Buildings, Architects & Styles

Question 1

India Habitat Center, New Delhi

Answer 1

Joseph Allen Stein

Question 2

CWC, Mahindra College, Pune

Answer 2

Christopher Charles Benninger

Question 3

Brain & Cognitive Science center, MIT , Cambridge

Answer 3

Charles Chorrea

Question 4

Habitat 67, Montreal

Answer 4

Moshe Safdi / Brutalist / Prefabricated Modular Elements

Question 5

Earthscape

Answer 5

John O Simonds

Question 6

Synthesis of forms

Answer 6

Christofer Alexander(Father of Pattern Language), About process of design. Quote: Design is the process of inventing things which display new physical order, organization, form, in response to function."
Other Works: The city is not a tree, The Timeless Way of Building, A New Theory of Urban Design, The Oregon Experiment, The Nature of Order: An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe.

Question 7

Design with nature

Answer 7

Ian McHarg - he set forth the basic concepts that were to develop later in geographic information systems.
Other Works -Heal the Earth: Selected Writings of Ian L. McHarg 1998, A Quest for Life: An Autobiography Ian L. McHarg 1996, Ian McHarg: Dwelling in Nature: Conversations with Students 2007,

Question 8

The city of tommorrow and its planning

Answer 8

Le corbusier ,Modernist - Master Planner of Chandigarh, Co founder of Purism with Amédée Ozenfant (A Cubist painter), Known for five point of architecture (Villa Savoye), Plan Voisin (Redevelopement plan of Central Paris), Radiant City, The Modular, Open Hand (Sign for Peace and reconciliation)

Question 9

Cross staff

Answer 9

Chain Survey

Question 10

Alidade

Answer 10

Plain Table Survey

Question 11

Sextant

Answer 11

Traversing

Question 12

Distomat

Answer 12

Distomat

Question 13

Rank size rule

Answer 13

Primacy of settlement

Question 14

Central place theory

Answer 14

Settlement size & location

Question 15

Entropy of settlement

Answer 15

Random Component in location of settlement

Question 16

Gravity model

Answer 16

Interaction between settlement

Question 17

Thermal Resistance

Answer 17

m2°C/W

Question 18

Thermal Transmittance

Answer 18

W/m2°C

Question 19

Specific heat

Answer 19

J/Kg°C

Question 20

Thermal Conductivity

Answer 20

W/m°C

Question 21

Cassia Fistula

Answer 21

Tree. अमलतास, Golden Shower tree,bright, yellow, fragrant flowers - HT 40ft

Question 22

Lagerstroemia-flos-reginae

Answer 22

Tree. जरुल,Queen Crape Myrtle, Mauve crinkled flowers- HT 50ft

Question 23

Cordia Sebstena

Answer 23

Tree . Scarlet Cordia, Orange Geiger Tree, Sebesten plum, Geiger Tree लाल लसॊड़ा, Red Flowers HT 25ft

Question 24

Plumeria Alba

Answer 24

Tree. Frangipani, Plumeria गुलैन्ची, गुलाचिन, चम्पा HT 30

White Flowers 40ft.

Question 25

Park Movement

Answer 25

Revival of the the relationship between Man and Nature

(The Park Movement has been associated with the “Victorian ‘aptitude for passionate reform.’”

Question 26

New Urban-ism

Answer 26

Relationship between work and living, Environement sustainability/Technical and socio economic processes resulting growth energy, energy production and waste elimination.
(New Urbanism is a planning and development approach based on the principles of how cities and towns had been built for the last several centuries: walkable blocks and streets, housing and shopping in close proximity, and accessible public spaces. In other words: New Urbanism focuses on human-scaled urban design. )