Sketch Questions

Question 1

Sketch how the RCA meets the ground:

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Question 2

Sketch the plan concept of the Johnson Wax complex:

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Question 3

Sketch the plan of a “cartesian skyscraper” and explain the reason for its configuration:

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Question 4

Sketch the plan of Ville Radieuse. What project was conceived as an experimental fragment of VR?

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Question 5

Sketch the elevation of the Barcelona chair:

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Question 6

Sketch the entry sequence for the German State Pavilion at the 1929 Barcelona Fair:

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Question 7

Sketch a cross-section of the Lovell Beach House:

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Question 8

Sketch the plan of a typical office floor of the PSFS Building:

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Question 9

Sketch the typical floor plan of the Inland Steel Building:

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Question 10

Sketch the corner detail of a typical Mies skyscraper:

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Question 11

Sketch the typical floor plan of a classroom wing in the Crow Island School:

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Question 12

Sketch the section of the Säynätsalo Town Hall, showing all three levels:

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Question 13

Sketch the ground plan of the Säynätsalo Town Hall:

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Question 14

Sketch the cross-section of a reading room in a typical Aalto-designed library:

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Question 15

Sketch the structural plan of the TWA terminal at Kennedy Airport:

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Question 16

Sketch the transverse cross-section of the Yale Hockey Rink:

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Question 17

Sketch the site plan of the John Deere Headquarters:

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Question 18

Sketch the construction process of the Nagakin Capsule Tower:

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Question 19

Sketch the site plan of the 1964 Olympic buildings:

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Question 20

Sketch Kahn’s concept for the elevations of the Exeter Academy Library:

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Question 21

Sketch Kahn’s plan concept for the First Unitarian Church:

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Question 22

Sketch a structural bay of the Kimball Art Museum:

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Question 23

Sketch the structure of a typical floor in the Richards Medical Center:

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Question 24

Sketch the plan of the Trenton Jewish Community Center bath house and diagram the movement pattern from
entrance through locker rooms to pool.

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Question 25

Sketch the design/program concept of the Boston City Hall:

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Question 26

Sketch the design concept of Sterling’s History Building in Cambridge University:

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Question 27

Draw the structural framework used by Kurokawa in the Takara Beautilion in Expo 70:

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Question 28

Draw the structure of the Hajj Terminal in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia:

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Question 29

Sketch the transverse section of the Pompidou Centre:

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