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25 Cards in this Set
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universal design |
- special needs - American Disabilities Act - architectural responsibility |
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pilasters |
- rectangular column projecting partially from wall - used to articulate and give plastic dimension to wall |
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rustication |
- rough masonry with beveled or edged joints to make them pronounced and give surface texture |
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plastic |
- material - sculpture ability to be molded - physical presence |
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passive design |
- strategies to conserve energy - lighting, heating, cooling |
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cladding |
- thing wall panel that is usually suspended |
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curtain wall |
- lightweight glazed layer hung on outside of building |
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trabeation |
- post and lintel (column / beam) - Stonehenge |
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stylobate |
- three exterior steps that form the edge of a classical platform - supports a temple |
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piano rustica |
- the floor at street level |
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piano nobile |
- celebrated second floor - first floor in Europe |
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archetype |
- typical example of a certain building configuration |
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symbol set |
- elements, with scale and proportion, of a particular style |
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morphology |
- study or collection of related architectural forms |
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type |
- category of buildings having common characteristics |
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lancet arch |
- pointed arch associated with gothic buildings |
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thrusts |
- outwardly directed forces at supports of an arch or dome |
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buttresses |
- stone braces used to resist the windload on Gothic cathedrals |
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thin shell |
- thin reinforced concrete membranes that are designed to only carry compression by adjusting their shape |
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signification |
- function - architectural traditions - aesthetic intentions |
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Archetypes |
- technology - commemoration - functionality |
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wingspread |
- FLW - fireplace in center, with wings / hallways off |
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urban design |
- social ritual - physical definition - urban economy |
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Townsgate: 5 important aspects of the urban world |
1. Serial Vision: sense of sequence, enter / leave city, how you walk through city 2. Enclaves / Enclosures: sense of place, physical definitions, defining space by architecture 3. Public Outdoor Rooms: sense of collected memory 4. Here and There: sense of haptic experience, textures, rhythms, feeling of architecture 5. Vista and Deflection: sense of spatial definition and appearance, architectural configuration |
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Finding Lost Space: 3 theories of urban design |
1. Figure-Ground: aerial view of public space 2. Linkage: compositional form, mega form, group form, roads, walkways, how buildings connect 3. Place: location of parks, buildings, restaraunts, centrality |
