Theory of Architecture reviewed
questions with correct answers
1-18 inches - CORRECT ANSWER-Intimate level of space
12 or more feet - CORRECT ANSWER-Public distance
18-48 inches - CORRECT ANSWER-Personal level of space
3 Transformation of Form. - CORRECT ANSWER-1. Dimensional
2. Subtractive
3. Additive
4 Kinds of Additive Forms. - CORRECT ANSWER-1. Spatial Tension
2. Edge to Edge Contact
3. Face to Face Contact
4. Interlocking Volumes
4 Principles of Organization. - CORRECT ANSWER-1. Space within a Space
2. Interlocking Spaces
3. Adjacent Spaces
4. Spaces linked by a Common Space
4-12 feet - CORRECT ANSWER-Social level of space
5 Space organizations - CORRECT ANSWER-1. Centralized
2. Linear
3. Radial
4. Clustered
5. Grid
7.85 times the height of the person's head - CORRECT ANSWER-Local adaptation of Le Corbusier's
modulor suggests that the human height with shoe heel allowance is equal to _____.
Academism - CORRECT ANSWER-19th century, also related to Beaux Arts
Aesthetic - CORRECT ANSWER-Branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of art, beauty, and taste,
with a view to establish the meaning and validity of critical judgments concerning works of art.
, Alberti - CORRECT ANSWER-"There is humanism in architecture. The concept of beauty is based in order
of numbers and Euclidean geometry."
Aldo Leopold - CORRECT ANSWER-"Ecology is a harmonious relation to land is more intricate and of
more consequence to civilization than the historians of progress seem to realize. Civilization is not, as they
often assume, the enslavement of a stable and constant earth. It is a state of mutual and independent
cooperation between humans, animals, plants and soils, which may be disrupted at any moment by the
failure of any of them.
Andrea Palladio - CORRECT ANSWER-Father of modern picture books of architecture.
Contained little theory, but could be copied by less literate architects.
Anonimity - CORRECT ANSWER-The state of being unknown even in a crowd.
Anthropocentrism - CORRECT ANSWER-The human being is the most important entity in the universe.
The world is perceived according to the values and experiences of the human being.
Anthropometrics - CORRECT ANSWER-Study of measurements of the human body
Anthropomorphism - CORRECT ANSWER-Human qualities are associated with non-human entities/events
such as form, values, and emotions.
Approach - CORRECT ANSWER-The distant view.
Art Nouveau - CORRECT ANSWER-No traces of historical style, use of glass and metal.
Articulation - CORRECT ANSWER-The manner in which the surfaces of a form come together to define its
shape and volume.
Arts and Crafts Movement - CORRECT ANSWER-19th century conservative detachment from industrial
revolution, proponent of which is William Morris.
Atomists - CORRECT ANSWER-Man is part of the universe. The elements making up man are the same
elements making up the whole universe.
(Thales, Heraclitus, Empedocles)
Axis - CORRECT ANSWER-A line established by two points in space, about which forms and spaces can
be arranged in a regular or irregular manner. An axis must be terminated at both its ends by a significant
form or space.
Baroque Architecture - CORRECT ANSWER-A European style of architecture of the 17th and 18th
centuries.
It was based upon the transformation of classical forms with an inventive use of space and decoration.
Characterized by ornate detail, exuberant curvaceous decoration and grand sweeping gestures with
spatially complex compositions
Bauhaus Movement - CORRECT ANSWER-Rational design where art and technology are united
Beauty - CORRECT ANSWER-The aggregate of qualities in a person or thing that gives intense pleasure
to the senses or deep satisfaction to the mind or spirit whether arising from harmony of form or color,
excellence of craft, truthfulness, originality, or other, often unspecifiable property.
Brutalism - CORRECT ANSWER-The use of raw concrete appeared to be unfinished.
Categories of Proportion - CORRECT ANSWER-1. Material
2. Structural
3. Manufactured
Centralized Form - CORRECT ANSWER-A number of secondary forms clustered about a dominant central
parent form.
Chinoiserie - CORRECT ANSWER-The influence of Chinese style in Western architecture.
questions with correct answers
1-18 inches - CORRECT ANSWER-Intimate level of space
12 or more feet - CORRECT ANSWER-Public distance
18-48 inches - CORRECT ANSWER-Personal level of space
3 Transformation of Form. - CORRECT ANSWER-1. Dimensional
2. Subtractive
3. Additive
4 Kinds of Additive Forms. - CORRECT ANSWER-1. Spatial Tension
2. Edge to Edge Contact
3. Face to Face Contact
4. Interlocking Volumes
4 Principles of Organization. - CORRECT ANSWER-1. Space within a Space
2. Interlocking Spaces
3. Adjacent Spaces
4. Spaces linked by a Common Space
4-12 feet - CORRECT ANSWER-Social level of space
5 Space organizations - CORRECT ANSWER-1. Centralized
2. Linear
3. Radial
4. Clustered
5. Grid
7.85 times the height of the person's head - CORRECT ANSWER-Local adaptation of Le Corbusier's
modulor suggests that the human height with shoe heel allowance is equal to _____.
Academism - CORRECT ANSWER-19th century, also related to Beaux Arts
Aesthetic - CORRECT ANSWER-Branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of art, beauty, and taste,
with a view to establish the meaning and validity of critical judgments concerning works of art.
, Alberti - CORRECT ANSWER-"There is humanism in architecture. The concept of beauty is based in order
of numbers and Euclidean geometry."
Aldo Leopold - CORRECT ANSWER-"Ecology is a harmonious relation to land is more intricate and of
more consequence to civilization than the historians of progress seem to realize. Civilization is not, as they
often assume, the enslavement of a stable and constant earth. It is a state of mutual and independent
cooperation between humans, animals, plants and soils, which may be disrupted at any moment by the
failure of any of them.
Andrea Palladio - CORRECT ANSWER-Father of modern picture books of architecture.
Contained little theory, but could be copied by less literate architects.
Anonimity - CORRECT ANSWER-The state of being unknown even in a crowd.
Anthropocentrism - CORRECT ANSWER-The human being is the most important entity in the universe.
The world is perceived according to the values and experiences of the human being.
Anthropometrics - CORRECT ANSWER-Study of measurements of the human body
Anthropomorphism - CORRECT ANSWER-Human qualities are associated with non-human entities/events
such as form, values, and emotions.
Approach - CORRECT ANSWER-The distant view.
Art Nouveau - CORRECT ANSWER-No traces of historical style, use of glass and metal.
Articulation - CORRECT ANSWER-The manner in which the surfaces of a form come together to define its
shape and volume.
Arts and Crafts Movement - CORRECT ANSWER-19th century conservative detachment from industrial
revolution, proponent of which is William Morris.
Atomists - CORRECT ANSWER-Man is part of the universe. The elements making up man are the same
elements making up the whole universe.
(Thales, Heraclitus, Empedocles)
Axis - CORRECT ANSWER-A line established by two points in space, about which forms and spaces can
be arranged in a regular or irregular manner. An axis must be terminated at both its ends by a significant
form or space.
Baroque Architecture - CORRECT ANSWER-A European style of architecture of the 17th and 18th
centuries.
It was based upon the transformation of classical forms with an inventive use of space and decoration.
Characterized by ornate detail, exuberant curvaceous decoration and grand sweeping gestures with
spatially complex compositions
Bauhaus Movement - CORRECT ANSWER-Rational design where art and technology are united
Beauty - CORRECT ANSWER-The aggregate of qualities in a person or thing that gives intense pleasure
to the senses or deep satisfaction to the mind or spirit whether arising from harmony of form or color,
excellence of craft, truthfulness, originality, or other, often unspecifiable property.
Brutalism - CORRECT ANSWER-The use of raw concrete appeared to be unfinished.
Categories of Proportion - CORRECT ANSWER-1. Material
2. Structural
3. Manufactured
Centralized Form - CORRECT ANSWER-A number of secondary forms clustered about a dominant central
parent form.
Chinoiserie - CORRECT ANSWER-The influence of Chinese style in Western architecture.
