ARCH 100 EXAM WITH SOLVED QUESTIONS #3
Favela - correct answer housing settlement outside of Rio that is built by residents,
often illegally, used salvaged materials
Demonstrated human initiative
Tourist attraction
Monument - correct answer Latin for memory, a structure built to preserve a cultural
memory
Paper Architecture - correct answer designs that only exist as images, not actual
buildings
Selective Definition - correct answer the view that only certain buildings or designs
should be labeled as architecture
Universalist - correct answer -the view that all buildings should be labeled as
architecture
Utilitarian - correct answer serving practical, direct needs
Vernacular Architecture - correct answer everyday structures built by non-architects that
make up most of the built environment
. List three reasons why the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao might be considered
"architecture" instead of "just" a building. - correct answer distinct & memorable design,
it revitalized city, other cities tried to imitate its success
What does Pevsner's distinction between Lincoln Cathedral and a bicycle shed tell you
about what he thinks defines real architecture? - correct answer Pevsner choose to say
Lincoln Cathedral is architecture due to its size, cultural significance, etc. And chooses
not to say a bicycle is considered architecture where others could argue this definition
based on different criteria, there is no clear boundaries in categories, but up for the
individual to judge.
Similarities between Lincoln Cathedral and Taj Mahal - correct answer Grandiose size is
comparison to surroundings
Surrounded by gardens
Have cultural significance. If destroyed, felt globally
Differences between Lincoln Cathedral and Taj Mahal - correct answer Lincoln
Cathedral was built over an extended period of time by many teams were the Taj Mahal
was built by one team in 20 years
Lincoln Cathedral is urban context
Lincoln Cathedral is "English" where Taj Mahal is 17th century Prussian
,Taj mahal seen from vatange point
What do we mean by "formal" characteristics in architecture? - correct answer
gateways, towers, context?, material?
What is the connection between an architectural "monument" and cultural memory? -
correct answer Monument's derived in Latin means memory
Using Pevsner's bicycle shed example, what might make a building non-architecture? -
correct answer lacks visual distinction
How does a selective definition of architecture create the role of critic or judge? - correct
answer there are no clear boundaries/ guidelines as to what classifies a structure as
architecture so a judge must decide where to draw the line, this can differ between
individuals
Why might some people prefer to include all buildings, not just particular ones, in the
category of architecture? Does that have any disadvantages? - correct answer Some
people prefer to categorize all buildings as architecture because some have economic,
cultural, and environmental significances rather than visual. There are infinite reasons
as to why someone may consider a building architecture
Why do certain non-buildings--drawings, models, descriptions, images--belong in
conversations about architecture? - correct answer They shows though process,
reasoning behind the design, and goals of the time period in which they were created
How does the design of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial address a specific cultural
"need"? - correct answer theory
-an explanation based on evidence (looking into what past building teams may have
been thinking)
-abstract form of knowledge (??)
-picture from a distance that reveals how things relate overall (architecture of an entire
city, country, etc.. A group of buildings)
Megalith - correct answer large stone used in construction
· Mortise and tenon:vertical stone with small knob on top, tenon slips thought its
corresponding hole
· Trilithons:two vertical megaliths supporting a horizontal one
· Axis:parallel line through the center
· Temenos:a sanctuary surrounded by a wall containing temples
· Pediment:the triangular end of a gable roof
· Frieze:horizontal strip of imagery
· Pylon:a solid trapezoidal wall covered with sacred imagery
· Columns: a vertical support with a round cross-section and generally cylindrical form
· Hypostyle Hall: a room filled with closely spaced columns
, · Concentric:circular forms that share the same center
Menhir - correct answer Vertical Megalith
Dolmens - correct answer multiple upright stones support a horizontal one
Barrow - correct answer an artificial hill made by piling stones into an enormous earth
covered mound, usually with an internal chamber
Mortise and tenon - correct answer vertical stone with small knob on top, tenon slips
thought its corresponding hole
Trilithons - correct answer two vertical megaliths supporting a horizontal one
Axis - correct answer parallel line through the center
·Temenos - correct answer a sanctuary surrounded by a wall containing temples
· Pediment - correct answer the triangular end of a gable roof
Frieze - correct answer horizontal strip of imagery
Pylon - correct answer a solid trapezoidal wall covered with sacred imagery
Columns - correct answer a vertical support with a round cross-section and generally
cylindrical form
Hypostyle Hall - correct answer a room filled with closely spaced columns
Concentric - correct answer circular forms that share the same center
What is different about the way St. Patrick's Cathedral and the World Trade Center
Memorial
Design communicate the sacredness of their sites? Why do they take these contrasting
approaches? - correct answer St. Patrick Cathedral is sacred because of religious
reasons where the World Trade Center Memorial is sacred as a place of collective
trauma. These sites take different approaches because the World Trade Center must be
universal for all who visit from different backgrounds.
What features allow us to look at one stone, or a collection of stones, and understand
that they represent a message of cultural and/or spiritual significance? - correct answer
Large Size, arrangement (axis, concentric), gateway, carvings, where rocks are from
How does the geometric layout of Stonehenge support the idea that this was a
ceremonial
Favela - correct answer housing settlement outside of Rio that is built by residents,
often illegally, used salvaged materials
Demonstrated human initiative
Tourist attraction
Monument - correct answer Latin for memory, a structure built to preserve a cultural
memory
Paper Architecture - correct answer designs that only exist as images, not actual
buildings
Selective Definition - correct answer the view that only certain buildings or designs
should be labeled as architecture
Universalist - correct answer -the view that all buildings should be labeled as
architecture
Utilitarian - correct answer serving practical, direct needs
Vernacular Architecture - correct answer everyday structures built by non-architects that
make up most of the built environment
. List three reasons why the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao might be considered
"architecture" instead of "just" a building. - correct answer distinct & memorable design,
it revitalized city, other cities tried to imitate its success
What does Pevsner's distinction between Lincoln Cathedral and a bicycle shed tell you
about what he thinks defines real architecture? - correct answer Pevsner choose to say
Lincoln Cathedral is architecture due to its size, cultural significance, etc. And chooses
not to say a bicycle is considered architecture where others could argue this definition
based on different criteria, there is no clear boundaries in categories, but up for the
individual to judge.
Similarities between Lincoln Cathedral and Taj Mahal - correct answer Grandiose size is
comparison to surroundings
Surrounded by gardens
Have cultural significance. If destroyed, felt globally
Differences between Lincoln Cathedral and Taj Mahal - correct answer Lincoln
Cathedral was built over an extended period of time by many teams were the Taj Mahal
was built by one team in 20 years
Lincoln Cathedral is urban context
Lincoln Cathedral is "English" where Taj Mahal is 17th century Prussian
,Taj mahal seen from vatange point
What do we mean by "formal" characteristics in architecture? - correct answer
gateways, towers, context?, material?
What is the connection between an architectural "monument" and cultural memory? -
correct answer Monument's derived in Latin means memory
Using Pevsner's bicycle shed example, what might make a building non-architecture? -
correct answer lacks visual distinction
How does a selective definition of architecture create the role of critic or judge? - correct
answer there are no clear boundaries/ guidelines as to what classifies a structure as
architecture so a judge must decide where to draw the line, this can differ between
individuals
Why might some people prefer to include all buildings, not just particular ones, in the
category of architecture? Does that have any disadvantages? - correct answer Some
people prefer to categorize all buildings as architecture because some have economic,
cultural, and environmental significances rather than visual. There are infinite reasons
as to why someone may consider a building architecture
Why do certain non-buildings--drawings, models, descriptions, images--belong in
conversations about architecture? - correct answer They shows though process,
reasoning behind the design, and goals of the time period in which they were created
How does the design of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial address a specific cultural
"need"? - correct answer theory
-an explanation based on evidence (looking into what past building teams may have
been thinking)
-abstract form of knowledge (??)
-picture from a distance that reveals how things relate overall (architecture of an entire
city, country, etc.. A group of buildings)
Megalith - correct answer large stone used in construction
· Mortise and tenon:vertical stone with small knob on top, tenon slips thought its
corresponding hole
· Trilithons:two vertical megaliths supporting a horizontal one
· Axis:parallel line through the center
· Temenos:a sanctuary surrounded by a wall containing temples
· Pediment:the triangular end of a gable roof
· Frieze:horizontal strip of imagery
· Pylon:a solid trapezoidal wall covered with sacred imagery
· Columns: a vertical support with a round cross-section and generally cylindrical form
· Hypostyle Hall: a room filled with closely spaced columns
, · Concentric:circular forms that share the same center
Menhir - correct answer Vertical Megalith
Dolmens - correct answer multiple upright stones support a horizontal one
Barrow - correct answer an artificial hill made by piling stones into an enormous earth
covered mound, usually with an internal chamber
Mortise and tenon - correct answer vertical stone with small knob on top, tenon slips
thought its corresponding hole
Trilithons - correct answer two vertical megaliths supporting a horizontal one
Axis - correct answer parallel line through the center
·Temenos - correct answer a sanctuary surrounded by a wall containing temples
· Pediment - correct answer the triangular end of a gable roof
Frieze - correct answer horizontal strip of imagery
Pylon - correct answer a solid trapezoidal wall covered with sacred imagery
Columns - correct answer a vertical support with a round cross-section and generally
cylindrical form
Hypostyle Hall - correct answer a room filled with closely spaced columns
Concentric - correct answer circular forms that share the same center
What is different about the way St. Patrick's Cathedral and the World Trade Center
Memorial
Design communicate the sacredness of their sites? Why do they take these contrasting
approaches? - correct answer St. Patrick Cathedral is sacred because of religious
reasons where the World Trade Center Memorial is sacred as a place of collective
trauma. These sites take different approaches because the World Trade Center must be
universal for all who visit from different backgrounds.
What features allow us to look at one stone, or a collection of stones, and understand
that they represent a message of cultural and/or spiritual significance? - correct answer
Large Size, arrangement (axis, concentric), gateway, carvings, where rocks are from
How does the geometric layout of Stonehenge support the idea that this was a
ceremonial
