ARC 308 Multiple Choice 1 (lecture
based) Study Guide
Sources of Architectural Values - Answer✔✔--Different personalities and traits
-We are a product of different experiences- people and places
-We all live in a certain era/ time that affects us
-We make decisions based on our values
Hugo Haering - Answer✔✔-Global Values:
1) maximizing the value of each individual.
2) nature is man's great teacher Architectural Values:
I. design is an intuitive/spiritual process
II. believed all sense of beauty is relative
III. every building is unique
IV. function is the most important value in architecture
V. believed expression is second most important, as it works with function
Mies van der Rohe - Answer✔✔-Global Values:
1) Society depends on its institutions rather than individuals; fascist: business very important to society.
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2) collective thought of mankind is our teacher.
I. believed architecture is analytical and rational
II. there's universal beauty- there are somethings that are ugly to everyone and beautiful to everyone
III. believed there's no reason for every building to be unique, they can be the same if they're executed
well
IV. believed architecture should exemplify the age they were in
V. construction and structure is the basis of architecture
Albert Speer - Answer✔✔-Global Values:
1) Society depends on its charismatic, visionary leaders.
2) Fate is great controller of human destiny.
I. believed design is a way to communicate ideas
II. believed different building types should have different building ways (homes=humble, government
buildings=big)
III. richness wonder and drama is the epitome of good architecture
IV. architecture was a means to greatness- immortality
V. classical period of architecture was the best and we should build upon it
12 elements of form - Answer✔✔-balance
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