ARCH 100 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS #1
Who proposed a neighborhood of manufactured "Wichita houses" that could be shipped
in a mailing tube? - correct answer Buckminster Fuller
Viennese Architect, Otto Wagner, divided building methods into two basic types.
One was where stones sit on top of other stones, called " ------- "
The other was thin panels on a structural frame, called " ---------" - correct answer 1.
Renaissance Construction
2. Modern construction
Gottfried Semper explored a link between: - correct answer Technologies and objects
connected to culture and place
What realization did Philip Johnson make while living in his 'Glass House'? - correct
answer He hated sleeping in a glass box
According to Laugier, the classical elements used in a building's design should always: -
correct answer Perform a structural role
At the Cathedral of Milan, Italian builders adopted some gothic features like spiky-spires
and pinnacles. However, they did not use flying buttresses. Why? - correct answer It's a
hotter climate, so they wanted the building cooler, not brighter
According to Vitruvius, the details on a Doric temple: - correct answer Were a memory
(or echo) of the first wooden temples
The phenomenology of Martin Heidegger suggests that 'good' architecture should: -
correct answer Consider human subjectivity and experience
Constructing a building ENTIRELY out of cut stone makes it hardest to: - correct answer
Create large interior spaces
Most ancient architecture was made from permanent materials, like stone and marble. -
correct answer False
According to Carlo Lodoli, the classical vocabulary demonstrates the correct way to
express a building material through design. - correct answer False
Traditional Chinese wood construction methods (PARTIALLY WRONG) - correct
answer 1. Were designed to support heavy roofs
2. Were passed down by oral tradition among ancient builders
3. Remained tight in high humidity
FOR SURE: used elaborate carpentry and bracketing
Who proposed a neighborhood of manufactured "Wichita houses" that could be shipped
in a mailing tube? - correct answer Buckminster Fuller
Viennese Architect, Otto Wagner, divided building methods into two basic types.
One was where stones sit on top of other stones, called " ------- "
The other was thin panels on a structural frame, called " ---------" - correct answer 1.
Renaissance Construction
2. Modern construction
Gottfried Semper explored a link between: - correct answer Technologies and objects
connected to culture and place
What realization did Philip Johnson make while living in his 'Glass House'? - correct
answer He hated sleeping in a glass box
According to Laugier, the classical elements used in a building's design should always: -
correct answer Perform a structural role
At the Cathedral of Milan, Italian builders adopted some gothic features like spiky-spires
and pinnacles. However, they did not use flying buttresses. Why? - correct answer It's a
hotter climate, so they wanted the building cooler, not brighter
According to Vitruvius, the details on a Doric temple: - correct answer Were a memory
(or echo) of the first wooden temples
The phenomenology of Martin Heidegger suggests that 'good' architecture should: -
correct answer Consider human subjectivity and experience
Constructing a building ENTIRELY out of cut stone makes it hardest to: - correct answer
Create large interior spaces
Most ancient architecture was made from permanent materials, like stone and marble. -
correct answer False
According to Carlo Lodoli, the classical vocabulary demonstrates the correct way to
express a building material through design. - correct answer False
Traditional Chinese wood construction methods (PARTIALLY WRONG) - correct
answer 1. Were designed to support heavy roofs
2. Were passed down by oral tradition among ancient builders
3. Remained tight in high humidity
FOR SURE: used elaborate carpentry and bracketing
