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LECTURE 2 & 3 Flashcards

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INFLUENCES ON ARCHITECTURE

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GENERAL INFLUENCES, INFLUENCES OF NATURE, INFLUENCE OF MAN

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GENERAL INFLUENCES

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NEEDS OF MAN & ACTIVITIES OF MAN

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NEEDS OF MAN

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PHYSICAL NEEDS, EMOTIONAL NEEDS, INTELLECTUAL NEEDS

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WHAT ARE THE TWO PHYSICAL NEEDS?

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SELF PRESERVATION AND REPRODUCTION

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food, shelter, clothing, livelihood, and other basic needs

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SELF PRESERVATION

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5
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for the population to
increase and continue in existence.

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REPRODUCTION

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ACTIVITIES OF MAN

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  • DESIRE FOR PRESERVATION
  • DESIRE FOR RECOGNITION
  • DESIRE FOR RESPONSE
  • DESIRE FOR SELF-EXPRESSION
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WHAT ARE THE INFLUENCES OF NATURE?

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CLIMATE & TOPOGRAPHY

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This affects the habits and temperaments
of people

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CLIMATE

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WHAT ARE THE TWO TYPES OF CLIMATE?

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WARMER CLIMATE & COLDER CLIMATE

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10
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plans are more open and often include courts or patios.

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WARMER CLIMATE

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11
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more compact in arrangement. The severe cold winds are avoided by providing a cover from portion of the building to the other.

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COLDER CLIMATE

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The general terrain or contour of the surface of an area.

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TOPOGRAPHY

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WHAT ARE THE INFLUENCES OF MAN?

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SOCIAL CONDITIONS & MAN’S PERSONALITY

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14
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Since architecture is the most permanent and cumulative reflection of the social structure of a certain period, the interests of the people dictate the type and appearance of its buildings

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SOCIAL CONDITIONS

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15
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In this setting, this reflects his interest in the type of house that he prefers to live in. This influence is even more magnified when you are dealing with residential clients

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MAN’S PERSONALITY

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16
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refers to the size of something compared to a reference standard or to the size of something else (like a human being).

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SCALE

17
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refers to the proper and harmonious relation of one part to another or to the whole.

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PROPORTION

18
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In architecture, you can achieve proportion
through?

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  • MATERIAL PROPORTIONS
  • STRUCTURAL PROPORTIONS
  • MANUFACTURED PROPORTIONS
19
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PROPORTIONING SYSTEMS

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  • GOLDEN SECTION
  • CLASSICAL ORDERS
  • RENAISSANCE THEORIES
  • MODULOR
  • KEN
  • ANTHROPOMETRY
20
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a mathematically-based proportioning system used by ancient civilizations including the Greeks and Romans as well as by modern designers, most notably the French-Swiss architect Le Corbusier.

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GOLDEN SECTION

21
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Used by the Greeks and Romans of ancient antiquity represented the perfect expression of beauty and harmony. They were not based on a fixed unit of measurement, but rather on the proportioning of the parts to the whole.

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CLASSICAL ORDERS

22
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The architects of the Renaissance, believing that their buildings had to belong to a higher order, returned to the Greek mathematical system of proportions.

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RENAISSANCE THEORIES

23
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who developed the proportioning system which was based on musical scale?

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PYTHAGORAS

24
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They thought that architecture was mathematics translated into spatial units.

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Renaissance Architects

25
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They thought music to be the geometry translated into sound

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Greeks

26
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They applied the proportioning system developed by Pythagoras (which was based on the musical scale) and developed a progression of ratios that formed the basis of their architecture.

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Renaissance Architects

27
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This proportioning system was made famous by the French-Swiss architect Le Corbusier.

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Modulor

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This was based on the measuring concepts used by the Ancient Greeks, Egyptians and other high civilizations.

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Modulor

29
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It uses the mathematical proportions of the human body as a point of reference.

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Modulor

30
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The Modulor combines the aesthetic dimensions of the ____________ and ____________ with the scale of the human body.

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Golden Section & Fibonacci numerical series

31
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He developed this system for the serial production of standard furniture and for determining the lengths, heights, and widths of inner spaces.

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Le Corbusier

32
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It is a traditional Japanese unit of length.

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Ken

33
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It originally designated the interval between two columns and it was standardized later for residential architecture.

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Ken

34
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It was used as the absolute measurement for the construction of buildings and as an aesthetic module that ordered the structure, materials and space of Japanese architecture.

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Ken

35
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Together with ken, another module also affected the design of Japanese spaces

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Tatami

36
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the traditional Japanese floor mat

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Tatami

37
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It was originally proportioned to accommodate two persons sitting or one person sleeping.

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Tatami

38
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The smaller side of a tatami was equal to the?

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ken and two kens equaled the length of a tatami.

39
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The Japanese inner spaces were formed
according to

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ken modules and the placement of tatamis

40
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This refers to the size and proportions of the human body.

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ANTHROPOMETRY

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This search for the functional dimensions of the human body.

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Anthropometric proportioning methods

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