TOA Reviewer PDF: Architecture Questions and Answers

1. What is the name of this building and what approach is used? UNITED STATES CAPITOL – NEO CLASSICAL APPROACH 2. The time for becoming acquainted, for examining requirements, for exploring assets, for investigating controls, and setting timetables. In short, for charting course and setting sail. E...

1. What is the name of this building and what approach is used? UNITED STATES CAPITOL – NEO CLASSICAL APPROACH 2. The time for becoming acquainted, for examining requirements, for exploring assets, for investigating controls, and setting timetables. In short, for charting course and setting sail. Energy conservation in the finished structure will benefit greatly if at the kick-off meeting the client makes a simple statement to the effect that energy conservation is a matter of concern and asks the team members for their off-the- cuff thoughts on the subject SCHEMATIC DESIGN 3. His or her job is similar to a construction manager but limited to energy considerations. Functions include programming, planning, technology, construction supervision, financing, and operations. ENERGY CONSULTANT 4. What is the average service life of a building? 50-100 YRS / 25 YRS FOR INDIGENOUES MATERIALS 5. What type of proportioning system was presented on the picture above? RENAISSANCE 6. Based on the picture below, what is the name of the picture and what type of entrance was used? St. PETERS BASILICA – FLUSH ENTRANCE 7. Material in construction that was made by combining hydraulic cement and aggregates. CONCRETE 8. what do you call the configuration wherein different linear paths extend from a central common point? RADIANT/RADIAL CONFIGURATION 9. What type of configuration is this structure? What is its name and who is its architect? BEIJING DAXING – ZAHA HADID 10. An invisible boundary surrounding the person’s body into which intruders may not come PERSONAL SPACE 11. A state in which a person employs psychological barriers to control unwanted intrusions RESERVE 12. A building material that can be cast and rolled and manufactured in some way like metal GLASS 13. A color that denotes purity, innocence and cleanliness WHITE 14. It avoids ambiguity. It simultaneously makes spaces more interesting and more functional ARTICULATION 15. A space that affords easy recognition and control of activities DEFENSIBLE SPACE 16. A color that stimulates creativity, productivity, pleasure, and optimism ORANGE 17. A type of anthropometry that deals with measurement of body sizes at rest and when using devices such as chairs, tables, beds, mobility devices, and so on FUNCTIONAL ANTROPOMETRY 18. A type of vision applied to the ability to overlap the views, which are slightly different into one image. The visual process created an illusion of three dimensional depth making it possible to judge distances STERIOSCOPIC 19. He/She Has responsibility for plumbing, heating, ventilating, air conditioning, electrical, and other mechanical systems required by the building or its occupants MECHANICAL ENGINEE 20. This activity is carried out by large numbers of staff, many of whom may not have participated in the broad explanatory investigations of the earlier decision-making phase CONSTRUCTIOIN DOCUMENTS 21. Born in Osaka, Japan in 1913. He graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1938 and studied city planning at the graduate school at the University of Tokyo. Some of his works are St. Mary’s Cathedral Tokyo and Peace Memorial Museum Hiroshima. KENZO TANGE 22. He is both an architect and an engineer. He often creates innovative works that depend on a firm grasp of both the creative and structural aspects of design. His skills as an engineer allow him to create sculptural surfaces and unusual spaces. Some of his works are Turning Torso Malmo Municipality, Sweden and Auditorio de Tenerife Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain SANTIAGO CALATRAVA 23. Believed in designing structures that were in harmony with humanity and its environment, a philosophy he called organic architecture. Some of his works are Guggenheim Museum New York City and Fallingwater (Kaufmann House) Pennsylvania FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT 24. Their architectural firm’s designs emphasize the repetition of industrialized "modular" units in which Pre-fabricated off-site-manufactured elements are frequently employed. Some of his works are 30 St. Mary Axe (The Gherkin) London, England Hearst Tower New York City NORMAN FOSTER 25. He utilized texture, color, and structure in creative new ways. Designs were particularly significant because of their response to site, material and form ALVAR AALTO 26. Invisible boundary surrounding the person’s body into which intruders may not come PERSONAL SPACE 27. A delimited space that a person or a group uses and defends as an exclusive preserve TERRITORIALITY/TERRITORY 28. According to the distant zones, how many meters does a person allow his/her friends to enter his/her personal space? 1.20 METERS 29. According to kinds of privacy it is a state in which a person employs psychological barriers to control unwanted intrusions. RESERVE 30. The characteristics and knowledge of a particular group of people, encompassing language, religion, cuisine, social habits, music and arts. CULTURE 31. According to multiple meanings of function in architecture, it is the function that can refer to intended uses and activities USES/USER FUNCTION 32. These are the results of efforts made by governments to alter aspects of their own or social behavior in order to carry out some end or purpose and are comprised of complex arrangements of policy goals and policy means PUBLIC POLICY 33. These are configurations of building forms and organizations having the ability to capture and define outdoor space. Their composition can be seen to consist essentially of linear forms. SPACE CONFIGURATION 34. In relation to the built environment, it refers to the purpose of a building or structure. FUNCTION 35. This is some types of function cannot be quantified or expressed in instrumental terms, yet they cannot be ignored SYMBOLIC FUNCTION 36. A concept of increasing importance to architects in urban centers today. As populations increase, cities become denser, resources diminish, and economies sober, architects will need to confront new methods of space making INTERIORITY 37. He designed the Walt Disney Concert Hall FRANK GEHRY 38. Created innovative designs that borrowed materials and methods of construction from modern technology. One of his notable project is the Bauhaus School and Faculty in Dessau, Germany WALTER GROPIUS 39. What is the name and who are the architects of this structure? GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM – FRANK GEHRY 40. What is the name of this structure and who is its architect? NOTRE DAME DE HAUT – LES CORBUSIER 41. What is the name of the building below and who is the architect? BANK OF CHINA – I.M. PEI 42. It basically described as the law of beautiful proportions. GOLDEN RATIO/FIBONNACI SEQUENCE/SERIES 43. This color increases physical energy, vitality, stamina, grounding, spontaneity and stability RED 44. Associated with a feeling of lack of control over the environment CROWDY 45. A course-grained stone and should be used for large, bold forms with little carvings GRANITE 46. Used for building purposes and for furniture. It can be used in its natural state WOOD 47. A type of approach that leads directly to the building’s entrance along a straight axial path FRONTAL APPROACH 48. Robie House by Ar. Frank Lloyd Wright is an example of what style? PRAIRIE STYLE 49. A building entrance which maintains the continuity of its plane surface FLUSH STYLE 50. Consists of two sets of parallel paths that intersect at regular intervals creating square or rectangular spaces GRID CONFIGURATION 51. A state of being unknown even in a crowd ANOMITY 52. The staking claims to places; the manifestation of desire for control and expression of aesthetic tastes PERSONALIZATION 53. A distance zone that is allotted for stranger and with a gap of 1.20m to 3.70m – social distance SOCIAL DISTANCE 54. A path that prolongs the sequence of the approach and emphasizes the three-dimensional form of a building as we move around its perimeter. SPIRAL APPROACH 55. A path-space relationship where the integrity of each space is maintained PASS-BY SAPCES 56. The perceived surface quality of a work of art TEXTURE 57. A neutral color and denotes practicality and timelessness GREY 58. A path configuration that is usually used in buildings. COMPOSITE CONFIGURATION 59. An extended plane with properties of length, width, and depth; form and space; surface; orientation and position VOLUME 60. Japanese unit of measure. It originally designated the interval between two columns and it was standardized later for residential architecture KEN 61. It can be either the roof plane that spans and shelters the interior spaces of a building from the climatic elements, or the ceiling plane that forms the upper enclosing surface of a room OVERHEAD PLANE 62. The characteristic outline or surface configuration of a particular form. It is the principal aspect by which we identify and categorize forms. SHAPE 63. The applied science that coordinates the design of devices, systems, and environments with our physiological and psychological capacities and requirements ERGONOMICS 64. The plane that is active in our normal field of vision and vital to the shaping and enclosure of architectural space WALL PLANE 65. A type of transformation that is done by altering one or more of its dimensions and still retain its identity as a member of a family of forms. DIMENSIONAL TRANSFORMATION 66. A type of interrelationship, the forms interpenetrate each other’s space. The forms need not share any visual traits. INTERLOCKING VOLUME 67. It can be achieved by the consistent use of lines, color, material, and/or texture within a design UNITY 68. A system of two or more intersecting sets of regularly spaced parallel lines. It generates a geometric pattern of regularly spaced points at the intersections of the grid lines and regularly shaped fields defined by the grid lines themselves. GRID FORM 69. Concerned with mental processes, such as perception, memory, reasoning, and motor response, as they affect interactions among humans and other elements of a system COGNITIVE ERGONOMICS 70. Consists of linear forms that extend outward from a centrally located core element in a radiating manner. It combines the aspects of centrality and linearity into a single composition RADIAL FORM 71. This type of relationship requires that the two forms have corresponding planar surfaces which are parallel to each other. FACE TO FACE CONTACT 72. One of the ancient styles of classical architecture, distinguished by its proportions and characteristic details, and mostly by the type of column employed. It is a way of proportioning the elements CLASSICAL ORDER 73. Virginia State capitol is what example of proportioning elements? CLASSICAL ORDER 74. A scale that refers to the size of a form when compared with our own human size HUMAN SCALE 75. Concerned with human anatomical, anthropometric, physiological and biomechanical characteristics as they relate to physical activity PHYSICAL ERGONOMICS 76. It basically described as the law of beautiful proportions. GOLDEN RATIO/SECTION/FIBONACCI SEQUENCE 77. They are given by the phenomena of alternating ‘Figure’ and ‘Ground’ alternating perspective and retinal rivalry FLUCTUATION 78. A type of balance that is informal, subtle and illusive. This type of design is more dynamic ASSYMETRICAL BALANCE 79. What type of balance is the Taj Mahal? SYMMETRICAL BALANCE 80. A circulation element that considers from outside to inside ENTRANCE 81. A circulation element that is based on distant view APPROACH 82. A type of ergonomics that is concerned with the optimization of sociotechnical systems, including their organizational structures, policies, and processes ORGANIZATIONAL ERGONOMICS 83. It is when a form or space is visually dominant and important by clearly differentiating their shape from the other elements in the composition. UNIQUE SHAPE 84. It defines the perpendicular edges of a volume of space. VERTICAL LINEAR ELEMENTS 85. Which of the following is not a character of linear form? - A linear form can be segmented or curvilinear to respond to topography, vegetation, views - A linear form can front on or de ne an edge of an exterior space, or de ne a plane of entry into the spaces behind it. - A linear form can be manipulated to enclose a portion of space. - They can be related by proximity alone to articulate and express their volumes as individual entities. 86. The following are factors of sustainable architecture except: - Possibility of early demolition if required - Easily usable and effective structures - Flexibility for changes of use - Relationship of the design to the location and the building purpose 87. Which of the following is not a discipline of ergonomics? Anthropometry Biomechanics Mechanical engineering Electrical engineering 88. Which of the following is not an anthropometric variable? Standing eye height Standing shoulder height Popliteal height Length of feet 89. The following are basic characteristics of territories except ownership of and rights to a place personalization of marking of an area serve functions ranging from physiological to self-actualization staking claims to places