Midterm Exam Flashcards
Type of lot
Interior lot
Inside lot
Corner lot
Through lot
Corner through lot
Corner lot abutting
50% Open space and
following the required
setback.
Interior lot
20% Open space and
following the required
setback.
Inside lot
Give the two 10% Open space and
following the required
setback.
Corner lot
Trough lot
Give the two 5% Open space and
following the required
setback.
Corner through lot
Corner lot abutting
Where have our direct human ancestors evolved? And how years ago?
Africa from 2.3 million years ago
Human spread from africa into?
Southern Europe and Asia
large standing stone: an enormous stone, usually standing upright or
forming part of a prehistoric structure.
Megalithic
Gigantic statues and other archaeological remains of ancient Polynesian peoples are found on Easter Island, which
lies west of the Chilean coast and is considered part of Chile.
Easter Island, chile
the circular arrangement of large stones near Salisbury, England, was probably built in three stages
between about 3000 and 1000 BC
Stonehenge
room for socializing: a room in a house where people usually relax or
entertain guests.
Living room
room where meals are served: a room where meals are eaten, especially in
a home or hotel
Dinning room
food preparation area: a room or part of a room or building in which food is
prepared and cooked
Kitchen
A room with plumbing fixture that serves as an indoor receptacle and
removal system for human waste.
Toilet
room for sleeping: a room that has a bed in it and is used mainly for
sleeping
Bedroom
- covered entrance: a covered shelter at the entrance to a building
Porch
balcony: a level outdoor surface that extends from one of the upper floors
of an apartment or house
Terrace
automotive building for motor vehicles: a building for parking or storing one
or more motor vehicles
Garage
The word “Architect” is derived from the Greek word “Arch” means “___” and the word “tecton” meaning “___”
Chief
Builder
Type of Architecture
Landscape arch
Naval Arch
Architecture (computer science)
Architecture (building)
The science art of modifying areas by organizing natural natural, cultivated, or constructed elements according to a comprehensive, aesthetic plan.
Land architrcture
Overall responsibility for designing and supervising construction of ships.
Naval Arch
Covers the design of system software
Architecture (computer science)
Practice of building design
Architecture (building)
Shows a man within a circle and a square an illustration of the proportional canon of ancient Roman Architect Vitrusvius.
Vitruvian man
Who is the artist of Vitruvian man?
Leonardo da Vinci from 1492
What sign is the best for the family to start the house construction to have better and peaceful life?
Virgo and Aquarius
Placing a cross made of bamboo or wood at the center of the construction site.
Mounting a cross
This belief, was conformed by some carpenters because the house owners that they have served have also and applied this practice.
Offering
This is an ancient ritual of butchering a pair of chicken where their blood be poured on the construction site and to the main columns of the house.
Padugo or shedding of chicken
This is the practice of placing or dropping coins in the main columns of the house starting from the right following the clockwise direction.
Manugo
The location of the main door should always be facing the east so as to help alleviate out lives
Main door facing the east
The other doors should not be facing through the through or parallel so that they do not form the “salpot”.
Doors should not be facing each other directly
The proper and acceptable number of steps in stairs must be observe
Oro, plata ,mata
Falling of carpenters or someone during house construction is a bad omen for the house owners.
Avoiding someone to fall from the house during construction
Filipino’s are well known for observing many beliefs and practices for they are wishing and dreaming to have a successful life, a well-paying job, and given the chance, some luxuries in life. The beliefs and practices are still being observed because homeowners believe that these are factors in order that the family members continue to prosper and be ready to conquer life’s challenges.
Reasons these beliefs and practices are still being observed
Members of the family are optimistic that they will prosper and bad spirits will be warded off and only good spirits will dwell in their house. This really happens when these beliefs are coupled with determination and perseverance.
Prosperity and drawing away bad spirits.
What are the 8 Build Back safer Key Messages?
1 Build on strong foundations
2 tie down from bottom up
3 Brace Against the storm
4 use strong joints
5 good house needs a good roof
6 site your house safety
7 A simple shape will keep you safe
8 be prepared
• A single, large upright monolith
• Serves a religious purpose
• Sometimes arranged in parallel rows, reaching several
miles and consisting of thousands of stones
Menhir
• A single, large upright monolith
• Serves a religious purpose
• Sometimes arranged in parallel rows, reaching several
miles and consisting of thousands of stones
Menhir
Tomb of standing stones usually capped with a large
horizontal slab
Dolmen
Enclosure formed by huge stones planted on the ground
in circular form
Cromlech
Dominant tomb type
• Corridor inside leading to an underground chamber
Tumulus or passage grave
• Mostly had one room
• The development of more complex civilizations led to
division of the room into smaller ones for eating, sleeping,
socializing
Primitive dwellings
dry walled rough stone shelter with corbelled roof
Beehive hut trullo
conical tent with wooden poles as framework
• Covered with rush mats and an animal skin door
Hogan - primitive Indian structure of joined logs
Wigwam or tepee
Innuit (Eskimo) house constructed of hard-packed
snow blocks built up spirally
Igloo
Religious buildings built next to temples
• On top was a small templ
Ziggurats
Moulding inspired by reeds
Gorge or hallow and roll
: rows of monsters (body of lion, head
of man, hawk, ram) leading to monuments
Avenue of sphinxes
massive funerary structure of stone or brick
Phramids
Rectangular flat-topped funerary mound, with battered
side, covering a burial chamber below ground
Mastabas
