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
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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
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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 andComplete 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
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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
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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
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dependence on increasingly scarce
natural resources.
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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.
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architectural design and
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production, YW design,
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hygiene and health suggest the montage, not a construction.
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its own disciplinary traditions for inspiration.’
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technical characteristics of their products.
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in older and denser cities
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availability of non-renewable natural resources increase in the short term.
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nature by design.
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the tool has conditioned the product and its partial shape.
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fabrication.
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process, while incremental housing and built-in vegetation follow the
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