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23 Cards in this Set
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stuctural engineering
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establishment of the size of elements required to hold up a building
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analysis
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the splitting of a whole into its consituent parts for evaluation
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positive architectural theory
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knowledge about how people actually react in different situations
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geotechnical engineer
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deals with soil strength, characteristics and foundation design
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centre pompidou
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an example of coordinated engineering and architecture
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urban design
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function, longecity, and visual delight
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landscape profession
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dedicated to stewardship and resource conservation
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vernacular
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how well an entity has been designed to integrate with its context
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art nouveau
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building and interiors during a period of history that employ a bilogical metaphor
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special knowledge and services that protect the health, safety and welfare of the public
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a bureaucratic definition of a profession
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sustainable
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humans and nature balanced
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thoughtfully making spaces that serve a human purpose
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a defenition of architecture
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creativity
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the act of bringing into being to arrange as
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infrastructure
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the mostly invisible support systems of a city
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process
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our intellectual understanding of how we design
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prototype
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a model to base other objects on
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bosque
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tress planted in a grid
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context
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those things that surround us
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cardo/decumanus
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perpendicular main streets in ancient Roman cities
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commitas, firmitas, venustas
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commodity, firmness, delight
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layering
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placing one design system on top of another
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teleology
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the desire to link design with nature
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studio
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a place to do design work alone or in a team
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