PUA, JOSHUA JOHN D.

ARCHITECTURAL COMPREHENSIVE COURSE

ACTIVITY 2 – THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE

1. The process and the product of planning, designing, and constructing buildings or any other
structures. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as
cultural symbols and as works of art. Historical civilizations are often identified with their
surviving architectural achievements.
a. Architecture
2. The conscience use of skill, craft, and creative imagination in the production of what is
beautiful, appealing, or of more than ordinary significance.
a. Art
3. The branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of art, beauty, and taste, with a view to
establishing the meaning and validity of critical judgements concerning works of art.
a. Aesthetics
4. A branch of knowledge dealing with a body of facts or truths obtained by direct observation,
experimental investigation, and methodological study, systematically arranged and showing
the operation of general laws
a. Science
5. The state or quality of being solidly constructed.
a. Firmness
6. The unifying structure or concept of an artistic works
a. Architectonics
7. The science of human social institutions and relationships, specifically the study of the
origin, development, structure, functioning, and collective behavior of organized groups of
human beings.
a. Sociology
8. The Science of human beings, specifically the study of the origins, physical and cultural
development, and environmental and social relations of humankind.
a. Anthropology
9. Indicates a position in space.
a. Point
10. A point extended becomes a
a. Line
11. A line extended becomes a
a. Plane
12. A plane extended becomes a
a. Volume
13. The characteristic outline or surface configuration of a particular form.
a. Shape
14. The physical dimensions of length, width, and depth of a form.
a. Size
15. A phenomenon of light and visual perception that may be described in terms of an
individual’s perception of hue, saturation, and tonal value.
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a. Color
16. The visual and especially tactile quality given to a surface by the size, shape, arrangement,
and proportions of the parts.
a. Texture
17. A statement of the beliefs, values or viewpoints from which the development of the design
solutions take off, They are often formed out of universally held principles and thus become
bases for socially desirable design objectives.
a. Design Philosophy
18. Factoring in cultural variations and contextual realities.
a. Critical Regionalism
19. The state in which a person employs psychological barriers to control unwanted intrusions.
a. Reserve
20. The state of being unknown even in a crowd.
a. Anonimity
21. The state of being with another person but free from the outside world.
a. Intimacy
22. The state of being free from observation by others.
a. Solitude
23. An applied science concerned with the characteristics of people that need to be considered
in the design of devices and systems in order that people and things will interact effectively
and safely.
a. Ergonomics
24. Put emphasis on practical resolution of a building's needs; free plan, no dominant facade
white walls.
a. Functionalism
25. First national artist in Architecture.
a. Nakpil, Juan F.
26. The Vitruvian Man, a nude male in 2 superimposed positions with arms and legs apart was
drawn by _____.
a. Leonardo Da Vinci
27. He denounced that a building should reflect measurements and proportions of the human
body.
a. Vitruvius
28. "Firmitas, Utilitas, Venustas"
(Strength, FUnction, Beauty)
a. Marcus Vitruvius Pollio
29. "Less is more."
a. Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe
30. 4 Principles of Organization.
a. Space within a Space
b. Interlocking Spaces
c. Adjacent Spaces
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d. Spaces linked by a Common Space