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AR 102 – THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE 2

MIDTERM EXAMINATION
SECOND SEMESTER 2018-2019

Name: Score:

Section: Date:

General Directions:

1. Erasures or any alteration are not allowed.

2. Answers must be complete and in correct spelling.

3. Use black ballpen only in writing your answers.

I. TRUE OR FALSE

_________1. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, often referred as The Guggenheim took

700 cubic feet of concrete and 7,000 tons of structural steel to form the structure and its
shell.

_________2. Tomas Bautista Mapua was the founder and first president of the Philippine
Bureau of Public Works. And spearheaded many government projects including the
Philippine General Hospital Nurses Home.

_________3. Eugene A. Gilmore House, also called the Airplane House is another typical
Wright’s Prairie style house. It was designed for Eugene A. Gilmore who was at the time
law professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School.

_________4. Frank Lloyd Wright is a Canadian-born American architect, residing in Los

Angeles. He designed a number of innovative structures such as the Beekman Tower in
New York, Dancing House in Prague, The Experience Music Project in Seattle, etc.

_________5. Catalan Modernistic style is a well-recognizable feature of Antoni Gaudi, and

it has many organic and skeletal qualities.

_________6. In 2005 Zaha Hadid became the first woman to be awarded the Pritzker
Architecture Prize.

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_________7. One of the “five points of architecture” developed by Le Corbusier is the

roof should be flat and host a roof garden, replacing the ground space that is occupied by
the building.

_________8. Tomas Bautista Mapua designed the Jones Bridge and completed in 1920

_________9. Alvar Aalto employs various classical devices like circular atrium, doric
columns, palladian window and cartouches to decorate the stuccoes wall.

_________10. Juan Bautista Arellano also designed the Puente de Colgante or Quezon
Bridge.

II. IDENTIFICATION

________________11. A well-recognizable feature of Antoni Gaudi, and it has many

organic and skeletal qualities.

________________12. A renovation, not an original construction, yet one

accomplished with such style and skill that it has become one of Gaudi’s best-known
projects.

________________13. It was constructed between 1906 and 1912 by Antoni Gaudi

and it is one of his last buildings, before he completely dedicated himself to Sagrada
Familia

________________14. Also known as Herbert F Johnson House, it was designed for

Herbert Johnson Jr. and completed in 1939. Widely considered to be Wright’s most
beautiful houses. Johnson’s used it as a residence until 1959 when the family donated
their home to The Johnson Foundation

________________15. A well-known headquarter of an American company specializing

in health care designed by Michael Graves. The building occupies its entire site and re-
establishes the street edge as an essential urban form.

________________16. An architect known for radical deconstructivist designs.

________________17. The architect of Dancing House in Prague.

________________18. Designed the exclusively with natural forms, in result not a single
right angle can be found.

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________________19. The title of the book were Le Corbusier proclaimed the house as a
“machine for living in”.

________________20. Another name of Frank Lloyd Wright’s work Falling Water.

III. MULTIPLE CHOICE

Directions: Read each item carefully. Identify the following statements and write your
answer on the blanks provided before each item.

________________21. The span in meter of Skypark of Marina Bay Sans.

A. 320 C. 340m
B. 330m D. 350m

________________22. Alvar Aalto’s designs got inspired by culture of ________?

A. Scandinavian C. Tuscan
B. Mediterranean D. Minoan

________________23. A prime example of Modernist architecture.

A. Villa Savoy C. Villa Savouy

B. Villa Savoye D. Villa Savuoy

________________24. What is the real name of Le Corbusier?

A. Charles-Ę́ douard Jeanneret-Gris

B. Charles-Ę́ dward Jeanneret-Gris
C. Charles-Ę́ dward Jeanerett-Gris
D. Charles-Ę́ douard Jeanerett-Gris

________________25. An Argentine American architect who has designed some of

the world’s tallest buildings and other major urban landmarks.

A. Walter Gropius C. Le Corbusier

B. Adolf Meyer D. Cesar Pelli

________________26. What is the first major project of Dame Zaha Mohammad Hadid?

A. Vitra Fire Station C. Museum of Islamic Art

B. Pueblo Opera House D. Niterói Contemporary Art

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________________27. This style is considered as a postmodern architecture that began

in 1980’s and Departs from modernist style.

A. Post-Modernist Art C. Deconstructivism

B. Boblitecture D. Late modernism

________________28. It served as a summer retreat of Edgar J.Kaufmann and his family

until 1963 when it was bestowed to the Western Pennsylvania
Conservancy which shortly thereafter opened it to the public. It is
also one of the works of Frank Lloyd Wright.

A. Moore House C. Kaufmann Palace

B. Falling Water D. Taliesin West

________________29. He designed the façade of St. La Salle Hall.

A. Juan Arellano C. Jose Maria Zaragoza

B. Juan Nakpil D. Tomas Mapua

________________30. This architect was influenced by early Filipino Art which uses
local motifs and diverse imagery of Philippine Flora.

A. Juan Arellano C. Jose Maria Zaragoza

B. Juan Nakpil D. Tomas Mapua

IV. ENUMERATION

BUILT PROJECTS OF ZAHA HADID

31.

32.

33.

34.

35.

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WORKS OF ANTONI GAUDI THAT WERE DECLARED WORLD HERITAGE SITES BY UNESCO
BETWEEN 1984 AND 2015

36.

37.

38.

39.

40.

V. MATCHING TYPE

______41. A.

Frank Lloyd Wright Petronas Twin Towers

______42. B.

Le Corbusier Bauhaus

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______43.

C.

Villa Savoye

Walter Gropius

______44. D.

Walt Disney World Dolpjin and

Swan Hotel

Cesar Pelli

______45. E.

La Pedrera
Adolf Meyer

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______46. F.

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Juan M. Arellano

______47. G.

Cebu Provincial Capitol

Zaha Hadid

______48. H.

Manila Central Post Office

Michael Graves

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______49. I.

Al- Wakrah : 2022 World Cup

Stadium
Antonio Gaudi

______50. J.

Tomas Bautista Mapua Chicago Tribune Tower

Prepared by: Reviewed by:

AR. RONALD ALLAN P. GUNDA AR. MANOLO I. MERHAN

Instructor Program Head

Approved by:

ENGR. JOAN M. VILLANUEVA

Dean

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Answer Key:
I. TRUE OR FALSE
1. FALSE
2.FALSE
3. TRUE
4. FALSE
5. TRUE
6. FALSE
7. TRUE
8. FALSE
9. TRUE
10. TRUE
II. IDENTIFICATION
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16. Zaha Hadid
17. Frank Gehry
18. Antoni Gaudi
19. Towards a New Architecture
20. Kaufmann Residence
III. Multiple Choice
21. C
22. B
23. B
24. A
25. D
26. A
27. C
28. B
29. D
30. A
IV. ENUMERATION

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BUILT PROJECTS OF ZAHA HADID (IN ANY ORDER)

31. Vitra fire station

32. Bridge Pavilion

33. MAXXI - National Museum of the 21st Century Arts

34. London Aquatics Centre

35. Antwerp Port House

Other Answers

IBA housing

Moonsoon

Serpentine Gallery Pavilion

Serpentine Sackler Gallery

Hoenheim-North Terminus & Car Park

Bergisel Ski Jump

Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art

Ordrupgaard Museum extension

BMW Central Building

Phaeno Science Center

Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs

Maggie's Centres at the Victoria Hospital

Tondonia Winery Pavilion

Hungerburgbahn stations

JS Bach Chamber Music Hall

CMA CGM Tower

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Guangzhou Opera House

Evelyn Grace Academy

Sheikh Zayed Bridge

Riverside Museum

Capital Hill Residence

Heydar Aliyev Cultural Center

Pierres Vives Building

Innovation Tower

Dongdaemun Design Plaza & Park

Wangjing SOHO

Investcorp Building, St Antony's College

Messner Mountain Museum Corones

WORKS OF ANTONI GAUDI THAT WERE DECLARED WORLD HERITAGE SITES BY UNESCO
BETWEEN 1984 AND 2015 (IN ANY ORDER)

36. Casa Vicens

37. Park Guell

38. Casa Batllo

39. Casa Mila

40. Church of Colonia Guell

*Sagrada Familia

V. MATCHING TYPE

41. F

42. C

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43. B

44. A

45. J

46. H

47. I

48. D

49. E

50. G

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