Understanding Architecture Final (Spring 2022)

Which of the following is a sequence of movement through a field and/or through objects, and often provides views of other elements?

A path

Which of the following is a raised ground plane that sets things on a 'higher plane' and makes things more visible and important?

A platform

A "room" as defined in class can establish mood and emotion through which of the following?

All the above

According to Professor Charles Frederick's guest lecture, the field of landscape architecture considers which of the following?

All the above

According to the guest lecture, interior design is concerned with which of the following?

All the above

According to the textbook, an architect composes the basic elements of architecture in order to do which of the following?

All the above

According to the textbook, which of the following are typical conditions an architect considers when designing architecture?

All the above

The textbook defines an altar as a table or platform that is the focus of a space, and lifts things onto a higher plane. Given this definition, which of the following could be described as an altar?

All the above

Which of the following are changing conditions to which architecture typically responds?

All the above

Which of the following are unchanging conditions to which architecture typically responds?

All the above

Which of the following is an accurate definition of 'stance'?

All the above

Which of the following is true about Potsdamer Platz in Berlin?

All the above

Which of the following is true about architectural models?

All the above

Which of the following is true about perspective drawings?

All the above

Which of the following is true about plan drawings?

All the above

Which of the following is a core value of the Rural Studio (as seen in the film Citizen Architect)?

Architecture is a social art, and the architect has a social responsibility to improve the lives of the people that live in it.

Which of the following are the "Three E's" a candidate must complete in order to become a registered architect?>

Experience, Examination, Education

We experience architectural rooms through movement and through our senses, but we DO NOT experience architectural rooms through our memory or through our imagination.

False

Which of the following DOES NOT often produce new architectural types?

Fascination with the past

Like architecture, which other art also involves people, place and activity over the course of time?

Film

Which of the following can be defined as "the whole is greater than the sum of its parts", and "a shape, configuration or structure which as an object of perception forms a specific whole or unity incapable of expression simply in terms of its parts"?

Gestalt

According to Professor Charles Frederick's guest lecture, where is the Kent State University Master of Landscape Architecture program located?

In Playhouse Square in Cleveland

Which of the following is true about the "archetypal temple" discussed in the textbook?

It typically stands on a platform that makes it separate from its surroundings

Which of the following classical orders (see image) did the ancient Greeks and Romans describe as feminine?

The tall, slender and elegant Ionic order

Which of the following definitions of the word "structure" IS NOT valid for use in this course?

The word "structure" is synonymous with the word "building", i.e. the two words can be used interchangeably in this course.

A column is a vertical support for something above. If used in sequence, columns can provide implied definition of space.

True

According to Professor Nick Safley's guest lecture, a mock-up is a full-scale construction of an individual component or system that will be used in a building, whereas a model is typically a scaled-down version of an entire building.

True

According to Professor Rugare's guest lecture, before the discovery of antibiotics, the main treatment for tuberculosis was exposure to fresh air and sun. This medical treatment drove the development of a new architectural type: the sanitorium.

True

According to the textbook, architects such as Le Corbusier and Mario Botta used the Golden Section as a means of composing architecture according to ideal proportions.

True

According to the textbook, circles of presence around an object are determined by the human being's ability to sense the object (i.e. through sight, sound, smell, etc.).

True

Architects often keep sketchbooks and notebooks in which they record the places they visit, and study works of architecture.

True

Architecture has symbolic and poetic significance.

True

Architecture reflects the attitude or stance of the architect that designed it.

True

In architecture, typology can refer to classifications of structural elements, building types, space types and material types.

True

In the Barcelona Pavilion (see image), Mies van der Rohe composed architectural elements in order to demonstrate that Germany was a modern, democratic country.

True

In the United States, an accredited degree in architecture is typically required in order to become a licensed architect.

True

Irish pubs use seemingly haphazard organization, subdivided spaces and visual cues to establish a social environment that we associate with the "typical" Irish pub.

True

Maya pyramids, such as those built at Chichen Itza, were designed to resemble mountains, and they set the activities of ceremony and ritual on a higher plane.

True

Plaza (Spanish), praça (Portuguese), place (French) and Platz (German) all describe urban spaces that are designed for human habitation, and that hold great significance and meaning for the people and cultures that use them.

True

The façade of Santa Maria Novella demonstrates Leon Battista Alberti's use of ideal geometries to bring order to its composition.

True

Topography (i.e. the shape of the land) influenced the composition, structure and organization of the city of Pamplona (see image).

True

An architect uses the elements of architecture to do which of the following?

All the above

Which of the following is true about the elements of architecture when they are carefully composed?

All the above

In the Barcelona Pavilion (see image), Mies van der Rohe used all the following architectural elements EXCEPT which one?

Bridge

A "room" as defined in class only exists in architecture; it DOES NOT exist in other fields such as painting, landscape architecture or urban design.

False

According to Professor Rugare's guest lecture, our knowledge of the Parthenon is based entirely on the measured drawings that were drawn by the architects that designed it.

False

Architecture DOES NOT affect the decisions people make, or on the ways they live their lives.

False

Botanists, ecologists and foresters all classify the palm as a type of tree.

False

In order for a space to be considered a "room" (as we have defined it in class), it must be inside a building, and it must be fully enclosed.

False

Organic geometry is typically unruly, disordered and chaotic.

False

The College of Architecture and Environmental Design at Kent State University has only one undergraduate degree option for students interested in studying architecture.

False

The Rural Studio (as seen in the film Citizen Architect) teaches students that Architecture is a theoretical art, and does not need to relate to the people that it serves.

False

The ancient Greek's democratic values DID NOT influence the organization of the city plan of Miletus (see image).

False

Which of the following is true about Mies van der Rohe's Barcelona Pavilion (see image)?

It was an exhibition that primarily exhibited space and people, not objects.

Which of the following can be correctly described as architecture that was designed to make a political statement?

Josep Lluis Sert's and Luis Lacasa's 1937 Spanish Pavilion

Which of the following drawing types shows the exterior surfaces of the object in the vertical plane?

The elevation

Which of the following is a three-dimensional object used by architects to visualize their designs?

The model

According to class lectures and the textbook, which of the following defines the term 'element', as it pertains to architecture?

The simplest component of a complex whole which cannot be further subdivided or broken down into simpler constituent parts

According to the textbook, the shape of the "archetypal cottage" conforms to the landscape so much that it often appears to be unified with its surroundings.

True

Organic geometry is not "natural"; instead it is intentionally designed by humans in response to natural conditions such as topography, geology, hydrology, etc.

True

The gardens at Versailles use ideal geometries to demonstrate the "divine right of kings".

True

Which of the following is true regarding organic geometry?

Organic geometry is highly organized.

Which of the following IS NOT a primary tool used by architects to visualize ideas?

The budget

In every architectural project, the architect decides which issues and/or problems she/he will consider in the design, and which to ignore. These choices reveal the architect's stance.

True

According to Professor Nick Safley's guest lecture, a wood 2x4 is long and thin primarily because the branches of a tree grow in long and thin proportions.

True

Organic geometry typically tries to control or dominate its surroundings, whereas ideal geometry typically works together with its surroundings.

False

Type is an image of an eternal idea that is fixed in time; it never evolves, changes or transforms.

False

According to the textbook, stratification refers to the experience of moving vertically between the various levels of a building.

True

When human beings interact with one another, they position their bodies in arrangements the textbook calls "social geometries".

True

Which of the following is a valid definition of "room"?

All the above

According to the textbook, a building represents either an "archetypal temple" or an "archetypal cottage", but no building can have elements of both archetypes.

False

In the Pompidou Center (see image), the structure is placed on the outside of the building for which of the following reasons?

All the above

Organic geometry often adapts itself to which of the following conditions?

All the above

According to the textbook, which of the following is true about ideal geometries?

All the above.

Which of the following is a platonic solid?

All the above

According to Professor Charles Frederick's guest lecture, who founded the field of Landscape Architecture?

Frederick Law Olmstead

The naming of an object is, in itself, an act of classification.

True

Which of the following is a valid definition of type?

All the above