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ARCHITECTURAL LINGO Flashcards

1
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To discharge, as from the body; void.

A

EGEST

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A means or place of entering; an entry way.

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INGRESS

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3
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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.

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WHITE ELEPHANT

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4
Q

We plan people’s relationship to

indoors and the site, the adjoining buildings, the neighbors, nature.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING

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5
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A means of going out or exit.

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A means of going out or exit.

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6
Q

French (slice) Foreign Fund is
divided into different releases to
borrower.

A

TRANCHE

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7
Q

The process of analyzing systems equipment, materials,

and obtain the desired function at the lowest overall cost, without sacrificing quality.

A

VALUE ENGINEERING

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8
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Group such as inhabitants of the
same floor of a block or flats,
through various social gatherings.

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MICRO

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9
Q

London International Borrowing

Rate, the present rate of interest.

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LIBOR RATE

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10
Q

Group of City such as
Barangays. In times of conflict,
territorial instincts are inflated to
include whole group of nations.

A

MACRO

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11
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To put in

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INGEST

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12
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A legal authority to delay payment of money due; or a temporary cessation of activity considered as dangerous (construction of tall buildings).

A

MORATORIUM

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13
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The art and science of designing and

constructing buildings

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ARCHITECTURE

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14
Q

The aspect of architecture and city planning that
deals with the design of urban structures and
spaces

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URBAN DESIGN

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15
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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.

A

INTERIOR DESIGN

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16
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The art and science of applying scientific
principles to practical ends in the design and
construction of structures, equipment, and
systems

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ENGINEERING

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17
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The art, business or profession of designing,
arranging, or modifying the features of a
landscape for aesthetic or practical reasons

A

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

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18
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The process of building, from site preparation
through erection, assembly, and finishing
operations

A

CONSTRUCTION

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19
Q

The person who engages in the profession of
architecture, usually trained and experienced in
the design and construction of buildings

A

ARCHITECT

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20
Q

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

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OWNER

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21
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A person trained, skilled, or professionally
engaged in any of the various branches of
engineering, as structural, mechanical, or
electrical engineering.

A

ENGINEER

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22
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A person or organization that contracts to
provide the materials and perform the work for a
construction project at a specified time and rate

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CONTRACTOR

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23
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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

A

Aesthetics

24
Q

The art, process, or technique of representing
an object, scene, or idea by means of lines on a
surface.

A

Drawing

25
Q

A relatively permanent enclosed structure

constructed over a plot of land for habitable use

A

Building

26
Q

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.

A

BUILDING CODE

27
Q

A building in which people live

A

HOUSE

28
Q

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

A

STRUCTURE

29
Q

The undelying structure forming the foundation

of a building or other construction

A

Substructure

30
Q

The vertical extension of a building or other

construction above the foundation

A

Superstructure

31
Q

A complete horizontal division of a building,
having a continuous or nearly continuous floor
and comprising the space between two adjacent
levels

A

STORY

32
Q

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.

A

Orientation

33
Q

A rigid, relatively slender structural member
desiged primarily to support axial, compressive
loads applied at the member ends.

A

Column

34
Q

The extent of space between 2 supports of a

structure.

A

Span

35
Q

A curved structure for spannung an opening,
designed to support a vertical load primarily by
axial compression

A

Arch

36
Q

A rigid structural member designed to carry and
transfer transverse loads across space to
supporting elements

A

Beam

37
Q

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

A

Foundation

38
Q

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)

A

Floor

39
Q

A story of a building that is wholly or partly below

ground level

A

Basement

40
Q

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.

A

Concrete

41
Q

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

A

Form

41
Q

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

A

Form

42
Q

Any of various upright constructions presenting
a continuous surface and serving to enclose,
divide, or protect an area

A

Wall

43
Q

The front of a building or any of its sides facing a
public way or space, especially one distingushed
by its architectural treatment

A

Façade

44
Q

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.

A

Masonry

45
Q

The design, proportioning, and disposition of
windows and other exterior openings of a
building

A

Fenestration

46
Q

A hinged, sliding, or folding barrier of wood,
metal, or glass for opening and closing an
entrance to a building, room, or cabinet.

A

Door

47
Q

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

A

Window

48
Q

The overhead interior surface or lining of a
room, often concealing the underside of the floor
or roof above

A

Ceiling

49
Q

The external upper covering of a building,

including the frame for supporting the roofing

A

Roof

50
Q

COLOR-CHANGING’ SMART

MATERIALS

A

CHROMICS

51
Q

materials that change color when

exposed to light

A

Photochromics

52
Q

materials that change color due to

temperature changes

A

Thermochromics

53
Q

materials that change color due to

imposed stresses and/or deformations.

A

Mechanochromics

54
Q

materials that change color when

exposed to specific chemical environments.

A

Chemochromics

55
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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.

A

Electrochromics

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