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American architect, interior designer, writer and educator, who designed more than 1,000
structures and completed 500 works. He believed in designing structures which were in harmony
with humanity and its environment, a philosophy he called organic architecture
Frank Gehry
Zaha Hadid
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Le Corbusier
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Is a Canadian American Pritzker Prize-winning architect. His buildings, including his private
residence, have become tourist attractions. His works are cited as being among the most
important works of contemporary architecture in the 2010 World Architecture Survey, which led
Vanity Fair to label him as "the most important architect of our age“. Much of his work falls within
the style of Deconstrucctivism
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Philip Johnson
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Frank gehry
Zaha hadid
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Designed and build the Manila City Hall, Manila Custom’s House, Agrifina Circle, the Post Office
Building and the Leyte Capitol. Also, the first registered architect of the Philippines
Thomas mapua
Juan Nakpil
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Tomas Mapua
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Design Philosophy
Design Problem
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Design Process
Design Solution
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In the context of architecture; this the activity of generating proposals that change something that
already exists into something that is better
architecture program
architecture concept
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architecture design
architecture construction
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A statement of an ideal set of relationships among several of the elements under architect’s control
such as form, material, texture, color and adjacency
architecture design
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architecture concept
architecture philosophy
architecture solution
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Architecture of _____ and _____; experienced through movement in space- time, achieved by
means of a technology, accommodating a program, compatible with its context
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He was a French Civil engineer and architect best known for the world famous Steel Tower built
for 1889 Universal Exposition?
Felix Candela
Santiago Calatrava
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Alexander Gustave
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“Form Follows Function- that has been misunderstood. Form and Function should be one,
joined in a spiritual union” is a famous dictum of whose International architect?
Adolf Loos
Frank Gehry
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Antonio Gaudi
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He conquers building in response to a multitude of forces outside of the realm of the purely
architectural, structural, and functional. One of his works is a “Jewish Museum in Berlin” which
demands more than a mere functional response to the program.
Eero Saarinen
Alvar Aalto
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Daniel Libiskind
Eliel Saarinen
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Park Guell
Villa Savoye
Hotel Tassel
Metro Station
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Was a Finnish American architect and industrial designer of the 20th century famous for shaping
his neo- futuristic style according to the demands of the project: simple, sweeping, arching
structural curves or machine-like rationalism? The Designer of TWA Flight Center
Alvar Aalto
Eliel Saarinen
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Eero Saarinen
Daniel Libiskind
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Which among the following is a statement that best define and describe Art Nouveau?
Art Nouveau is a conceptual approach that does not hold single paradigm but instead draws upon
multiple theories
Art Nouveau art is an Anti- Industrialism, an international movement in the decorative and fine arts.
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Art Nouveau is an international movement where the main focus comprised of ornamentation
inspired by nature
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Heralded by the return of "wit, ornament and reference" to architecture in response to the
formalism of the International Style of modernism.
deconstruction
constructivism
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post- modernism
modernism
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Mixture of different styles, a conceptual approach that does not hold single paradigm BUT instead
draws upon multiple theories, styles or ideas
futurism
art nouveau
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eclecticism
modernism
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Modernism
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Industrial Revolution
Futurism
Post- Modernism
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Typically constructed of steel and glass, – make innovative use of technology and are often
likened in appearance to the machines – draw attention to structural and functional elements.
high-rise building
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high-tech building
skyscraper
tower
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Architecture is gender free, neither feminine nor masculine, but it is also a mode of representation
containing cultural values including that of our sexual identity.
personal space
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generalization
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gendered architecture
zoning
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A representation of the form or appearance of something made visible in a sculpture, photograph
or drawing.
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image
skecthes
concept
drawing
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A simply or hastily executed drawing or painting representing the essential features of an object or
scene without the details, often made as a preliminary study.
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skecth
drafting
esquisse
concept
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A phenomenon of light and visual perception that may be described in terms of an individual’s
perception of hue, saturation, and lightness for objects and hue, saturation and brightness for light
sources.
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color
spectrum
brightness
saturation
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The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source arranged in order of wavelengths especially
the band of colors produced when sunlight is refracted and dispersed by a prism comprising red,
orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet.
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spectrum
chroma
hue
color
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The study of distances between one person to another which is also known as the study of
symbolic and communicative role of the spatial separation individuals maintain in various social
and interpersonal situation and how the nature and degree of this spatial arrangement relates to
environmental and cultural factors.
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proxemics
anthropometric
kinesthesis
ergonomics
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It is the sensory experience of bodily position, presence or movement derived chiefly from
stimulation of nerve endings in muscles, tendons and joints.
ergonomics
anthropometric
proxemics
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kinesthesis
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The three dimensional field in which objects and event occur and have relative position and
direction especially a portion of that field set apart in a given instance or for a particular of
purpose.
location
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space
volume
scale
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An alternative to the modern movement ideas like revivals of patterned book principle of the 19 th A
new interest in vernacular forms adapted to modern needs, much more straight interpretation of
the theatrical element in modern movement.
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post- modernism
modernism
futurism
functionalism
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Roofs and walls are examples of what Physical order which indicates sheeting and coverings of a
building or a structure?
space
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enclosure
structure
machine
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Main doors, exit doors, emergency doors, fire escapes are under what Perceptual order?
Movement through the order of space
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access
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It is concerned with the characteristics of people that need to be considered in the design of device
and systems in order that people and things will interact effectively and safety. It is also define as
the relationship of the measurement of the human body to machines
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anthropometry
proxemics
kinesthesis
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ergonometry
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The pattern of behavior associated with defining and defending a territory or domain.
intimate space
personal space
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territoriality
privacy
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image
sign
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symbol
reference
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A mark or figure having a conventional meaning and used in place of a word or phrase to express
a complex notion.
form
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sign
symbol
image
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The variable and subjective distance at which one person feels comfortable talking to another.
Also called personal distance.
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personal space
privacy
zone
territoriality
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The ability of individuals or groups to control their visual, auditory and olfactory interactions with
others. It is also defined as the ability to control interactions to have options and to achieve desired
interaction.
territoriality
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privacy
personal space
reserve
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analysis
architectural
contextual
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conceptual
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All other forms can be understood to be transformations of the primary solids, variations which are
generated by the manipulation of one or more dimensions or by addition or subtraction of
elements.
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form transformation
form conceptualization
form addition
form analysis
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An ornament of undulating waves, flowers and flower stalks developed in France and Belgium
towards the end of the 19th Century
art deco
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art nouveau
organism
art decoratifs
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Spaces organized within the field of structural grid or other three- dimensional framework
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grid organization
linear organization
clustered organization
centralized organization
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A unit of measurement used for standardizing the dimensions of building materials or regulating
the proportions of an architectural composition.
form
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module
model
order
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Deals with the relationship between the different parts of the whole to the various parts
proportion
scale
unity
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balance
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This technique (surface fragments) was used to make an illusion (optical illusion) on a 2D surface
making the whole canvass (ceiling/ walls) moving (3D/ 4D effect). Back in Renaissance time, all
architects could easily perform this method on their masterpiece such Michelango, Raphael, and
Brunelleschi.
Realism
Pointilism
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Anamorphism
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Mezzo Fresco
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The closest thing that reminds us of Paris is the Eiffel Tower and that iconic tower reminds us of
Alexander Gustave Eiffel but only few recognized him for his contribution to the Statue of Liberty.
As specialized in metal and iconic megastructures as bridges, pavilions, and towers, Gustave
happened to be the second designer who handled the Statue of Liberty- to be more specific "the
internal structural elements, supports and framework" Bartholdi being the one who conceptualized
the exterior.
Who was the the first who handled the initial internal design of the said statue but turned to
Gustave when died unexpectledy year 1879.
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Jacques-Louis David
Christopher Wren
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Who authored the classic architecture book "De Re Aedificatoria" between 1443 and 1452?
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Filippo Brunelleschi
Michelangelo Buonarroti
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Due to the success and influenced brought by the Bauhaus School in three German cities where
administered by three different architect- directors, what was the vision of the founder why the
Bauhaus school was built in 1919?
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to influence German cities about the value of architecture, arts and craft movement
to make Bauhaus school as the first design institution to offer architecture, arts, and design
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What brought the closure of the Bauhaus school despite of its influence to architecture and impact
to Germany?
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World War 2
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bauhaus violated the rules of not providing architecture department despite of being a design
school in Weimar
no successors to administer the bauhus
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Zaha Hadid was born in Baghdad Iraq and commenced her college studies at the American
University in Beirut in the field of mathematics. She moved to London in 1972 to study architecture
at the Architectural Association and upon graduation in 1977, she joined the Office of Metropolitan
Architecture (OMA). Hadid also taught at the Architectural Association with OMA collaborators
Rem Koolhaas and Elia Zenghelis (The Pritzker Architecture Prize, 2020)
Question: Which of the following is a work of Zaha Hadid that was inspired by gladioli and the
waterway beneath it?
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Built in the capital of Azerbaijan which won the London Design Museum award in 2014; it was
labelled "as pure and sexy as Marilyn Monroe's blown skirt". The softly folded roof shelters a
museum, an auditorium and a multi-purpose hall.
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Known as an architect who consistently pushes the boundaries of architecture and urban design,
her work experiments with new spatial concepts intensifying existing urban landscapes and
encompassing all fields of design, from the urban scale to interiors and furniture.
Known as an architect who consistently pushes the boundaries of engineering and architecture,
her work experiments with new spatial concepts intensifying existing urban landscapes and
encompassing all fields of design, from the urban scale to interiors and fashion design.
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Known as an architect who inconsistently delineates the simplicity of architecture and urban
design, her work experiments with old spatial concepts to new concepts intensifying existing urban
landscapes and encompassing all fields of design, from the urban scale to interiors and furniture.
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To whom did Charles Edouard got his alias which was trendy in Paris back in 1920's?
version of his father's name who was an artisan back in his childhood
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Though, Le Corbusier lived his life to the fullest in the shadow of arts, architecture, and design,
there were also various criticisms that made his life even much controversial which includes the
criticism on his works like the Radiant City.
Among the following, which statement that criticized his controversial project about Radiant City?
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Le Corbusier's skyscrapers had no reason for existence apart from the fact that they had become
technological possibilities
he condemned the existing housing for European Algerians, complaining that it was inferior to that
inhabited by indigenous Algerians
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The Radiant City, despite the poetic title, his urban vision was authoritarian, inflexible and
simplistic
Radiant City, is a piece of crap that shows insensitivity, racism, and inequality