• geometric proportions - 1, 2, 4

• oldest surviving handbook - de architectura

• assembling pre-manufactured materials on site - both of these
• value of golden ratio - 1.618
• temple space between two columns are 4 times their diameter - araeostyle
• buildings that shopw golden ratio - all of the above
• 3.3 (shaku) is equivalent to 1 meter and .55 ken
• standard measure of tatami mat - 0.5 ken by 1 ken or 3 shaku by 6 shaku
• in ancient china, the spaces between two pillars is called - ken
• oldest and simplest greek classical order - doric
• composite order is from - ionic and corinthian
• traditional japanese system of measurement - shakkanho
• during renaissance, architects would measure the proportion of buildings through –
square circles
• the relation of one part to a whole - proportion
• movement in 16th century that originated in italy - renaissance
• father of geometry - euclid
• which is not included in andrea palladios seven ideal shapes for rooms - 2:5
• (temple column) space of two center columns are 3 times the diameter while the rest
of the columns are 2 1/4 times only - eustyle
• a classicial order is identifie d solely in the appearance of its capital and nothing
else - false
• anthropometrics originally developed for - study of human evolution and variation
in both living and extinct populations.
• current application of anthropometry - architecture, clothing, medicine, forensics
• an architecture philosophy/style that emerged between the 1920's and 1930's that
opposed the illusionism of Baroque architecture with the classic beauty of truth
and reason - RATIONALIST ARCHITCTURE
• It is characterized by the revival and combination of previous architecture styles -
ECLECTICISM
• Architecture of this style is eye-catching as their forms mimic the shape of objects
and creatures. - NOVELTY ARCHITECTURE
• This architecture philosophy puts emphasis on construction as it abolishes
traditional artistic concerns - CONSTRUCTIVIST
• Architecture of this style is eye-catching as their forms mimic the shape of objects
and creatures - NOVELTY
• Transitioning from the modern to postmodern era, this type of architecture
integrates high-tech industrial and technological components into the structure of
the building. - HIGH TECH
• This postmodern architectural style favors abstract unrelated and contrasting
forms over "purity of form" and "truth of materials" - DECONSTRUCTIVISM
• This architecture is synonymous to "avant-garde" and "ultra-modern". It is
characterized by movement and flow, with sharp edges, strange angles and so on.
– FUTURIST
• It sees the building as an organism bound in its environment. It seeks to integrate
the natural world with the human habitat. - ORGANIC
• While modernist styles tend to be "placeless" this architectural philosophy aims to
provide a holistic approach by focusing its strategies to sustainability and cultural
contexts. – REGIONALIST
• It is believed that this architectural style reveals the "true essence of architecture"
by removing decoration and condensing the form into its bare essentials. -
MINIMALIST
• It gives more emphasis to the function of the building over its form -
FUNCTIONALIST
• Architecture characterized by massive and rigid forms with rough structures. -
BRUTALISM
• It is characterized by permanent and invariant elements. Ideal buildings need to
be complex, as social patterns are complex. – STRUCTURALISM
• Four elements
o Hearth
o Enclosure
o Roof
o Mound
• Lamp of beauty
o Obedience
o Truth
o Sacrifice
o Power
o Memory
o Life
• 5 points
o The Pilotis
o The Roof Garden
o The Free Ground Plan
o The Horizontal Windows
o The Free Facade