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Read the sentence and choose the correct answer. 1. What was the name of the author of Brave New World? A)Aldous Huxley B)Spike Jonze C)Mary Shelle Frankenstein 2. What book is considered the first science fiction novel? A)Her B) Brave New World C)Mary Shelley's Frankenstein 3. Complete the sentence: “Jean-Louis Cohen, author of the: The Future of Architecture, ..” A\sinice 2013 B)since 1889 C)since 1818 4. What is the material considered “material of the future"? A)Steel B)Graphene C)Glass ee 5. How many times graphene is stronger than steel? A) 200 Be c)220 6. Who coordinates the group of Mediated Matter? A)MIT B)Jean-Louis Cohen €) Neri Oxman 7. What is the century in which the tool has conditioned the product and its total shape? Alaist B)20th cyisth 8. What is the maximum expression of the machine in construction? A)Prefabrication B)Shed C)sustainability —__— What is the technique which involves digital fabrication and the inclusion of diverse parameters to influence a project? A) Biomimesis B)Montage C)3D modeling forms JO. What is the technique which follows a machine logic, where the material can be reconverted and remade? AjPassive strategies B)Recycling Clefficiency and Complete the Main idea. 1. Science fiction works reveal less about the future and c 2. As for the promises of architecture and, consequently, of our cities —- 3. To find some clues about the future, we can address two main issues: 4, When exploring the tectonics of buildings, we have noticed two possible and not necessarily ‘opposing paths: D 5 .It is also possible to bet that the materials created from recycled waste or from the by-products of other industries will be omnipresent, 6. Simultaneously, natural materials 7. Itis possible that our vision is still too closely tied to our preconceptions € 8. The group that she coordinates, Mediated Matter, a a) eliminating a good part of the dependence on increasingly scarce natural resources. b) should be given more space ¢)much more about the moment in which they were created. d) the production of highly technological materials and a return to natural and local materials, incorporating innovative work methodologies that also affect their traditional appearance. e) about construction materials and the construction industry in itself. f) the materials that will make up architecture and, mainly, the way in which they will be constructed. 8) they must define the most appropriate parameters for each situation, and then evaluate, with the help of data, the solution that best ‘suits each demand. |h) refer to the temporal dimension of architectural design and construction: efficiency and process. 9. The mach pre maximum expression of th in construction i brication ee. 10. Along with Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Generative future developments clearly either Design, the architect must assume a New role; Instead of starting their projects from scratch j) itis not an ea: k to pred 11. Other relevant aspects, in k) focuses on designs inspired by addition to aesthetics and nature and nature inspired by production, YW design, 12. Likewise, concerns related to 1) The construction site becomes a hygiene and health suggest the montage, not a construction. £ berg is the pattern organization for this paragraph? puta / beside the best answer, 1-1932 by the English author Aldous Huxley, fabricates a dystopian society Whose Cult of efficiency andationality creates a humanity that ignores 'ardship and pain represses love and freedom Listing WZ time orden PAs i Comparison _. 21n the field of laboratory experimentation, for example, graphene is considered by many to be a material of the future, since 00 times. stronger than steel BUt’é times lighter, with several other promising characteristics. Aerogel is’another innovative material found by scientists; composed basically of gases, it provides excellent properties such as thermal and acoustic insulation. Listing W Time orden ‘sDuringithe 20th century, with industrialization, we observed how the tool has conditiofied the product and its total shape Listing 0 time orden Cause/effect__. Comparison_ 4While concerns about the emotional connection with our immediate surroundings suggest richer, morg organi ustomizable spaces Time orden___Cause/effect__. Comparison a Along with this, itis possible to bet that the materials created from recycled waste or Ha by-products of other industries will be fnipresentalaninaling 2 good part dPER@ @ependence on increasingly scarce natural resources causefereet___. comparison _W7 Cause/effect___. Comparison _ Listing Listing. Time orden. e closer to the processes of nature. s-But its evolution may also com Listing ___. Time orden__._Cause/effect___ Comparison Bebo i inciples of theffifgt, while lar and serial construction follows the pri FeMomental housing and built-in vegetation follow the principles ofthe eters are Listing. 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Graphene is considered by many to be a material on the future, since it is about 100 times stronger than steel, ( %f ) 4 The glass, stee! and polymer industries do not seek to improve the technical characteristics of their products. (7) 5. The concept of urban mining should gain momentum, especially in older and denser cities c ons 1 6 Concerns about sustainabilitv. the oriain of products and the availability of non-renewable natural resources increase in the short term. (7F ) 2. Mediated Matter, focuses on designs inspired by nature and nature by design. (E ) 8. During the 20th century, with industrialization, we observed how the tool has conditioned the product and its partial shape. ( F ) &. The maximum expression of the machine in construction is in-situ fabrication. (Ee) Modular and serial construction follows the principles of the process, while incremental housing and built-in vegetation follow the of efficiency. principles i LOSsaRy. 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