VIDEO PRESENTATION

PROPONENT:
DIAZ, NEIL JOHN
DIZON, JOSHUA M
OLEGARIO, LESSLIE MAE
BSAR- 3A

INSTRUCTOR:
ENGR. AARON MALONZO
THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA

Great Wall of China, Chinese (Pinyin) Wanli

Changcheng or (Wade-Giles romanization) Wan-li
Ch’ang-ch’eng (“10,000-Li Long Wall”), extensive
bulwark erected in ancient China, one of the largest
building construction projects ever undertaken. The
Great Wall actually consists of numerous walls—many
of them parallel to each other—built over some two
millennia across northern China and southern
Mongolia. The most extensive and best -preserved
version of the wall dates from the Ming dynasty (1368–
1644) and runs for some 5,500 miles (8,850 km) east to
west from Mount Hu near Dandong, southeastern
Liaoning province, to Jiayu Pass west of Jiuquan,
northwestern Gansu province. This wall often traces
the crestlines of hills and mountains as it snakes across
the Chinese countryside, and about one-fourth of its
length consists solely of natural barriers such as rivers
and mountain ridges.
THE GREAT PYRAMID OF GIZA
The Giza Pyramids, built to endure an eternity, have
done just that. The monumental tombs are relics of
Egypt's Old Kingdom era and were constructed some
4,500 years ago. Egypt's pharaohs expected to
become
gods in the afterlife. To prepare for the next world they
erected temples to the gods and massive pyramid
tombs for themselves —filled with all the things each
ruler would need to guide and sustain himself in the
next world.
Pharaoh Khufu began the first Giza pyramid project,
circa 2550 B.C. His Great Pyramid is the largest in Giza
and towers some 481 feet (147 meters) above the
plateau. Its estimated 2.3 million stone blocks each
weigh an average of 2.5 to 15 tons. Khufu's son,
Pharaoh Khafre, built the second pyramid at Giza,
circa 2520 B.C. His necropolis also included the Sphinx,
a mysterious limestone monument with the body of a
lion and a pharaoh's head. The Sphinx may stand
sentinel for the pharaoh's entire tomb complex.
SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
Inaugurated in 1973, the Sydney Opera
House is a great architectural work of the
20th century that brings together multiple
strands of creativity and innovation in both
architectural form and structural design. A
great urban sculpture set in a remarkable
waterscape, at the tip of a peninsula
projecting into Sydney Harbour, the building
has had an enduring influence on
architecture. The Sydney Opera House
comprises three groups of interlocking
vaulted ‘shells’ which roof two main
performance halls and a restaurant. These
shell-structures are set upon a vast platform
and are surrounded by terrace areas that
function as pedestrian concourses. In 1957,
when the project of the Sydney Opera
House was awarded by an international jury
to Danish architect Jørn Utzon, it marked a
radically new approach to construction
EMPIRE STATE BUILDING
Steel-framed skyscraper rising 102 stories that was
completed in New York City in 1931 and was the tallest
building in the world until 1971. The Empire State Building
is located in Midtown Manhattan, on Fifth Avenue at
34th Street. It remains one of the most distinctive and
famous buildings in the United States and is one of the
best examples of Modernist Art Deco design.
At the time of its construction, there was fierce
competition to win the title of tallest building in the
world. The Chrysler Building claimed the title in 1929,
and the Empire State Building seized it in 1931, its height
being 1,250 feet (381 metres) courtesy of its iconic spire,
which was originally intended to serve as a mooring
station for airships. A 222-foot (68-metre) antenna was
added in 1950, increasing the building’s total height to
1,472 feet (449 metres), but the height was reduced to
1,454 feet (443 metres) in 1985 when the antenna was
replaced. (By that time One World Trade Center,
officially opened in 1972, had become the tallest
building in the world.)