Arch Board Exam Reviewer (Mixed questions)

In 1933, He Founded Philippine Architects Society (PAS) Which was later called Philippine Institute of Architects (PIA) in 1945.

JUAN NAKPIL

1) " FORM EVER FOLLOWS FUNCTION."

2) " OUR ARCHITECTURE REFLECTS TRULY AS A MIRROR."

3.) "THE ARCHITECT WHO COMBINES IN HIS BEING THE POWERS OF VISION, OF IMAGINATION, OF INTELLECT, OF SYMPATHY WITH HUMAN NEED AND THE POWER TO INTERPRET THEM IN A LANGUAGE VERNACULAR AND TIME--- IS HE WHO SHALL CREATE POEMS IN STONE."

4.)"FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION"

LOUIS SULLIVAN

1.)"ARCHITECTURE IS ORGANIC"

2)" THE THING ALWAYS HAPPENS THAT YOU REALLY BELIEVE IN; AND THE BELIEF IN A THING MAKES IT HAPPEN."

3.)" A DOCTOR CAN BURY HIS MISTAKES BUT AN ARCHITECT CAN ONLY ADVISE HIS CLIENT TO PLANT VINES."

4.)THE GOOD BUILDING IS NOT ONE THAT HURTS THE LANDSCAPE, BUT ONE WHICH MAKES THE LANDSCAPE MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN IT WAS BEFORE THE BUILDING WAS BUILT."

5.)"ARCHITECTURE IS THE TRIUMPH OF HUMAN IMAGINATION OVER MATERIALS, METHODS, AND MEN, TO PUT MAN INTO POSSESSION OF HIS OWN EARTH"

6.)" AN ARCHITECT'S MOST USEFUL TOOLS ARE AN ERASER AT THE DRAFTING BOARD, AND A WRECKING BAR AT THE SITE."

7.)"EVERY GREAT ARCHITECT IS- NECESSARILY - A GREAT POET.HE MUST BE A GREAT ORIGINAL INTERPRETER OF HIS TIME,HIS DAY, HIS AGE"

8.)"ALL FINE ARCHITECTURAL VALUES ARE HUMAN VALES, ELSE NOT VALUABLE."

9.)" I KNOW THE PRICE OF SUCCESS: DEDICATION, HARD WORK AND AN UNREMITTING DEVOTION TO THE THINGS YOU WANT TO SEE HAPPEN."

FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT

1.) " WE ARE CALLED TO BE ARCHITECTS OF THE FUTURE, NOT ITS VICTIMS."

2.)" DOING MORE WITH LESS."

3.)"WHEN I AM WORKING ON A PROBLEM, I NEVER THINK ABOUT BEAUTY... BUT WHEN I HAVE FINISHED, IF THE SOLUTION IS NOT BEAUTIFUL, I KNOW IT IS WRONG"

RICHARD BUCKMINSTER FULLER

1.) "MAKE BIG PLANS; AIM HIGH IN HOPE AND WORK, REMEMBERING THAT A NOBLE, LOGICAL DIAGRAM ONCE RECORDED WILL NOT DIE"

2.)"MAKE NO LITTLE PLANS; THEY HAVE NO MAGIC TO STIR MEN'S BLOOD"

DANIEL BURNHAM

1.) "FORM DOES NOT NECESSARILY FOLLOW FUNCTION"

2.)" THOSE WHO LOOK FOR THE LAWS OF NATURE AS A SUPPORT FOR THEIR NEW WORKS COLLABORATE WITH THE CREATOR."

ANTONIO GAUDI

1.) "ARCHITECTURE IS THE REACHING OUT FOR THE TRUTH"

2.)"A HOUSE IS A HOUSE"

LOUIS KAHN

1.) "A BRIDGE IS LIKE A HOUSE"

ROBERT MAILLART

1.) "FUNCTION INFLUENCE BUT DOES NOT DICTATE FORM"

EERO SAARINEN

1.) "ARCHITECTURAL -FORM EQUALS SOCIAL-FORM"

ELIEL SAARINEN

"ALL ARCHITECTS WANT TO LIVE BEYOND THEIR DEATHS"

PHILIP JOHNSON

1.) GOD IS IN THE DETAILS

2.)" ARCHITECTURE STARTS WHEN YOU CAREFULLY PUT TWO BRICKS TOGETHER. THERE IT BEGINS."

3.)"ARCHITECTURE IS THE WILL OF AN EPOCH TRANSLATED INTO SPACE"

LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE

- A SINGLE, LARGE UPRIGHT MONOLITH

- SERVED A RELIGIOUS PURPOSE

MENHIR

-ENCLOSURE FORM BY HUGE STONE PLANTED ON THE GROUND IN CIRCULAR FORM.

CROMLECH

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Tomb of standing stones usually capped with a large horizontal slab

DOLMEN

•Dominant tomb type

•Corridor inside leading to an underground chamber

•A BURIAL MOUND

TUMULUS or PASSAGE GRAVE

1.) THE FIRST ALL STEEL CHURCH IN THE PHILIPPINES AND IN ASIA

2.) the 1st " all iron church in the World"(1991), early builders by : Augustinian Recollects then Engr. Don Genaro Palacios y Guerra designed.

SAN SEBASTIAN CHURCH

1.)The National Shrine of Our Mother of Perpetual Help, also known as _____________________________ and colloquially as the Baclaran Church.

2.) Considered the most visited church in Asia

Redemptorist Church

The memorial column built in the form of tall Doric order and made entirely of marble is

Trajan's Column

"For the Creation of Space ____________a Chinese

Philosopher, said, "The reality of the building does

not consist in the roof and walls, but in the space

within to be lived in."

Lao Tze

The final plan shape of the St. Peter's Basilica by Carlo Maderna.

Latin Cross

What do you call the tool in architecture which organizes space or spatial composition related to function?

Functional interrelationship diagram

Male Figure in Kneeling position Supporting the world at his shoulder

Atlantes

Same as caryatid but this time with basket on their head

Canephorae

"A ____________ is a ___________ which extends vertically from lowest portion of the wall which adjoins two living units up to a minimum height of 0.30 meters above the highest portion of the roof and extends horizontally 0.30 meters beyond the outermost edge of the abutting living units?

Firewall; Fireblock

How did the Egyptians transfer the materials from the production area to construction area.

Wooden Wheels

In the Pyramid at Gizah , why are the dead Pharaoh are mummified?

To Preserved the body for reincarnation

Male figure in standing position in place of a column

Telamones

Pier of Pilaster formed by thickening at the end of the wall

Retaining wall

It is evident by comparison which the eye make between the size, shape and tone of various objects or part of the composition

Proportion

The size of the building element or space relative to the dimension and proportion of human body

Human scale

A series of form arrange in sequence in a row

Linear form

How many storey considered as a high rise building

16-up Storey

How many storey considered Low rise building

1-5 storey

Contractors license law

RA 4566

(1) Type I.buildings shall be a wood construction. The structural elements may be any of the materials permitted by this Code.

(2) Type II. buildings shall be of wood construction with protective fire-resistant materials and one-hour fireresistive throughout: Except, that permanent non-bearing partitions may use fire-retardant treated wood within the framing assembly.

(3) Type III. buildings shall be of masonry and wood construction. Structural elements may be any of the

materials permitted by this Code: Provided, that the building shall be one-hour fire-resistive throughout.

Exterior walls shall be of incombustible fire-resistive construction.

(4) Type IV. buildings shall be of steel, iron, concrete, or masonry construction. Walls, ceiling, and permanent partitions shall be of incombustible fireresistive

construction: Except, that permanent non-bearing partitions of one-hour fire-resistive construction may use fire-retardant treated wood within the framing assembly.

5) Type V. buildings shall be fire-resistive. The structural elements shall be of steel, iron, concrete, orvmasonry construction. Walls, ceilings, and permanent partitions shall be of incombustible fire-resistive construction.

5 TYPES OF CONSTRUCTION (NBCP)

What is the minimum kitchen size?

3 m2

Accessible elevator should be located not more than ___________________ mtrs from the entrance and should be easy to locate.

30 Mtrs.

The applicant for a building permit for private buildings or structures after having complied with all the requirements prescribed therefor in accordance with the provisions of this Code, shall be issued a building permit within ________________days from the date of payment of the permit fee for Groups A and J Occupancies and within _______________days from the date of payment of the permit fee for other Group Occupancies, unless the Building Official or his Deputy authorized to issue the permit shall inform the applicant in writing why the permit should not be issued, and shall indicate thereon the particular provisions of the Code violated by the applicant or the particular requirements not complied with.

Fifteen (15) , Thirty (30)

comfortable Cooling shall be maintained at

20 deg C

Residential Dwellings

Group A

Occupancies shall be multiple dwelling units including boarding or lodging houses, hotels, apartment buildings, row houses, convents, monasteries, and other similar building each of which accommodates more than ten persons.

Group B

Occupancies shall be buildings used for

school or day-care purposes, involving assemblage

for instruction, education, or recreation, and

not classified in Group I or in Division 1 and 2

or Group H Occupancies.

Group C

Occupancies shall include:

Division 1. Mental hospitals, mental,sanitaria, jails, prisons, reformatories, and buildings where personal liberties of

inmates are similarly restrained.

Division 2. Nurseries for full-time care of

children under kindergarten age, hospitals,

sanitaria, nursing homes with nonambulatory

patients, and similar buildings each accommodating more than five persons.

Division 3. Nursing homes for ambulatory patients, homes for children of kindergarten age or over, each accommodating more than five persons: Provided, that Group D Occupancies shall not include buildings used only for private or family group dwelling purposes.

Group D

Division 1. Gasoline filling and service stations, storage garages and boot storage structures where no work is done except exchange of parts and maintenance requiring

no open flame, welding, or the use of highly flammable liquids.

Division 2. Wholesale and retail stores, office buildings, drinking and dining establishments having an occupant load of less than one hundred persons, printing plants, police and fire stations, factories and workshops using not highly flammable or combustible materials and paint stores

without bulk handling.

Division 3. Aircraft hangers and open parking garage with no repair work is done except exchange of parts and maintenance requiring no open flame, welding or the use

of highly flammable liquids.

Group E

Industrial

Occupancies shall include: ice plants, power plants, pumping plants, cold storage, and creameries, factories and workshops using incombustible and non-explosive materials, and storage and sale rooms for incombustible and nonexplosive materials.

Group F

Storage and Hazardous

Group G

Assembly Other Than Group 1

Division 1. Any assembly building with a stage

and an occupant load of less than 1000 in the

building.

Division 2. Any assembly building without

stage and having an occupant load of 300 or

more in the building.

Division 3. Any assembly building without a

stage and having an occupant load of less than

300 in the building.

Division 4. Stadia, reviewing stands,

amusement park structures not included within

Group I or in Division 1, 2, and 3 of this

Group.

Group H

Assembly Occupant Load 1000 or More Group I Occupancies shall be any assembly building with an age and an occupant load of 1000 or more in the building.

Group I

Accessory

Occupancies shall include:

Division 1. Private garage, carports, sheds and agriculture buildings.

Division 2. Fences over 1.80 meters high,

tanks, and towers.

Group J

Sidewalk of 2.00 mtrs. or more, width shall include on its outer side a planting strip of not less than.?

800 mm (.80 mtrs)

A certificate of Occupancy shall be issued by the Building Official within ______________ days if after final inspection and submittal of a Certificate of Completion referred to in the preceding section, it is found that the building or structure complies with the provisions of this Code.

thirty (30) days

The Building Official may order or cause the non-issuance,

suspension or revocation of building permits on any or all of the following reasons or grounds:

(a) Errors found in the plans and specifications;

(b) In correct or inaccurate data or information supplied;

(c) Non-compliance with the provisions of this Code or of any

rule or regulation.

A building permit issued under the provisions of this Code shall expire and become null and void if the building or work authorized therein is not commenced within a period of _____________ from the date of such permit, or if the building or work so authorized is suspended or abandoned at any time after it has been commenced, for a period of _____________

one (1) year (12 months) / 120 days. (3 months)

Portion of the foundation or structure, which spreads and transmit loads directly to the soil or the pile

Footing

Eaves over required windows shall not be less than ___________________from the side and rear property lines.

750 millimeters

Fire Resistance of Walls.(NBCP)

Projections beyond the exterior wall shall not exceed beyond a point ___________the distance from an assumed vertical plane located where the fire-resistive protection of openings is first required to the location on property whichever is the least restrictive. Distance shall be measured at right angles from the property line. When

openings in exterior walls are required to be protected due

to distance from property line, the sum of the areas of

such openings in any storey shall not exceed _______ percent of the total area of the wall in that storey.

one-third (1/3) , fifty Percent (50 %)

Dwelling Location and Lot Occupancy.

The dwelling shall occupy not more than ___________ percent of a corner lot and ______________ percent of an inside lot, and subject to the provisions on Easement on Light and View of the Civil Code of the Philippines, shall be at least___________ meters from the property line.

ninety (90%) & eighty (80%) , 2.00 Mtrs.

What is the color of community line piping?

Gray

As the cost of land, Neighborhood has this affect

Social Implication

Golden era of urban design in the US

City Beautiful Era

First who conceptualize garden city an author of tomorrow: A Peaceful path to the social reform.

Ebenezer Howard

Is the act of putting a piece or parcel of land into type of used other than that for which it is currently being utilized?

Land Used Conversion

Which construction system permit great spans of infinite variety of shapes of concrete, or steel combined with glass or plastic?

Space frame

The architect who said that the exterior of the building is the result of the interior.

Le Corbusier

Designer of the Taj Mahal.

Shah Jahan

Foundation.(NBCP)

Footing shall be of sufficient size and strength to support

the load of the dwelling and shall be at least _____________ millimeters thick and ________________millimeters below the surface of the ground.

250 millimeters & 600 millimeters

Floor.

The live load of the first floor shall be at least ____________

kilograms per square meter and for the second floor, at

least ___________kilograms per square meter.

200 kilograms per square meter, 150 kilograms

Roof .

The wind load for roofs shall be at least _____________kilograms per square meter for vertical projection.

120 kilograms

Stairs.

Stairs shall be at least ___________ millimeters in clear width,

with a rise of ____________ millimeters and a minimum run of ___________millimeters.

750 millimeters , 200 millimeters, 200 millimeters.

All inner courts shall be connected to a street or yard,

either by a passageway with a minimum width of _____________meters or by a door through a room or rooms.

1.20 meters

Mezzanine floors shall have a clear ceiling height not less

than ___________meters above and below it.

1.80 meters

What art principle shows the relationships between the various parts of an object/structure/groups of objects and structures?

Proportion

Habitable rooms provided with artificial ventilation have

ceiling heights not less than 1)____________ measured from the

floor to the ceiling; Provided that for buildings of more

than one-storey, the minimum ceiling height of the first

storey shall be 2.) _____________meters and that for the second storey 3.)___________meters and succeeding storeys shall have an unobstructed typical head-room clearance of not less than 4.) ___________ meters above the finished floor. Above stated rooms with a natural ventilation shall have ceiling height not less than __________ meters.

1.) 2.40 meters 2.) 2.70 meters 3.)2.40 meters

4.) 2.10 meters 5.) 2.70 meters.

Bath and toilet. 1.)_____________square meters with at least

dimension of 2.)_____________ meters.

1.20 square meters

The dining hall in a monastery, a convent, or a college.

Refectory

Rooms for Human Habitations. 1.)__________ square meters

with at least dimensions of 2.)________ meters

1.) 6.00 square meters, 2 ) 2.00 meters

Kitchens. 1.) __________ square meters with at least

dimension of 2.)___________meters;

1.) 3.00 square meters 2.) 1.50 meters;

Amphitheaters are used for ___.

Gladiatorial Contests

A type of Roman wall facing with a net-like effect.

Opus Recticulatum

A term given to the mixture of Christian, Spanish, and Muslim 12th-16th century architecture.

Mudejar

must have beauty; beauty comes from an intelligent consideration and combination of function and structure

Aesthetic design

creative center of artistic experiment during the 1920's; influence can be seen in numerous consumer products

Bauhaus Style

Movement initiated by Le Corbusier; characterized by the use of beton-brut raw unfinished concrete; free, abstract, monumental form

Brutalism

grows out of the function of the building, (programmatic concept),based on the goal of your client; values and generic nature or styles

Character

analysis of what occurs on the gateways (e.g. streets, roads, alleys, sidewalks, plaza)

Circulation

(property of form) the hue intensity and tonal value of form's surface that affects the visual weight of a form

Color

passionate pleading for ideas on form and space in architecture (anthropometric and ergonometric)

Constructivism

architecture should be apprehended in its total setting

Contextualism

(circulatory element) allows travel from one part of the building to another

Corridors

graceful, sensitive, feminine

Curved lines

Perceived boundaries such as walls, rails, buildings, shorelines

Edges

Primary identifying characteristic of a volume; determined by the shape and interrelationships of the planes that describe the boundaries of the volume

Form

Deals with the development of a plan arrangement to serve in a purely mechanical way.

Functional design

Size of a building element relative to other forms in its context.

Generic scale

Symbols of authority; e.g. larger office space for higher officials

Hierarchy

introduced Romanesque revival in the USA

Henry H. Richardson

(type of line) horizon of the seascape, peaceful.

Horizontal line

(architect) - Le Grand Louvre (pyramid), Paris;

The National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.;

Museum of Islamic Art, Doha;

The Bank of China Tower, Hong Kong

I.M. Pei

Major streets or landmarks; documentation of distances.

Location