March 2021 Arch

Question 1

The Quality of Life Framework
The Quality of Life Framework is a way of showing how our homes and communities affect our quality of life.
It consists of six themes: ……

Answer 1

Nature, Wonder, Homes, Movement, Belonging and Control

Each relates to a different aspect of people’s experience. We are using this framework, developed in collaboration with URBED, to help people participate in the way their homes are created and cared for.

Question 2

Name of the international architectural prize that was won by Lacaton & Vassal in 2021 and Grafton Architects 2020?

Answer 2

Pritzker prize

Question 3

Architecture

What are the 10 principles for placemaking?

Answer 3

1. A Coherent Narrative
2. Spatial Hierarchy
3. Boundaries and Thresholds
4. Sense of enclosure
5. Massing Strategy
6. Townscape Markers
7. Space of interaction
8. Dwelling Typologies
9. Integrated Tenure
10. Car, bicycle and refuse

Question 4

London Borough From right to lift

Answer 4

Tower Hamlets 
Borough 
Hackney 
Harringay 
City of London 
Camden 
Southwark 
Westminster

Question 5

A word that means to exhibit different colours, especially as irregular patches or streaks.
It is modelled as three sliced volumes faced in a variegated London stock brick, the two outer slices cut and carved out for balconies and set-backs.

Answer 5

Variegated