ARCHITECTURAL LINGO Flashcards
To discharge, as from the body; void.
EGEST
A means or place of entering; an entry way.
INGRESS
Amount of investment given to A building, wherein the facilities is
never used or needed in the first place or property that is troublesome or expensive to keep.
WHITE ELEPHANT
We plan people’s relationship to
indoors and the site, the adjoining buildings, the neighbors, nature.
ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING
A means of going out or exit.
A means of going out or exit.
French (slice) Foreign Fund is
divided into different releases to
borrower.
TRANCHE
The process of analyzing systems equipment, materials,
and obtain the desired function at the lowest overall cost, without sacrificing quality.
VALUE ENGINEERING
Group such as inhabitants of the
same floor of a block or flats,
through various social gatherings.
MICRO
London International Borrowing
Rate, the present rate of interest.
LIBOR RATE
Group of City such as
Barangays. In times of conflict,
territorial instincts are inflated to
include whole group of nations.
MACRO
To put in
INGEST
A legal authority to delay payment of money due; or a temporary cessation of activity considered as dangerous (construction of tall buildings).
MORATORIUM
The art and science of designing and
constructing buildings
ARCHITECTURE
The aspect of architecture and city planning that
deals with the design of urban structures and
spaces
URBAN DESIGN
The art, business, or profession of planning the
design and supervising the execution of
architectural interiors, including the color
schemes, furnishings, fittings, finishes and
sometimes architectural features.
INTERIOR DESIGN
The art and science of applying scientific
principles to practical ends in the design and
construction of structures, equipment, and
systems
ENGINEERING
The art, business or profession of designing,
arranging, or modifying the features of a
landscape for aesthetic or practical reasons
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
The process of building, from site preparation
through erection, assembly, and finishing
operations
CONSTRUCTION
The person who engages in the profession of
architecture, usually trained and experienced in
the design and construction of buildings
ARCHITECT
A person or organization having the legal right or
title to a piece of property, usually the architect’s
client and party to the owner-architect
agreement
OWNER
A person trained, skilled, or professionally
engaged in any of the various branches of
engineering, as structural, mechanical, or
electrical engineering.
ENGINEER
A person or organization that contracts to
provide the materials and perform the work for a
construction project at a specified time and rate
CONTRACTOR
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
judgement concerning works of art
Aesthetics
The art, process, or technique of representing
an object, scene, or idea by means of lines on a
surface.
Drawing
A relatively permanent enclosed structure
constructed over a plot of land for habitable use
Building
A code regulating the design, construction,
alteration, and repair of buildings, adopted and
enforced by a local government agency to
protect the public safety, health, and welfare.
BUILDING CODE
A building in which people live
HOUSE
A stable assembly of structural elements
designed and constructed to function as a whole
in supporting and transmitting applied loads
safely to the ground without exceeding the
allowable stresses in the members
STRUCTURE
The undelying structure forming the foundation
of a building or other construction
Substructure
The vertical extension of a building or other
construction above the foundation
Superstructure
A complete horizontal division of a building,
having a continuous or nearly continuous floor
and comprising the space between two adjacent
levels
STORY
The position of a building on a site in relation to
true north, to points on the compass, to a
specific place or feature, or to local conditions of
sinlight, wind and drainage.
Orientation
A rigid, relatively slender structural member
desiged primarily to support axial, compressive
loads applied at the member ends.
Column
The extent of space between 2 supports of a
structure.
Span
A curved structure for spannung an opening,
designed to support a vertical load primarily by
axial compression
Arch
A rigid structural member designed to carry and
transfer transverse loads across space to
supporting elements
Beam
The lowest division of a building or other
construction, partly of wholly below the surface
of the ground, designed to support and anchor
the superstructure and transmit its loads directly
to the earth
Foundation
The level, base surface of a room or hall upon
which one stands or walks. (sahig)
A continuous supporting surface extending
horizontally througout a building, having a
number of rooms and constituting one level in a
structure. (palapag)
Floor
A story of a building that is wholly or partly below
ground level
Basement
An artificial stonelike building material made by
mixing cement and various mineral aggregates
with sufficient water to cause the cement to set
and bind the entire mass.
Concrete
Boarding or sheeting of wood, metal plastic, or
fiberglass for containing and giving a desired
shape to newly placed concrete until it sets and
gains sufficient strength to be self supporting
Form
Boarding or sheeting of wood, metal plastic, or
fiberglass for containing and giving a desired
shape to newly placed concrete until it sets and
gains sufficient strength to be self supporting
Form
Any of various upright constructions presenting
a continuous surface and serving to enclose,
divide, or protect an area
Wall
The front of a building or any of its sides facing a
public way or space, especially one distingushed
by its architectural treatment
Façade
Building with units of various natural or
manufactured products, as stone, brick, or
concrete block, usually with the use of mortar as
a bonding agent.
Masonry
The design, proportioning, and disposition of
windows and other exterior openings of a
building
Fenestration
A hinged, sliding, or folding barrier of wood,
metal, or glass for opening and closing an
entrance to a building, room, or cabinet.
Door
An opening in the wall of a building for admitting
light and air, usually fitted with a frame in which
are set operable sashes containing panes of
glass
Window
The overhead interior surface or lining of a
room, often concealing the underside of the floor
or roof above
Ceiling
The external upper covering of a building,
including the frame for supporting the roofing
Roof
COLOR-CHANGING’ SMART
MATERIALS
CHROMICS
materials that change color when
exposed to light
Photochromics
materials that change color due to
temperature changes
Thermochromics
materials that change color due to
imposed stresses and/or deformations.
Mechanochromics
materials that change color when
exposed to specific chemical environments.
Chemochromics
materials that change color when a voltage is applied. Related technologies include liquid crystals and suspended particle devices that change color or transparencies when electrically activated.
Electrochromics
