Quiz 3 vocab

Catalan Vault

Vault with a low pitch built with bricks set lengthwise rather than on their sides.

Co-housing

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Voluntary collectivization of resources for a group of people sharing a residential complex

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Exoskeletal

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Structures of support that stand outside of a building's volume

Functionalism

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Modern theory of design that promotes forms derived from use, structure, or function

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Glazing

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Surface of a structure covered in glass

I-Beam

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Length of steel with I-shaped section, used in modern steel-frame construction

Penthouse

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Top-story luxury apartment in a tall building

Photovoltaic Panels

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Energy-producing screen made of silicone cells imitating the natural process of photosynthesis 

Pilotis

the wooden piles of stilt houses raised over land or water, leaving the grade level open.

Plattenbau

Prefabricated, panel-constructed public housing produced in the East Bloc countries

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Program

Building’s uses

Reveals

Depths of a side of a doorway or window opening

Section

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Drawing of a vertical slice through a building

Sgraffito

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Scraping away for decorative patterns of two layers of differently colored plaster

Space Frame

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System of lightweight trusses used instead of beams to cover large interiors without the need for vertical supports

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Sustainable Design

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An approach to design planning and construction that eliminates waste both in the production and in the use of a building and lowers the dependence on carbon fuels

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Vierendeel Trusses

Spanning member made with square, rather than triangular, braces

Zoning

Legal restrictions determining specific uses, for set zones of a city