Building List for Slide Identification

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1 Building List for Slide Identification 1. "Falling Water," Bear Run, Pennsylvania 2. Condominiums, Sea Ranch, California 3. Taliesin West, Scottsdale, Arizona 4. Sea Ranch, California 5. The Woodlands, Texas 6. The Cloisters, Cincinnati 7. Hagia Sophia, Constantinople 8. Maisons Joaul, Neuilly, France 9. Colosseum, Rome 10. Town Hall, North Easton, Massachusetts 11. Ames Gate Lodge, North Easton, Massachusetts 12. Morse and Stiles Hall, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 13. Blackman House, Groton, Massachusetts 14. Strimling House, Weston, Massachusetts 15. Lake Shore Drive Apartments, Chicago 16. Deere and Co. Headquarters, Moline, Illinois 17. Boston 5 Savings 18. S. Maria della Fiore, Florence, Italy 19. Cathedral, Amiens, France 20. Cameron Offices, Belconnen, A.C.T., Australia 21. Tenneco Building, Houston 22. American Heart Association, Dallas 23. Palace of Justice, Chandigarh, India Architects List for Slide Identification A. Alvar Aalto B. John Andrews C. Filipo Brunelleschi D. Hardy, Holzman, Pfeiffer E. Kallman and McKinnell F. Le Corbusier G. Ian McHarg H. Mies van der Rohe I. MLTW (Charles Moore, et al.) J. Oglesby Group K. Hector Guimard L. H. H. Richardson M. Eero Saarinen N. Maurice Smith O. S.O.M. P. Frank Lloyd Wright Q. No architect noted

2 ARC 308 Quiz #2 Larry Speck Fall 2006 PART I. IDENTIFICATION (20 points) From the attached lists select the appropriate building name and architect for each of the slides shown. Write the number or letter of the description beside the number of the slide. Building Name Architect slide #1 slide #2 slide #3 slide #4 slide #5 slide #6 slide #7 slide #8 slide #9 slide #10 PART II. OBJECTIVE (30 points) Mark the best selection in the space provided to the left of the number. 10. In her chapter on Sacredness Ms. Heschong describes passive solar-heated buildings similar to the ones we looked at in class. Which of the following is not consistent with the attitudes she expresses about those buildings? a. They provide a prime expression of the belief that we should not use technology to distance ourselves from the natural world; rather we should strive for a more intimate relationship with natural forces. b. The primary disadvantage of these buildings is that they may go through an air temperature flux as great as 20º F per day. For this reason they can never be widely used. c. They may provoke a migration strategy among inhabitants whereby one might work in a cooler lower level, eat in a middle level, sleep and bathe in the warmest upper area. Thermal qualities begin to affect use patterns. d. A solar house, geared to both the people who live in it and the cycles of the sun, embodies an attitude reminiscent of the ancients fire worship as a celebration of the death and rebirth of the sun. It brings a primal phenomenon into the realm of everyday experience.

3 9. In her chapter on Sacredness Ms. Heschong discusses thermal qualities as status symbol. Which of the following is not an illustration used in this part of the text? a. Along with the black leather chair and the deep pile carpet, the air-conditioned office is a mark of executive prestige. b. In early Rome, baths with warm water were a luxury found only in houses of the very rich. The statesman Agrippa conceived the idea of creating a free public bath to make the government more popular with the people. c. In Saudi Arabia, if a family can only afford to air-condition one room, it is most likely to be the little used men s visiting room because hospitality is an essential value and guests are given the best the family has to offer. d. Passive solar houses today are often built more as a status symbol than as an energy conserving building form. Because they are so costly to build and operate they are associated with wealth. 8. In her chapter on Affection one of Ms. Heschong s primary examples is the family of Harvard professor Lawrence Wylie who moved from their modern American home to a French village house heated by fireplaces, which of the following best describes their transition? a. They found fireplace heating efficient and comfortable realizing they could keep the whole house heated just as they did in America at much less cost. b. They found that their family life became concentrated in one room in their French house since it was very difficult and time consuming to keep fireplaces burning all over the house. c. They found that they could never really feel warm enough in the French house. They got ill and had to move to a more adequately heated home. d. They loved the romance of the fireplaces, but ultimately refitted the French house with mechanical systems because they were concerned about the depletion of forests and the smoke pollution created by fireplaces. 7. In her chapter on Delight Ms. Heschong notes a propensity of various cultures to have thermal extremes close together. Which of the following is not one of the comments she makes about these practices? a. The Finnish practice of jumping from the sauna into a snow bank or cold lake is claimed by some to strengthen one s health. b. Americans flock to the beaches to bake in the hot sun, then swim in the cold ocean. Long periods of hot sun with periodic cold jolts has been proven to be harmful to one s health. c. Gardens of Islam are contained by higher walls which provide a marked distinction between the cool garden within and the hot desert without.

4 6. In her chapter on Necessity Ms. Heschong notes that Of all creatures, human beings have the greatest variety of thermal strategies available to them. Which of the following is not one such strategy she notes? a. Our mammalian heritage gives us metabolic adjustments that allow us to maintain comfort over quite a spread of thermal conditions. b. Our naked skin functions perfectly in hot, humid tropics as well as in most other climates, meaning that traditional clothing could develop more for ornament than for thermal function. c. We can consciously vary our muscular activity to increase or decrease heat production, much like the lizard or the butterfly. d. Human parallel animal migration. Many New Englanders maintain a cottage in the country or along the seacoast where they find relief from the hot city. 5. In the lecture on Architecture in Response to Climate we looked at two office buildings in the early part of the lecture Cameron Offices in Australia and the Tenneco Building in Houston. Which of the following is true of both of these? a. They both have extensive areas of glass protected by deep sun shading to reduce heat gain. b. Though they are subjected to very different sun conditions and climatic variables, they both employ high thermal mass effectively. c. They are both in hot humid climates and use low-mass wood frames to reduce heat retention. d. They both employ horizontal sun shading on one side of the building, vertical sun shading on two sides and no sun shading on the fourth side, acknowledging the very different solar circumstances of each facade. 4. In the lecture on Construction/Tectonics the building process of S. Maria della Fiore in Florence was described in some detail. Which of the following best describes that process? a. It was well organized and linear. They knew what they wanted to accomplish and proceeded to do it efficiently. b. It was accomplished in an amazingly short period of time because of the inventions contributed by Brunelleschi at the very beginning of the project. c. It was a long building process slowed down by plague, indecision about what to do and lack of knowledge about how to construct what they wanted. d. Though Brunelleschi managed the whole process, start to finish, with exemplary skill and invention, it took a long time to complete because of lack of funds.

5 3. In the lecture on Structure and Materials several examples were cited of Roman masonry projects that were excellent illustrations of bearing (compression) structures. Which of the following is not one of those examples? a. The Pantheon b. The Colosseum c. Port du Gard d. The Parthenon 2. In the lecture on Geography/Topography/Ecology three major problems were noted in the development of the area around Friendswood, Pearland and Clear Lake City southeast of Houston that contributed to flooding problems. Which of the following is not one of those? a. Problems related to impervious cover. b. Problems related to storm sewer systems. c. Problems related to diurnal swing. d. Problems related to subsidence. 1. In the lecture on Buildings and Land we discussed three historic settlements that grew out of the landscape Monte Alban, Acoma and Mont St. Michel. Which of the following is true of all three of them? a. They are all powerful examples of native American cultures building in a sophisticated way prior to European influence. b. They all occupy elevated landscapes that command broad, sweeping views of the surrounding terrain. c. They are all coastal fortresses that effectively bridge the land and the sea. d. They are all dominantly horizontal reinforcing the flatness of the landscape they occupy.