TOA(Intro) Flashcards
they’re neutral and do not lean towards any idealogy
descriptive
prescribe bases or guidelines
presciptive
challenges relationship between architecture and society
critical
Latin for architecture
architectura
3 principles of vitruvius
utilitas, firmitas, venustras
greek architecture and urban planner(1913-1975)
constantinos apostolos doxiadis
judge foreign people or groups by standards and practices
ethnocentrism
human body measurements and capabilities
anthropometry
founder of the society of anthropology in paris
father of anthropometrics
Alphonse bertillon
amount of space that people feel it necessary to set
proxemics
invisible boundary surrounding persons body
personal space
delimited space that a person or a group uses
territory
expression of aesthetic taste
personalization or personalized space
control their visual, auditory, and olfactory interactions
concept of privacy
kinds of privacy
solitude
intimacy
anonymity
reserve
spatial theories
hint: IS, PS, SS, PD
intimate space
personal space
social space
public distance
position in space
point
point extended
line
line extended
plane
plane extended
volume
field of space on ground
base plane
above ground plane
second floor
elevated base plane
ceiling or roof
overhead plane
depressed ground plane
depressed base plane
characteristic outline or surface
shape
physical dimensions of length, width, and depth of form
size
phenomenon of light and visual perception
color
tactile quality
texture
location of a form relative to its environment
position
direction of a form relative to the ground
orientation
degree of concentration
visual inertia
waste ceramic pieces as surface treatment or Trencadis
Antoni Gaudi
Finnish American architect and industrial designer
Eero Saarinen
coined the term biorealism
Richard Neutra
innovative use of reinforced concrete
piere luigi nervi
a color that denotes gayety
cheering to the lazy
yellow
color that suggests cold
depressint
gray
unending sequence of numbers
Fibonacci sequence
architecture written by marcus vitruvius pollio
ten books of architecture
a treatise written by andrea palladio
four books of architecture
centralized and highly concentrated form
sphere
lacks apparent movement or direction
cube
two or three closely related colors
analogous
more than one surface
form
defined as difference between elements
contrast
pleasing or harmonious arrangement
balance
architecture of revolution
Le Corbusier
“less is more’
Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe
determined by bodily position and movement
functional dimension
accepted standard of measurement
mechanical scale