UNDERSTANDING ARCHITECTURE
In every architectural project, the architect decides which issues and/or problems she/he will consider in the design, and which to ignore. These choices reveal the architect's stance.
True
Which of the following is true about the elements of architecture when they are carefully composed?
They can express meaning, They can evoke metaphors, They can shelter inhabitants from the weather
An architect uses the elements of architecture to do which of the following?
To identify place, To accommodate, human habitation To mark ritual
According to the textbook, the shape of the "archetypal cottage" conforms to the landscape so much that it often appears to be unified with its surroundings.
True
Architects often keep sketchbooks and notebooks in which they record the places they visit, and study works of architecture.
True
Architecture reflects the attitude or stance of the architect that designed it.
True
In the Barcelona Pavilion (see image), Mies van der Rohe composed architectural elements in order to demonstrate that Germany was a modern, democratic country.
True
Maya pyramids, such as those built at Chichen Itza, were designed to resemble mountains, and they set the activities of ceremony and ritual on a higher plane.
True
Architecture DOES NOT affect the decisions people make, or on the ways they live their lives.
False
Architecture has symbolic and poetic significance.
True
Which of the following is a sequence of movement through a field and/or through objects, and often provides views of other elements?
A path
Which of the following is a raised ground plane that sets things on a 'higher plane' and makes things more visible and important?
A platform
Which of the following is an accurate definition of 'stance'?
A standing-place, station or position, An attitude adopted in relation to a particular object of contemplation; a policy; a 'posture', A site; an area for building upon
Which of the following are unchanging conditions to which architecture typically responds?
A wall, You Answered A column, A marker, Correct Answer A path
Which of the following is a core value of the Rural Studio (as seen in the film Citizen Architect)?
Architecture is a social art, and the architect has a social responsibility to improve the lives of the people that live in it.
In the Barcelona Pavilion (see image), Mies van der Rohe used all the following architectural elements EXCEPT which one?
Bridge
Which of the following are changing conditions to which architecture typically responds?
Climate, Deterioration
According to the textbook, a building represents either an "archetypal temple" or an "archetypal cottage", but no building can have elements of both archetypes.
False
According to the textbook, the elements of architecture can only do one thing at a time. For example, if a column is used as support for the floor above, it cannot also be used to define space.
False
Which of the following is true about the "archetypal temple" discussed in the textbook?
It typically stands on a platform that makes it separate from its surroundings
The Rural Studio (as seen in the film Citizen Architect) teaches students that Architecture is a theoretical art, and does not need to relate to the people that it serves.
Josep Lluis Sert's and Luis Lacasa's 1937 Spanish Pavilion
Maya pyramids, such as those built at Chichen Itza, DO NOT use which of the following architectural elements?
Pit/depressed plane
According to the textbook, which of the following are typical conditions an architect considers when designing architecture?
The behaviors and beliefs of the people that live in the architecture, History and tradition, The future
According to class lectures and the textbook, which of the following defines the term 'element', as it pertains to architecture?
The simplest component of a complex whole which cannot be further subdivided or broken down into simpler constituent parts
A column is a vertical support for something above. If used in sequence, columns can provide implied definition of space.
True
