Building Design

Question 1

Tools of the designer

Answer 1

Elements of design

Question 2

6 elements of design

Answer 2

Line, Form, Color, Space, Light & Shadow, Materials

Question 3

Used to produce a sense of movements within an object or to produce a greater sense of length or height

Answer 3

Line

Question 4

Enclose space and provide the outline or contour of forms

Answer 4

Lines

Question 5

Lines joined together produce

Answer 5

Form

Question 6

Serves to distinguish items, strengthen interest and reduce eye contact

Answer 6

Color

Question 7

Surrounds forms and is contained within it

Answer 7

Space

Question 8

Reflects from the surfaces of forms

Answer 8

Light

Question 9

Appear in the area that light cannot reach

Answer 9

Shadow

Question 10

Give a sense of depth to any structure

Answer 10

Light & Shadow

Question 11

Are the raw substances with which designers create

Answer 11

Materials

Question 12

The art of defining space and space relationship in a manner that makes use of all other elements of design in functional and aesthetic manner

Answer 12

Architectural Design

Question 13

Guidelines for using the elements of the design to create aesthetically functional buildings

Answer 13

Principles of Design

Question 14

Principles of Design

Answer 14

Balance, Rhythm, Emphasis, Proportion, Unity, Variety, Repetition, Opposition, Subordination, Transition

Question 15

The achievement equilibrium in design

Answer 15

Balance

Question 16

When lines, planes, and surface treatments are repeated in a regular sequence (order of arrangement)

Answer 16

Rhythm

Question 17

Used by the designer to draw attention to an area or subject

Answer 17

Emphasis

Question 18

Sense of wholeness in the design

Answer 18

Unity

Question 19

Involves contrasting elements such as short and long, thick and thin, straight and curved, black and white

Answer 19

Opposition

Question 20

The change from one color to another, or form a curved to a straight line, if done while maintaining the unity

Answer 20

Transition

Question 21

Area where most of the living activity occurs

Answer 21

Living Area

Question 22

Here the family relaxes, dines, listens to music, watches television, enjoys hobbies and participates in the other recreational activities

Answer 22

Living Area

Question 23

Often the entertainment center, the recreation center, the library, the music room, the TV center, the reception room, the social room, the study and occasionally the dining center

Answer 23

Living Room

Question 24

A covered platform leading into an entrance of a building

Answer 24

Porch

Question 25

A porch suspended from an upper level of a structure

Answer 25

Balcony

Question 26

The word patio comes from the Spanish word for

Answer 26

Courtyard

Question 27

The patio is often referred to by other names

Answer 27

loggia, breezeway, terrace

Question 28

Patios can be divided into three main types according to function

Answer 28

Living patio, play patio, quiet patio

Question 29

A Hawaiian word for porch

Answer 29

Lanai

Question 30

A covered exterior passageway

Answer 30

Lanai