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
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
13. What are the primary elements of space articulation and organization?
A: Point, Line, Plane, Volume
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
20. It is the relationship between different things or parts with respect to comparative size, number or degree.
A: Proportion
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
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
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
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
40. It is the extent within which matter is physically extended and objects and events have positions relative to one
another.
A: Space
42. It is the attribute that most clearly distinguishes a form from its environment
A: Color
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
50. That which eye identifies, the mind perceives and interprets.
A: Form
52. Who said that “The magnificent display of volume put together in the light”.
A: Le Corbusier
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
58. These systems are based on the dimension and proportion of the human body.
A: Anthropomorphic Proportion
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
97. Who is the architect of the US Pavilion in the 1967 Montreal Exposition and introduced geodesic dome?
A: Buckminister Fuller
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
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
109. Spatial relationship defined as two spaces may abut each other or share a common border.
A: Adjacent Spaces
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
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
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
124. When was copy of Virtue Manuscript was found at St. Gallen Monastery?
A: 1948
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
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
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
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
143. Sensory perception and recognition of the physical elements by experiencing them sequentially in time.
A: Perceptual
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
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.