Arc 141 Midterm Questions with Correct Answers
discipline/disciplinary knowldedge Correct Answer--A branch of
knowledge or field of study
-In this case the dissemination of disciplinary knowledge involves the
shared vocabulary, history, references, techniques, practices, and codes
of conducts used by architects
prototypes Correct Answer-primarily a learning and communication
vehicle used to explore and experiment with alternative architectural
styles, features, and patterns in order to balance different architectural
qualities.
manifesto Correct Answer--Le Corbusiers Five Points of Architecture
were a "build manifesto"
-a public declaration of policy and aims, especially one issued before an
election by a political party or candidate.
Humanism Correct Answer--A philosophy informed by the secular study
of history and science that emphasizes the importance of human agency
rather than supernatural or divine forces
-Humanist scholars during the renaissance has a human-centered
worldview and particular interest in reviving ideas in Greek and Roman
antiquity
-They emphasized the virtues of reason and intellect over spiritual
transcendence
-Arch inspired emphasized ideal proportions centralized
,The Sheraton Correct Answer-1985, Syracuse Ny,
example of dumb practice
Little Truths/chatter Correct Answer--Design Intelligence
-Philosophical, political, and scientific truth have fragmented into
proliferating swarms of 'little' truths that might be true
-Visionary, utopian ideas have given away to the "chatter" of
intelligence (CIA vs. Al Qaeda)
bicycle shed Correct Answer-a building, not architecture1
Temples at Baalbek Correct Answer--Lebanon, 9000 BC
-Ten Books of Architecture
-heliopolis
Bianjing City Gate Correct Answer--Zhang Zeduan, 11th-12th cent.
- Yinzago Fashi
-shows Chinese Architecture while the Yinzago Fashi shows the
architecture as well
Lineaments Correct Answer--Lines and angles
-have nothing to do with material
-Let them be the precise and correct outline, conceived in the mind,
made up of lines and angels and perfected in the learned intellect and
imagination (from On the Art of Building)
, -Conceived in the mind
Dumb Practice Correct Answer-Building as a subset/resultant of
professional codes and conventions, which are continually deformed to
accommodate contingency: a closed figure
-the Sheraton
Dumb Theory Correct Answer-Building as a subset/resultant of the
codes and conventions of theory, which turn inwards to protect building
from contingency: a closed figure
architecture theory Correct Answer--NOT Bullshit
-Equally complicated as defining architecture
-No single answer
-They've grappled with the question of what architecture is and what it
can be
-Speculative system of concepts intended to explain phenomena in the
built environment
-Theory is explained as a speculative system of concepts intended to
explain phenomena and as a self-critical practice with "an appetite for
modifying and expanding reality" (K. Michael Hays)
-A discourse that describes architecture, identifies challenges to it (Kate
Nesbitt)
-Poses alternative solutions. Speculative, anticipatory, catalytic
(different than history)
discipline/disciplinary knowldedge Correct Answer--A branch of
knowledge or field of study
-In this case the dissemination of disciplinary knowledge involves the
shared vocabulary, history, references, techniques, practices, and codes
of conducts used by architects
prototypes Correct Answer-primarily a learning and communication
vehicle used to explore and experiment with alternative architectural
styles, features, and patterns in order to balance different architectural
qualities.
manifesto Correct Answer--Le Corbusiers Five Points of Architecture
were a "build manifesto"
-a public declaration of policy and aims, especially one issued before an
election by a political party or candidate.
Humanism Correct Answer--A philosophy informed by the secular study
of history and science that emphasizes the importance of human agency
rather than supernatural or divine forces
-Humanist scholars during the renaissance has a human-centered
worldview and particular interest in reviving ideas in Greek and Roman
antiquity
-They emphasized the virtues of reason and intellect over spiritual
transcendence
-Arch inspired emphasized ideal proportions centralized
,The Sheraton Correct Answer-1985, Syracuse Ny,
example of dumb practice
Little Truths/chatter Correct Answer--Design Intelligence
-Philosophical, political, and scientific truth have fragmented into
proliferating swarms of 'little' truths that might be true
-Visionary, utopian ideas have given away to the "chatter" of
intelligence (CIA vs. Al Qaeda)
bicycle shed Correct Answer-a building, not architecture1
Temples at Baalbek Correct Answer--Lebanon, 9000 BC
-Ten Books of Architecture
-heliopolis
Bianjing City Gate Correct Answer--Zhang Zeduan, 11th-12th cent.
- Yinzago Fashi
-shows Chinese Architecture while the Yinzago Fashi shows the
architecture as well
Lineaments Correct Answer--Lines and angles
-have nothing to do with material
-Let them be the precise and correct outline, conceived in the mind,
made up of lines and angels and perfected in the learned intellect and
imagination (from On the Art of Building)
, -Conceived in the mind
Dumb Practice Correct Answer-Building as a subset/resultant of
professional codes and conventions, which are continually deformed to
accommodate contingency: a closed figure
-the Sheraton
Dumb Theory Correct Answer-Building as a subset/resultant of the
codes and conventions of theory, which turn inwards to protect building
from contingency: a closed figure
architecture theory Correct Answer--NOT Bullshit
-Equally complicated as defining architecture
-No single answer
-They've grappled with the question of what architecture is and what it
can be
-Speculative system of concepts intended to explain phenomena in the
built environment
-Theory is explained as a speculative system of concepts intended to
explain phenomena and as a self-critical practice with "an appetite for
modifying and expanding reality" (K. Michael Hays)
-A discourse that describes architecture, identifies challenges to it (Kate
Nesbitt)
-Poses alternative solutions. Speculative, anticipatory, catalytic
(different than history)
