ARCHITECTURE FINAL EXAM STUDY
GUIDE WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Robie House - ANSWER-- cantilevered roof
- Prairie Style
- Frank Lloyd Wright
-two long rectangular volumes of the house "sliding" past each other creating more
slender rooms with a central overall at the "hearth"
-horizontal coping stones and bricks with flush,brick colored, vertical mortar joints and
raked, white, horizontal mortar joints
-the diagonal "regulating lines. Those same lines were used to generate patterns and
geometries for stained glass windows, tale lamps, textile and carpet design, etc
- Total work of art : built in furniture, integrated lighting, "architecturalized" chairs and
table
Cantilever - ANSWER-1/3 were propelling off the building
floating quality
Fallingwater/ Kaufman House - ANSWER-- built on the natural waterfall
-used stone to promote the nature
- limestone pier walls
- stone covered concrete floor
- steel sash glass walls
* Frank Lloyd Wright*
-all surfaced with the same stone to promote a continuous experience
Guggenheim Museum - ANSWER-- dome at atrium
- spiral ramp at gallery
moves people down the museum
* Frank Lloyd Wright*
-skylight provides diffuse light
Total Work of Art - ANSWER-often associated with FLW. When you design all aspects
of a project.
- total control of the aesthetic of a building.
Le Corbusier (The Builder) - ANSWER-created the Dom-ino Construction system that
was a concrete frame system that made most of his buildings possible. with reinforced
concrete columns and slabs
, Villa Savoye - ANSWER-main living level raised above the ground on "pilotis". has
ribbon windows. lower level permits a car to drive through
*Le Corbusier*
-axonometric: three levels
the lowest level permits a car to drive under the building; the third level is a roof garden
-house of motion
Ron champ (Notre Dame du Haut Chapel) - ANSWER-apparently thick roof that are in-
fact lightweight walls concealing a concrete frame
* Le Corbusier*
-undulating massing of the building with its rough concrete exterior and broad allusions
to traditional church architecture
-defy the 5 points of a new architecture
-conceals the concrete frame of ronchamp in many ways, but also revels the frame to
the careful observer
-aircraft wing
-hidden concrete frame: vertical structure is continuous from top to bottom while the
beams are sometimes staggered
La Tourette - ANSWER-monastery spaces around a central "cloister"
*Le Corbusier*
-undermined by the sloping ground and the array of objects and pathways that fill the
space
-brutalism = nothing is concealed, brutality of fact, ugly concrete - exposed concrete
5 Points of a New Architecture - ANSWER-1) Pilotis
2) roof garden
3) free plan
4) free facade
5) ribbon (horizontal) ribbons
German Pavilion (Barcelona Pavilion) - ANSWER-- dematerialization with the use of
reflections in the glass and polished stone
* Ludwig Mies van der Rohe*
-together with the properties of glass and polished stone, the reflection and refraction of
the building's minimal, scaleless and abstract elements lead to a perceived
dematerialization of the form
-trying to make solid things seem to become transparent, or transparent things solid
-polished black marble reflects the image of a reflecting pool and aisle shadow falls
across the scene four times
GUIDE WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Robie House - ANSWER-- cantilevered roof
- Prairie Style
- Frank Lloyd Wright
-two long rectangular volumes of the house "sliding" past each other creating more
slender rooms with a central overall at the "hearth"
-horizontal coping stones and bricks with flush,brick colored, vertical mortar joints and
raked, white, horizontal mortar joints
-the diagonal "regulating lines. Those same lines were used to generate patterns and
geometries for stained glass windows, tale lamps, textile and carpet design, etc
- Total work of art : built in furniture, integrated lighting, "architecturalized" chairs and
table
Cantilever - ANSWER-1/3 were propelling off the building
floating quality
Fallingwater/ Kaufman House - ANSWER-- built on the natural waterfall
-used stone to promote the nature
- limestone pier walls
- stone covered concrete floor
- steel sash glass walls
* Frank Lloyd Wright*
-all surfaced with the same stone to promote a continuous experience
Guggenheim Museum - ANSWER-- dome at atrium
- spiral ramp at gallery
moves people down the museum
* Frank Lloyd Wright*
-skylight provides diffuse light
Total Work of Art - ANSWER-often associated with FLW. When you design all aspects
of a project.
- total control of the aesthetic of a building.
Le Corbusier (The Builder) - ANSWER-created the Dom-ino Construction system that
was a concrete frame system that made most of his buildings possible. with reinforced
concrete columns and slabs
, Villa Savoye - ANSWER-main living level raised above the ground on "pilotis". has
ribbon windows. lower level permits a car to drive through
*Le Corbusier*
-axonometric: three levels
the lowest level permits a car to drive under the building; the third level is a roof garden
-house of motion
Ron champ (Notre Dame du Haut Chapel) - ANSWER-apparently thick roof that are in-
fact lightweight walls concealing a concrete frame
* Le Corbusier*
-undulating massing of the building with its rough concrete exterior and broad allusions
to traditional church architecture
-defy the 5 points of a new architecture
-conceals the concrete frame of ronchamp in many ways, but also revels the frame to
the careful observer
-aircraft wing
-hidden concrete frame: vertical structure is continuous from top to bottom while the
beams are sometimes staggered
La Tourette - ANSWER-monastery spaces around a central "cloister"
*Le Corbusier*
-undermined by the sloping ground and the array of objects and pathways that fill the
space
-brutalism = nothing is concealed, brutality of fact, ugly concrete - exposed concrete
5 Points of a New Architecture - ANSWER-1) Pilotis
2) roof garden
3) free plan
4) free facade
5) ribbon (horizontal) ribbons
German Pavilion (Barcelona Pavilion) - ANSWER-- dematerialization with the use of
reflections in the glass and polished stone
* Ludwig Mies van der Rohe*
-together with the properties of glass and polished stone, the reflection and refraction of
the building's minimal, scaleless and abstract elements lead to a perceived
dematerialization of the form
-trying to make solid things seem to become transparent, or transparent things solid
-polished black marble reflects the image of a reflecting pool and aisle shadow falls
across the scene four times
