TRIALS OF APOLLO (EXAMS)

COMPILATION PRELIMS AND FINALS

The Slovak Radio Building is an example of what solid?

Pyramid

A menhir is an example of a ___

Volume

Movement through space, can be conceived as the perceptual thread that links the exterior/interior spaces of a structure

Circulation

(a) Architectural design theory is the artistic process of inventing new information, (b) It also involves the actual design and building of structures

A is False, B is True (*)

The AT&T Tower is designed by Philip Johnson and John Burgee is an example of?

Post Modernism

Which of the following is an example of Metabolist architecture?

Nakagin Capsule Tower

Art Nouveau in Spain is called?

Modernista

Which of the following can be used to achieve a visual interest?

All of the above

Antonio Sant’Elia is a proponent of which modernism?

Futurism

The Seine Musicale by Shigeru Ban is an example of what solid?

Sphere

Who said that “Architecture is utility, firmness, and delight”?

Vitruvius Pollio

Ergonomics considers ___, places, and psychological aspects

Equipment

It is used as a description of architecture that sympathizes with its environment

Organicism

Which is not part of the visible structure

Floor Plans

It is a type of contrast that refers to objects which may have the same shape and direction but may vary in size

Contrast to size

It is a type of balance that is more subtle and elusive and is more difficult to attain

Asymmetrical

Forms grouped together by proximity and with common visual trait. This is configuration of forms.

Clustered Form

All the unrelated parts of an architectural arrangement are brought into proper relation to each other so that a satisfactory unified composition is obtained.

Unity

Which of the following personalities is a proponent of eclecticism?

Louis Sullivan

The use of the golden ratio makes composition more pleasing to the human eye

True

What is the basis of rhythm?

Pattern

A school and office are an example of what kind of concept of territoriality?

Secondary territory

Which of the following is NOT an example of public territory

Intensive Care Unit

Opposites can be used to highlight, can also be applied in terms of size, texture, and color.

Contrast

The proportion of Greek orders is based on ___

Shaft Diameter

The size of something compared to a reference standard or to the size of something else

Scale

This creates hierarchies of spaces and disrupts flow of space

Vertical planes and elements

A unifying movement characterized by patterned repetition or alternation of formal elements or motifs in the same or a modified form

Rhythm

A line that symbolizes excitement and jagged animation is?

Zigzag

In architecture, rhythm can be unified through ___

Patterned repetitions

It has 3 dimensions such as length, width, and depth

Volume

It is the abstraction of Modernism to the extreme and mainly worked on the principle of exaggeration of familiar motifs. It is also known as the new modernism.

Deconstructivism

It is coined “ready-made style” imported from the United States

International Style

Which of the following is an example of an International Style of architecture?

860-880 Lake Shore Drive Apartments

Which is NOT a structural element of the visible structure?

Beam

It is the result of gradual and uniform change in size

Gradation

Which of the following is a category of proxemics according to space?

Intimate

It is defined as the use and perception of one’s social and personal space, such as in seating and spatial arrangements

Proxemics

(a) The Farnsworth House is by Frank Lloyd Wright, (b) it shows a play on vertical planes

Both statements are FALSE

A type of semi-fixed space that brings people together and stimulates involvement in the process of communication

Sociopetal space

This line is apparent in the Louvre’s Glass Pyramid by I.M. Pei

Oblique

When a dominating factor exist in contrast. This is called ___?

Emphasis

Which of the following is an example of sociofugal space?

Compartmentalized office cubicles

This type of line is the most graceful

Curved

(a) Volume can be described as a container, (b) It can also be defined by the space it encloses and occupies

Both statements are TRUE

Who said that “Architecture is what nature cannot make?”

Louis Kahn

Characteristics of lines that expresses action and movement

Diagonal

A collection of forms grouped together by proximity or sharing of a common visual trait

Clustered

The attributes of color include value, intensity, and ___?

Hue

That which allows horizontal travel from one point of the building to another

Corridor

It is a style that incorporates a mixture of historical styles

Eclecticism

Which of the following is not an applicable use of clustered forms?

It can be used to break the scale of a surface down into measurable units and give it an even texture

Two points describe a ___ that connects them

Line

A plane bounded by three sides, and having three angles

Triangle

An example of the archaic phase of development in architecture

Egyptian architecture

The classical orders were based on

Column diameter

The golden ratio based on Fibonacci sequence (1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, ___)

34

The height of development of architecture as seen through the Classical, Romanesque and Gothic styles, took place during which phase?

Mastery

The degree of concentration and stability of form is?

Visual Inertia

A form can be transformed by altering one or more of its dimension

Dimensional transformation

This refers to the geometric qualities of forms

Shape

It is the study of meanings

Semantics

All the unrelated parts of an architectural arrangement are brought into proper relation to each other so that a satisfactory unified composition is obtained

Unity

The work of Albert Speer are examples of which of the following?

National Romanticism

The Philippine International Convention Center by Leandro Locsin is an example of which of the following?

Brutalist Architecture

It is a phase in architectural design wherein the client identifies a need to accommodate new or expanded activities

Pre-design Phase

What type of approach is the Torri gates in Japan?

Implied

What type of approach is the Acropolis in Greece?

Distant View

Who did not worked with Peter Behrens?

Adolf Loos

(a) Gropius is one of the founders of Deutsche Wekbund, (b) Also founded Bauhaus architecture

Both statements are TRUE

Who is the architect of AEG Factory Turbine

Peter Behrens

Who is the architect of Johnson’s Wax Building?

Frank Lloyd Wright

Stable shape less movement

Cube

What is a figure generated by a revolution of a rectangle about one of its sides?

Cylinder

Louis Sullivan’s technique/system for high rise building

Tripartite design

(a) Mies Van der rohe “less is more” (b) He also said architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space

Both statements are TRUE

Who is the architect of Woolworths Building?

Cass Gilbert

Redesigned Paris under the orders of Napoleon III

Georges-Eugène Haussmann

A park is an example of what kind of territoriality?

Public Territory

The proper and harmonius relation of one part to another or to the whole

Proportion

When a dominating factor exist in contrast, this is called ___?

Emphasis

Which architect said, “The house is a machine for living in”?

Le Corbusier

Which of the following personalities is a proponent of Art Nouveau

Victor Horta

Which architect exemplifies Eclecticism?

Andrei Stackenschneider

Example of interior circulation

Room