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ARC 308 Exam 2 MC Questions and Answers All Correct In the lecture on the construction process the concrete shells of the Sydney Opera House were noted as: a. an alteration in shape to John Utzon's original competition which Utzon came up with to ease the construction process b. a compromis...

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ARC 308 Exam 2 MC Questions
and Answers All Correct

In the lecture on the construction process the concrete shells of the Sydney Opera
House were noted as:

a. an alteration in shape to John Utzon's original competition which Utzon came up with
to ease the construction process

b. a compromise of Utzon's vision which was designed and executed after Utzon quit
the job

c. a perfect execution of Utzon's original design which was made possible by a brilliant
engineer's construction innovations - Answer- a. an alteration in shape to John Utzon's
original competition which Utzon came up with to ease the construction process

In the lecture on "Climate/Energy", the three buildings we discussed by Le Corbusier at
Chandigahr were all noted for:

a. their perfect north/south/east/west orientation

b. their careful use of sunshades or "brise soliel."

c. their use of light weight, low thermal mass materials appropriate to a hot, humid
environment

d. their powerful and effective air conditioning systems - Answer- b. their careful use of
sunshades or "brise soliel."

In her chapter on "Sacredness", Ms. Heschong discusses thermal qualities as status
symbol. Which of the following is not an illustration used in this part of the text?

a. Along with the black leather chair and the deep pile carpet, the air-conditioned office
is a mark of executive prestige

b. In early Rome, baths with warm water were a luxury found only in houses of the very
rich. The statesman Agrippa conceived the idea of creating free public bath to make the
government more popular with the people

c. In Saudi Arabia, if a family can only afford to air-condition one room, it is most likely to
be the little used men's visiting room because hospitality is an essential value and
guests are given the best the family has to offer

, d. Passive solar houses today are often built more as a status symbol than as an
energy conserving building form. Because they are so costly to build and operate they
are associated with we - Answer- d. Passive solar houses today are often built more as
a status symbol than as an energy conserving building form. Because they are so costly
to build and operate they are associated with wealth

In the lecture on "Relating Buildings to the Land", Frank Lloyd Wright's "Fallingwater"
was noted for all but one of the following. Which is not a trait observed by it?

a. Its long, horizontal bands reflect the horizontal tiers of rock which characterize the
site

b. Its rough stone piers are made of local stone which has colors, textures, and density
similar to the stone on sight

c. Its sparing use of glass -just tiny windows poked in heavy stone walls- emulate solid,
cave-like enclosures in the region

d. Its materials and colors are chamaleon-like blending with the landscape even in very
different seasonal conditions - Answer- c. Its sparing use of glass -just tiny windows
poked in heavy stone walls- emulate solid, cave-like enclosures in the region

In the lecture on "Structure and Materials", Morse and Stiles Hall at Yale and Deere and
Co. Headquarters in Moline Illinois, were noted for:

a. the fact that their architect, Eero Saarinen, always worked in the same building
materials and with the same building forms --thin shell concrete creating low-curvilinear
forms

b. the facts that their architect, Mies van der Rohe, always worked in the same building
materials and with the same building forms --open steel frames filled with generous
glass openings

c. the fact that their architect, Mies van der Rohe, worked in a wide range of building
materials and building forms

d. the fact that their architect, Eero Saarinen, worked in a wide range of building
materials and building forms - Answer- d. the fact that their architect, Eero Saarinen,
worked in a wide range of building materials and building forms

In the final lecture of this segment, the Dominus Winery by Herzog and de Meuron was
noted to have which of the following relationships with its landscape?

a. The building is long and thin on an axis perpendicular to the range of the hills and the
Napa River nearby

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