BUILDING TECHNOLOGY

For suspended slabs, beam, columns, arches, stairs,

What is the concrete proportion for Class “C”? walls of 100mm thickness
1:2:3 1:2:4 1:2.5:5 1:3:6 Class AA Class A Class B Class C
A type of admixture that helps speed up setting time, to Is the officer or other designated authority charged with
develop earlier strength and to reduce length of time for the administration and enforcement of the building
protection code.
Accelerators retarders air-entraining agents building official archite engineer contractor
Filipino term for baseboard A type of handless lockset key-operated to give double
rodapis perdano batidora guililan security
What is the standard weight of a 16mm (no. 5) barrel bolt cylindrical lock
diameter hot-rolled wieldable deformed or plain steel mortise lock dead bolt
bar per meter length?
1.578 kls 0.888 kls 1.872 kls 2.466
THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE
How many concrete hollow blocks do you need for a It is a type of symmetrical balance that approaches
wall that has a length of 6 meters and a height of 4 absolute symmetry but upon closer examination it is
meters? found out that there are dissimilarities in plan,
305 450 330 250 elevation, or details. 
Formal Radial Scale Balance
Columns in which a concrete core is reinforced with a Otherwise called the use of the building
steel or cast-iron core designed to support a part of load Function utility form aesthetics
is Which color represents “Radiation Hazards”
Lally composite  cast-in place ready mixed Blue orange purple green
Type of geosynthetic components are continuous The architect of Bank of China Tower, Hong Kong 
polymeric sheets that are impermeable Frank Gehry Toyo Ito
Geocomposites geomembranes I.M. Pei William Van Alen
Geotextiles geonet Is characterized by bold forms, harsh proportions, and
rough materials such as exposed concrete, steel, and
Water proofing appropriate for a firewall wood. In contrast, the establishment has stressed
Epoxy elastomeric asphalt
lightness of construction, delicate elements finely
Concrete cover for pipes, conduits, and fittings shall not proportioned, and glossy materials such as glass,
be less than ______ for concrete not exposed to earth enclosing as with a transparent skin luminous volumes
or weather of space. 
20mm 40mm 50mm Organism New Brutalism Metabolism

Consist of a combination of geosynthetic components; It refers to how we perceive the size of a building
are usually sheet or edge drains consisting of a element or space relative to other forms   
prefabricated core to which a geotextile filter is bonded Contrast Proportion Scale Axis 
Geocomposites geomembranes
Geotextiles geonet That every building should relate harmoniously to its
natural surroundings and that a building should not be
A paint defect caused by fungus feeding and growing on
a static, boxlike enclosure but a dynamic structure, with
the paint film or caulk and is identifiable by its grey,
open, flowing interior spaces.
brown, green or dark black “splotchy” spots
Organism New Brutalism Metabolism
Blistering mildew checking sagging
What is the prevalent sun-path?
NE to NW & SE to SW  NW to NE and SW to SW
N to S and E to W S to N and W to E
facia Characterized or produced by removal of a part or
tread portion without destroying a sense of the whole.
baluster Subtractive additive transformation editing
newel post It is independent, it stands on its own
Expressionism futurism isolation brutalism  
A type of building approach that enhance the effect of
perspective on a building’s form. church plan of early Christian churches is a
Frontal Approach Oblique Approach Spiral Approach _____________?

 A phenomenon of light and visual perception that may greek cross latin cross calvary cross basilica
be described in terms of an individual’s perception of The prehistoric tomb composed of standing stones
hue, saturation, and lightness for objects, hue, capped with large horizontal slab?
saturation and brightness for light sources.
Color perspective spectrum scale Dolmen menhir tumulus cromlech

Any of various exterior devices consisting of fixed  Subterranean vaults and later were called catacombs
horizontal or vertical fins angled to shield a window by Early Christian
form direct sunlight? Coemetria columbaria loculi 
Solarium sun control sunshade  solar screen
It is a type of symmetrical balance which is There are many churches in Manila and this one was
characterized by an arrangement where parts radiate founded by Dominican priests in 1596. Is also known as
from center, like the spoke in a wheel. the Minor Basilica of Saint Lorenzo Ruiz (the first Filipino
Formal Radial Scale Balance saint) and Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Parish, and
  A type of building approach that prolongs the has been rebuilt numerous times over the centuries due
sequence of the approach and emphasizes the true to constant damage by war and natural disasters.
dimensional form of the building. Calasiao Church Manila Cathedral
frontal approach oblique approach spiral approach
Binondo Church Quiapo Church
 
 The Corona is usually painted with the __________?
HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE
Which historic style of architecture first introduced the key pattern leaf pattern flower pattern human pattern
clerestory  Foot race course
Egyptian greek roman west asiatic Gymnasium palaestra stadium hippodrome
 An English Architect who prepared plan for London i.e.,  Romanesque architecture in Italy is distinguished from
St. Peter ‘s and St. Paul Cathedral; proposed a network that of the rest of Europe by the use of what material
of avenues connecting the main features of London. for facing walls.
Leonardo Da Vinci Leon Battista Alberti
Marble stone clay 
Pierre Charles L’ Enfant Sir Christopher Wren
What is the first planned park in the U.S.?

 A grain house, warehouse, or barn-like storehouse used Golden Gate Park Washington Park, CHI
to store rice or grain Central Park, NYC Yosemite Park, CA
Kamalig entesuelo zaguan silong
Which does not belong to the favorite motifs of design
In Egyptian arch., tomb of nobility was the of the Egyptians
Ziggurat mastaba pyramid palm  lotus papyrus all of the above
 “let the façade be a free composition” - famous axiom
by
Louis Kahn Pier Luigi Nervi PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE

Kenzo Tange Walter Gropius  Who approves the PERT-CPM chart? 

Roman rectangular temples stood on a ___________?  Owner Architect Engineer Contractor 
Podium pedestal stylobate crepidoma What is the change in elevation from the street level of
the dropped curb?
50mm 25mm 75mm 100mm
A client wants you to be his Architect, however you
If the client decided to hire you for a Design-Build by found out that there is another Architect involved. What
Administration, how much additional fee would you would you do?
charge in addition to your 10%
Get it as an opportunity
5% 7% 12% 10% plus reimbursable expenses
Ask the client how much is the design fee of the other
 Soil testing is the duty of  Architect and lower your design fee
Refuse
Architect Engineer Contractor Owner
 Call the other Architect and ask as a sign of curtesy
 Under PD 1096, minimum dimension of habitable area Correct answer

1.5 m 2.0 m 3.0 m 6.0 m Call the other Architect and ask as a sign of curtesy

   
How do your treat new members of the profession? Who manages the sewer water treatment plant?
Don't give them overtime DENR DOH OBO NIA
Give equal opportunities like senior members
Let them attend seminars and trainings  As far as the civil liability of the project is concern, who
Always let them be with you to gain experience is liable when a building collapse due to fault in
  construction?
What is the distance of the Building Main Entrance to Architect Consulting Architect
the Elevator?
Architect in charge of Construction Architect of record
30m 20m 45m 65m

 If Jesse’s boss could put up an Architectural Firm in the

Philippines, what should be his first move to register his
business? 
Register his company at DTI
Register his company at SEC
Get a license to practice Architecture in the Philippines
as a Foreign partner at PRC
Get a license to practice Architecture in the Philippines
as a Foreign partner at UAP
What is the minimum dimension of a PWD Toilet?
1.70m 1.80m 1.50m 2.0m

 Under BP 344, slope of ramp shall not exceed the

gradient of 
1:10 1:18 1:12 1:14 
Who approves the subdivision plan?
HLURB NHA LGU HDCC 
What should be submitted when you lost your PRC
Identification Card
Notarized affidavit of loss
Other valid ID
Old PRC Identification Card
Receipt of recent PRC Identification Card