LESSON 1.1

Question 1

• First regional planners
• Greatest Engineers
• Neo-classical Design
• The Eternal City = The Republic

Answer 1

Ancient Rome

Question 2

What are the reasons for the fall of roman empires?

Answer 2

• moral decay
• religious prosecution and socio-religious divisions
• poor governance
• bit more than they could chew
• Aqueducts (supply of water

Question 3

Barbaric way of life
Holy Pope
Castles

Answer 3

Medieval Period

Question 4

Magic turn into faith

Answer 4

Medieval period

Question 5

Two distinctive characteristics of Medieval Period

Answer 5

Fortress cities due to conflict and war
Cathedral due to center of government = church

Question 6

Cuneiform
Concept of nothing

Answer 6

The Zero

Question 7

trade; wheels played a big role in empowering human society (transportation)

Answer 7

Silk Road

Question 8

Due to unhygienic practices and lack of proper sanitation
Circa 1350 → no concept of public health and medicines
People only pray for relief from this disaster/disease

Answer 8

Black Death (Bubonic Plague) = Fleas

Question 9

• Silver was the global standard
• “Money” was given importance
• Church became less dominant

Answer 9

Renaissance Period

Question 10

• Merchant class rise to power
• Mercantilism (nakikita ang tao da cities sa labas ng mga bldgs.)
• Florence, Italy (born)

Answer 10

Renaissance Period

Question 11

RADIAL URBAN MODEL

Answer 11

Leone Bautista Alberti
- symbolizes balance
- you have a center (radiocentric pattern)

Question 12

Planned London and St. Paul & Peter Cathedral

Answer 12

Sir Christopher Wren

Question 13

British Colony and rectangular grid system
Investing in smaller-scale development (block)
The neighborhood was divided into quadrants

Answer 13

William Penn - Pennsylvania

Question 14

London; Focused on the Building Code of the city; Building Act of 1774
Pioneering standardization of building code

Answer 14

John Gwynn

Question 15

• French Architect, Engineer, City Planner
• planned for Washington D.C.
• Model for American City Planning
• Symbol of governmental power
• Similar to Rizal Park
• Capitol City in D.C
  • Made new diagonal lines (network of wide streets convergin on a major parks)

Answer 15

Pierre Charles L’Enfant

Question 16

Paris (1809-1891)
Manila → Paris of the Orient
Planned paris (Best Planned City in the World) - commissioned by Emp. Napoleon III
Arc de triomphe
First to address the traffic flow
Curves, not just straight line
Element of water is important

Answer 16

Baron Georges Eugene Haussman

Question 17

Combination/Mix of everything (OA ang gawa rito) ~ majestic boulevards and designs ; Capture emotions through design

Answer 17

Baroque Period

Question 18

Established concept of urban design with the axis style of city design as the prominent one
• beauty, form and function

Answer 18

Renaissance Period

Question 19

NEW AMSTERDAM
• Manhattan was the original county of New York, until the addition in 1895 of the boroughs

Answer 19

Henry Hudson