ARCH 100: EXAM 1
Architecture is thought of as a static object but our interpretations of the messages and statements
made by an architectural creation are cinematic and must account for both Time and...
a. Delays.
b. Motion.
c. Decay.
d. Memory. - Answer-b.
The Fine Arts (which traditionally includes Architecture, Painting, & Sculpture), were defined as art
forms that were concerned with...
a. creativity.
b. the beautiful.
c. design.
d. the act of making. - Answer-b.
An common element of Gothic architecture that became characteristic of the style is an exterior
structural column-arch called a...
a. flying buttress.
b. curtain structure.
c. wing column.
d. roof arch. - Answer-a.
, As discussed in class, the Louvre passageway in Paris by I.M. Pei resembling the form of the ancient
Egyptian pyramids is an example of...
a. borrowing elements as inspiration and utilizing them in an updated way.
b. allowing the public to dictate its use.
c. duplicating buildings of notoriety from the past
d. something seen as false and pretentious. - Answer-a.
Based on discussions in class and in Rasmussen's Experiencing Architecture, a cavity...
a. can be a void although a void is not always a cavity.
b. is the absence of opaque material.
c. is synonymous to a void. - Answer-a.
A building, which does not respond to its culture, climate, or context and seems out of place, could be
called...
a. modern.
b. site-specific.
c. inappropriate.
d. appropriate - Answer-c.
The standard units for today's building materials (bricks, doors, blocks, windows) allow us to work faster
and more efficiently. These unit were all once based on the...
a. arbitrary measurements.
b. golden section.
Architecture is thought of as a static object but our interpretations of the messages and statements
made by an architectural creation are cinematic and must account for both Time and...
a. Delays.
b. Motion.
c. Decay.
d. Memory. - Answer-b.
The Fine Arts (which traditionally includes Architecture, Painting, & Sculpture), were defined as art
forms that were concerned with...
a. creativity.
b. the beautiful.
c. design.
d. the act of making. - Answer-b.
An common element of Gothic architecture that became characteristic of the style is an exterior
structural column-arch called a...
a. flying buttress.
b. curtain structure.
c. wing column.
d. roof arch. - Answer-a.
, As discussed in class, the Louvre passageway in Paris by I.M. Pei resembling the form of the ancient
Egyptian pyramids is an example of...
a. borrowing elements as inspiration and utilizing them in an updated way.
b. allowing the public to dictate its use.
c. duplicating buildings of notoriety from the past
d. something seen as false and pretentious. - Answer-a.
Based on discussions in class and in Rasmussen's Experiencing Architecture, a cavity...
a. can be a void although a void is not always a cavity.
b. is the absence of opaque material.
c. is synonymous to a void. - Answer-a.
A building, which does not respond to its culture, climate, or context and seems out of place, could be
called...
a. modern.
b. site-specific.
c. inappropriate.
d. appropriate - Answer-c.
The standard units for today's building materials (bricks, doors, blocks, windows) allow us to work faster
and more efficiently. These unit were all once based on the...
a. arbitrary measurements.
b. golden section.
