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VISUAL DICTIONARY I Flashcards

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What is “Architecture”? (according to Francis D.K. Ching)

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The art & science of designing and constructing a building

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Refers to the product or result of architectural work, buildings, collectively.

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ART

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Refers to the style or method of building of of characteristics people, place, or time

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SCIENCE

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Refers to the profession of designing buildings and other habitable environments

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DESIGNING

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Refers to the conscious act of forming things resulting in a unifying or coherent structure

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CONSTRUCTING

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Refers to a branch in philosophy that deals with the nature of art, beauty, and taste, with a view to establishing the meaning and validity of critical judgements concerning works of art

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AESTHETICS.

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Refers to the aggregate of qualities in a person or thing that gives intense pleasure to the senses or deep satisfaction to the mind or spirit, whether arising from harmony of form color, excellence of craft, truthfulness, originality, or other often unspecific property

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BEAUTY

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Refers to the critical judgement, discernment, or appreciation of what is fitting, harmonious, or beautiful prevailing in a culture or personal to an individual

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TASTE

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Refers to a high degree of pleasure or enjoyment

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DELIGHT

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Refers to the ordering of the physical environment by means of architecture, engineering, construction, landscape architecture, urban design, and city planning

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ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN

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the aspect of architecture and city planning that deals with the design of urban structures and spaces

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URBAN DESIGN

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Refers to something of value, use, or convenience

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COMMODITY

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The activity or profession of determining the future physical arrangement and condition of a community, involving an oppraisal of the current conditions, a forecast of future requirements, a plan for the fulfillment of these requirements & proposals for legal, financial, & constructional programs to implement the plan. Also called town planning, urban planning

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CITY PLANNING

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the art, business, or profession of planning the design and supervising the execution of architectural interiors, including their color schemes, furnishings, fittings, finishes, & sometimes architectural features

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INTERIOR DESIGN

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The aspect of architecture and interior design that deals with the planning, layout, design, and furnishing of spaces, within a proposed or existing bldg

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SPACE PLANNING

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Refers to the state or quality of being solidly constructed

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FIRMNESS

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Refers to the branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical methods and materials, and their interrelation with life, society, and environment

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TECHNOLOGY

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The science of an art or of the arts in general

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TECHNICS

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The science or art of shaping, ornamenting, or assembling materials in bldg construction

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TECTONICS

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Refers to the unifying structure or concept of an artistic work

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ARCHITECTONICS

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the art and science of applying scientific principles to practical ends in the design and construction of structures, machines, and systems

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ENGINEERING

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A branch of knowledge dealing with a body of facts or truths obtained by direct observation, experimental investigation, and methodical study, systematically arranged and showing the operation of general laws.

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SCIENCE

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Any of the sciences, such as sociology and anthropology, that seek to discover general truths from the observation of human behavior in society

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BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE

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The science of human social institutions and relationships, specif. the study of the origin, development, structure, functioning, and collective behavior of organized groups of human beings.

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SOCIOLOGY

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the science of human beings, specif. the study of the origins, physical and cultural development, and environmental and social relations of humankind

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ANTHROPOLOGY

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Refers to the art, business, or profession of designing, arranging, or modifying the features of a landscape for aesthetic or practical reasons

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LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

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An approach in architecture that strives to counter the lack of identity or sense of place by utilizing the geographical context of a building to guide its design response to topography, climate, light, and tectonic form

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REGIONALISM

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