Republic of the Philippines

Laguna State Polytechnic University

Province of Laguna

COLLEGE OF INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY

PRE-TEST on THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE: Historic Treatises

ENUMERATION:

1. In chronological order, state the 3 lessons to be discuss in DT 213.

2. What drawings are to be completed in making a complete building plan?

3. What are 2 maps are included in a building plan?

4. A good building should satisfy these 3 principles. What are those 3 principles?

IDENTIFICATION:

5. What is the earliest surviving written work about the subject architecture?

6. Who wrote this said written work?

7. According to Leon Battista Alberti “beauty is primarily a matter of _________”?

8. Who wrote the Contrast (1836) that, as titled suggested, contrasted the modern, industrial world, with
an idealized image of neomedieval world.?

9. Who wrote Seven Lamps of Architecture published in 1849 that state, Architecture is the “art which so
disposes and adorns the edifies raised by men … that the sight of them” contributes “ to his mental
health, power, and pleasure”.?

10. Who state that “a building is not truly a work of architecture unless it is in some way “adored” (by
man).?

11. Louis Sullivan, promoted an overriding perception of architectural design, and that is _________?

ESSAY/PERCEPTION:

12. According to architect Le Corbusier, when do we say that it is Construction and it is Architecture?

13. Explain what Louis Sullivan perception of architectural design.

14. What are the manners to be satisfy in constructing a contemporary building?

Noted by: Jeanelyn R. Rodegerio

Architectural Drafting Instructor

LSPU-ACAD-SF-013 Rev. 0 10 August 2016