CLUSTER A

Martino Abelana

"Amorsolo of the South"

Changdeokgung Palace

"East Palace", most favored palace of many Joseon princes

Mahavira

"Great hero" founder of Jainism

Mukteshvara Temple

"Lord of Freedom"

PD 1216

"Open Space" in Residential Subdivisions to provide roads, sidewalks, alleys, parks

MAGUINDANAO

"People of the flood plain" - inhabit the broad

Molave

"Queen of Philippine Woods"

SAMA/SAMAL

"Sama" is a derivative of the word "Samasama"

Shvetambara

"White clad"; a member of the Jain sect in which monks and nuns wear white clothing

The IFUGAO

"ipugo" - earth people or mortals or humans, as distinguished from spirits and deities.

International Style

"ready-made style" imported from the US

Digambara

"sky clad", monks carry asceticism to the point of rejecting even clothing

Kandariya Mahadeva Temple

"the Great God of Cave", largest and most ornate Hindu temple in the medieval temple

Mahayana

"the Great Vehicle" - worship of bodhisavattas or creatures of charoty

Theravada

"the Lesser Vehicle"- faithful to ancient rules Maha

Theory of Bhakti

"trusting worship"

PD 1096

(1) Formulate policies, plans, standards and guidelines on

Qualifications of Applicant for Examination

(a) He/she is a Filipino citizen or a citizen of a foreign country qualified to take the examination as provided for in this Act;

Qualifications of Members of the Professional Regulatory Board

(a) be a citizen and resident of the Philippines;

Ionic Order

- 4 FRONTED capital

Doric Order

- MASCULINE.

Characteristics of Mouldings

- Refined

Hellenic Period

- Temples as PRINCIPAL BUILDINGS.

Openings (General Feature)

-ARCH for doors and windows.

Wall (General Feature)

-CORBELS were projecting stones

Romanesque in South Italy and Sicily

-Colored Mosaic

Opening (Gothic Feature)

-Doors and windows RECESSED and spanned by POINTED ARCHES.

Moldings (General Feature)

-Elaborately carved

Character of Gothic

-Feels Light

Romanesque in North Italy

-Flat FACADE

Selection process of Comparative analysis

-Invitation

Plans (General Feature)

-Latin cross with transept

Columns (General Feature)

-MASSIVE and CYLINDRICAL

Ornaments (Gothic Feature)

-Medieval Mysticism

Tudor Gothic Features

-Oriel Window

Hellenistic Period

-PUBLIC BUILDINGS multiplied and was permanent.

Walls (Gothic Feature)

-Rubble masonry NOT LAID in HORIZONTAL COURSES

Romanesque in Germany

-THREE APSE plan of a trefoil form.

Roof (Gothic Feature)

-Towers crowned with SPIRES

Roof (General Feature)

-Towers with STEEP ROOFS

Romanesque in France

-Use of Caen Stone, Pumice and Tufa materials

Columns (Gothic Feature)

-Used STRUCTURALLY and classical proportion not observed

Occupant load on STANDING ROOM as per RA 9514

0.28 SQM

Firewall extension UNDER EAVES as per PD 1096

0.30 m

Firewall extension ABOVE ROOF as per PD 1096

0.40 m

Minimum deep pit of elevators as per PD 1096

0.6 m

Firewall extension from OUTERMOST EDGES (walls) as per PD 1096

0.60 m

Occupant load on CONCENTRATED USE as per RA 9514

0.65 sqm

Occupant load on PLACE OF ASSEMBLY as per PD 1096

0.65 sqm

Handrail height of ramps as per BP 344

0.70 to 0.90 m

Minimum width of door as per RA 9514

0.71 m

Distance of eaves from property line as per PD 1096

0.75 m

Minimum width of stair for LESS THAN 10 occupant load as per PD 1096

0.75 m

Distance between landings as per RA 9514

0.76 m (VERTICAL distance between landings)

Handrail height of STAIRS as per RA 9514

0.76 to 0.865 m

Handrail height of ramps as per RA 9514

0.76 to 0.865 m

Minimum width of door as per BP 344

0.8 m

Handrail height of STAIRS as per PD 1096

0.8 to 0.9 m

Minimum WIDTH of EXIT DOORS as per BP 344

0.80 m for all dors.

Height of door knob as per BP 344

0.80 m to 1.06 m ( 0.9 m preferred)

Minimum dimension for toilets as per PD 1096

0.9 m

Minimum width of door as per PD 1096

0.9 m

Minimum WIDTH of EXIT DOORS as per PD 1096

0.90 m

Minimum width of stair for 10 - 50 occupant load as per PD 1096

0.90 m

Minimum WIDTH OF EXITS as per RA 9514

0.915 m

Minimum width of EXISTING STAIR as per RA 9514

0.915 m

Minimum width of NEW STAIR with 0-49 occupant load as per RA 9514

0.915 m

Number of elevators in CONDOS 5 STOREYS or HIGHER

1

Number of exit per elevator lobby as per RA 9514

1

PYKNOstyle

1 1/2 column diameter (Intercolumnation in terms of COLUMN SPACING)

MONOtriglyph

1 Triglyph interval (Intercolumnation in terms of the number of TRIGLYPHS between columns)

Number of FIRE EXITS with 0-10 occupants as per PD 1096

1 exit

Architectural Character during the Byzantine Period

1. Absence of figures

Parts of a Megaron

1. Anteroom

Three important pillars

1. Caste System

Character of Neoclassical

1. Clean, Elegant lines

Roman Methods of Construction

1. Columnar and Trabeated

Methods of Walling

1. Cyclopean

Architects of St. Peter's Basilica

1. Donato Bramante

Colonial Styles

1. Dutch Colonial

General Features of Church during the Late Medieval

1. Flat Roof

Features in Gothic Netherlands

1. Has marbles, limestone and sandstone and granite

Features of German Renaissance

1. Helm Roof - Bulbuous Termination of a spire.

Subjects for Examination.

1. History and Theory of Architecture; Principles of Planning and Architectural

Architectural Character

1. Horshoe Arch

5 Major structures in the city of babylon

1. Nebuchadnezzar's Great Palace - LARGEST CITY IN THE WORLD

Features of Italian Renaissance

1. Plan is symmetrical, compact, rectilinear, grand, formal

Phases of Renaissance

1. Proto Baroque

Etruscan Architectural Character

1. Radiating ARCH

Architectural Character of Renaissance in Belgium

1. Rich and extravagant ornate expression for ornamentation

Features of Rococo

1. Rock like forms

Indrusrialization Effects

1. Transportation expanded

Impact of industrialization to architecture

1. Use of Steel, Iron, Glass created more possibilities for buildings.

Architectural Character in Renaissance France

1. picturesque

Inside dimension of car as per BP 344

1.1 m x 1.4 m

Corridor width as per PD 1096

1.10 m

Minimum width of stair for MORE THAN 50 occupant load as per PD 1096

1.10 m

Minimum WIDTH OF EXITS as per PD 1096

1.10 m (corridors)

Minimum width of NEW STAIR with 50-1999 occupant load as per RA 9514

1.12 m

Minimum width of ramp as per RA 9514

1.12 m

Maximum width of door as per PD 1096

1.2 m

Minimum room area for toilets as per PD 1096

1.2 sqm

Corridor width as per BP 344

1.20 m

Minimum width of court passage way as per PD 1096

1.20 m

Minimum width of ramp as per BP 344

1.20 m

Maximum width of door as per RA 9514

1.22 m

Occupant load on DRINKING ESTABLISHMENTS as per PD 1096

1.4 sqm

Occupant load on CONFERENCE ROOM, EXHIBIT ROOM, GYMS as per PD 1096

1.40 sqm

Occupant load on LESS CONCENTRATED USE as per RA 9514

1.40 sqm

Minimum width of NEW STAIR with 2000 or more occupant load as per RA 9514

1.42 m

Minimum dimension for kitchens as per PD 1096

1.5 m

Minimum landing length of ramp as per BP 344

1.50 m

Minimum height of MEZZANINE floors as per PD 1096

1.8 m

Occupant load on CLASSROOMS as per PD 1096

1.80 sqm

Occupant load on CLASSROOMS as per RA 9514

1.90 sqm

DECAstyle

10 Columns (Temple classification accdg to number of columns)

Percentage of window space FOR ROOMS as per PD 1096

10% of floor area (1 sqm minimum)

New stair RISER dimension as per RA 9514

100-180 mm

Occupant load on SLEEPING DEPARTMENTS as per PD 1096

11 sqm

Occupant load on SLEEPING DEPARTMENTS as per RA 9514

11.10 sqm

DODECAstyle

12 Columns (Temple classification accdg to number of columns)

Primaire Period

12 cent. Called the LANCETTES distinguished by POINTED arches. (Period of French Gothic)

Minimum Air space requirement for OFFICE AND FACTORIES as per PD 1096

12.0 cubic m

Secondaire Period

13 cent. Called the RAYONNANT distinguished by CIRCULAR windows. (Period of French Gothic)

Change in FLOOR LEVELS at doors as per RA 9514

13 mm

Tertiare Period

14 - 16 cent. Called the FLAMBOYANT characterized by the FLAME LIKE window tracery.

Minimum Air space requirements for HABITABLE ROOMS as per PD 1096

14.0 cubic m

Maximum length of dead ends for BUSINESS WITH SPRINKLER as per RA 9514

15 m

Maximum length of dead ends for INDUSTRIAL as per RA 9514

15.5 m

Occupant load on COMMERCIAL KITCHEN as per PD 1096

18. 60 sqm

Occupant load on HOTELS, APARTMENTS, DORMITORIES as per PD 1096

18.60 sqm

Occupant load on RESIDENTIALS as per RA 9514

18.60 sqm

Romanticism

19 century REVIVAL IMITATION STYLE, NEO Gothicism and Neo Renaissance.

Maximum slope of ramp as per BP 344

1:12

Maximum slope of ramp as per RA 9514

1:12

Maximum cross slope of ramp as per RA 9514

1:48

Arcadio De Guzman Arellano

1st Filipino employed in 1901 by Gov. Taft as consulting architect.

Carlos A. Barretto

1st Filipino with academic title

THE MALOLOS CONSTITUTION

1st important Filipino document produced by

Antonio Maňalac Toledo

1st professor at the Mapua Institute ofTechnology

12-storey Picache Building (CHERRY PIE PICACHE)

1st skyscraper in the

Wang Kon

1st to unite Korean Peninsula, founder of the dynasty of Koryo

Cesar Concio‟s Insular Life Building

1stoffice building to surpass the old 30-meterheight

EUstyle

2 1/4 column diameter (Intercolumnation in terms of COLUMN SPACING)

DIstyle

2 Columns (Temple classification accdg to number of columns)

DItriglyph

2 Triglyph interval (Intercolumnation in terms of the number of TRIGLYPHS between columns)

SYstyle

2 column diameter (Intercolumnation in terms of COLUMN SPACING)

Number of FIRE EXITS with 0-500 occupants as per RA 9514

2 exits

Number of FIRE EXITS with 10-499 occupants as per PD 1096

2 exits

Amphi Antis

2-4 COLUMNS at FRONT and REAR (Types of Temples According to ARRANGEMENT of COLUMNS in relation to the NAOS. )

In antis

2-4 COLUMNS at the FRONT

Minimum HEIGHT of EXIT DOORS as per BP 344 and PD 1096

2.0 m

Minimum ceiling height FOR MEANS OF EGRESS as per RA 9514

2.0 m

Minimum ceiling height of WALKWAYS as per BP 344

2.0 m

Minimum dimension for habitable rooms as per PD 1096

2.0 m

Minimum dimension of COURT as per PD 1096

2.0 m

Minimum headroom as per PD 1096

2.0 m

Minimum headroom as per RA 9514

2.0 m

Rear Setback as per PD 1096

2.0 m

Side Setback as per PD 1096

2.0 m

Minimum height of door as per BP 344

2.00 m

Minimum height of door as per PD 1096

2.00 m

Minimum height of door as per RA 9514

2.00 m

Minimum ceiling height of SUCCEEDING FLOORS that is artificially ventilated as per PD 1096

2.1 M

Minimum ceiling height of SECOND FLOOR that is artificially ventilated as per PD 1096

2.4 m

Minimum Ceiling height of any floor that is naturally ventilated as per PD 1096

2.7 m

Minimum ceiling height of GROUND FLOOR that is artificially ventilated as per PD 1096

2.7 m

Occupant load on STREET FLOOR OR BASEMENT USED FOR SALE as per PD 1096 and RA 9514

2.80 sqm

Stair RISER dimension as per PD 1096

200 mm maximum

Existing Stair RISER dimension as per RA 9514

205 mm maximum

Occupant load on IN PATIENT TREATMENTS as per PD 1096

22.0 sqm

Occupant load on IN PATIENT TREATMENTS as per RA 9514

22.30 sqm

Existing stair TREAD dimension as per RA 9514

230 mm minimum

Stair TREAD dimension as per PD 1096

250 mm minimum

Occupant load on DWELLINGS as per PD 1096

28.00 sqm

News stair TREAD dimension as per RA 9514

280 mm minimum

Contrast of Form

2D area - shape; 3D - mass/volume

ARAEOstyle

3 1/2 column diameter (Intercolumnation in terms of COLUMN SPACING)

TRIstyle

3 Columns (Temple classification accdg to number of columns)

Pre Classic, Classic, Post Classic

3 Periods of the Mayan Civilization

DIAstyle

3 column diameter (Intercolumnation in terms of COLUMN SPACING)

Number of FIRE EXITS with 500-999 occupants as per PD 1096

3 exits

Number of FIRE EXITS with 501-999 occupants as per RA 9514

3 exits

Minimum room area for kitchens as per PD 1096

3 sqm

Minimum Air Space Requirement for SCHOOLS as per PD 1096

3.0 cubic m (Allot 1.0 sqm per person)

Occupant load on CHILDREN's NURSERIES as per PD 1096

3.25 sqm

Occupant load on DRY NURSERIES as per RA 9514

3.30 sqm

Turn about space dimension for any dead ends as per BP 344

3.50 m

Maximum vertical distance between landings as per PD 1096

3.6 m

Maximum vertical distance between landings as per RA 9514

3.66 m

maximum travel distance from building entrance as per BP 344

30 m

Perpendicular Gothic

3RD POINTED or RECTILINEAR. Characterized by strong VERTICAL LINES in window tracery and wall panelling.

Emperor Ashoka

3rd most powerful Mauryan Emperor, who created the first pan-indian empire

Maximum Number of cars per hoistway as per PD 1096

4

TETRAstyle

4 Columns (Temple classification accdg to number of columns)

Number of FIRE EXITS with 1000 or more occupants as per PD 1096

4 exits

Number of FIRE EXITS with 1000 or more occupants as per RA 9514

4 exits

Front Setback as per PD 1096

4.5 m

Occupant load on SHOPS, LABORATORIES, VOCATIONAL ROOMS as per PD 1096 and RA 9514

4.60 sqm

Maximum TRAVEL DISTANCE to exit WITH SPRINKLER as per PD 1096

45 m

PENTAstyle

5 Columns (Temple classification accdg to number of columns)

Dilwara Temples Rajasthan

5 marble temples of Dilwara are the sacred pilgrimage of the Jains - World famous for their use of marble

Percentage of window space BATHROOMS as per PD 1096

5% of floor area ( 240 sq mm minimum)

Occupant load on UPPER FLOORS USED FOR SALE as per PD 1096 and RA 9514

5.60 sqm

Change in FLOOR LEVELS at doors as per PD 1096

50 mm

Composite Order

5th ORDER, developed combining the VOLUTES of IONIC and ACANTHUS leaves of CORINTHIAN.

HEXAstyle

6 Columns (Temple classification accdg to number of columns)

Maximum length of DEAD ENDS as per PD 1096

6 m

Minimum room area for habitable rooms as per PD 1096

6 sqm

Distance between landings as per BP 344

6.00 m (HORIZONTAL distance between landings)

Maximum length of dead ends for PLACE OF ASSEMBLY as per RA 9514

6.10 m

Maximum TRAVEL DISTANCE to exit WITHOUT SPRINKLER as per PD 1096

60 m

HEPTAstyle

7 Columns (Temple classification accdg to number of columns)

Occupant load on NURSING HOMES as per PD 1096

7.40 sqm

OCTAstyle

8 Columns (Temple classification accdg to number of columns)

Occupant load on HOSPITALS, SANITARIA as per PD 1096

8.40 sqm

ENNEAstyle

9 Columns (Temple classification accdg to number of columns)

Occupant load on FLOORS NOT USED FOR SALE as per PD 1096 and RA 9514

9.30 sqm

Architect

A Registered and Licensed Architect (RLA) with a Certificate of Registration (COR) and Professional Identification Card (PIC) issued by the Professional Regulatory Board of Architecture and the Professional Regulation Commission, and who is responsible for advocating the fair and sustainable development, welfare and cultural expression of society's habitat in terms of space, forms and historical context;

Dagoba

A Sri Lankan stupa

Nemes Crown

A Striped headcloth used by Pharaos with a Falcon and Cobra Headband.

Assembly Hall

A building or a portion of a building used for the gathering together of fifty or more persons for such purposes as deliberation, workshop, entertainment, amusement, or awaiting transportation or of a hundred or more persons in drinking and dining establishments.

Garage

A building or portion thereof in which a motor vehicle containing gasoline, distillate, or other volative, flammable liquid in its tank, is stored, repaired, or kept.

Accessory Building

A building subordinate to the main building on the same lot and used for purposes customarily incidental to those of the main building such as servants quarters, garage, pump house, laundry, etc.

Fire Trap

A building unsafe in case of fire because it will burn easily or because it lacks adequate exits or fire escapes.

Non-Conforming Building

A building which does not conform with the regulations of the district where it is situated as to height, yard requirement, lot area, and percentage of occupancy.

Certificate of Registration

A certificate bearing a registration number, issued to an individual, by the Professional Regulation Commission through the Board of Architecture, signifying that the individual has successfully passed the Licensure Examination and is registered to practice his/her profession as Architect.

Exit

A continuous and unobstructed means of egress to a public way, and shall include intervening doors, doorways, corridors, exterior exit balconies, ramps, stairways, smokeproof, enclosures, horizontal

Duct System

A continuous passageway for the transmission of air.

Common Hall

A corridor or passageway used in common by all the occupants within a building.

Strigil

A curved metal tool used to scrape dirt and oil from body

Architectural Interior

A detailed planning and design of the indoor/enclosed areas of any proposed building/structure, including retrofit or renovation work and which shall cover all architectural and utility aspects, including the architectural lay-outing of all building engineering systems found therein.

Code of Ethical Conduct

A document which forms part of the Architects' National Code which contains the norms and principles governing the practice of the profession of architecture in the highest standards of ethical conduct

SECTION 20

A duly licensed architect shall affix the seal prescribed by the Board bearing the registrant's name, registration number and title "Architect" on all architectural plans, drawings,

Service Agreement

A duly notarized written contract or equivalent public instrument stipulating the scope of services and guaranteeing compensation of such services to be rendered by an architect registered and licensed under R.A. No. 9266

Dust

A finely powdered substance which, when mixed with air in the proper proportion and ignited will cause an explosion.

Fire Door

A fire resistive door prescribed for openings in fire separation walls or partitions.

Masonry

A form of construction composed of stone, brick, concrete, gypsum, hollow clay tile, concrete block or tile, or other similar building units of material or combination of these material laid up unit and set in mortar.

Precast Concrete

A form of construction, where concrete is

Architecture Corporation

A group of professionals in architecture and allied professions, incorporated with Architects for the purpose of delivering professional service in architecture and allied professions; in case an existing Architectural Corporation does not comply with the 75% composition requirement, it shall comply and register again with the SEC and the BOA.

Architectural Partnership

A group of two or more Architects duly registered with the SEC and then with the Board of Architecture

Ember

A hot piece or lump that remains after a material has partially burned, and is still oxidizing without the manifestation of flames.

Accessoria or Row House

A house of not more than two storeys, composed of a row or dwelling units entirely separated from one another by partly wall or walls and with an independent entrance for each dwelling units.

Awning

A movable shelter supported entirely from the exterior wall of a building and of a type which can be retracted, folded, or collapsed against the face of a supporting building.

El Hogar Filipino Building

A neo-classical and Renaissance building

Damper

A normally open device installed inside an air duct system which automatically closes to restrict the passage of smoke or fire.

Lot

A parcel of land on which a principal building and its accessories are placed or may be placed together with the required open spaces. A lot may or may not be the land designated as lot or recorded plot.

Public Way

A parcel of land unobstructed from the ground to the sky, more than 3.00 meters in width, appropriated to the free passage of the general public.

Mezzanine

A partial intermediate floor in any storey or room of a building having an area not more than one-half of the area of the room or space in which it is constructed.

Stage

A partially enclosed portion of an assembly building which is designed or used for the representation of plays, demonstrations, or other entertainment wherein scenery, drops or other effects may be installed or used, and where the distance between the top of the prosecenium openings and the ceiling above the stage is more than 1.50 meters.

Enclosed Platform

A partially enclosed portion of an assembly room the ceiling of which is not more than 1.50 meters above the prossenium opening and which is designed or used for the presentation of plays, demonstrations, or other entertainment wherein scenery, drops, decorations, of the effects may be installed or used.

Vestibule

A passage hall or antechamber between the outer doors and the interior parts of a house or building.

Architect

A person professionally and academically qualified, registered and licensed under this Act with a Certificate of Registration and Professional Identification Card issued by the Professional Regulatory Board of Architecture and the Professional Regulation Commission, and who is responsible for advocating the fair and sustainable development, welfare and cultural expression of society's habitat in terms of space, forms and historical context

Basement

A portion of a building between floor and ceiling which is partly below and partly above grade but so located that the vertical distance from grade to the floor is less than the vertical distance from grade to ceiling.

Balcony

A portion of the seating space of an assembly room, the lowest part of which is raise 1.20 meters or more above the level of the main floor.

Diversified Architectural Experience

A post-baccalaureate, pre-licensure experience of two (2) years required of a graduate of architecture prior to taking the licensure examination; consisting of a variation of experiences in the different phases of architectural

Refining

A process where impurities and/or deleterious materials are removed from a mixture in order to produce a pure element of compound. It shall also refer to partial distillation and electrolysis.

Buddhism

A religion based on the teachings of the Buddha.

Apartment

A room or suite of two or more rooms, designed and intended for, or occupied by one family for living, sleeping, and cooking purposes.

SECTION 19

A roster showing the names and place of business including other personal material and relevant data of all registered professional architects shall be prepared and updated by the Board and copies thereof shall be made available to any party as may be deemed necessary.

Architectural Firm

A sole proprietorship, a partnership or a corporation registered with the DTI AND/OR SEC and then with the Board of Architecture and PRC;

show window

A store window in which goods are displayed.

Building

A structure for the purpose and function of habitation and other uses.

Standpipe System

A system of vertical pipes in a building to which fire hoses can be attached on each floor, including a system by which water is made available to the outlets as needed.

New Kingdom

A time of conquest and territorial expansion, considered as the GOLDEN PERIOD of EGYPT, the capital was THEBES.

Architectural Plans

A two (2)-dimensional representations reflecting a proposed development/redevelopment of an enclosed/ semi-enclosed or open area showing features or elements such as columns, walls, partitions, ceiling, stairs, doors, windows, floors, roof, room designations, door and window call-outs, the architectural layout of equipment, furnishings, furniture and the like, specifications call-outs, elevation references, drawing references and the like; the architectural plan is the representation of a lateral section for a proposed building/ structure (running parallel to the ground) and at a height of from 1.0 - 1.5 meters above the finished floor; the term may also collectively refer to other architectural designs such as cross/ longitudinal sections, elevations, roof plan, reflected ceiling plan; detailed sections and elevations showing architectural interiors, detailed architectural designs, door and window schedules, other architectural finishing schedules and the like.

Shaft

A vertical opening through a building for elevators, dumbwaiters, mechanical equipment, or similar purposes.

Curtain Board

A vertical panel of non-combustible or fire resistive materials attached to and extending below the bottom chord of the roof trusses, to divide the underside of the roof into separate compartments so that heat and smoke will be directed upwards to a roof vent.

Wall Bearing

A wall which supports any load other than its own weight.

Dead Wall

A wall without openings.

BP 344

ACCESSIBILITY CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES

Forum

AGORA counterpart, CENTRAL OPEN SPACE used as MEETING PLACE, market or political demonstration

Group 9

ALTERATIONS, RENOVATIONS, REHABILITATION

Opus Mixtum

ALTERNATION OF COURSES of bricks and small squared stones. (Roman Wall Masonry)

Space Management Studies

ANALYSIS OF SPACE REQUIREMENTS based on organizational structure and functional set up PIN POINTS linkages and INTERACTION OF SPACES

Cyma Recta

ANTHEMION ( HONYSUCKLE) Moulding

RA 9266

ARCHITECTURE ACT OF 2004

BP 344

Accessibility Act

B.P. 344

Accessibility Law

SECTION 43

Act Not Affecting Other Professionals

Giacomo Da Vignola

Added the SIDE COPULAS

Decorated Vaulting

Addition of LIERNE RIBS, produced the STAR shaped STELLAR VAULTING

Jorn Utzon

Additive Architecture

14.00 cu m

Air space requirement for a habitable room per person.

3.00 cu m

Air space requirement for a school room per person.

0.30 cu m

Air supply per person per minute for auditoriums.

Examination Required

All applicants for registration for the practice of architecture shall be required to undergo a licensure examination to be given by the Board in such places and dates as the Commission may designate in accordance with the provisions of Republic Act No. 8981.

SECTION 12

All applicants for registration for the practice of architecture shall be required to undergo a licensure examination to be given by the Board in such places and dates as the Commission may designate in accordance with the provisions of Republic Act No. 8981.

SECTION 26

All architects registered at the time this law takes effect shall automatically be registered under the provisions hereof, subject, however, to the provisions herein set forth as to future requirements. Certificates of Registration and Professional Identification Cards held by such persons in good standing shall have the same force and effect as though issued after the passage of R.A. No.

Oath.

All successful candidates in the examination shall be required to take an oath of profession before any member of the Board

SECTION 17

All successful candidates in the examination shall be required to take an oath of profession before any member of the Board, any government official authorized by the Commission pursuant to Sec. 7(k) of R.A. No. 8981 or any person authorized by law to administer oaths, prior to entering upon the practice of the profession.

Foundation

All the portions of the building or structure below the footing, the earth upon which the structure rests.

Antonio Da Sangallo

Altered the plan with a EXTENDED VESTIBULE and LOFTY CAMPANILE and an ELABORATE CENTRAL DOME after the death of Perruzzi

Jeffersonian Style

American form of neoclassicism based on the US president Thomas Jefferson.

R.A. 9266

An act providing for a more responsive and comprehensive regulation for the registration, licensing and practice of Architecture

Chevet

An apse having a surrounding AMBULATORY of which are CHAPELS.

Architect-in-charge of construction

An architect registered and licensed under R.A. No. 9266, who is directly and professionally responsible and liable for the construction supervision of the project;

Step Pyramid of Djozer

An architectural structure that uses flat platforms, or steps, receding from the ground up, to achieve a completed shape similar to a geometric pyramid by IMHOTEP

Vertical Shaft

An enclosed vertical space of passage that extends from floor to floor, as well as from the base to the top of the building.

Specialization

An expertise and special knowledge in the field of architecture acquired by an Architect through formal education and training or through continuing professional development and experience, for which the Architect may be engaged as Consulting Architect.

Sole Proprietorship

An individual Architect practicing and delivering architectural services, duly registered with the DTI, PRBOA and the PRC.

Pier

An insolated mass of masonry forming support for arches, columns,

Sprinkler System

An integrated network of hydraulically designed piping installed in a building, structure or area with outlets arranged in a systematic pattern which automatically discharges water when activated by heat or combustion products from a fire.

Court

An occupied space between building lines and lot lines other than a yard; free, open, and unobstructed by appendages from the ground upward.

Window

An opening through a wall of a building to the outsider for the purpose of admitting natural light andr.

Architectural Programming

Analytical problem seeking process that leads to the statement and identification of both HORIZONTAL and VERTICAL REQUIREMENTS in offering a solution.

Necropolis

Ancient ETRUSCAN BURIAL city.

Thermae

Ancient ROMAN BATH

Savidug Ijang

Ancient fortifications on a a high promontory giving a strategic view of the sea and surrounding land areas

SECTION 11

Annual Report of the Board

Second Intermediate Period

Another period of disarray for egyptians due to the Hyksos gaining power, horse drawn chariot was a contribution.

Third intermediate and Late Period

Another period of divided power where it all fell to the Persians

Abatement

Any act that would remove or neutralize a fire hazard.

Dwelling

Any building or any portion thereof which is not an "apartment house", "lodging house", or a "hotel" as defined in this Code which contained one or two "dwelling units" or "guest rooms", used, intended or designed to be built, used, rented, leased, let or hired out to be occupied, or which are occupied for living purposes.

Public Assembly Building

Any building or structure where fifty (50) or more people congregate, gather, or assemble for any purpose.

Alley

Any building space or thoroughfare which has been dedicated or deeded to the public or for public use as a passageway with a width of not more than three meters.

Alteration

Any change, addition, or modification in construction of occupancy.

Fire Hazard

Any condition or act which increases or may cause an increase in the probability of the occurrence of fire, or which may obstruct, delay, hinder or interfere with fire fighting operations and the safeguarding of life and property.

misdemeanor

Any person or entity, whether public or private, Filipino or foreigner, who/which shall entice, compel, coerce, require or otherwise force an architect registered and licensed under R.A. No. 9266 to undertake/perform any service under the general practice of architecture as defined

Arcade

Any portion of a building above the first floor projecting over the sidewalk beyond the first storey wall used as protection for pedestrians against rain or sun.

Habitable Room

Any room meeting the requirements of this Code for sleeping, living, cooking, or dining purposes, excluding such enclosed spaces as closets, pantries, bath or toilet room, service rooms, connecting corridors, laundries, unfinished attics, storage, space cellars, utility rooms, and similar spaces.

Street

Any thoroughfare of public space which has been dedicated or deeded to the public for public use.

Fire Alarm

Any visual or audible signal produced by a device or system to warm the occupants of the building or fire fighting elements of the presence or danger of fire to enable them to undertake immediate action to save life and property and to suppress the fire.

Fire Wall

Any wall which subdivided a building so as to resist the spread of fire, by starting at the foundation and extending continuously through all storeys to, or above the roof. Extension above the roof is 1.00 meters.

Insula

Apartment block, house for the lower class,

Value Management

Applied in the COST MANAGEMENT process to minimize effects of simplified operations associated with many cost reduction programs, to achieve an unimpaired program at MINIMUM COST.

Lump Sum or Fixed Fee

Applied to GOVERNMENT PROJECTS as they entail more paperworks and time consuming efforts

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Appropriations of RA 9266

Bedouin Tent

Arab Nomad tents with long braces for the strong winds.

Openings

Arcades, doors, windows spanned by semi circular arches. (Features of Renaissance Architecture)

Architect-in-charge-of-construction

Architect directly and professionally responsible and

Architect-of-record

Architect directly involved in the total design of the project, who shall assume civil liability for the PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS, CONTRACT DOCUMENTS signed.

Consulting Architect

Architect who is professionally and academically

SPP Document 208

Architectural Design Competition

Architectural Document

Architectural drawings, specifications, and other outputs of an Architect that only an Architect can sign and seal consisting, among others, of vicinity maps, site development plans, architectural program, perspective drawings, architectural floor plans, elevations, sections, ceiling plans, schedules, detailed drawings, technical specifications and cost estimates, and other instruments of service in any for

RA 9266

Architecture Act of 2004

Pre Columbian Architecture

Architecture of the INDEGENOUS CIVILIZATION of mesoamerica and the ANDES

Antoni Gaudi

Art Nouveau

Louis Sullivan

Art Nouveau

1.80 m

Artificial Ventilation Headroom (Minimum)

Walls

Ashlar masonry laid in HORIZONTAL COURSES.

DESIGN PHILOSOPHY

Attitudes and emotions

50%

Average needed to pass a subject in the board exams

Astragal

BEAD and REEL Moulding

Judaea

BIRTHPLACE of Christianity

BATAS PAMBANSA

BP

Tumulus

BURIAL MOUND OF EARTH or STONE protecting a tomb chamber

Sitangkai

Badjao: build permanent homes on the shore while the group live in the houseboat called sakayan.

Halige

Bahay Kubo Materials: House post

Kilo

Bahay Kubo Materials: Rafters

Palupo

Bahay Kubo Materials: Ridge Pole

Palatpat

Bahay Kubo Materials: bamboo strips tied on to the

Patukuran

Bahay Kubo Materials: beam laid over the yawi at

Kahab-an

Bahay Kubo Materials: connects the bottom ends

Soleras

Bahay Kubo Materials: floor joist are laid

Gililan

Bahay Kubo Materials: floor sills run around the

Wall Sidings

Bahay Kubo Materials: kept in place with the help of the rattan lashings, horizontal bamboo studs clamp the sidings together on both sides

Pawid

Bahay Kubo Materials: nipa shingles made by stripping leaves from the petiole and bending them over a narrow bamboo slats

Sikang

Bahay Kubo Materials: poles which cross the rafters halfway down the slope

Samil

Bahay Kubo Materials: refers to several layers of nipa leaflets that have been combed lengthwise over bamboo slats

sahig

Bahay Kubo Materials: slatted floor. Rattan or bamboo strips tie the different parts to each

Papangkol

Bahay Kubo Materials: two panels of vertical-split

Tarugo

Bahay Kubo Materials: wooden peg

Bulwagan

Bahay Kubo Parts: Living Room

silong

Bahay Kubo Parts: Lower part of the house

Dapogan

Bahay Kubo Parts: consists of table, river

Bangahan

Bahay Kubo Parts: later hispanized into a banguerra - pots, dishes and other utensils are kept

Kamalig

Bahay Kubo Parts: separate storehouse on stilts where unhulled rice is kept

Paglutuan or "gilir"

Bahay Kubo Parts: which may sometimes be a separate structure where food is prepared

Silid

Bahay Kubo Parts:keep clothes and personal

Le Corbusier

Balance

Crushed limestone as Mortart

Basic Construction method of the Mayans.

Le Corbusier

Bauhaus

My dormmates <3

Beautiful Women

Durga

Beautiful woman with a gentle

Cubicula

Bedrooms (Parts of a domus)

Renaissance in Italy

Best considered under the 3 GREAT DISTINCTIVE CITIES FLORENCE, ROME AND VENICE.

Acropolis, Athens

Best known acropolis in the world.

Narthex

Between the ATRIUM and the CHURCH, used by PENITENTS. (Parts of a Basilican Church)

Proscenium

Between the CURTAIN and ORCHESTRA (Part of a Greek Theater)

Materials for construction

Black Andesite, yucay Limestone, Diorite Porphry, Adobe Brick.

Sedimentary Style

Blocks arranged HORIZONTALLY

Talus/ Glacis

Bold SLOPING THICKNESS AT THE FOOT OF WALLS to protect them from undermining. (Castle Features)

"Fay-u" house

Bontoc: dwelling of the wealthy Bontoc. Built directly on the ground.

cha-la-nan

Bontoc: means ground floor

inner court

Bounded on all sides or around its periphery by building lines.

Katyufong

Bpntoc: poor man‟s dwelling

Italianate Architecture

Bracketed Style, most popular due to the variety of construction material, Characteristics of this style include elaborate eave brackets, segmental windows, and decorative hood molding

Opus TESTACEUM

Brick facing with PYRAMIDAL ENDS. (Roman Wall Masonry)

Leandro Locsin

Brutalism

Skene

Building for CHANGING OF COSTUMES (Part of a Greek Theater)

Amphitheater

Building used for the display of MORTAL COMBAT.

Group 3

Buildings of EXCEPTIONAL CHARACTER and COMPLEXITY of plan

Group 2

Buildings of MODERATE COMPLEXITY OF PLAN

Group 1

Buildings of SIMPLEST UTILIZATION AND CHARACTER.

TREE - HOUSES

Built in forked branches of 6.0-18.00 m. trees or atop 4.50 - 6.0 m. high stumps which serves as a foundation

Babylon

CAPITAL of ancient BABYLONIA

Cuzco

CAPITAL of the INCA empire

Canephora

CARYATID with BASKET on her head. As support or freestanding ornament.

Sculptured Memorials

CENOTAPHS or MONUMENTAL BLOCKS in honor of persons buried elsewhere.

The Altis, Olympia

CENTER of all RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES during the Olympics.

Cloister Court

CHAPTER HOUSE, SACRISTY, DORMITORY, REFECTORY, KITCHEN

Grotesque

CHIMERA that is used only for ORNAMENTATION

Cromlech

CIRCULAR ARRANGEMENT of STONES sometimes supporting a horizontal slab called stone henge.

Apse

CIRCULAR TERMINATION of a church. (Parts of a Basilican Church)

Hellenic Greece

CITY STATE emerged as the BASIS OF GREEK SOCIETY.

Columns

CLASSIC ORDERS used and standardized. (Features of Renaissance Architecture)

Coastal Fortifications

COASTAL PORTS FORTIFIED to secure the sea links.

Baldachino

COLUMNS OVER THE ALTAR. (Parts of a Basilican Church)

RA 9514

COMPREHENSIVE FIRE CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES

Tipi

CONICAL TENT with poles as framework and animal hides as covering by the north american indians.

Group 10

CONSULTANCY projects.

Plan (Gothic Feature)

CONVENIENCE rather than SYMMETRY.

Early National Style

Called NATIONAL STYLE due to popularity.

Palace

Came from PALATINE HALL where group of magnificent palaces were built by emperors.

Velarium

Canvas awning drawn to PROTECT AUDIENCE from rain or sun.

INTRAMUROS

Capital of the Philippines during the Spanish

Gate of All Nations

Carved on entrances to inform everyone Xerxes ordered to built this.

Pilgrim Forts

Castle sited to SECURE ROUTES from coastal ports to JERUSALEM.

Katawhang lumad

Cebuano term meaning

Hypocaust

Central FLOOR HEATING SYSTEM in a thermae.

St. Peter's basilica

Central church of ROMAN CATHOLICISM, stands on the site where St. Peter is believed to be buried.

Spolarium

Chamber beneath the Amphitheater where bodies of dead gladiators are DRAGGED and PILED.

Industrial Revolution

Change from an agrarian, handicraft economy to one dominated by INDUSTRY and MACHINE MANUFACTURE.

Constantine

Changed the capital of the empire from ROME to BYZANTIUM

Frank Gehry

Chaos & danger

Lady Chapel

Chapel dedicated to VIRGIN MARY

Megaron

Characteristic DOMESTIC unit.

Elizabethan Gothic

Characterized by the USE OF MULLION WINDOWS.

Persepolitan Type

Circular or octagonal with bell shape capital supporting an animal sculpture

Polonnaruwa Period

City of Anuradhapura sacked by Indian invaders, Capital city of Polonnaruwa established and commanded main roads and trade

Sarcophagus

Coffin for the King

Niche

Coffin for the queen.

Frigidarium

Cold Bath

HANGING AMIHAN

Cold, dry air from North (Japan, China, Siberia)

1:5 classrooms

Colleges and university parking ratio.

Pillars of Victory

Columns erected to RECORD TRIUMPHS

Beaux Arts

Combining classical Greek and Roman

SECTION 10

Compensation and Allowances of the Board

Giacomo Dela porta and Domenico Fontana

Completed the dome of Michelangelo

Herzog & de Meuron

Complex geometric forms

Hinduism

Complex mixture of:

SPP Document 206

Comprehensive Architectural Services

private seowon

Confucian academies

Jongmyo Shrine

Confucian royal shrine that houses tablets of deceased kings and queens of Joseon.

Bathing

Considered a social activity.

Gothic Age

Considered one of Europe's outstanding artistic eras.

Order

Consist of an upright COLUMN, the BASE and the CAPITAL and ENTABLATURE.

Design Development Phase

Consist of the DESIGN DEVELOPMENT DOCUMENTS such as plans, elevations, sections and other drawings, make specifications, layout of construction system.

SPP Document 204 B

Construction Management Services

Coemetaria

Contains both the COLUMBARIA and LOCULI

Naos (Parts of a Greek Temple)

Contains the STATUE of a god or goddess.

Francisco Manosa

Contemporary tropical filipino style

SECTION 28

Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

Separate Contract

Contract between Architect and other ENGINEERING and ALLIED profession

Single Contract

Contract solely between architect and owner, and contract with other professionals

Multiple of Direct Personnel Expenses

Cost based method of compensation is applicable only to NON CREATIVE WORKS.

Bailey/ Ward

Courtyard area where DOMESTIC BUILDINGS OF THE CASTLE ARE. (Castle Features)

SECTION 4

Creation and Composition of the Professional Regulatory Board

Siva or Shiva

Creator, preserver, destroyer, personal Lord, friend, primal Soul.

Mycenaean

Culture from Aegean Civilization which was from one of the great centers known as Mycenae.

0.90 m

Curb cut-out width (Minimum)

Aduana/Intendencia

Custom House which serves as a central treasury

Rock Cut Tomb (Types of Aegean Tomb)

Cut within the SLOPE of the hillside, approached by a passageway called DROMOS.

Opus SECTILE

Cut work producing GEOMETRICAL PATTERNS (Marble Mosaic Pattern)

Scotia

DEEP HOLLOW moulding

Helladic Greece

DEFENSE ARCHITECTURE was necessary for protection

Feasibility Studies

DETAILED ANALYSIS of the project BASED on PRE FEASIBILITY STUDIES. It will set the project against present and future trends to FORECAST how it will PERFORM OVER TIME.

Simple Dome

DOME and PENDENTIVE are parts of the SAME SPHERE.

Dipteral

DOUBLE line of columns surrounding NAOS. (Types of Temples According to ARRANGEMENT of COLUMNS in relation to the NAOS. )

Apodyteria

DRESSING ROOM

First Intermediate Period

Dark Ages of Egypt, Pharaos became weak and provincial rulers became powerful.

Athena

Daughter of Zeus, Goddess of WISDOM, WAR and CRAFTS.

Frank Gehry

Deconstructivism

Zaha Hadid

Deconstructivism

Atlantes

Decorative column of a HALF FIGURE man.

Finial

Decorative upper TERMINATION OF A SPIRE

Temple of Athena

Dedicated to ATHENA NIKE

Moat

Deep and Wide TRENCH filled with WATER around the rampart of a fortified castle. (Castle Features)

Rampart

Defensive EARTHEN BANK surrounding a castle (Castle Features)

Romanesque Style

Derived from the ROMAN STYLE or ROMAN-LIKE, greatly inspired by Christianity, the desire to articulate to stress every structural division to produce UNIFIED COMPOSITION

SPP Document 207

Design Build Service

Bungalow

Detached low rise residential house

Space Planning

Determination of ADEQUATE SIZE and appropriate CONFIGURATION AND ASSEMBLAGE for a proposed project in consideration of the USE, ALLOCATION and interface of SPACES for given activities.

Towers

Deterrent to mining and to DEFLECT MISSILES. (Castle Features)

Fluted Column, Palmiform Column, Tent Pole Column, Papryform Column, Lotiform Column, Hathoric Column

Different orders of Egyptian Columns.

Triclinia

Dining Room (Parts of a domus)

Rise

Distance between GROUND and HIGHEST POINT in an arch.

Span

Distance between TWO SIDES of an arch.

Western Region

Divides India from Pakistan. The Kashmir and Punjab plains.

Spina

Dividing WALL at the center.

Kandyan Period

Division of the island into different kingdoms, Capital city established at Kandy

The KANKANAI

Domain includes Western Mountain Province, Northern Benguet and Southeastern Ilocos Sur.

Compound Dome

Dome constructed SEPARATELY from the pendentive.

SECTION 33

Drawings and specifications and other contract documents duly signed, stamped or sealed, as instruments of service, are the intellectual property and documents of the architect,

Soma

Drink of Strength, liberation of liquor made of vegetable matter

Sudatorium

Dry SWEATING ROOM

Le Corbusier

Dualism

King Nebuchadnezzar II

During his reign, BABYLON was the LARGEST CITY in the world.

Rock Caves

Dwelling dug open open rock caves usually decorated with petroglyphs or rock arts.

Ovolo

EGG and DART Moulding

Parodos

ENTRANCE of the CHORUS (Part of a Greek Theater)

RULE III

EXAMINATION, REGISTRATION AND LICENSURE

Extrados

EXTERIOR CURVE of an arch

Cuneiform

Earliest known form of WRITTEN EXPRESSION in clay tablets

Cave Dwellings

Earliest shelters in the Philippines.

Gamme

Earth Huts for the Sami people

Motte

Earthen CONICAL MOUND of a castle (Castle Features)

Eastern Orthodox

Eastern Church in Constantinople (GREEK CHURCH)

Tholos

Elaborate, subterranean stone vaulted construction shaped like a BEEHIVE.

Endless Knot

Emblem of ETERNITY (Byzantine Motifs)

Peacock

Emblem of IMMORTALITY and RESURRECTION (Byzantine Motifs)

Curtain Wall

Enclosing DEFENSIVE WALLS of a castle (Castle Features)

Scope of the Practice of Architecture

Encompasses the provision of professional services in connection with site, physical and planning and the design, construction, enlargement,

Architectural Research

Entails the conduct of PRIMARY and SECONDARY RESEARCHES and assembled facts used as basis for conclusion

Site Selection and Analysis

Entails the formulation of SITE CRITERIA, assistance to the client IN SITE EVALUATION and analysis to determine the MOST APPROPRIATE SITE.

Prothyrum

Entrance passage (Parts of a domus)

Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Erected the PIAZZA.

Rostral Columns

Erected to ELABORATE NAVAL VICTORIES

Triumphal Arches

Erected to EMPERORS commemorating VICTORIOUS CAMPAIGNS.

Antoni Gaudi

Ergonomic design

Pax Romana

Established in celebration of ROME's RECOVERY.

Anuradhapura Period

Establishment of political, social, and artistic traditions

Mangyans

Ethno-linguistic group inhabiting most of the

Per Diem, Honorarium plus Reimbursible expenses

Expenses which may be reimbursed

Tomb

Expression of faith in IMMORTALITY and MEMORIAL to the dead. Christianity strongly denounces cremation.

Eero Saarinen

Expressionism

0.30 m

Extension of Handrail @ start/end

Rococo Style

Extreme baroque Style, interior characterized by profuse decoration.

Oculus

Eye, opening that admits LIGHT to the dome.

Flail

FERTILITY of the land.

Middle Kingdom

FEUDAL PERIOD of the Egyptian history united by MENTUHOTEP. Pyramid Construction died, Funerary rites were also given to individuals.

PD 1185

FIRE CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES

Lancet

FIRST POINTED style.

Pseudo Peripteral

FLANK of COLUMNS attached to the NAOS wall. (Types of Temples According to ARRANGEMENT of COLUMNS in relation to the NAOS. )

Crocket

FOLIAGE DECORATION on the raking of a SPIRE.

Pre-Colonial Architecture

FOLK Architecture

Stadium

FOOT RACECOURSE where games were celebrated.

Pronaos (Parts of a Greek Temple)

FRONT PORTICO

Romanesque in Italy

Facade has ORNAMENTAL WALL passages which rose one above another, sometimes into gables.

Renaissance Revival

Fascination for the architecture of RENAISSANCE EUROPE and villas of Andrea Palladio.

Cyrus The Great

Father of Iranian Nation, established the PERSIAN EMPIRE as the most POWERFUL STATE IN THE WORLD.

Concrete

Favourite material of Romans, a mixture of Pozzolana and stone or brick rubble.

Mesopotamia

Fertile plains between twin rivers TIGRIS and EUPHRATES, known as the FERTILE CRESCENT and CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION, also known now as IRAQ

Not less than 200k

Fine for those who will force/ coerce etc. an architect to sign a plan without a written contract

Not less than 100k but not more than 5 mill

Fine to pay upon violating the law.

R.A. 9514

Fire Code of the Philippines

RA 9514

Fire code of the Philippines

Donato Bramante

First Architect to execute the design of St. Peter's, chose the GREEK CROSS PLAN

Pyramids at Giza

First TRUE GEOMETRIC PYRAMID at 52 degree.

Juan Felipe De Jesus Nakpil

First architect named National Artist. Pioneer of modern architecture in the

Mauryan Dynasty

First indian empire. Founded by Chandragupta Mauryan, he ruled from 324 to 301 BC

PRIMAL TUKLONG

First religious structures were built made of locally available materials and technology

Theater of Dionysus

First stone theater ever built dedicated to DIONYSUS the god of whine.

Hammurabi's Code

First written code of laws by King Hammurabi

Leandro Locsin

Floating volume

Circus

For HORSE and CHARIOT Racing

Palaestra

For PHYSICAL EXERCISE.

Niche/ Hemicycle

For RETAINING EARTH (Type of Roman Arch)

Chantry Chapel

For religious services to whomever the donor depicts

SECTION 39

Foreign nationals, including former Filipinos wanting to engage in the general practice of architecture as defined in Section 3 (c) of R.A. No. 9266 must secure locally their professional liability insurance or malpractice insurance or their acceptable equivalent in bond form

I.M. Pei

Formalism

Castle

Fortified structure that serves a range of purpose which were MILITARY, ADMINISTRATIVE, and DOMESTIC.

(feast of St. Michael).

Foundation of the first Hispanic settlement in

Knight's Templar

Founded to PROTECT HOLY PLACES in Palestine and SAFEGUARD the pilgrim routes to Jerusalem. Most oldest of the military orders. Most skilled in fighting.

Knights Hospitaller

Founded to PROTECT and CARE for the SICK and INJURED PILGRIMS to the HOLY LAND.

Siddhartha Gautama

Founder of Buddhism, enlightened one

Oscar Niemeyer

Free flowing design

Empire Style

French inspired neoclassical style that takes it name from the EMPIRE STYLE under NAPOLEON's RULE.

Cross Vault

From 2 intersecting BARREL VAULTS.

YAKAN

From the "Dayak origin" mostly found in the Interior of Basilan Island

Ardhamandapa

Front porch or the main entrance of the temple leading to the mandapa

SPP document 204 A

Full Time Supervision

Gargoyles

Functional WATERSPOUTS and said to scare off evil spirits.

Le Corbusier

Functionalism

Zaha Hadid

Futurism

Bar Tracery

GLASS rather than stone DOMINATES

70%

General average needed to pass the board exams.

DESIGN OBJECTIVES

Goals and aims

Hephaestus

God of FIRE and FORGE. UGLIEST GOD.

Vulcan

God of FIRE.

Poseidon

God of SEA, HORSES, EARTHQUAKES.

Mars

God of WAR

Ares

God of WAR.

Apollo

God of the SUN, LIGHT, MEDICINE, MUSIC.

Apollo

God of the Sun

Hades

God of the UNDERWORLD. Oldest of the Olympian Siblings.

Demeter

Goddess of AGRICULTURE and mother of PERSEPHONE

Vesta

Goddess of HEARTH

Venus

Goddess of LOVE and BEAUTY

Aphrodite

Goddess of LOVE, ROMANCE AND BEAUTY. Wife of Hephaestus.

Minerva

Goddess of WISDOM

Hestia

Goddess of home and Hearth.

Djana

Goddess of the MOON.

Augustan Age

Golden Age of Romans.

Common Court

Granaries, bake houses, stable, store room, abbot's lodging and barn.

Kean Yeang

Green architecture

Monastic Village

Group of buildings designed for the OCCUPATION OF MONKS

anchae

Gyusu room - situated deep inside the house so that it is secretive and quiet.

Basilica

HALL OF JUSTICE and COMMERCIAL EXCHANGE

Delos

HOLY SANCTUARY and CULT CENTER in ancient Greece.

Diazoma

HORIZONTAL walkway between lower and upper tiers of seats (Part of a Greek Theater)

Group 7

HOUSING PROJECTS USING ONE PLAN.

Palsangjeon

Hall of Eight Pictures, worship hall that contains Palsang

Daeungjeon Hall

Hall of Great Enlightenment, enshrines the Sakyamuni Buddha

1.0, 1.06 m

Handrail @ greater heights

0.70, 0.90 m

Handrail Height

40 mm

Handrail distance from ledge (mm)

50 mm

Handrail distance from wall (mm)

30-50 mm

Handrail w/ full grip (mm)

Temple Shaped Tombs

Have MORTUARY CHAPELS with collonaded portico and sepulchral vault

Julius Caesar

He lead the professional army and used military dictatorship.

2.00 m

Head Clearance (Minimum)

1.40 x 1.60 m

Height of Signs on walls and doors

Seokguram Grotto

Hermitage and part of the Bulguksa temple complex.

Hadrian

His reign lead to Rome's second golden age.

Revivalist Architecture

Historical fever revived other styles of architecture

Domus

Home of the WEALTHY and MIDDLE CLASS

Indus Region

Home to the largest of the four ancient urban civilizations.

Cuadra

Horse stable

1:25 beds

Hospital building parking ratio.

Caldarium

Hot Bath

Laconicum

Hot dry area for INDUCING SWEAT

1:10 bedrooms

Hotel building parking ratio.

Mangyan House

House in the Mountainside or hillside of Mindoro

Inner Court

INFIRMARY, GUEST HOUSE, KITCHEN, SERVANTs HALL, LIBRARY, SCRIPTORIUM.

Intrados

INTERIOR CURVE of an arch

SINADUMPARAN

IVATAN HOUSE TYPOLOGY: One-storey main house with a partially submerged basement used as storage

JIN-JIN

IVATAN HOUSE TYPOLOGY: Roof is of multi- layered cogon system.

Rakhu

IVATAN HOUSE TYPOLOGY: Two-storey house

Grapevine

Idea of VITAL UNION of the believers of christ. (Byzantine Motifs)

Bale

Ifugao: dwellings of the more fortunate

Abong

Ifugao: poor man‟s dwelling

Central Terraces

Ifugao: rich man‟s choice house sites

SECTION 41

Implementing Rules and Regulations of RA 9266

Not more than 6 years

Imprisonment duration for those who will force/ coerce etc. an architect to sign a plan without a written contract

Not less than 6 mos but not exceeding 6 years

Imprisonment upon violating the law

0.84 m

In standard seating, the minimum spacing of rows measured from back to back.

Mesoamerican

Included Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica.

Artemis

Independent Goddess of the HUNT and CHILDBIRTH and the MOON. Sister to APOLLO.

Indus, Ganges, Brahmaputra

India's three main rivers

Shisham

Indian Rosewood; hardwood found in the river valleys of the North.

The KALINGA

Inhabits the area in the middle Chico River.

Binuron House

Inhabits the banks of the Apayao River and its tributaries in Northern Luzon.

the ISNEG

Inhabits the banks of the Apayao River and its tributaries in Northern Luzon.

Pre Design Services

Initial problem identification service to conceptualizaztion of an array of architectural and allied solutions. Includes consultation, pre feasibility studies, feasibility, site selection and analysis, site utilization and land use studies.

Keep/ Donjon

Inner TOWER for REFUGE during a siege (Castle Features)

Herzog & de Meuron

Innovative facade design

Corinthian Order

Inspiration from ACANTHUS LEAF because of CALLIMACHUS.

High Rise Buildings

Inspirations were drawn from aircraft

Bid documents

Intelectuall property of ARCHITECT

R.A. No. 8293

Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines

Eero Saarinen

International Style

Le Corbusier

International Style

Louis Sullivan

International Style

Igloo

Inuit hunting huts made from ICE BLOCKS.

Chi Rho

Invokes the CRUCIFIXION of Jesus as well as symbolizing his status as CHRIST. (Byzantine Motifs)

Project Definition Phase

Involves the DEFINITION OF REQUIREMENTS OF THE PROJECT. Architect informs owner the TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS of the project.

Site and Physical Planning.

Involves the arrangement of SPACE within a PIECE of LAND or PROPERTY

Site Utilization and Land-Use studies

Involves the identification of a SITE'S DEVELOPMENT POTENTIALS through proper UTILIZATION

Temporary/ Special Permit

Issued to foreign architects who want practice in the PH provided there is a Filipino Architect counterpart

Professional Identification Card

Issued upon passing the board exams, bearing the registration number, date of issuance, expiry date, duly

MANILA CITY HALL

It is where the

Art Deco

It represents a "graciousness of form" from a simplertime.

SECTION 44

It shall be the primary duty of the Commission and the Board to effectively enforce the provisions of R.A. No. 9266 and this "IRR of the Architecture Act of 2004".

SECTION 31

It shall be unlawful for any person or firm or corporation to seek to avoid the provisions of R.A. No. 9266 by having a representative or employee seek architectural work in their behalf, unless and until, such persons have duly qualified and duly registered/licensed, otherwise, both those represented and the representative, the employer and the employee shall be deemed guilty of violation of R.A. No. 9266. Solicitation of architectural work shall be construed as offering to practice architecture and shall be unlawful for any non-registered and unlicensed persons to do so.

SECTION 36

It shall be unlawful for any unregistered person to collect a fee for architectural services except as an employee collecting a fee as representative of a Registered Architect.

San Agustin Church, Paoay (Paoay Church)

It was occupied by the Katipuneros in 1899 and used as an observation post by the Filipino guerillas during WW II

Art Moderne

Its architectural style emphasized curving forms,

Culina

Kitchen (Parts of a domus)

New Art (French, "Art Nouveau ")

Known as judendstil, bandwurmstil or tapeworm style, English style or stile liberty, modernimo, sezession

INTRAMUROS, MANILA

Known as the Walled City or "within the walls"

Hannibal Barca

Known for his clever war tactics and was considered ROME's NIGHTMARE

Pungsu

Korean feng shui, the science of living in harmony with the natural world

Ondol

Korean floor panel heating system; means "warm stone"

Hanok

Korean traditional house

Hanji

Korean traditional paper

Cyclopean Style

LARGE STONE BLOCKS STYLE.

Forum of TRAJAN

LARGEST of the forums.

Red Pyramid of Snefru at Dashur

LARGEST of the three major pyramids located at the Dahshur necropolis. Named for the rusty reddish hue at a 55 degree pitch

1.50 m

Landing of Ramp every 6 m

Dolmen

Large stone slab supported by two or more upright stone slabs

Cheops (Khufu) Pyramid

Largest and Oldest of the Pyramids

Mohenjo-Daro

Largest city of the Indus Valley civilization, planned layout based on a street grid of rectilinear buildings

Juan De Guzman Arellano

Last Pensionado (architect ituuu)

Tudor Gothic

Late Perpendicular. Shift from pointed ornate to PLAINER RENAISSANCE STYLE.

2 m

Least dimension in habitable room of 6 sqm

12.0 m

Length of Sidewalk w/o stop (Maximum)

CARLO MADERNA

Lengthened the nave to form a LATIN CROSS.

Walter Gropius

Less is more

Pseudo Dipteral

Like dipteral but INNER range of column is OMITTED.(Types of Temples According to ARRANGEMENT of COLUMNS in relation to the NAOS. )

Materials during the mesoamerican period

Limestone, Volcanic Rocks, Adobe Bricks, Tezontle

SECTION 37

Limitation to the Registration of a Firm, Company, Partnership, Corporation or Association

MARANAOS

Live in settlements of the shores of Lake Lanao, or an the hilly „dry rice areas" near a water source;

the BONTOC

Live in the banks of the Chico River

The IBALOI

Live mostly in the southern part of Benguet

Tablinum

Living Room (Parts of a domus)

GUNU BONG

Located near the banks of Lake Sebu or on a hilly portions

Aisles

Located on BOTH SIDES of the nave. (Parts of a Basilican Church)

Gujarat's Palitana Temples

Located on top of the Shatrunjaya Hill more than 800 temples, constructed over a period of 900 years

Stoa

Long COLONNADED covered WALKWAY used around public places.

Vishvanatha

Lord of the Universe

Bouleuterion

MEETING HOUSE for elected COUNCILS.

Hermes

MESSENGER OF THE GODS. God of BUSINESS.

Naumachia

MOCK NAVAL BATTLES.

Group 5

MONUMENTAL BUILDINGS.

Temple of Zeus

MOST IMPORTANT BUILDING in the ALTIS

Opus Sectile

Made from LARGER cut pieces of tile or stone. (Floor Pavements)

Papavinasha Tirtha

Mahakuta's tank of ritual ablutions, 1300 year old holy public swimming hole

Donhwamun Gate

Main palace gate, has a two-story pavilion-type wooden structure, and is the largest of all palace gates

Construction Phase

Making of decisions on all claims of the owner, prepare change orders, make periodic visits and assist construction phase.

Oikos

Man's AREA.

Palaganan

Mangyan House:

Jain Temple in Ranakpur, Rajsthan

Marble temple built on a hill, Symbolize the Tirthankara‟s conquest of the four cardinal directions.

Portcullis

Mark of the LINEAGE of Henry VII, founder of the TUDOR DYNASTY.

Buttress

Masonry projecting from a wall to give ADDITIONAL STRENGTH and to resist thrust of roof.

Rubble and Cut Stone

Material used for principal buildings, palaces and houses.

Finishes

Materials used as final coating of a surface for ornamental or protective purposes.

50 m

Maximum Distance of parking to building (PWD)

1.80 m

Maximum center to center spacing of a draft curtain sprinkler.

1.20 m

Maximum dimension of a stair landing.

60.00 m

Maximum distance of a handicapped parking from the facility being served.

6.00 m

Maximum distance of any portion of a building from the nozzle of a 23 mts fire hose.

250 sq.m

Maximum floor area for an attic made of combustible materials.

750.00 sq.m

Maximum floor area for an attic made of incombustible materials.

1.20 m

Maximum height of a Siamese connection above the ground.

2.70 m

Maximum height of a combustible stand.

0.90 m

Maximum height of a handrail above the stair thread.

1.20 m

Maximum length of glass for jalousies.

45.00 m

Maximum line of travel to an exit of an aisle.

300 mm

Maximum projection beyond the property line of a footing along the national road and at

400 mm / 0.40 m

Maximum rise of one row of seat to the next.

One is to ten (1:10)

Maximum slope for an entrance or exit ramp.

One is to Eight (1:8)

Maximum slope for an exit passageway.

One is to Eight (1:8)

Maximum slope of an aisle

One is to ten (1:10)

Maximum slope of an exit court.

1.20 m

Maximum width of a business sign.

1.20 m

Maximum width of an exit door leaf.

Architectural Firm

Means a sole proprietorship, a partnership or a corporation registered with the proper government agencies;

Architect-in-charge of construction

Means an architect registered and licensed under this Act, who is directly and professionally responsible and liable for the construction supervision of the project

Architect-of-Record

Means the architect registered and licensed under this Act, who is directly and professionally responsible for the total design of the project for the client and who shall assume the civil liability for the plans, specifications and contract documents he/she has signed and sealed

Islam

Medieval Christianity as Mahomet, "God is One", youngest of the 3 monotheistic world

Melon Shaped Dome

Melon Shaped dome with convolutions or ribs.

Mercury

Messenger of the Gods.

Kenzo Tange

Metabolism

Conquest

Method adapted by ROMANS to extend their influence.

Piling Method

Method employed by prehistoric people to build over bodies of water.

Professional Fee plus expenses

Method of compensation used where there is CONTINUING RELATIONSHIP involving a series of Projects. establishes a FIXED SUM over and above the reimbursement of the architect's technical time and overhead.

Corbel Method

Method used for VAULTS and POINTED DOMES.

1.8 m

Mezzanine Headroom (Minimum)

Mesolithic

Middle Stone Age

Walter Gropius

Minimalism

Ecoism

Minimizes destructive impacts by integrating itself with living processes; merges the interests of sustainability; 'respect'

1.10 m x 1.40 m

Minimum Dimensions of an accessible elevator.

2 exits

Minimum Fire Exits for Institutional buildings

2" / 50 mm

Minimum air space between walls of a masonry chimney above the roof.

1.00 sq.m

Minimum area for vent shafts.

1,300 sq.mm / 1.30 sq.m

Minimum area of a double acting door view panel.

300 sq mm / 0.30 sq. m

Minimum area of opening of an air duct.

2.70 m

Minimum ceiling height for naturally ventilated rooms.

0.70 m

Minimum clear width of an exit door way.

3.00 m

Minimum clearance of a canopy or a marquee from the sidewalk.

3.00 m

Minimum clearance of an arcade above sidewalk.

2.40 m

Minimum clearance of the lowest portion of an awning to the ground.

0.60 m

Minimum dimension for a vent shaft.

1.50 sq.m

Minimum dimension of a kitchen.

1.00 m

Minimum distance of a sign from any electrical post or telephone wires.

0.30 m

Minimum downward projection of a draft curtain..

600 mm

Minimum extended portion of a chimney above the roof.

1.20 m

Minimum extension of a proscenium wall above the roof.

1.80 m

Minimum headroom clearance for a mezzanine.

2.00 m

Minimum headroom clearance for any stair.

300 mm

Minimum height of a Siamese connection above grade.

2.40 m

Minimum height of a construction fence.

0.90 m

Minimum height of a guard rail located in front of the grandstand.

0.80 m

Minimum height of a handrail above the stair thread.

1.00 m

Minimum height of a protective railing in a construction.

300 mm

Minimum horizontal clearance of the curb line to the outermost edge of the marquee.

2.00 m

Minimum horizontal dimension of a court.

30 mm

Minimum increase in width of aisles for every linear meter.

10.70 lux

Minimum intensity of lights for exits.

2.50 m

Minimum lateral spacing for plastic skylights.

2.70 m

Minimum length of room

600 kgs. / sq.m

Minimum live load bearing capacity of a construction canopy.

2

Minimum number of exit for a projection room.

2

Minimum number of exit for any stage.

2

Minimum number of exit for floors above the first storey having an occupant load of more than 10

3

Minimum number of exit for stands within a building serving an occupant load of 300.

2

Minimum number of steps for an entrance or exit stair.

4

Minimum number of wheelchair seating space for 51-300 seating capacity for auditoriums.

10% of lot area

Minimum open space requirement for a corner lot.

300 mm

Minimum size of thread for an entrance or exit step.

0.85 m

Minimum spacing for seats in a chair type measurement from back to back

0.75 m

Minimum spacing for seats with backrests measured from back to back.

0.60 m

Minimum spacing for seats without backrests measured from back to back.

750 mm / 0.75 m

Minimum stair width for a residence.

0.90 m

Minimum stair width for occupant load of less than 50.

5.60 mm

Minimum thickness of glass for jalousies.

12.5 mm

Minimum thickness of glass used for floors.

10% of flr. Area

Minimum total area of a window or an opening for a room without artificial ventilation.

200 mm

Minimum wall thickness of a fireplace.

0.90 m

Minimum width of a dropped curb.

1.20 m

Minimum width of a passageway connecting a street and a court.

0.28 m

Minimum width of a run in a stand stair.

750 mm

Minimum width of a stair in a stage egress.

1.20 m

Minimum width of a temporary walkway.

800 mm / 0.80 m

Minimum width of an aisle serving only one side.

1.10 m

Minimum width of an exit corridor.

1.70 m

Minimum width of an exit door in an aisle.

0.45 m

Minimum width of any seat.

900 mm

Minimum width of exit in a stage.

250 mm

Minimum width of run for circular stair.

1.10 m

Minimum width of side aisles.

120 kgs. / sq. m

Minimum wind load capacity for roofs for vertical projection.

Opus Signinum

Mixture of GROUND TERRA COTTA and LIME for the lining of water.

Antoni Gaudi

Modernism

I.M. Pei

Modernism

Michael Graves

Modernism

Norman Foster

Modernism

Le Corbusier

Modular

Church of the Holy Sacrifice

More popularly known as the UP Chapel.

POLYtriglyph

More than 2 Triglyph interval (Intercolumnation in terms of the number of TRIGLYPHS between columns)

Masjid/Maskid

Mosque Types: Holds the Friday noon assembly prayers and observance.

Adyton

Most SACRED part of a temple.

Marble

Most common and flourished material during the Aegean Civilization

Fontana Di Trevi

Most famous FOUNTAINS in the world and the LARGEST BAROQUE FOUNTAIN.

FORT SANTIAGO

Most important and oldest fortification built in

Pyramid

Most important building type. Focal Points of cities.

Sun, Moon, Rain, Corn

Most important god.

Andrea Palladio

Most influential Architect of the whole renaissance.

Orissa

Most outstanding examples of

SAN AGUSTIN CHURCH, MANILA

Most significant monument to the Spanish colonization of the Philippines - first religious structure built in Luzon, after the Spanish relocated from Cebu in

Ornaments

Motifs: Classical Mythology

Northern Region

Mountain zone of the Himalayas.

Arts and Crafts

Movement to revive HANDICRAFTS.

Muslim/Moro

Multilingual ethnic group and the largest mainly non-Christian ethnic group in the

1.5 to 2.5

Multiplier for Multiple of direct personnel expenses

Hall Churches

NAVE and AISLES are of the SAME HEIGHT without triforium and clerestory.

SECTION 30

NO SERVICE AGREEMENT

Maximum length of dead ends for RESIDENTIAL APARTMENT BUILDINGS as per RA 9514

NOT ALLOWED

PD 1096

National Building Code of the Philippines

Injeongjeon Hall

National Treasure, used for major state affairs including the coronation of a new king and receiving foreign envoys.

IVAtans (KakaIVA)

Nationally acclaimed as the "True Insulares."

2.10 m

Naturally Ventilated Headroom (Minimum) 2 Floors

2.40 m

Naturally Ventilated Headroom (Minimum) Single Floor/2 floors or more

Eero Saarinen

NeoFuturism

Santiago Calatrava

NeoFuturism

Catacombs

Network of SUBTERRANEAN CHAMBERS and galleries used for burial purposes.

Columbaria

Niches that RECEIVE the ASHES of the dead.

Zoning

Noisy and Quiet; Children and Adults

Choson

North Korea

Gyeongbokgung Palace

Northern Palace, is arguably the most beautiful, and remains the largest of all five palaces

3

Number of exit for occupant load of 599-999

Unctuaria

OIL ROOM ;^)

Forum Romanum

OLDEST and MOST IMPORTANT in the city

Greek Theater

OPEN AIR structures generally hollowed out of a slope of a hillside.

Tracery

ORNAMENTAL STONEWORK on the upper part of a gothic window.

Binayon or Finaryon

Octagonal house

1:125 sqm. Of gross floor area

Office building parking ratio.

Paleolithic

Old Stone Age. First Age of Man, the hunter-gatherer period

Great Stupa

Oldest stone structure in India

Ancient City of Ninevh

Once made CAPITAL of the assyrian empire by SENNACHERIB

Atrium

Open FORECOURT surrounded by ARCADES (Parts of a Basilican Church)

Theater Epidaurus

Open air theater known for its nearly perfect ARCHITECTURE and ACOUSTICS.

Agora

Open piece of ASSEMBLY and a center of SOCIAL and BUSINESS life.

10% of lot area

Open space requirement for a corner lot or a through lot.

50% of lot area

Open space requirement for an interior lot.

Iconoclastic Movement

Order that FORBADE all representations of HUMAN or ANIMAL forms in sculptures.

Edict Of Milan

Order to grant TOLERANCE OF CHRISTIANS

Frank Lloyrd Wright

Organic Architecture

Protection from weather, Comfort for a place to stay, Storage of food, Perpetuation of Human life.

Origin of Prehistoric Architecture

MAYNILAD

Originally a large Malayan-Islamic settlement

Art Deco (French, "art decoratif")

Originated from the 1925 Paris Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes - rise

National Building Code of the Philippines

P.D 1096

PRESIDENTIAL DECREE

PD

Pantheon

PERFECTLY PRESERVED ancient roman temple

Torus

PLAIT ORNAMENT with bundles of leaves tied by bands. Moulding

Amphi Prostyle

PORTICO OF COLUMNS at FRONT and REAR. (Types of Temples According to ARRANGEMENT of COLUMNS in relation to the NAOS. )

Prostyle

PORTICO OF COLUMNS at front (Types of Temples According to ARRANGEMENT of COLUMNS in relation to the NAOS. )

RULE IV

PRACTICE OF ARCHITECTURE

R.A. No. 8981

PRC Modernization Act of 2000

RULE II

PROFESSIONAL REGULATORY BOARD OF ARCHITECTURE: ORGANIZATION,

Paraskenia

PROJECTING WINGS on either side of the proscenium (Part of a Greek Theater)

Strategic Inland Castles

PROTECT THE COAST ROADS, SAFEGUARD mountain passes, provide VISUAL COMMAND of the approach routes.

3.70 x 5.00 m

PWD Parking

1/50 slots

PWD Parking Ratio

1:12

PWD Ramp Ratio

1.20 m

PWD Ramp Width (Minimum)

1.70 x 1.80 m

PWD Toilet Area

1.50 x 1.50 m

PWD Turning Radius

Fresco Painting

Painting on FRESH MOIST PLASTER with pigments dissolved in water.

2.0 x 6.0 m

Parallel Parking

Zaha Hadid

Parametricism

Babylonia, Assyria, Persia, Sumer, Akkad, Northeastern Syria, Southeastern Turkey, Southwestern Iran.

Parts of Mesopotamia

Absolute Proportion

Parts of the object or the whole to the various parts

Han River

Passes through Seoul and continues on to the Yellow Sea , Meets the sea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone that divides South and North Korea.

2.50 m

Pedestrian Crossing Width (Minimum)

Battle of Styles

Period where classical was being revived to counter the entry of industrial design.

Early Dynastic Period

Period where two regions were divided, the upper and lower egypt

6.0 m

Perpendicular Parking Driveway

Architect

Person ACADEMICALLY qualified, licensed and registered under the PRC, responsible for advocating the fair and sustainable development, welfare and cultural expression of society's habitat in terms of space, forms

SECTION 34

Persons not registered as an architect shall not claim nor represent either services or work as equivalent to those of a duly qualified registered architect, or that they are qualified for any branch or function of architectural practice, even though no form of the title "Architect" is used.

Schematic Design Phase

Phase consists of the preparation of SCHEMATIC DESIGN STUDIES derived from the project definition phase.

HANGING HABAGAT

Phenomenon during summer in the Northern hemisphere, Asiatic continent becomes warmer than surrounding seas

Hellenistic Greece

Philipp of Macedonia UNIFIED GREECE and his son ALEXANDER THE GREAT went on a national crusade against PERSIA.

Urban Design

Physical and systemic design undertaken by an Architect on a community and urban plane, more comprehensive than, and an extension of the architecture of buildings, spaces between buildings, entourage, utilities and movement systems.

Tessarae

Piece of material used in MAKING MOSAIC

Cairn

Pile of rocks that MARK a particular spot

Pablo Sebrero Antonio

Pioneer of Modern Architecture

Gymnasium

Place for PHYSICAL EXERCISES.

Altar

Place where priest OFFICIATES MASS. (Parts of a Basilican Church)

Ambo/ Pulpit

Place where priest READS the gospel and delivers HOMILY. (Parts of a Basilican Church)

Pinnacle buttress

Placed on TOP of a SPUR to help drive the oblique thrust more steeply down to earth.

Architectural Interiors

Planning and design of the indoor area covering all ARCHITECTURAL and UTILITY aspects of the interior, the interrelationship of spaces

Neolithic

Plant Growing and Animal Tending Age, New Stone Age.

Ornaments (General Feature)

Plant forms, animal forms, stained glass, mosaic, fresco painting.

Square Abacus

Platform moulding above the Echinus

Yurt

Portable, round tent covered with skins or felt and used as a dwelling by nomads in the steppes of Central Asia.

SECTION 35

Positions in Government Requiring the Services of Registered and Licensed Architects

SPP Document 205

Post Construction Services

SPP Document 201

Pre design service

Tradition

Pre-Colonial: dictates general shape or form and structural concepts.

Chance or oido (playing by ear)

Pre-Colonial: enables the builder/designer/craftsman to improvise and make adjustments along the way RELYING ON INTUITION and aesthetic insight.

Neoclassicism

Preferred sober dignity to the excesses of baroque

Bidding/ Negotiation Phase

Preparing of BID DOCUMENTS such as written forms of contracts for invitations etc.

Contract Document Phase

Preparing the CONTRACT DOCUMENTS consisting of detailed designs and construction drawings, technical specifications, bill of materials.

Doric, Ionic, Corinthian

Principal external features of temples. DORIC was the favourite.

Decorated Geometric

Principal of the window with SEVERAL LIGHTS surmounted by a CIRCLE

GREEN DESIGN

Process of designing that protects the natural environment

Opus SPICATUM

Produces the HERRINGBONE pattern. (Marble Mosaic Pattern)

SPP Document 209

Professional Architectural Consulting Services

SECTION 29

Prohibition in the Practice of Architecture and Penal Clause

Boss

Projecting ORNAMENT that covers the intersection of ribs.

Machicolations (murder Holes)

Projecting parapets allowing FLOOR OPENINGS through which molten lead, boiling oil or stones are DROPPED BELOW.

Group 8

Projects involving EXTENSIVE DETAILING

Promotional Services

Projects require PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES in order to develop and generate FINANCIAL SUPPORT and acceptance from governing agencies or from the general public.

Raphale Santi

Proposed a LATIN CROSS PLAN after Bramante.

Ownership

Proprietary rights to an architectural work such as plans,

Double Crown

Pschent, Symbol of unity of the upper and lower regions of Egypt

Hierarchy

Public and Private areas

Le Corbusier

Purism

Bent Pyramid of Snefru, Dashur

Pyramid bent at angles 43 deg for the upper pyramid and 55 deg for the lower pyramid

Early English Vaulting

QUADRIPARTITE RIBBED VAULT came into use.

Juno

QUEEN of the gods.

REPUBLIC ACT

RA

Bema

RAISED PLATFORM on the altar. (Parts of a Basilican Church)

Epinaos(Parts of a Greek Temple)

REAR PORTICO

Loculi

RECESSES for corpses.

Opus QUADRATUM

RECTANGULAR and SQUARE blocks of stones in regular ashlar courses. (Roman Wall Masonry)

Renaissance Architecture

REINTRODUCTION OF CLASSIC ARCHITECTURE all over Europe.

Group 6

REPETITIVE CONSTRUCTION BUILDINGS

Monumental Tombs

RESEMBLE ETRUSCAN TUMULI with conical crown of earth.

Group 4

RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS.

Tudor Rose

ROYAL EMBLEM OF ENGLAND

Adolf Loos

Rauman Concept

Oecus

Reception Room (Parts of a domus)

Alae

Recesses for Convention (Parts of a domus)

Graeco-Roman Type

Rectangular with shallow flutes. Tall and slender with a capital usually with a fluted vase motif.

Lower Egypt

Red Crown

Lamb (Good Shepherd)

Refers to JESUS' role as SACRIFICE. (Byzantine Motifs)

SPP Document 202

Regular Design Service

2.50 x 5.00 m

Regular Parking

Christianity

Religion of the LOWER CLASS until it became the UNIVERSAL RELIGION after the edict of MILAN.

SECTION 46

Repealing Clause of RA 9266

Dolmen

Representative type of tomb from the Bronze Age in Korea

TIBOLI, T'BOLI

Reside in the high elevation of the mountain ranges of South Cotobato and Sultan

Palacio del Gobernador

Residence and office of the governor general

1.50 m

Rest Area per 12.00 m Sidewalk

Villa Rustica

Resthouse with farmhouse and barns, ochards and vine yards.

Villa Urbana

Retreat with formal gardens with fountains and sculptures.

Michelangelo Buonarotti

Reverted the plan to GREEK CROSS. Made most of the contributions of the design. Strenghtened the piers of dome. Redesigned the surrounding chapels and apses. Commenced the construction of the great dome

Gothic Revival Architecture

Revival of Gothic categorized by strong and religious nature.

300 mm

Rise in step along exits needs ramp (10 persons up)

Kinimpal

Roof Types: half bamboos in convex/concave design were laid over each other

Tinalob

Roof Types: two layers of bamboo

Andron

Room reserved for MALES to ENTERTAIN MALES.

Corbel Table

Row of Corbels

Jupiter

Ruler of all the Gods.

Neptune

Ruler of the SEA

Pluto

Ruler of the Underworld and DEAD

Quoins

Rusticated wall angles

Cancelli

SCREEN WALL ENCLOSING the CHOIR (Parts of a Basilican Church)

Nave

SEATING AREA for worshippers (Parts of a Basilican Church)

Cavea

SEATING Area (Part of a Greek Theater)

Decorated Gothic

SECOND POINTED style, GEOMETRICAL OR CURVILINEAR.

Prytaneion

SENATE HOUSE for the city council

Imperial Forum

SERIES of MONUMENTAL PUBLIC SQUARES

Transept

SIDE PROJECTIONS of a church. (Parts of a Basilican Church)

Cavetto

SIMPLE HOLLOW moulding.

Peripteral

SINGLE line of columns at FRONT and REAR (Types of Temples According to ARRANGEMENT of COLUMNS in relation to the NAOS. )

Fleche

SLENDER SPIRE rising from the roof.

Fillet

SMALL PLAIN FACE to seperate other mouldings

Opus INCERTUM

SMALL ROUGH stones with pyramidal ends set irregularly in mortar. (Roman Wall Masonry)

Darius I

SON OF CYRUS, developed infrastractures, the largest being PERSEPOLIS

Xerxes I

SON OF DARIUS, known for his MASSIVE INVASION of GREECE

Salientes

SPOUTING JET of fountain.

Plate Tracery

STONE rather than glass DOMINATES

PD 957

SUBDIVISION AND CONDOMINIUM BUYER'S PROTECTIVE DECREE

Plans

SYMMETRICAL. DOME was widely used. (Features of Renaissance Architecture)

Vimana

Sanctuary as a whole

Shilpa Shastras

Science of Silpa - Arts and Crafts

Caryatid

Sculpted FEMALE figure serving as COLUMN.

Pendant

Sculpted ORNAMENT TERMINATING THE FAN VAULTING

BADJAO

Sea gypsies of the south

Chefren (Khafre) Pyramid

Second to the largest pyramids, Built diagonally along Cheops

SECTION 8

Section that states the Administrative Supervision of the Board, Custodian of its Records,

SECTION 9

Section that states the Grounds for Suspension or Removal of Members of the Board

SECTION 18

Section that states the Issuance of Certificates of Registration and Professional Identification Card

SECTION 13

Section that states the Qualifications of Applicant for Examination

SECTION 5

Section that states the Qualifications of Members of the Professional Regulatory Board

SECTION 15

Section that states the Rating in the Licensure Examination

SECTION 24

Section that states the Re-issuance or Replacement of Revoked or Lost Certificates of Registration, Professional Identification Card or Special and Temporary Permit

SECTION 25

Section that states the Registration of Architects is Required

SECTION 16

Section that states the Report of Ratings of exam

SECTION 32

Section that states the Signing and Sealing of Architectural Plans, Specifications, Architectural Permit

SECTION 14

Section that states the Subjects for Examination

SECTION 6

Section that states the Term of Office of the board

Comparative Selection

Selection by COMMITTEES representing institutions or corporations

Sarangchae

Seonbi room - where the men dwell

SECTION 45

Separability Clause of RA 9266

Baptisteries

Separate buildings used only for the sacrament of BAPTISM

Parts of the Palace of Sargon

Seraglio - Palace proper with KINGS RESIDENCE

Crusades

Series of Christian Society of Knights tasked to restore control of the HOLY LAND from Muslim Aggression.

Acoustic Design

Service involves the design and control of sound transmission for compatibility with the architectural design concept.

Architectural Lighting and Layout Design

Service involves the detailed planning of the design of the LIGHT TRANSMISSION, TIMING and CONTROL for compatibility of the architectural design concept.

Leandro Locsin

Simple Design

Federal/ Adam Style

Simple box form with elliptical and round spaces, there is lightness and restrained delicacy, with projecting wings.

Monolith

Single upright STONE MARKERS

Balneum

Small PRIVATE baths.

Cellular Style

Small blocks arranged in a CELL LIKE formation

Opus VERMICULATUM

Small pieces of tiles that produced PICTORIAL PATTERNS. (Marble Mosaic Pattern)

Mykerinus (Menkaure)

Smallest and the third Pyramid built diagonally along Cheops

Eros

Son of APHRODITE, God of LOVE.

MANUNGGUL JAR

Soul boat burial jars

Han-guk

South Korea

BAHAY/BALAI

Southeast Asian type of domestic architecture

Orchestra

Space infront of the stage USED BY THE CHORUS (Part of a Greek Theater)

Cebu, Sebu or Sugbo.

Spanish colony was first established in

SPP Document 203

Specialized Architectural Services

Cuadricula (Grid Pattern)

Square or rectangular blocks on parallel and perpendicular streets crossing one another,

Palace of Sargon

Square planned with a DEFENSIVE PARAMETER and covered nearly one square mile.

Carceres

Stalls that held CONTESTANTS and their CHARIOTS and HORSES.

12.00 cu m

Standard air space requirement per person for factories.

Ga 18

Standard gauge for metal hoods in barbeques.

300 mm

Standard maximum distance of a standpipe from an opening in a stairway.

1.20 sq.m

Standard minimum area of a toilet.

2.40 m x 5.00 m

Standard size of a perpendicular parking slot.

1.50 m

Standard turn circle of a wheelchair.

Step Pyramid

Started by King Djozer during the period of Old Kingdom

Stick Style Victorian Style

Stick style is a revival of HALF TIMBERED ARCHITECTURE

Kenzo Tange

Structuralism

Pre-Feasibility Studies

Studies involved procurement, analysis, and use of SECONDARY INFORMATION gathered to AID client.

Early English Gothic

Style characterized by Long pointed, narrow LANCETS.

Transitional Gothic

Style characterized by POINTED ARCHES with ROMANESQUE character.

Norman Gothic

Style characterized by SEMICIRCULAR ARCHED WINDOWS.

Neoclassical Architecture

Style derived from the architecture of CLASSICAL GREECE and ROME and the architect ANDREA PALLADIO.

Gothic Architecture

Style that REACTED AGAINST THE CLASSIC, it was called BARBARIC (barbarian goths)

Gaius Octavius

Succeeded Julius after his assasination, the FIRST RULER of ROMAN EMPIRE.

Baldassare perruzi

Succeeded Santi and reverted back to GREEK CROSS PLAN

Cut stone (sillar)

Such construction were referred to as de silleria, de canteria or de cal y canto (lime and cut stone)

Villa

Summer RESTHOUSE for the wealthy.

Audencia

Superior Court and also housed the jail.

Zeus

Supreme LORD OF GODS. GOD OF THE SKY. Youngest of the Olympian SIBLINGS.

Oscar Niemeyer

Swirling forms

Fish (Ikhtus)

Symbol for JESUS (Byzantine Motifs)

Crook

Symbol of KINGSHIP or GOVERNMENT

Dove

Symbol of PEACE and UNITY (Byzantine Motifs)

Sections 1 to 3

TITLE, POLICY STATEMENT, DEFINITION OF TERMS, AND SCOPE OF PRACTICE

Keystone

TOP STONE of the arch, the most important.

Pyramidal Tombs

Taken from EGYPTIAN ideas.

Circular Echinus

Tapered Circular Moulding below the Abacus.

Coffers

Technique to lighten concrete which were recessed on the underside.

Parthenon

Temple dedicated to ATHENA, PHIDIAS was the master sculptor.

White Temple Ziggurat

Temple perched atop a platform, having a monumental height to stand out among structures and to get the temple CLOSER TO THE SKY. Has a shrine dedicated to ANU.

American Colonial Architecture

Term applied to COLONIAL BUILDINGS CONSTRUCTED in AMERICA by English immigrants to the new world

Parapet Wall

That part of any entirely above the roof line.

Storey

That portion of a building included between the upper surface of any floor and the upper surface of the floor next above, except that the topmost storey shall be that portion of a building included between the upper surface of the topmost floor and the ceiling or roof above. If the finished floor level directly above a basement, cellar or unused underfloor space is more than 3.60 meters above grade as defined herein at any point.

Footing

That portion of the foundation of a structure which spreads and transmits loads directly to the soil or the pile.

Structure

That which is built or constructed, an edifice or building of any kind or any piece of work artificially built up or composed of parts joined together in some definite manner.

R.A. 9266

The Architecture Act of 2004

SECTION 23

The Board shall have the power, upon notice and hearing, to suspend or revoke the validity of a Certificate of Registration/Professional Identification Card, or shall cancel a special permit granted under R.A. No. 9266 to an architect, on any ground mentioned under Section 22 hereof for the use of or perpetuation of any fraud or deceit in obtaining a Certificate of Registration and Professional Identification Card or special/temporary permit; for gross

SECTION 22

The Board shall not register and issue a Certificate of Registration and Professional Identification Card to any person who has falsely sworn or misrepresented himself/herself in

RA 4726

The Condominium Act

Minoan

The FIRST CULTURE from Aegean Civilization which FLOURISHED IN CRETE by KING MINOS of KNOSSOS,

Maximum of 50% of his Annual Salary

The GOVERNMENT ARCHITECT-OF-RECORD shall collect from the concerned national or

Mission Revival

The Mission style originated in Southern

Structural Conceptualization

The act of conceiving, choosing and developing the type, disposition, arrangement and proportioning of the structural elements of an architectural work giving due consideration to safety, cost-effectiveness, functionality and aesthetics

Fire

The active principle of burning, characterized by the heat and light of combustion.

Consulting Architect

The architect registered and licensed or permitted to practice under R.A. No. 9266, who is professionally and academically qualified and with exceptional or recognized expertise or specialization in any branch of architect

Architect-of-record

The architect registered and licensed under R.A. No. 9266, who is directly and professionally responsible for the total design of the project for the client and who shall assume the civil liability for the plans, specifications and contract documents he/she has signed and sealed;

SECTION 21

The architect shall be required to indicate the number of his/her Certificate of

Floor Area

The area included within the surrounding exterior walls of a building or portion thereof, exclusive of vent shafts and courts. The floor area of a building or portion thereof not provided with surrounding exterior walls shall be the usable area under the horizontal projection of the roof or floor above.

Architecture

The art, science or profession of planning, designing and constructing buildings in their totality taking into account their environment, in accordance with the principles of utility, strength and beauty;

Architecture

The art, science, or profession of planning designing and constructing buildings

Authorship

The author or authors of a set of architectural plans or specifications who are in charge of their preparation whether made by them personally or under their immediate supervision;

Lintel

The beam or girder placed over an opening in a wall, which supports the wall construction above.

Christianity (Romanesque Period)

The chief source of education and culture.

Repair

The construction or renewal of any part of an existing building for the purpose of its maintenance. The word "repair" shall not apply to any change of construction.

Olympian Gods and Goddesses

The deities of the Greeks, each were a personification of a particular element.

Contract Document

The documents attached to the agreement identified therein as Contract Documents, including all additions, deletions and modifications incorporated therein.

Charlemagne

The empire was called Holy Roman Empire during his reign as pope.

Curtain Wall

The enclosing wall of an iron or steel framework or the nonbearing portion of an enclosing wall between pier.

Copyright (or Copyright Ownership)"

The intellectual proprietary rights retained by an Architect over any architectural documents/work that he/she prepares unless there is a written stipulation to the contrary, copyright in a work of architecture shall include the right to control the erection of any building which reproduces the whole or a substantial part of the work either in its original form or in any form recognizably derived from the original; however, the copyright in any such work shall not include the right to control the reconstruction or rehabilitation in the same style as the original of a building to which the copyright relates.

Building Line

The line formed by the intersection of the outer surface of the enclosing wall of the building and the surface of the ground.

Lot Line

The line of demarcation between either public and private property.

Filipino Counterpart

The local Philippine architect, partnership or corporation that must work in association with a foreign architect, partnership or corporation, on a project on Philippine soil.

Malacañang Palace

The original structure was built in 1750 as a summer house along the Pasig River.

Syllabi

The outlines embodying topics and concepts of major subjects prescribed in specific course of study to serve as basis for test questions in the licensure examinations

Fire Lane

The portion of a roadway or public way that should be kept opened and unobstructed at all times for the expedient operation of fire fighting units.

Occupancy

The purpose for which a building is used or intended to be used. The term shall also include the building or room housing such use.

Nature Worship

The religion of Aegeans, the supreme deity being Rhea, the fertility goddess, also included sacred games and ritual dances.

Buildable Area

The remaining space in a lot after deducting the required minimum open spaces.

Site Development Planning Services

The space planning, architectural layouting and utilization of spaces within and surrounding a specific building/structure.

Prairie Style

The style is usually marked by horizontal lines,

Occupant Load

The total number of persons that may occupy a building or portion thereof at any one time.

Overloading

The use of one or more electrical appliances or devices which draw or consume electrical current beyond the designed capacity of the existing electrical system.

Yard

The vacant space left in a lot between the building and the property line.

Building Height

The vertical distance from the established grade elevation to the highest point of the coping of a flat roof, to the average height of the highest gable or a pitch or hip roof, or to the top of the parapet if the roof is provided with a parapet. In case of sloping ground, the average ground level of the buildable area shall be

Live Load

The weight of the contents of a building or structure; it includes all loads except dead and lateral, and weight of temporary partitions, cases, counters, and similar equipment, and all loads imposed due to the occupancy of the building or structure.

Dead Load

The weight of the permanent portions of a building or structure; it includes the weight of the walls permanent partitions, framing floors, roofs, and all other permanent and stationary fixtures mechanism, and other construction entering into and becoming a part of a building or structure.

Neo-Modernism

The yearning for an idealized past has

Odeion

Theater where MUSICIANS PERFORMED

1:50 sq m. of spectators' area

Theaters, cinemas, auditoria, and stadia parking ratio.

LIGHTHOUSES

These structures provided haven to ships that passed through Philippine waters

Period Styles

This defined the eclectic movement of the early

Queen Anne Victorian Style

This style (introduced by Richard Norman Shaw)

Shingle Style

This style grew out of the earlier Stick and

Saltbox Colonial Revival

This style has two stories at the front and one

Folk Victorian Style

This style was characterized by lacy brackets on

Geunjeongjeon

Throne Hall, Hall where the king granted audiences to his officials presided over large official functions and met foreign envoys.

Opus Alexandrium

Tiny geometry coloured stones arranged in intricate patterns dotted with large disks of stones. (Floor Pavements)

Palace of Persepolis

To SHOWCASE for the empire, DESIGNED TO AWE VISITORS.

Shaft Tomb

Tomb located underground

OKIR, OKIL, UKKIL

Torogan Features: Carving usually features the naga or serpent as well as floral and star and bud motifs.

Panolong

Torogan Features: Row of carved projecting beam ends in ornate motifs

Lamin

Torogan Features: lady‟s dormitory which serve as another hideaway for the datu‟s daughter and her manga raga or ladies.

okir

Torogan Features: projecting beam pattern design

Gibon

Torogan Features: special space for the daughter of the datu.

Pendentive

Triangular curved overhanging surface to SUPPORT a circular dome.

Stairway

Two or more risers.

Mastaba

Type of ancient Egyptian tomb in the form of a flat-roofed, rectangular structure with inward sloping sides, constructed out of mud-bricks

Lacus

Type of fountain with LARGE BASIN of water

Secular

Types of Clergy: affiliated with a diocese and

Regular clergy

Types of Clergy: grouped themselves according to provinces per country

Rock Caves, Dwelling Houses, Religious Monuments, Tombs.

Types of structure during pre historic period.

Barks or Tree Leaves, Weeds, Animal Skin

Typical building material of early prehistoric shelters.

Mud Bricks, Flat roof, Few Windows

Typical house of Egyptians

Encased Style

UNALIGNED STONE BLOCKS fitted together like jigsaw puzzle.

Design Brief Preparation

Under this, the architect states the PROJECT TERMS OF REFERENCES including concept, objectives, and other necessary requirements to bid out architectural services.

King Menes

United the two divided regions of egypt and named MEMPHIS the new capital.

Outcasts

Untouchables, without a varna

Decorated Curvilinear

Upper part of a window head filled with TREFOIL, QUATREFOIL, or DAGGER SHAPES.

RA 7279

Urban Development and Housing Act

Mouldings

Use of PROJECTING HORIZONTAL CORNICES to cast deep shadows. (Features of Renaissance Architecture)

Perpendicular Vaulting

Use of the FAN, PALM or CONOIDAL VAULTING.

Tudor Vaulting

Use of the FOUR CENTERED TUDOR ARCH and FAN vaulting.

Dormer Windows

Used as drying of laundry.

Architectural Design Competition

Used for CIVIC and MONUMENTAL PROJECTS. may be an idea competition or design build competition.

Theater

Used for performances, adapted the Greek's style of semi circular style, but did not hollow a hillside.

Bridges

Used for the channeling of water and connection for transport

Fleur De Lis

Used in the ROYAL ARMS of england

Hemispherical Dome.

Used over CIRCULAR structures.

Semi Dome

Used over SEMI CIRCULAR STRUCTURES

Direct Selection

Used when UNDERTAKING SMALL PROJECTS on the basis of reputation, business acquaintance, recommendations.

Spur Buttress

Used where LARGE OPENINGS for doors and windows are needed. (Type of Roman Arch)

Hillside Tombs

Usually has a collonaded Portico, an offering chapel, and a tomb statue.

Corona

Usually painted with FRET ORNAMENT Moulding

Roofs

VAULTING DEVELOPED by means of circular vault. Timber roofs no longer left open.(Features of Renaissance Architecture)

Setback

Vacant space left between the building and lot lines less than 2.00 mts in width.

Barrel Vault

Vault with two PARALLEL WALLS of RECTANGULAR PLAN.

Ogival System

Vaulting framework of INTERSECTING POINTED ARCH RIBS.

Formerets

WALL RIBS

Voussoir Stone

WEDGE shaped stone used to build the arch.

Drawbridge

WOODEN BRIDGE leading to a gateway capable of being RAISED or LOWERED to accomodate or prevent entry. (Castle Features)

Palaestra

WRESTLING SCHOOL.

Tepidarium

Warm Bath

Aqueducts

Water CHANNEL

Specus

Water conveying DUCTS

Fountains

Water flowing garden ornamentation.

Cyma Reversa (Ogee)

Water-leaf and tongue Moulding

Glass Mosaic/ Stained Glass

Way of telling story of Christianity to the illiterate.

Tomb Construction

Were built UNDERGROUND

Columns

Were of Cypress wood tapering downwards.

Roman Catholic

Western Church in Rome (LATIN CHURCH)

Blood Sacrifice

What the Toltecs and Aztecs believed to keep the cosmos in balance.

Consultation

When client calls upon another architect to give ORAL ;^) and WRITTEN advice and direction, the architect renders VALUABLE INPUTS whether or not the client pursues.

Latrines

Where people defacate as a form of social activity.

Island of Crete

Where the first great SEA POWER of the Mediterranean rose

Upper Egypt

White Crown

Tura

White Limestone

2.50 m

Width of Corridor (Minimum)

15 m RROW

Width of Sidewalk

Hera

Wife of Zeus, PROTECTOR OF MARRIAGE.

Oriel Window

Window PROJECTING FROM A WALL. Does not extend from the ground. Supported by Corbels.

Lean-to

Windshield or one-sided lean to with or without flooring

India

World's 7th largest country & world's 2nd largest population

Delphi

Worship site for APOLLO

Stupa

a Buddhist shrine, usually dome-shaped mound, free standing architecture built of earth covered with bricks then later with stones

Pinnacle

a SMALL SPIRE.

Lothal

a bead factory, world's earliest known system of flush toilets connected to a common sewerage pipe

Record of Jiri

a book published during the Joseon Dynasty that contains explanations of pungsu

Professional Identification Card

a document bearing the registration number, date of issuance with an expiry date, due for periodic renewal, duly signed by the Chairperson of

Position (Property of Form)

a form's location relative to its environment or visual field

Orientation (Property of Form)

a form's position relative to the ground plane, the compass points or to the person viewing the form

Mahabharata

a great Indian mystical epic poem, 'Song of the Blessed'

Carlos Arguelles

a leading proponent of the International

Proportion

a matter of relationships

Phasing (Programmatic Concepts)

a programmatic concept (I have no available description, sorry) :(

Shikhara

a pyramidal tower built over the sanctuary of a Hindu temple, represents Meru

Jainism

a religion founded in India in the sixth century BC, practice of non-violence, whose members believe that everything in the universe has a soul and therefore shouldn't be harmed.

Architectural Firm

a sole proprietorship, a partnership or a corporation

Bodega

a storage room for keeping old furniture and palay bins

Yundo

a type of compass, is an essential tool for feng shui experts to interpret the Earth's energy

Programmatic Concepts

abstract ideas; sometimes design considerations

Deconstructivism (New Modernism)

abstraction of Modernism to the extreme and mainly worked on the principle of exaggeration of familiar motifs.

Dispensa

adjacent room to the kitchen for food storage

Coconut Palace

also known as

Hwangnyongsa

also known as the "Golden/Yellow Dragon Temple" or "Emperor/Imperial Dragon Temple", the center of state-sponsored Buddhism

The MERALCO Building

also known as the Lopez Building

Post-Modernism

alternative to the Modern Movement

direction of a temple

always face east, place of origin of the sun

Pradakashina Patha

ambulatory passageway for circumambulation, devotees walk around the deity in clockwise direction

Personal Character

an emotional reaction of the observer

Insular Ice and Cold Storage Plant

an ice production and storage facility in Manila, Philippines and it was operated by San Miguel Brewery

Infrastructure, Social & Political Boundaries

analysis of the site's people, buildings and politics

Circulation

analysis of what occurs on these gateways (streets, roads, alleys, sidewalks, plazas, etc.)

Mastaka

apex, crown is decorated by a amalaka

Futurism

architecture of calculation, of audacity and simplicity; architecture of reinforced concrete, of iron, of glass... and all those substitute for wood, stone and brick

Contextualism

architecture should be apprehended in its total setting

Ventanillas

are placed below the large

suburbs

arrabales

Function of the Structure

arranging volumes in such a way that they are adapted to human use

Crenellations (Battlements)

at the TOP of the curtain walls. It allows the FIRING OF ARROWS. (Castle Features)

Aljibe

ater cistern found underneath the

Symmetrical Balance

balance is equality; elements are arranged precisely in the same manner on either side

Character (Programmatic Concepts)

based on the goal your client wants; values and generic nature or styles

International Style

based on the principle that

Origin; Composition; Treatment

basic elements in organizing decorative forms

Religion

basis of social structure

Baño or paliguan

bathroom built

Cuarto, Alcoba,

bedroom

BALANGAY

biniday or barangay

Vicar Forane

bishop‟s representative in the province

International Style

bold rectangular form, pure volume

National Romanticism

bolstered by ideas of national aggrandizement; fed on particular local historical motifs and devices

Hwaseong

brilliant fortress, Built in the late 18th c. by King Jeongjo to honour and house the remains of his father Prince Sado, who had been murdered by being locked alive inside a rice chest by his own father King Yeongjo having failed to obey his command to commit suicide.

Vastu

building

Safety (Programmatic Concepts)

building codes; prevents accidents

MUSEUM), Manila

building in Manila originally designed as public library

Hongsalmun

built as a gate for entering a sacred place in Korea, literally means "gate with red arrows"

Bulguksa Temple

built on a stone platform at the foothill of Mt. Toham near Gyeongju, is the oldest existing temple in Korea.

Gothic in France

called "L ARCHITECTURE OGIVALE" from ovige meaning pointed arch.

bell tower

campanario

Zaguan

carriages and saints‟ floats (andas) are kept

Main Shrine

central sanctum enshrines the main deity

Gradiation

change in size that is gradual and uniform

Brahma

chief god, father of the Brahman Trinity, has 4 heads (3 of which representing their trinity) & recreates the universe in a never-ending cycle

Mandala

circle circumscribes the square, expression of sacred geometry

Corridors

circulatory element that allows travel from one part of the building to another

Stairs, Ramps, Elevators, Escalators

circulatory element that makes possible the communication between the various floors

Openings

circulatory element that permits passage from the exterior to the interior or from one room to another

Jaesil

clan memorial halls

Metabolism

concentrated on the new order of relationships between man and the environment; earlier based on organic and cybernetic analogies

Design Concepts

concrete ideas

Virupaksha Temple

considered to be one of the oldest functioning Hindu temples in India

Conventionalization

consists of the simplification of the design

Gatehouse

contained SERIES OF DEFENSES to make direct assault more difficult than battering down a simple gate. (Castle Features)

Contrast of Tone

contrast in texture, opening or planes

Contrast of Mass

contrast of vertical and horizontal volumes

Environmental Controls (Programmatic Concepts)

control what's on the outside and inside; i.e. Roof, Eaves

Daecheong

cool wooden-floor style hall

Relationship of Units

correct placing for proper circulation between

Physical Qualities of Units

correct size and shape for equipment, furniture and circulation within

Sinhalese King Kassapa I

created a city on and around an immense rock-hill, Sigiriya

Bahaus Style

creative center of artistic experiment during the 1920's; influence can be seen in numerous consumer products

Amalaka

cupola

Maginoo (nobles)

datu

Functional Design

deals with the development of a plan arrangement to serve in a purely mechanical way the functions of the biuldings

Mouldings

decorative element classified according to their purpose

Ornament

decorative element that may be analyzed with reference to its character

Radicalism

demanded a radical shift in emphasis from the buildings of the past to the design which met the demands of modern life

King Philip II

developed a comprehensive

International Style

developed in Europe and the U.S became the dominant tendency in Western architecture during the middle decades of the 20th century.

comedor

dining room

lotus

divinity/ man's salvation

Non-Pictorial

does not tell a story; no pictorial meaning in the design

Tudor Revival

dominated by steeply-pitched

Emphasis

dominating factor in contrast

Fin de Sieclism (Art Noveau)

dynamic Forms, whiplash lines, curving design

Temple 17, Sanchi

earliest known masonry structure

Temple 40, Sanchi

earliest known traces of structural shrine

Kota/Kuta or fortress

early Filipino constructed forts in Mindanao, Sulu as well as in Manila and Mindoro against enemy attacks

Cost Control (Programmatic Concepts)

economic ideas meet extent of available funds

Cheoma

edge of Hanok's curvy roofs.

Density (Programmatic Concepts)

efficient land use; low/medium/high - determined by the number of people in an amount of land; higher number of people = higher density

Direction

either vertical or horizontal

Patio

enclosed courtyard open to the sky and adjacent to the zaguan

Mandir (temple)

enlightenment

Logical Function; Sound Construction; Beautiful Composition

essentials of the structure

Baekje

established friendships with China and Japan. (Temples)

eoksae

eulalia, good for waterproofing and durability

Mass-Volume

evidence of the 3rd dimension

Energy Conservation (Programmatic Concepts)

examples are outdoor corridors, low-e windows

Man Made Features

features located on site with measurements

Dutch Colonial Revival

features the gambrel

Kali

fierce form, portrayed dripping with blood, necklace of skulls symbolizing her aspect as the destroyer of evil which means transformation

Félix Rojas.

first "qualified" Philippine

Tomas Bautista Mapua

first Filipino registered

Iljumun

first gate at the entrance to many Korean Buddhist temples, "One-Pillar Gate"

Cesar Concio

first in the government

UST Engineering and Architecture Building

first local building to use brise-soliel

Cheomseongdae

first stone observatory in Asia, "Star-Gazing Tower", oldest surviving observatories in East Asia and one of the oldest scientific installations on Earth.

Mehgarh, Pakistan

first urban civilization of South Asia

amkiwa

flat giwa

Dynamic defense

fleet with fixed periodic vigilance and a single patrol circuit

Monuments

focal points in the plaza.

Nodes (Kevin Lynch; Image of the City 1960)

focal points, intersections

Bada

foot, ensuring stability of the structure

Hippodrome

for HORSE and CHARIOT racing

Assembly Halls

for PUBLIC ASSEMBLIES

Team X

formed by a rebellious group of young Turks who contested the principles of Modern Architecture; Bakerna & Eyck

Static defense

fortification of the principal ports known as Spanish Buttressed Fortification

De Style

founded by Van Doesburg; construction without any illusion, without any decoration

Sikhism

founded in Punjab in the 15th century by Guru Nanak, the all pervading spirit, emphasis on the principle of equality of all humans

Biombos

free-standing partitions were

Timawa and maharlika

freemen

pit-house architecture

from the Jeulmun pottery Period, contained basic features such as hearths, storage pits, and space for working and sleeping

Shape

geometric qualities

cettiya

ghara or watadage which was a circular relic house built in stone and brick

Curved Line

graceful and sensitive; feminine

Emperor Ashoka Maurya

greatest Mauryan King

Grouping (Programmatic Concepts)

group spaces according to uses

Character

grows out of the function of the building

Garrison Colonial Revival

has a cantilevered

Capstone Type

has a capstone with no supporting stones.

Abstract

has no reference to any particular object

Scale

has reference to proportions; deals with the relation of architectural motifs to the human figure

Flexibility (Programmatic Concepts)

has three types: expansibility / convertibility /versatility

Spatial Flow (Programmatic Concepts)

has three types: separated flow / mixed flow / sequential flow

Felipe Mendoza

he worked for the

Harmika

heavens of 33 Gods, square pedestal on top of the Anda, "the dwelling place of the Gods"

Anda

hemispheric cupola/mound solid dome, also known as womb or the fertile earth

Escolta Street

historic east-west street

Ghar Jain Temple

home temple without dome

Horizontal Straight Line

horizon of the seascape; calm, peaceful

Contrast of Direction

horizontal and vertical details

Texture

identified with materials, rough or smooth, etc.

Tantric belief

incorporates an ideal of balance of male and female qualities within a person

Isolationism

independent; stands on its own

Association

influence of traditional types

Legal

information from deed to the paper (TCT)

Natural Physical Features

information will be derived from the topographic features of NAMRIA; drainage; existing natural features

Color

inherent or applied ______ caused by spectrum hues.

Goryeo Architecture

inspired by Buddhism - temples and pagoda, Bright and soft coloring of the structures indicate further development since the Three Kingdoms era

Antarala

intermediate chamber, unites the main sanctuary and the pillared hall of the temple

Karma

invisible material substance that interferes with liberation and can only be dissolved through asceticism.

Structuralism

iron construction, initiated by Joseph Paxton's Crystal Palace, brought about a trend in architecture

Goahti

is a Sami hut or tent of three types of covering: fabric, peat moss or timber.

Second Empire/ Mansard Victorian Styles

is an architectural style so named for the FRENCH elements in VOGUE during the era of the Second French Empire.

Contrast

is the opposite of similarity

Appearance of Structure

it is necessary that a building be organized for appearance

Pictorial

it tells a story

Cavite

it was used as a fortified point for defending the capital

Leandro Locsin

kilala sa raw concrete chorva chorva

adobe (adobe putoshap)

kind of greyish volcanic tuff

Neighbors (Programmatic Concepts)

know the relationship between two buildings

Veda

knowledge, scripture

Mandapa

known also as Nata-mandira- temple hall of dancing, for the assembly of the devotees

Ceylon

known as "Dharma Dida"

Sri Lanka

large island in the Indian Ocean, center of international trade

Northern Type

larger and shaped much like a table

Mireuksa Temple

largest and earliest stone pagoda shows the transitional features from a wooden pagoda to a stone one.

Goguryeo

largest of the 3 kingdoms, renowned for its mountain fortresses built horizontally and vertically along the slopes. (Stepped pyramid & large earth mound form)

Silla

last of the three kingdoms to develop into a full-fledged kingdom. (Buddhist temples)

Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo

leader of the big revolt of 1896

Anito

lesser gods

Tone

light and shade caused by openings, projections, etc.

Hyanggyo

local schools

Tolerance (Programmatic Concepts)

loose fit (for a dynamic activity) / tailor fit

Southern Type

low and often a simple slab with supporting stones

Bricks (Ladrillos)

made of clay formed in wooden molds (hulmahan) and baked in kilns called hornos.

Tracery (calado)

made of multi-layered

Bathala

main god

Gambhara

main part of the temple with a stone carved God idol (Shikar-bandhi)

Shikar-bandhi

main temple with the dome

CIAM & International Modernism (Congres Internationaux d'Architec-ture Moderne) set up by Le Corbusier and Siegfried Giedion

major organization through which the ideas of modern architecture and urbanism became known to the world; characterized by cubic, white surfaced, flat roofed architecture

Location

major streets or landmarks; documentation of distances

Torogan

major typologies of a Maranao House: ancestral home of the upperclass

Mala-a

major typologies of a Maranao House: large houses, a necessity in the polygamous culture

Lawig

major typologies of a Maranao House:small houses

Expressionism

manifestation of a design through an individual expression; used to describe the work of the International and Functionalist Period of the Modern Movement

Mannerism

manipulation of styles or forms achieved by the learned juxtaposition of elements for the exclusive aim of achieving originality or effect

MANILA POST OFFICE BUILDING

masterpiece of Juan Arellano in Neo-Classical style during

Architectural Company

means a juridical entity that shall be synonymous with an Architectural Partnership (see definition of Architectural Partnership) registered with the SEC.

Jongryo

memorial shrines, to commemorate exceptional acts of filial piety or devotion

Vishnu

merciful deity, the Supreme as a person, have appeared in many earthly incarnations

Entresuelo

mezzanine elevated at about a meter from the ground and found underneath the master bedroom

Entasis

middle portion of columns were shaped convex swelling

visita system

missionaries spread to

Vesara

mixed style, found between the Krishna and Vindhyas

Vihara

monastery, residence of Buddhist priests

Tanghalang Francisco Balagtas

more commonly known by its original name

Unsymmetrical Balance (Occult Balance)

more subtle and elusive balance

Aesthetic Design

must have beauty; beauty comes from an intelligent consideration and combination of function and structure

Unity

must have contrast, rhythm and scale; suggests harmony

Sphinx

mythical creature with, at a minimum, the head of a human and the body of a lion.

Cauli

name given by Merchants of the Middle East (from the Chinese pronunciation), which then came to be spelled Corea and Korea.

Richardsonian Romanesque

named after architect Henry Hobson

"ARQUITECTURA MESTIZA"

new form of construction that responded both to earthquakes and tropical climate (heat and

Metarationalism

no budget architecture; no meaningful distinction between luxury and necessity

Nagara

northern style, found between Vindhyas and Himalayas, beehive shaped tower

Goolpy

oak bark, usually used in mountain villages

Cathedral

occupies an outstanding

Statue of Buddha

on a lotus pedestal in the center is the dominant feature of the chamber

Gakhwangjeon Hall

one of the monastery's two principal halls

Azotea

open terrace

Priority (Programmatic Concepts)

order of importance; i.e. pedestrian traffic > vehicular traffic

Rhythm

organized movement

Caste System

originated from the Aryans, in order to maintain the purity of their blood and to maintain white supremacy

Volada

overhanging balcony

Batalan

pBahay Kubo Parts: orch which opens from the

tabique (Spanish)

partition or wall.

Relative Proportion

parts of the object as it is

Gov. Santiago de Vera

passed a law that

Constructivism

passionate pleading for ideas on form and space in architecture (anthropometric and ergonometric)

Roads

pathways used for commercial exchanges and military transfers

Edges (Kevin Lynch; Image of the City 1960)

perceived boundaries such as walls, rails, buildings, shorelines

Naturalistic

pictorial decoration like biblical or secular history depicted in churches or structures

Stambhas or Lats

pillar symbolizes the world axis, monumental free standing pillars

Spacious Halls of temple

place for the recitation and listening of folktales

Kama

pleasure, sex

Orientation (Programmatic Concepts)

point of reference to prevent a feeling of being lost; i.e. Landmarks

Daedulbo

posts

The New Brutalism

precise technology of glass and steel; "bunker style"

Lyric Theater

premieres the first, and by far most memorable fulllength

Form

primary identifying characteristic of a volume; determined by the shape and interrelationships of the planes that describe the boundaries of the volume

NARRA (Nara ka ba? Kasi ikaw ang NARRArapat sa akin)

prized for its blood-sheen, along with banaba, guiso, mangachupoy - ideal

Communications (Programmatic Concepts)

promote effective exchange of ideas

Artha

prosperity, wealth

Security Controls (Programmatic Concepts)

protects property; protection from intentional damages

Vertical Straigh Line

proud and exalted

Béton brut

raw concrete

Post-Metabolism

reaction to "meta-architecture"

Landmarks (Kevin Lynch; Image of the City 1960)

readily identifiable, imageability, way-finding

Contrast of Line

reference to direction

Contrast of Size

refers to objects which vary in size

Brahmanism

reflected the military character of India

Neoplasticism

relates to the theory pure plastic art which had a pronounced influence on Dutch architects

Relationships (Programmatic Concepts)

relationship of spaces

Districts (Kevin Lynch; Image of the City 1960)

relatively large sections of the city distinguished by some identity or character

Moksha

release, self-knowledge

Wheel of Law

represents Buddha's career as a teacher, symbolizes the 3rd great event in the historical Buddha's life- "turned the wheel of dharma"

Strength of the Structure

require that materials and construction be used economically and logically

7 years old (feat Lucas Graham)

required to register in schools located in their own town or province and were given free

Ambalama

rest house for travelers

Size & Zoning

restrictions, set-backs, building height limit, allowable site coverage, uses, parking requirements

Byeotjib

rice straw

Ajanta Caves

rock-cut Buddhist monuments in India

sukiwa

round giwa

Pegawidan

royalty

Hindu temples

scared structure and abode of their GOD

PHILIPPINE NORMAL COLLEGE

school for teachers

Utilitarianism

seeking for economic solution for low value sites, as well as alternative/cheap forms of construction; PREFAB

Palsang

series of painted murals depicting the eight stages in the life of the historic Buddha, Sakyamuni.

Neowa

shingle

Neowajib

shingle-roofed house

Human Scale

size of a building element or space relative to the dimensions and proportion of a human body

Generic Scale

size of a building element relative to other forms in its context

Ranggar

small Islamic prayer housed

Rubble work (mamposteria)

small uncut pieces of rock or river stones, piled on top of each other and held together by mortar.

Dravidian

southern style, found between Krishna River and Cape Comorin, like miniature towns

Mixed Flow

spatial flow - mixed spaces interact; promote chanced & planned encounters; i.e. Plaza Mayor

Sequential Flow

spatial flow - patterned; i.e. Museums

Separated Flow

spatial flow - pedestrian traffic / vehiculartraffic

Sopana

staircases going to the terrace

Chogajip

straw-thatched house, roof plaited by rice straw

Paths (Kevin Lynch; Image of the City 1960)

streets, sidewalk and other channels in which people travel

Straight Line

sturdy, masculine

Brise-soliel

sun breaker or sun baffle

Contrast of Treatment

surface finish

Surface-Area

surface with two-dimensions

Ayuntamiento building

symbol of the Town Council is also constructed in the

lion

symbol of the sons of Buddha who are spiritually developed

Diagonal Straight Line

symbolizes the flight of geese; vigorous or angry

Hierarchy (Programmatic Concepts)

symbols of authority; i.e. larger office space for higher officials

Organicism (Organic Architecture)

sympathizes with its environment

Obelisk

tall, four-sided, narrow tapering monument which ends in a pyramid-like shape or pyramidion at the top.

white elephant

tamed and controlled who follows the path of dharma, they guard the temple and Buddha

Grama Vinyasa

temple is usually in the center of village

Home Base (Programmatic Concepts)

territoriality; where a person can maintain his individuality

General Practice of Architecture

the act of planning and architectural designing, structural conceptualization, specifying, supervising and giving general administration and responsible direction to the erection, enlargement or alterations of buildings and building

Architecture

the art, science or profession of planning, designing and constructing buildings in their totality taking into account their environment, in accordance with the principles of utility, strength and beauty;

Logical Beauty

the building may remain only an engineering structure, which is without the spirit of beauty

Visual Inertia (Property of Form)

the degree of concentration and stability of a form; depends on its geometry as well as its orientation

Ebgan

the girl's dormitory where courtship between young men and women took place.

Southerly range of Himalayas

the great northern plain

Color (Property of Form)

the hue intensity and tonal value of form's surface; affects the visual weight of a form

Monumentalism

the idea of building monuments; "the form of an object should last"

Cocina

the kitchen sometime built separately

Caida

the living room where balls & dances are held during special occasions

dap-ay

the men's dormitory and civic center

Caida

the most immediate room from the stairs used for entertaining friends

Animism

the oldest religion - a belief that natural objects have souls practiced by indigenous peoples in the mountains of Luzon.

Zamboanga East and West Elementary School

the oldest school

Chalet (tsalet) - BUNGALOID STYLE

the popular house

Shape (Property of Form)

the principal identifying characteristic of form; results from the specific configuration of a form's surface and edges

Size (Property of Form)

the real dimensions of form

Vastu Shastra

the science of architecture

The Manila Cathedral,

the seat of the Archbishop of Manila during the Spanish

Texture (Property of Form)

the surface characteristics of a form

Garbhagriha

the womb- chamber, innermost sanctum of a Hindu temple, where the primary idol or deity is housed along with Purusa

Palitada (plaster)

thin layer of stucco to prevent erosion and wearing away by the elements.

Giwa

tiled roofs

Comun or latrina

toilet that is adjacent to

LUMAH (OLD NA DAW)

traditional Yakan house which faces the east.

Hanhoe Folk Village

traditional village from the Joseon Dynasty.

Gandi

trunk, decorated with the motifs of miniature

L'Ecole de Beaux Arts (Paris)

turned to Gothic Revival due to its brevity, idealism, heroism and picturesqueness; verticality was the trend

2D; 3D

two forms of decorations

Toranas

typical Gateways

grey elephant

uncontrolled mind and causes destruction

Purusha

universal essence at the core of Hindu tradition

Tinalak

unusual tie-dyed and woven abaca cloth used for dresses during ceremonies and festivities.

Yangban

upper class

Medhi

upper passageway

Function

use of the building

Eclecticism

usually applied to any building that incorporates a mixture of the historical styles; personalities of the 19th century and early 20th century

Layout of Hanok

usually faced south

Kankanai House

variation of the Ifugao prototype

ato

village wards

Dharma

virtues, ethical life

Modern architecture in the Philippines

was a

Baekje

was founded when two sons of Goguryeo's founder fled a succession conflict, to establish Baekje around the present Seoul area

The Pasig River Light

was the first light

Goguryeo (Koguryo)

was the largest kingdom with 2 capitals, along the Chinese border

Manila

was the seat of central government

Gopuram

watch tower/sculptured gateway, only found in southern India(Dravidian Style)

Utilities

water supply, sewage and drainage, phone, electricity, railroad, etc. on site

SECTION 27

what section entails Reciprocity Requirements

SECTION 38

what section entails the Coverage of Temporary/Special Permits

SECTION 40

what section entails the Integration of the Architecture Profession

SECTION 7

what section is the Powers and Functions of the Professional Regulatory Board

Panay

where is the first settlement in Spanish Colonial

Vedika

wooden or stone railing enclosure

Telecommuting (Programmatic Concepts)

work at home

Address (Programmatic Concepts)

work spaces; fixed - traditional / free - designated for a period of time (first come, first serve)

Brihadishwara temple

world's 1st completed granite temple, built by the Chola King Rajarajara I, 66m high making it one of the tallest temples in the world

Saktas

worship a Mother Goddess, God incarnate in female form

Vedism

worship of trees, stones & water

Saivites

worship the god Siva

Vaishnavites

worship the god Vishnu

Neighborhood Context

zoning of the neighborhood; immediate surroundings of the site