ARC 308 Final Review Questions
and Answers All Correct
7 Steps in normal construction process - Answer- Site work, Foundation, Structural
System, Enclosure & Skin, Partitions, Integrate the system, Finishes in a building
3 Thing we deal w/longitude - Answer- Massing, Fenestration (S,N,E,W), Solar shading
Passive solar buildings (5 Principles) - Answer- Orientation, Sun-shading, Thermal
storage, Insulation, Ventilation
3 Reasons why designated uses goes/culture - Answer- Practical to separate areas,
Embedding social taboos & cultural values, Posession
2 Reasons why we embed organizational uses - Answer- About efficiency &
convenience, so much equipment we build into our lives
6 Things that make things more humanistic - Answer- Made of plain materials, Sensible
construction, Comfortable, Practicality, Cleanliness, Absence of pretension/ornament
8 Key factors in making a city humanistic - Answer- Convenience, Accommodation of
activities, Range of people accommodated, Sense of human presence, Variety of visual
experience, Human scale, Freedom from intrusion/distraction, Periodic natural relief
3 Ways we communicate - Answer- Literal indirect communication, Abstract, Literal
direct comunication
Hugo Haering - Answer- society depends on individuals for progress- self actualization
(democracy)/maximizing the value of each individual | nature is man's great teacher
Mies van der Roe - Answer- Society depends on its institutions for progress | collective
knowledge is man's best teacher (logic/reason)
Albert Speer - Answer- Society depends on its charismatic, visionary leaders for
progress | Fate is great determinant of human destiny.
Mies van der Roe buildings - Answer- Barcelona Pavilion, Farnsworth House, Haus
Tugendhat, Lake Shore Drive apartments,
Le Corbusier buildings - Answer- Chapel Ronchamps, La Tourette Monastery, Sarabhai
Residence, Maisons Jaoul, Secretariat building, Palace of Justice, Assembly building,
Villa in Garches, Villa Savoye, Marseille Block