THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE REVIEWER

ARCHITECTURAL COMPREHENSIVE COURSE

By: PRECIOUS KRYSZELL L. LASAM

1. It is the study of the mind and emotions in relation to the sense of beauty
A: Aesthetics

2. It is the study of the symbolic and communicative role of the spatial separation of individuals.
A: Proxemics

3. It is the process of managing information that affects design outcome; to gather, organize, interpret, and present
data and information relevant to the design.
A: Architectural Programming

4. It is about generating proposals that changes existing conditions into better things.
A: The Design Process

5. One of the principles of design that is defined as the juxtaposition of elements in a design, element intensity and
dominance.
A: Contrast

6. It is the proportioning system by Le Corbusier

A: Modular

7. One of the principles of design that is defined as the apparent state of equilibrium.
A: Balance

8. One of the principles of design that is defined as the dimensional relationship to standards.
A: Scale

9. One of the principles of design that is defined as the pattern repetition of elements.
A: Rhythm

10. One of the principles of design that is defined as the system of ordered elements.
A: Hierarchy

11. One of the principles of design that is defined as the quality of apperance of a design
A: Color

12. It is the art and science of designing buildings.

A: Architecture

13. What are the primary elements of space articulation and organization?
A: Point, Line, Plane, Volume

14. It is the point of contact between mass and space.

A: Architectural Form

15. It states that the human being is the most important entity in the universe. And that the architecture is based on
the configuration of the human body.
A: Anthropocentrism.
16. It is the design of devices for the human body.
A: Ergonomics

17. It has zero dimension. It indicates a position in space.

A: Point

18. It is the primary identifying characteristic of a plane.

A: Shape

19. It serves to define the limits or boundaries of a volume.

A: Plane

20. It is the relationship between different things or parts with respect to comparative size, number or degree.
A: Proportion

21. It is defined as the movement through space.

A: Circulation

22. It is a stage of modernism where structural systems and utilities such as pipes and ducts are exposed.
A: Brutalism

23. It is the natural domestic architecture of a people including simple communal buildings such as such, warehouse
and barn.
A: Folk Architecture

24. It is also referred to as fenestration.

A: Openings

25. It is a structure erected as a memorial of some past occurrence.

A: Monument

26. It is the size of a building element relative to other forms in its context.
A: Generic Scale

27. A dim where a form can be transformed by the addition of elements to its volume.
A: Additive Architecture

28. It is the process of changing a form by subtracting a portion of its volume.

A: Subtractive Architecture

29. It permits passage from the exterior to the interior or from one room to another.
A: Fenestration

30. It allows the horizontal travel from one part of the building to another.
A: Corridor

31. It is the beginning of the building and the foundation upon which the scheme of the structure rests.
A: Plan

32. It is the science of human settlements.

A: Ekistics

33. It is the size of a building element of space relative to the dimensions of a human body.
 A: Human Scale

34. It is the easiest and simplest kind of balance in which the elements are arranged in precisely the same manner on
either side of a central axis.
A: Symmetrical balance

35. A character which results from the purpose of the building or the reasons for its erection.
A: Functional Character

36. A character which comes from the influence of ideas and impressions related to or growing out of the past
experiences.
A: Associated Character

37. Buildings may possess this character which have to do rather with the emotional reaction set up in the mind of the
observer.
A: Personal Character

38. It grows out of the functions of the building and the consideration of the building and the consideration of all the
creative principles of composition.
A: Character

39. It is defined as a concretization of man’s existential space.

A: Architectural Space

40. It is the extent within which matter is physically extended and objects and events have positions relative to one
another.
A: Space

41. It is the ability to control interaction with others.

A: Privacy

42. It is the attribute that most clearly distinguishes a form from its environment
A: Color

43. Most elementary means of organizing forms and spaces in architecture.

A: Balance

44. Kind of rhythm where equally spaced windows are introduced on the broken wall, then regular repetition is
presented.
A: Unaccented rhythm

45. Primary shapes that can be extended or rotated to generate volume whose forms are distinct, regular and easily
recognizable.
A: Platonic Solids

46. Characterized by an arrangement where all the part radiate from a center like the spikes in a wheel.
A: Centralized

47. Deals with the relationship between the different parts of the whole to the various parts.
A: Proportion

48. It is the study that deals with human measurements.

A: Anthropometrics
49. Describes the relationship between elements of design.
A: Balance

50. That which eye identifies, the mind perceives and interprets.
A: Form

51. As series of form arranged in sequence in a row.

A: Linear Form

52. Who said that “The magnificent display of volume put together in the light”.
A: Le Corbusier

53. Architecture is generally conceived, designed and realized.

A: Design Process

54. Defined geometrically as a line that is divided such that the lesser portion is to the greater as the greater is to be
the whole.
A: Golden Section

55. It is the primary identifying characteristic of a volume. It is determined by the shapes and interrelationships of the
planes that describe the boundaries of volume.
A: Form

56. One type of cues used in depth perception where in one object appears to cut off the view of another.
A: Juxtaposition

57. Human factor engineering.

A: Ergonomics

58. These systems are based on the dimension and proportion of the human body.
A: Anthropomorphic Proportion

59. With respect to an observer.

A: visual inertia

60. This refer to the manner in which the surface of a form come together to define its shape and volume.
A: Articulation of form

61. Who said “The will of the epoch translated into space.”.
A: Adolf Hitler

62. A number of secondary forms clustered about a dominant, centra-perceive form.

A: Clustered

63. A kind of transformation in which one or more dimension are altered but will retain its identity.
A: Dimensional Transformation

64. A collection of forms grouped together by proximity or the sharing of a common visual trait.
A: Grid Form

65. It is a diagram, usually to a scale, of the relationships between rooms, spaces and other physical features at one
level of a structure.
 A: Floor Plan

66. It depicts “Building as a message.”.

A: Symbolic Architecture

67. Who made the first skyscraper?

A: William Le Baron Jenney

68. “Form follows function.”

A: Louis Sullivan

69. It is the year of the Great Fire of Chicago where downtown in Chicago was burned and in need of construction of
new buildings.
A: 1871

70. It is the architecture of borrowing.

A: Eclecticism

71. It became the concentration of architectural development.

A: Chicago School

72. "Ornament is a crime."

A: Adolf Loos

73. He proved that Pantheon's Corinthian columns had 3 different proportions.

A: Philibert de L’orme

74. It was during this time that no written documents survived about the theories or models to describe the
magnificent vaults of medieval cathedrals.
A: Middle Ages

75. He wrote the "I Quattro libri dell'architectura."

A: Andrea Palladio

76. To aid the work of the architect and improve its product. Proven theories help designers do work better and more
efficiently.
A: Design Theory

77. Firmitas translates into?

A: Durability

78. Utilitas translates into?

A: Practicality

79. Venustas translates into?

A: Pleasantness

80. "Less is bore."

A: Robert Venturi

81. Art movement that influenced the interpretation of space.

A: Cubism
82. He said that a portion of Chippendale Building in New York has no function
A: Philip Johnson

83. Art movement that influenced the simultaneity of movement.

A: Futurism

84. "Art and technology, the new unity."

A: The Bauhaus

85. Year of the international styles.

A: 1930s

86. The period of reassessment of universalism and personalism.

A: 1950s

87. He based his designs instructions on four things: idea of Pythagoras, proportions of small number, properties and
other instruments, and good taste.
A: Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola

88. "The city must be subject to growth, decay and renewal."

A: Kenzo Tange

89. Who is the noted architect, who without formal architecture training, became famous for his architecture which is
austerely dependent on the naked metal skeleton?
A: Luis Mies Van der Rohe

90. Who is the architect of the Opera House who won the competition for the design of a performing arts complex in
Sydney, Australia in 1957?
A: Jorn Utzon

91. What theory of architecture denotes not only the complete harmony of the parts of the building with the whole,
but on integration of the building with its site and surroundings?
A: Organic Architecture

92. Who is the architect of the Development Bank of the Philippines?

A: Calros Arguelles

93. What invention brought about modern high-rise buildings?

A: Elevator

94. Le Corbusier's Ronchamp Chapel is famous example of what style of architecture?

A: Brutalism

95. Who is the architect of Manila City Hall?

A: Antonio Toledo

96. Who is the Architect of the Robinson's Galleria?

A: William Cosculluela

97. Who is the architect of the US Pavilion in the 1967 Montreal Exposition and introduced geodesic dome?
A: Buckminister Fuller

98. It is known as the Architecture of curve line.

 A: Renaissance

99. Who is the architect of Coconut Palace?

A: Francisco Manosa

100. To whom are pilotis (use of pillars) and industrialized units attributed as a contribution to international
architecture?
A: Le Corbusier

101. Spatial relationship defined as a space may be contained within the volume of a larger space.
A: Space within a space

102. A sheltered gallery behind an open arcade or colonnade.

A: Loggia

103. Spatial organization defined as a linear sequence of repetitive spaces.

A: Linear Organization

104. This is a delimited space that a person or a group person uses and defends as an exclusive preserve
A: Territory

105. Spatial relationship defined as a field of space may overlap the volume of another space.
A: Interlocking Space

106. The art and science of shaping, ornamenting or assembling materials in building construction
A: Tectonics

107. Spatial Organization defined as a central space from which linear organizations space extend in a radial manner.
A: Radial Organization

108. The architect of Sagrada Familia

A: Antonio Gaudi

109. Spatial relationship defined as two spaces may abut each other or share a common border.
A: Adjacent Spaces

110. The founding father of Deconstruction

A: Jacques Derrida

111. Spatial organization defined as spaces grouped by proximity or the sharing of a common visual trait or relationship.
A: Clustered Organization

112. Spatial relationship defined as two spaces may rely on an intermediary space for their relationship.
A: Spaces linked by a common space

113. The formal study of the logical constructions of symbol-systems without taking into consideration its relationship
to reality.
A: Syntactic

114. It is a quality of character of architecture expressive of definitive conceptions.

A: Style

115. It is the result when an architect treats an elevation as a two-dimensional surface.

 A: Paper Architecture

116. These are made of arches so arranged that the bases make a circle and the top meet at the center of the ceiling.
A: Dome

117. These should be developed from the use of the building as expressed in modern materials and not from styles of
the past.
A: Contemporary Style

118. Who is the architect of Malacanang?

A: William Parsons

119. What is the first skyscraper built in the Philippines?

A: Ambassador Hotel

120. Who is architect of the first skyscraper built in the Philippines?

A: Fernando Ocampo

121. "MAKE NO LITTLE PLANS; THEY HAVE NO MAGIC TO STIR MEN'S BLOOD".
A: Daniel Burnham

122. It is a way of classifying architecture that gives emphasis to characteristic features of design, leading to a
terminology.
A: Architectural Style

123. Applying proportions of numbers is the teachings of whom?

A: Pythagoras

124. When was copy of Virtue Manuscript was found at St. Gallen Monastery?
A: 1948

125. “FORM DOES NOT NECESSARILY FOLLOW FUNCTION”.

A: Antonio Gaudi

126. He was the person in charge of constructions commanded by the Pope during the Renaissance period.
A: Leon Bautista Alberti

127. It is generally characterized by simplification of form and creation of ornament from the structure and theme of
the building. It is a term applied to an overarching movement, with its exact definition and scope varying widely,
A: Modern Architecture

128. A body of related facts or principles that explains a phenomenon; basis for future action.
A: Theory

129. Father of proxemics.

A: Dr. Edward Hall

130. "It is the term describes the modernist movement, its set of cultural tendencies and array of associated cultural
movements, originally arising from wide-scale and far-reaching changes to Western society in the late 19th and
early 20thcenturies.
A: Modernism

131. Statement of the beliefs where the design solutions take off
 A: Philosophy

132. He is the father of modern picture books of architecture.

A: Andrea Palladio

133. "ALL ARCHITECTS WANT TO LIVE BEYOND THEIR DEATHS"

A: Philip Johnson

134. Maximum intimate distance according to proxemics.

A: 18 inches

135. Space that affords easy recognition and control through visual access, adjacent or electrical monitoring.
A: Defensible Space

136. It was one of the greatest works of the theory of architecture created by Leon Bautista Alberti.
A: De re aedifficatoria/On Buidling

137. “ A DOCTOR CAN BURY HIS MISTAKES BUT AN ARCHITECT CAN ONLY ADVISE HIS CLIENT TO PLANT VINES.”
A: Frank Lloyd Wright

138. Building of environment that can be personalized without damage.

A: Soft Architecture

139. Minimum public distance according to proxemics.

A: 12 feet

140. The distant view; the first phase of the circulation system during which we are prepared to see, experience and
use the building.
A: Approach

141. Architect of Postmodernism.

A: Robert Venturi

142. A proxemics zone with an average of 18-48 inches.

A: Personal Distance

143. Sensory perception and recognition of the physical elements by experiencing them sequentially in time.
A: Perceptual

144. “ARCHITECTURE IS THE ART OF HOW TO WASTE SPACE.”

A: Philip Johnson

145. A proxemics zone with a minimum value of 12 foot.

A: Public Distance

146. He is the architect who believes that the most important material is man.
A: Richard Joseph Ventura

147. Type of theory which explains phenomenon or events; neutral and do not lean towards any ideology.
A: Descriptive Theory

148. Comprehension of the ordered and disordered relationships among a building's elements and systems and
responding to the meanings they evoke.
 A: Conceptual

149. Type of theory which challenges relationships between architecture & society
A: Critical Theory

150. The branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of art, beauty and taste.
A: Aesthetics

151. A proxemics zone with an average of 4-12 ft.

A: Social Distance

152. Type of theory which prescribes bases or guidelines.

A: Prescriptive Theory

153. Greek word which means chief builder.

A: Arkhitekton

154. Architect of Classical theory.

A: Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

155. What was the world’s tallest building during 2001?

A: Petrona’s Tower

156. A phenomenon wherein drawing consisting of black lines are recognized as representing an object is quickly
recognized as representing an object is quickly recognized by the observer.
A: Figure Ground

157. Something that represents something else by association, resemblance, or convention, especially an object used
to represent something invisible or immaterial.
A: Symbols

158. It is associated with lack of control over the environment that leads to negative behavior because they are related
casually to social overload.
A: Social Overcrowding

159. Habitual disposition to judge foreign people or group by the standards and practices of one’s own culture or ethnic
groups.
A: Ethnocentrism

160. Resulting color when a primary color is mixed with a secondary color.
A: Tertiary color

161.