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ARC 308 Exam 3 MC Questions and Answers |100% Pass In the lecture on "Architectural Determinism", Baker House at MIT was noted for all but one of the following traits. Which is NOT a point made in that lecture? a. Baker House's careful arrangement of private rooms, shared spaces and pathways en...

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ARC 308 Exam 3 MC Questions and
Answers |100% Pass

In the lecture on "Architectural Determinism", Baker House at MIT was noted for all but one of the

following traits. Which is NOT a point made in that lecture?




a. Baker House's careful arrangement of private rooms, shared spaces and pathways encourage student

interaction, but also allow for privacy




b. The dormitory emphasizes a single deterministic experience for all students including identical rooms

and amenities in all parts of the building




c. It is carefully designed to optimize sun, view, and privacy on a site which offered great potential

amenity for students living there




d. It has had great longevity, serving serveral generations of students since its completion with little

alteration in its general plan. - Answer✔✔-b. The dormitory emphasizes a single deterministic

experience for all students including identical rooms and amenities in all parts of the building


In the lecture on "Meaning" the University of Virginia campus was noted as drawing on the Pantheon for

some of its meaning. Which of the following is NOT one of the points made?


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a. Allusions to the Roman republic carried messages about emergent American democracy




b. Because the Pantheon was dedicated to the Roman god Apollo, who stood for enlightenment,

reference to it carried appropriate messages about education




c. The forecourt of the Pantheon was a place for exchange of ideas, as "The Lawn" at the heart of the

University of Virginia campus was also to be a place for civil discourse




d. Reference to the architecture of Rome, with its power, grandeur, and long-lived in uence, lent a sense

of permanence and aspiration to the edgling University - Answer✔✔-b. Because the Pantheon was

dedicated to the Roman god Apollo, who stood for enlightenment, reference to it carried appropriate

messages about education


In their chapter on "The Order of Dreams," the authors of The Place of Houses use Fallingwater by Frank

Lloyd Wright (which we also looked at in class earlier in the semester) as an example. Which of the

following is NOT a description of their observations about it?




a. The house captures and intensifies the natural ledging of rock and cave with smooth concrete bridges

crossing the crevice, darting up the hill, and balancing over the falling stream.




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b. This house, like many others, includes reference to the traditional mythic elements of towers, caves,

and formed land.




c. The house itself is a place to be explored as fully as the forested and craggy site that it extended




d. The house bears the clear signature of its famous architect and is very much like other great houses he

did in the same area.




e. Though dramatically different in appearance, the house is, at a deeper level, actually like the place

that it is - Answer✔✔-d. The house bears the clear signature of its famous architect and is very much like

other great houses he did in the same area.




or




This house, like many others, includes reference to the traditional mythic elements of colonnades,

peaked roofs and a heavy base.


In their chapter title "Ours" the authors of The Place of Houses describe several houses they designed in

their own practice. Which of the following is NOT an observation they make about these houses?




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a. They were built in the early 2000s and were generally built as part of larger developments where the

architects were involved as they were at Sea Ranch




b. The one compelling similarity between them is that they are individual, special both to the people

they were designed for and to the place they were located




c. Many of the clients had small inelastic budgets, but most of them had splendid, picturesque or at least

challenging sites




d. They incorporate the architects' belief that the image of "house" holds great power over the human

mind, and that a house should seem the most important place in the world for its inhabitants




e. They represent the belief that houses must, separately, be the center of the world for - Answer✔✔-c.

Many of the clients had small inelastic budgets, but most of them had splendid, picturesque or at least

challenging sites


Which of the following is NOT a description of the condominium at Sea Ranch (which we also looked at

in class) as observed by the authors of The Place of Houses?




a. The condominium building was the initial attempt in the larger development to make a community, to

assert individual privacy over a community.



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