Vocab

Question 1

the process of conceiving and developing physical forms to accommodate human needs and purposes. Its basic purpose is to accommodate and facilitate human activities.

Answer 1

Architecture

Question 2

group of persons with whom one has the most intimate and hence greatest variety of social interactions – e.g. family.

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Primary Social Group

Question 3

this classification deals with the production or collection of resources → miners, farmers, fisherman…

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Primary work group

Question 4

this classification takes the raw materials collected or produced by the primary work group and converts them into usable products→ construction workers, factory workers…

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Secondary work group

Question 5

this classification manages and services society and its industries→professionals: architect, teachers…

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Third work group

Question 6

It is a physical pattern of places that are used by individuals for residence, work, recreation, and cultivation, all accessible by systems of convenient transportation, in a city or rural area.

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Use network

Question 7

it is the system of studying the factory environment in order to improve productivity of an individual’s physical effort. The result of these studies is to organize individuals into teams, and to alternate tasks among those individuals.

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Time and motion studies

Question 8

it comprises a group of people with common need and goals for living, education, work, recreation, and other activities.

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Neighborhood unit

Question 9

a group of several neighborhoods with total population between 20,000 and 100,000 people.

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Community

Question 10

it is determined by the layout and configuration of streets, open space, and the apportionment of land into building lots.

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Housing pattern

Question 11

it takes the idea of defensible space further and includes additional methods to reduce crime, such as electronic surveillance, alarms, and human resources (see Urban Concepts).

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CPTED/ Crime prevention through environmental design

Question 12

this act was passed by the Congress when a large amount of public land was transferred to private ownership. This act allowed for 160 acres of land to be given free to anyone who built a house and lived on the land for 5 years.

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Homestead Act 1862

Question 13

closed depression in the earth from which water can only escape into the soil.

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Infiltration Trench

Question 14

it is the lowest elevations of the existing public sewer line. It should be established during planning because the effluent (out flowing of water) must flow from the lowest point where the sewer lines leaves the building to the main sewer.

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Invert

Question 15

on this map information recorded during site analysis is overlaid and superimposed over a base map.

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Site analysis map

Question 16

it is used as a background map for site analysis. It shows the site’s legal boundaries, contours, roads, buildings, utilities, and other manmade key features.

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Base map

Question 17

refers to the shape of the earth’s surface. The natural shape of land affects how a land is perceived, modified and used. A level landform is flexible, practical, and highly desirable for the majority of human uses.

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landform

Question 18

the owner of an historic property may “sell” the development rights to his property to the owner of another nearby property, allowing that owner to develop his property at a higher density.

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development rights transfer

Question 19

it is a concept where a condition for development is imposed on a parcel of land that

requires part of the land to be dedicated to public use.

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Exaction

Question 20

taxed based on the value of the property being taxed.

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ad valorum tax

Question 21

cost to pay off a construction loan for a project. It is considered to be an ongoing cost over many years; it is not part of the original project cost.

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debt service / cost of money

Question 22

this concept theoretically protects the architect from claims by parties with whom he or she has no direct contractual relationships.

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Privity

Question 23

tool to limit exposure to liability, e.g. quality control.

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Risk management

Question 24

a guarantee that the property title will be transferred to a buyer free of liens, claims, or other debt.

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warranty deed

Question 25

it is a document signed by the seller (grantor) and delivered to the buyer (grantee), conveying the title of a property from one owner to another, when a property is sold. This document becomes legally recognized when it has been recorded in the office of the recorder in the city or county in which the property is located.

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deed

Question 26

it is information or data provided by the owner for the analysis and creation of a facilities program.

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functional program

Question 27

it is a program that considers scope, area minimums, area adjacencies, ballpark costs and site analysis based on a functional program.

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facilities program

Question 28

those sheets list all of the relationships requirements in a given room, including layout, equipment, activity zones, and lighting, temperature, and comfort requirements. For example, several diagnostic imaging departments may have different needs; therefore each will have a room data sheet.

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room data sheets

Question 29

a valuation set on taxable property.

Answer 29

assessment