Final

Question 1

The house lots of Walden are:

Answer 1

much smaller than typical lots and adjacent to community open spaces and thus seem more spacious

Question 2

The common elements that are shared by landscape architecture and engineering:

Answer 2

man,technology,nature

Question 3

According to Lu Cutrera, a thorough and broad-reaching analysis:

Answer 3

can precent the complete reworking of a solution if the product is found not to be environmentally sound

Question 4

The characteristics of special places include

Answer 4

strong image, progression of experience, set off as special places in space and time

Question 5

In comparing the architecture of a hot arid climate with that of a warm and humid climate:

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hot arid-small windows– warm humid-large openings

hot arid-flat roof–warm humid-high “umbrella” roof

hot-arid heavy adobe insulation–warm humid-rooms that allow air to flow through

Question 6

Early Louisiana plantation houses feature:

Answer 6

cross ventilation; main floor elevated to capture breezes

Question 7

In order to be the designer of an interpretative exhibit, it is beneficial to have a background that includes:

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design ability, teaching ability, a knowledge of construction, and the science of museum operations

Question 8

In the interpretative Swamp Exhibit at the Audubon Zoo, visitors find the following along the walkways:

Answer 8

animal habitats, cultural exhibits about people of the swamp, artifacts of swamp life

Question 9

The use of water in an environmentally sensitive manner might include:

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the use of exeriscape of planting designs, recycling water, correctly designing and managing irrigation systems, creating water codes and displays that conserve water

Question 10

Most adventure playgrounds:

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encourage children to use materials like scrap lumber to build their own play environments

Question 11

Through what two process does a child develop intelligence:

Answer 11

assimilation and accommodations

Question 12

In play ground design, provisions for parents should be:

Answer 12

comfortable and have easy access and visibility of playground

Question 13

The reason that psychologists tell us that water and sand can provide the child with an excellent play experience is:

Answer 13

these materials can respond to manipulation by the child, offer the possibilities of variation, can be moved (rearranged)

Question 14

The planned improvement for Bourbon St. included:

Answer 14

better signs, improved lighting, improved pavements and street gutters

Question 15

Four phases of preservation are:

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associative, aesthetic, historic district, adaptive re-use

Question 16

Versailles is an example of the historical preservation approach that is called:

Answer 16

frozen time

Question 17

In historic environments, such as in Williamsburg, the goal is to provide a better understanding of:

Answer 17

the gardens of the period, both decorative and utilitarian

Question 18

According to William H. Whyte, successful plazas provide:

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trees, water, food, triangulation

Question 19

Buck Abbey explained that interpretation involves:

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telling a story creatively, teaching, design and construction

Question 20

William H. Whyte found that dangerous public places are those that are:

Answer 20

cut off from an separated from the street

Question 21

William Whyte noted that:

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food vendors should be encourages in plazas, outdoor cafes should be compactly designed for greater sociability, people tend to be attracted by other people who are eating

Question 22

As the design for Scotlandville Park proceeded, a decision was made to:

Answer 22

use bicycle and pedestrian pathways to create a linear park linking different usage areas

Question 23

They playground and construction activities included:

Answer 23

the kids who drew their vision for the playground and the military and its use of their heavy equipment that was available to them

Question 24

At Walden, the LA increased the aesthetic value of the property by:

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widening the drainage canal to create the effect of a Lake

Question 25

Scotland Park features:

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multiple uses of highway right-of-ways, interconnection of the community with pathways, nature areas in the floodplain

Question 26

The Scotlandville Park plan calls for:

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draining the plain to provide more space for the park and preserving the natural vegetation

Question 27

For the Scotlandville Bypass Highway:

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the design team planned and designed the joint use of development

Question 28

The goals of New Orleans waterfront renovation includes which of the following:

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improving the visitor’s ability to get close to the water, creation of links between Jackson Square, the French Market, and the Waterfront; use of artillery park as a vantage point to the river and Jackson square

Question 29

The French Quarter projects that were shown by Max illustrated how the planning of:

Answer 29

links and node enhance five related projects in the historic area

Question 30

The French Quarter Moon Walk was:

Answer 30

built to provide a public access to the New Orleans riverfront

Question 31

Sam Corso works in a series. This means:

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numbered sequences, variation of an idea, the disposition of colors

Question 32

Sam Corso explained that he is a multi-media artists who works in :

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various types of painting and drawing, stained glass, sculpture, mosaics

Question 33

The drainage canal at Walden:

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was reshaped and widened to create a lake effect

Question 34

The Portland Fountain by Lawrence Halprin uses a grotto providing a view from behind the waterfall which:

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reflected the history of water design from Italian villas

Question 35

The Portland Forecourt Fountain addressed safety by:

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posting warning signs and using the lips of waterfalls as safety features

Question 36

The earthen embankments along a portion of the Scotlandville Bypass are for the purpose of:

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flood protection, highway noise reduction, directing views

Question 37

The Walden project that was illustrated by Van Cox:

Answer 37

has a widened canal to help rush water out of the subdivision to areas farther down stream

Question 38

Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello illustrates how the focus of its preservation:

Answer 38

initially was placed upon the building; lately has included the site, and the location of the vegetable gardens; is now preserving the remains of the slave cabin foundation

Question 39

Charleston, S.C., and the French Quarter in New Orleans are examples of the:

Answer 39

historic district concept

Question 40

The number one activity in plazas observed by William H. Whyte is:

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people watching

Question 41

Over the centuries, the meaning and importance of the images in a painting were shown:

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by various sizes of the figures (larger images were more important in early paintings), by halos and labels that identified importance in early paintings, by symbols such as St. Peter’s “key” and other recognizable characteristics in later Renaissance paitings

Question 42

As noted in the article, “Kids Don’t Need Equipment, They Need Opportunity,” most public play areas lack:

Answer 42

skilled supervision and freedom and challenges for the children

Question 43

An important objective of the LA who designed the various French Quarter riverfront area projects was to:

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interconnect all five projects

Question 44

Traffic management is emphasized in Smart Growth by:

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moving more people using alternative transportation and building compact walkable communities

Question 45

The Louisiana Swamp Exhibit theme includes:

Answer 45

swamp animals, nature in the swamp and swamp culture

Question 46

Planting techniques relying more on native species that do not rely upon irrigation are referred to as:

Answer 46

xeriscape

Question 47

The pattern of house at Walden:

Answer 47

not typical of most BR subdivisions and a cluster of housing development

Question 48

In order to develop and interpretation plan for the Chalmette National Battlefield, Kevin Risk’s research included:

Answer 48

artist sketches, photos, old maps, and archeological information