UNIVERSITY OF MALTA

FACULTY FOR THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT

B.SC. (HONS.) IN BUILT ENVIRONMENT STUDIES
YEAR III
MAY/JUNE 2015 EXAMINATION SESSION
Unit Code: AUD3222

Unit Title: Contemporary

Approaches to Architecture I

Date: Monday 8th June 2015

Reading Time: 14:30 14:35

Examination Time: 14:35 16:05
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SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS:
ANSWER ANY TWO (2) QUESTIONS.
EACH QUESTION CARRIES 50% OF THE FINAL MARK OF THIS EXAMINATION
PAPER.

1. Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness (Frank
Gehry). Discuss.
2. A world which sees art and engineering as divided is not seeing the world as a
whole (Edmund Happold). Discuss.
3. Architecture is an expression of values (Norman Foster). Discuss.

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