2nd version of F Test

Question 1

Things to Study

Answer 1

-11. Architectural projection
-2. Typography and stuff
-3. the lines on the typographic map
-4. The long definition of site
-5. (Ground purpose and appropriated)
-6. the type of land form and it’s image (labeling those)
-7. easement?
-8. shadows (1 question) “why is the shadow longer in the wintertime?”
-9. Removing soil from the site (removing from the
-10. deciduous trees, why are they on the southern side of buildings.

Question 2

What is Topography?

Answer 2

The “lay of the land”, terrain, landform

They measure change in elevation (height) at equal increments.

Question 3

3. The lines on a topographic map are?

Answer 3

contour lines, which indicate the elevation of the ground:

Spot elevations are translated
into contours by the process of
interpolation.

Question 4

4. Long definition of site?

Answer 4

The ground or area upon which a building, town, etc.,

brute matter?

human need or desire

(has been built, or which is set apart for some purpose. Also, in mod. use, a plot, or number of plots, of land intended or suitable for building purposes, and, in wider use , a piece of ground or an area which has been appropriated for some purpose; the scene of a specified activity.)

Question 5

5. Ground = ?
   Purpose = ?
   Appropriated= ?

Answer 5

Ground = brute matter of nature
Purpose = human desire, need, intention
Appropriated= cultural process of taking or claiming
something as one’s own

Question 6

What do contours represent?

Answer 6

Topography

contours are concerned with surface.

Question 7

7. Easements are what?

Answer 7

The right to use a portion of a property for construction purposes, either temporarily or permanently.

Question 8

why are shadows longer in the winter time?

Answer 8

Shadows are longer in the winter because the Earth is tilted away from the sun thus sun is lower to the earth

Question 9

9.Parts of Topography? (pg. 56)

Answer 9

Cut: *removal of soil or digging
into (cutting) into slope
Fill: adding of soil or
supplementing slope (often to
make a level area)
Ideally cut and fill should be
equal
Topography (re)grading: alteration of terrain

Question 10

10. Extra Credit Question:
    Why are deciduous trees on the southern side of buildings?

Answer 10

Deciduous trees are often planted on the southern side of buildings because they provide shade during the summer months when the sun is high in the sky, but then lose their leaves in the winter, allowing sunlight to reach the building and provide warmth when needed

Question 11

11. Architectural Projection?

Answer 11

describing the exact shape and size of an object (real or viewed)

Question 12

What are the two categories of Architectural Projection (“real” and “viewed”)?

Answer 12

REAL AND VIEWED

NOT Pictorial and orthographic

Real” = Accurate to the exact size and shape of the subject
○ Can be Scaled and Measured to reproduce or construct the subject
○ Undistorted by Perspective
○ Flat individual views that do not show depth

“Viewed” = Show the object in 3 Dimensions
○ Two Categories of 3-d views: Perspective and Paraline (isometric/axon)
○ Perspective: Parallel lines converge on Vanishing Points, Distorted and not accurate to size and shape.
○ Paraline: Represents the subject in 3-d but can be measured and scaled accurately