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Branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of beauty and taste, as well as the philosophy of art

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Aesthetics

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Aesthetic is derived from the Greek word that refers to sensory perception and understanding of sensous knowledge

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aisthetikos

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Related with all the characteristics of the site, like climate or sun orientation patterns, prevailing winds, precipitation, and soil condition like topography

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Aesthetics in Site Context

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Site Context considers

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Scale

Views

User movements and requirements

Cost

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3 important Criteria of Site Planning

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Cost

Aesthetics

Functionality

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Refer to shapes, objects, colors, characters or shapes used to symbolize something else, commonly an abstract quality or thought.

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Image or symbols

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In literature, it refers to the use of figurative and descriptive language to create images in the reader’s mind

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Imagery

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In literature, it refers to the attribution of certain ideas and qualities to objects and concepts

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Symbolism

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Relates itself directly to our culture and culture is a product of people

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Faith

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Symbolism is mainly a derivation of

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Faith

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A form of symbolic expression which represents in concrete form the prevailing religious consciousness of the people

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Architecture

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Sensuous is believed to have been created by

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John Milton

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Anything that is pleasing to the senses

Describes anything that feels, tastes, smells, looks, or sound good

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Sensuous

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Sensuous qualities

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Vision

Hearing

Touch

Taste

Smell

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Is the process in which information is derived through senses, organized and interpreted

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Perception

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Most dominant sense in majority of people

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Sight

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Visual Aesthetics key elements

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Color

Shape

Pattern

Line

Texture

Visual weight

Balance

Scale

Proximity

Movement

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Sound Aesthetics key elements

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Loudness

Pitch

Beat

Repetition

Melody

Patter

Noise

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Largest organ in human body

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Skin

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Material aesthetics key elements

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Texture

Shape

Weight

Comfort

Temperature

Vibration

Sharpness

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Taste/Gustatory key elements

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Sweetness

Freshness

Aroma

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4 important Pleasure Aspects

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Physical

Social

Psychological

Ideological

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Pleasure that is derived mostly from touch, smell and taste

Makes sure the design is ergonomic, comfortable and doesn’t overload user’s senses

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Physical pleasure

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Pleasure derived from interacting with other people

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Social pleasure

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Pleasure derived from completing a task or feeling in control and safe

Make the users secure

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Psychological pleasure

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Mostly about abstract pleasure — the glue that binds the other pleasure types

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Ideological pleasure

27
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Most ancient mode of transportation

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Walking

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Process of moving from one place to another by foot

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Walking

29
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Oldest known pack animal having been is use as transportation mode as early as 3500 BC

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Donkey

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Most often used in terrain where wheeled vehicles would encounter difficulty

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Pack animals

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Used in dessert (transport)

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Camels

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Used in marshy areas (transport)

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Water buffalo

33
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Might be the first stimulus to man’s inventiveness in this direction

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Log raft

34
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They built some of the earliest boats ever recorded

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Egyptians

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First boats were made from

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Papyrus reeds

36
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2 different classes of Viking ships

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War ships (langskip)

Merchant ships (knarr)

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One of the greates technical and artistic achievements

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Viking ships

38
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Oldest wheel found in archeological excavations was discovered in what was

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Mesopotamia

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Is a vehicle designed for transport, using two wheels and normally pulled by one or a pair of draught animals

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Cart or dray

40
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One of da Vinci’s most famous inventions

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Ornithopter (flying machine)

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Leonardo da Vinci’s flying machine had a wingspan that exceeded

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33 feet

42
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In 1769, he built a three-wheeled-steam-driven vehicle

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Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot

43
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Large airtight bag filled with hot air or a lighter-than-air gas

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Balloon

44
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Experimentation with balloonlikr craft may have begun as early as 1709 with the work of

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Bartolomeu Lourenço de Gusmão

45
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In 1783, at Annonay, France they confirmed that a fabric bag filled with hot air would rise

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Joseph and Étienne Montgolfier

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On June 4, unmanned balloon traveled more than

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1.5miles (2.4km)

47
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Artificial waterways that connect to rivers

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Canals

48
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They constructed canal systems in Northern Europe and Britain for military transport and drainage

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Romans

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The first two-wheeled rider propelled machine for which there is indisputable evidence

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Draisienne

50
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Invented draisienne

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Baron Karl von Drais de Sauerbrun

51
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An American hybrid ship used steam engine and paddled using wind power

First steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean

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SS Savannah

52
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First land based innovation in public transportation system

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The Omnibus

53
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The first railways were constructed in (when)

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1830s

54
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Recorded the first successful manned flight

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George Cayley

55
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World’s first electric tram was exhibited in

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Berlin Commercial Exposition

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A type of bicycle that was most used between the time of the introduction of the French mass produced chain driven “boneshaker”

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Penny-fathing bicycle

57
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He developed the Rover Safety bicycle

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John Kemp

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They managed to produce first modern model of a motorcycle

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Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Mayback

59
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First practical flying

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Wright Flyer

60
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World’s largest passenger ship

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Titanic

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One of the first mass produced vehicles

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Model T

62
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Used by John Alcock and Arthur Brown in the first nonstop transatlantic flight in 1919

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Vickers Vimy

63
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An air vehicle that typically accommodates 150 passengers

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Airbus 320

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