____ and relates to the specifics of ________, ________, and ___________.
why is arc...
ARC 1013 - Final Exam Review || Questions and 100%
Verified Answers.
users; art correct answers Architecture responds to the needs of its ________ and rises to the
level of ____.
place; geography; climate; surroundings correct answers Architecture is connected to a particular
_____ and relates to the specifics of ________, ________, and ___________.
why is architecture important? correct answers Because it permanently records a civilization's
aesthetic tastes, material resources, political and social aspirations.
firmness, commodity, delight correct answers Vitruvius's three principles of architecture
solids and voids correct answers The relationship between this creates architectural space.
symmetry correct answers designing one side of a space to mirror the opposite
asymmetry correct answers architectural elements that are unevenly spaced in size, shape, and/or
position
visual scale correct answers The size or proportion a building element appears to have relative to
other elements of known or assumed size.
scale figures correct answers architects use ______ _______ to help convey visual scale.
proportion correct answers a quantified relationship among the parts of an element, as well as the
relationship of that element to the whole
Leonardo da Vinci correct answers drawing of body's balanced proportions
Seaside, Florida correct answers Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk
Le Corbusier's Modulor correct answers a series of harmonic numbers: one was the average
height of the human being, the other the height of a man with raised arms
massing correct answers composing three-dimensional shapes or volumes into a building design
style correct answers a particular or distinctive form of artistic expression characteristic of a
person, people, or period.
shed roof correct answers slopes to one side; very simple; allows water to fall off house and
protect inhabitants
gable roof correct answers slopes to two sides (triangle top when looking from front)
, hipped roof correct answers -sloping ends and sides that meet at a ridge
-Used since the middle ages in Europe and Asia
-Still widely used today
pavilion roof correct answers -shaped like a pyramid and is used to cover a square structure
-This roof form is used on almost every strip mall that has a clock tower
barrel vault correct answers -semi-circular roof
-First used by the Romans who built this form with brick or stone
gambrel roof correct answers -the roof combines two different pitches below the ridge
-Widely used in American architecture in the 1700s
-Creates more space in the top floor
mansard roof correct answers -the roof combines two different pitches below the ridge. Named
for French architect Fançois Mansart
-Widely used in Paris architecture in the 17th century
-Creates more space in the top floor
flat roof correct answers -made popular by European Architects of the 20th century
-Widely used today
-Makes it possible to put a roof over a building that has a large plan
-rarely actually flat - but have a very low slope
rusticated wall correct answers -made of stone that are typically rough and raised off the wall
surface
-First used on the ground floors of Renaissance palaces to make them look impenetrable
half-timbered correct answers -having a timber framework with the spaces filled with masonry or
plaster
-Common in 16th century England
-Associated with the Tudor Style
-Nog-brace
-Nogging-infill material
clapboard siding correct answers -wood siding laid horizontally
-Common in the colonies 17th and 18th centuries and still common today
-Associated with many styles
-Found in the US
board and batten siding correct answers -wood siding laid vertically consisting of wide boards
and narrow battens
-Often associated with the Victorian and Craftsman styles
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