Architectural Registration Exam Are 4.0 Ppp Programming Planning & Practice

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Another term for an entrance into a building?

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Ingress

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What is the typical contingency amount for a project? (Percentage)

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5 to 10%

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Developed a plan for the rebuilding of London after the fire of 1666. Utilized Renaissance and baroque approaches, and his design linked main religious and commercial buildings by means of main avenues superimposed over a grid iron plan?

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Christopher Wren

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Plan for Paris 1853-1869. Straight arterial boulevards connecting historic buildings, monuments and open spaces. Create vistas and views. Much of Paris was demolished to make plan a reality. His plan objectives were to minimize riots, facilitate defense, improve transportation and beautify the city.

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Georges Eugene haussmann

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"City planning according to artistic principles" 1889 thought that irregular streets that curved created better views and were more interesting. Idea that utilized T-intersections in an effort to have less traffic problems. Civic spaces around a pinwheel arrangement. Coined "turbine square"

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Camillo Sitte

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The uppermost part of a column near the spring point of an arch?

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Impost

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Wrote the book "the garden city" in 1898. 6,000 acre tract of land should be privately owned. 2 cities were developed following his planning ideas in England, Letchworth (1903) and Welwyn garden city (1920). These were satellite cities.

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Ebeneezer Howard

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What two US cities are based on a gridiron system?

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Philadelphia and Savannah

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Most profound changes in American design that began with the Columbian exposition in 1893. Who were the designers?

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Architects Daniel burnham and John root and landscape architect Frederick law Olmsted. This started the city beautiful movement. This design included civic centers organized around formal parks, a proliferation of classical public buildings and broad tree lined parkways and streets.

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Concept that minimizes the impact of cars on housing and allows for pedestrian circulation. Used in Chandigarh, India by le corbusier and Lucio Costa and Oscar Niemeyer.

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Superblock

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A variation and extension of the super block concept?

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PUD - planned urban development

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Term for bringing people together?

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Sociopetal

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Term for bringing people together?

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Sociopetal

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Term for conditions that tend to discourage interaction or social contact?

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Sociofugal

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Particles over 2mm in diameter?

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Gravel

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Particles between 0.05 to 2mm?

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Sand

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Particles between 0.002 and 0.05 mm in diameter?

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Silt

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Particles less than 0.002 in diameter?

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Clay

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Term created by Edward T Hall to describe the interrelated observations and theories of humans use of space.

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Proxemics

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What are the four major design considerations during programming?

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Form

Function

Economy

Time

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What are the 5 step process that establishes the guidelines to which the design process can be based?

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Establish goals

Collect facts

Uncover concepts

Determine needs

State the problem

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Who's responsible for the 5 step process described in the book "problem seeking"?

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William Pena

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When is the vernal equinox?

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March 21

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When is the autumnal equinox?

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September 21

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In the northern hemisphere, when is the sun angle the lowest?

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December 21