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Visual Dictionary BRC

This document provides definitions for over 50 terms related to architecture, construction materials, electrical units, and visual art concepts. It includes terms like impost, thrust, ogee, stress trajectories, span, absorption coefficient, refractory, modular brick, header, flemish bond, loft, areaway, bay, portico, deck, court, cove ceiling, kerf, glazed wall tile, adobe, font, chancel, intensity, triad, buckling point, type I concrete form, ready-mixed concrete, seggregation, spalling, radial dome, lunette, buck, splay, rolling door, rough opening, transom, rabbeted stop, hollow metal door

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Visual Dictionary BRC

This document provides definitions for over 50 terms related to architecture, construction materials, electrical units, and visual art concepts. It includes terms like impost, thrust, ogee, stress trajectories, span, absorption coefficient, refractory, modular brick, header, flemish bond, loft, areaway, bay, portico, deck, court, cove ceiling, kerf, glazed wall tile, adobe, font, chancel, intensity, triad, buckling point, type I concrete form, ready-mixed concrete, seggregation, spalling, radial dome, lunette, buck, splay, rolling door, rough opening, transom, rabbeted stop, hollow metal door

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VISUAL DICTIONARY OVERLOAD

1 The point at which an arch rises from its support impost spring springer rise
2 Outward force or pressure exerted by one part of the structure drift thrust arch action abutment
against another
3 An arch having a rise less than the span ogee drop surbased flat
4 Four centered arch having an inner pair of curves with a radius lancet tudor basket-handle anse de panier
much greater than the outer pair
5 Shearing stress having a maximum value at the neutral bending horizontal longitudinal vertical
axis & decreasing nonlinearly toward outer faces
6 Lines depicting the direction of the principal stresses in a beam shear center stress trajectories section modulus projectiles
7 Distance between inflection points in the span of a continuous beam span haunch inflection point effective length
8 Ratio of weight of water absorbed by a clay masonry unit immersed absorption saturation efflorescence suction
in cold water to the weight absorbed when immersed in boiling water coefficient
9 Material having the ability to retain its physical shape & chemical cull refractory waterstruck furnaced
identity when subjected to high temperatures
10 Modular brick having dimensions of 4x4x8 inches modular economy SCR engineered
11 Brick having the thinnest stretcher modular economy SCR engineered
12 Brick laid horizontally on the longer edge with the shorter end exposed header rowlock shiner bull stretcher
13 Having a sequence of a header & 3 stretchers in each course with flemish english garden-wall american
each header being centered over the header in alternate courses
14 Usable living space within a sloping roof usually having dormer loft bulkhead half-story mezzanine
windows for lighting
15 Sunken area affording access, air, and light to basement door/window areaway bulkhead subbasement edifice
16 Flanking projecting subdivision of a façade usually accented by more bay balcony fenestration pavilion
elaborate decoration/ greater height & distinction of skyline
17 Side entrance of the porte cochere for pedestrians portico forecourt postern portal
18 Large open porch extending across the fronts and sides of a house deck lanai verandah terrace
19 Arcaded space withinthe body of a building open to the air on one side piano nobile loggia colonnade ell
often at an upper story overlooking an open court
20 An area open to the sky & mostly/entirely surrounded by walls or court atrium courtyard cortile
buildings
21 Area used for stroll in a public place as for pleasure or display allee galleria promenade podium
22 Vertical or inclined compression member in a cable-stayed structure guy cable mast secondary cable boundary cable
supporting the sum of the vertical components in the primary
23 Flat or vaulted ceiling of ecorative character cove ceiling coffer plafond lacunar
24 Thin metal strip inserted into the edges of two acoustical tiles to make kerf spline grid cross tee
a butt joint between them
25 Earthenware or porcelain that has been fired once but not glazed kaolin enamel bisque frit
26 Thin coat of mortar for bonding ceramic tile to a backing backing coat scratch coat bond coat thin-bed
27 Ceramic tile having nonvitreous body used for surfacing interior walls glazed wall ceramic mosaic quarry tile promenade tile
and light-duty floors tile tile
28 Sun-dried brick made of clay and straw rammed earth pisay terra cotta adobe
29 Basin for a ritual cleansing with water in the atrium of a basilica font cantharus iconostas baptistery
30 Located at the south side of the bema vestry sacristy diaconicon prothesis
31 Rounded east end of Gothic cathedral including the apse & ambulatory chancel chapel chevet labyrinth
32 A passage as along a cloister or behind the parapets of a castle allure presbytery slype garth
33 Degree by which a color differs from a gray of the same lightness intensity saturation value chroma
or brightness corresponding to saturation of the perceived color
34 Combination of one color & the pair of colors adjoining its triad analogous split monochromatic
complementary color on a color wheel complementary
35 Critical point at which a column my either buckle or remain undeflected buckling point axial point bifurcation critical point
36 Amount by which an axis deviates from another parallel axis eccentricity p-delta kern deflection
37 Used when the earlier removal of formwork is desired type I type II type III type IV
38 Clamping device for keeping column forms from spreading under the wale ranger stiffback bulkhead
fluid pressure of newly placed concrete
39 Form that can be moved slowly & continuously as concrete is being climbing form slip form shoring flying form
placed during the construction of a concrete building
40 Concrete dry batched at a batch plant & mixed in a truck mixer ready-mixed shrink-mixed transit-mixed dry-mixed
en route to a construction site
41 Separation of excessively wet/ overvibrated concrete mix into horizon- seggregation stratification bleeding water gain
tal layers by which increasingly lighter material migrating toward the top
42 Hairline cracks occuring in the surface of a newly hardened concrete spalling scaling crazing drying
slab as a result of rpaid drying shrinkage shrinkage
43 Steel dome having members which follow 3 principal sets of great radial dome schwedler dome lattice dome geodesic dome
circles intersecting at 60 deg.
44 Vertical part of cupola lantern tambour interdome lucarne
45 An arch built across the upper inside corner of a square tower to lunette cul-de-four squinch bandage
support the side of a superimposed octagonal structure
46 Rough casing for a doorway or window opening buck subcasing sill threshold
47 Surface that makes an ablique angle with another, as where a window splay skewback reveal esconson
or door opening widens from the frame toward the face of the wall
48 A large door constructed of one or several leaves, opening by rolling door overhead door pocket door balanced door
swinging or rolling up to a horizontal position above the door opening
49 Hinged or sliding section of a door or shutter leaf active leaf air curtain wing
50 Doorless opening finished with trimwork rough opening cased opening doorframe jamb
51 Crosspiece separating a doorway from a window above it transom transom window transom light reveal
52 Stop formed by attaching a molding to a doorframe or window frame rabbeted stop blank jamb planted stop door stop
53 Door having a structural wood core clad with galvanized sheet metal acoustical door hollow metal door kalamein door knockdown door
54 A protective lining usually of stainless steel at the base of a doorframe cutoff stop sanitary stop spat base anchor
55 SI unit of electric charge ampere/second coulumb emf ohm
56 Amount of power; power required to operate an electric device watt wattage volt-ampere amperage
57 Unit of energy and common unit of electric power consumption kWh C A emf
58 Voltage difference between 2 points that represents the work involved electromotive potential resistivity conductance
in the trasfer of a unit charge from one point to the other force difference
59 A conductor through w/c a current enters or leaves a nonmetallic medium battery cell electrolyte electrode
60 Converts mechanical energy to electrical cell generator electric motor transformer
61 Converts electric power to mechanical energy cell generator electric motor transformer
62 Converts chemical energy to electrical cell generator electric motor transformer
63 Equivalent to 1W for DC systems,& a unit of apparent power for AC watt ohm volt-ampere ampere
64 A room containing the service equipment for a large building transformer vault switchgear room unit substation feeder room
65 Phase differing by 120 degrees single phase two-phase three-phase standard phase
66 Not electrically charged live hot dead neutral
67 Not electrically connected to a source of voltage live hot dead neutral
68 Fuse having renewable fusible link enclosed in an insulating fiber tube plug fuse cartridge fuse knife-blade fuse time-delay fuse
69 Device for protecting elctrical equipment from damage by lightning air terminal lightning rod lightning arrester spark gap
70 Power consumed by an appliance wattage work load conductance
71 Ratio of the sum of of the maximum demand on the various parts of the connected demand diversity load
electrical system to the maximum demand on the whole load factor factor factor
72 Cable for transmitting high-frequency signals armored cable miineral-insulated romex bx
73 Conduits used for connections to motors & other vibrating equipment rigid metal EMT greenfield shielded
74 Maximum voltage that can be applied to a material without causing it to breakdown dielectric melting strength
breakdown, usually expressed in volts or kilovolts per unit thickness voltage strength coefficient factor
75 Enclosed runway for housing conductors or cables bus raceway duct busway
76 A nail for increased holding power brad ring-shank nail screw nail double-headed
77 To sink a nailhead slightly below the surface with a nail set face-nail toenail end-nail set
78 Screw/ bolt head having shallow spherical shape w/ a flat bearing surface oval head round head truss head panhead
79 U-shaped fastener secured by a bolt/pin through holes in the end of 2 arms u-bolt clevis lewis bolt fox bolt
80 Spike grid is held in place by how many bolts 1 2 3 4
81 Soldering is the applying of tin-lead alloy to unite metal in what temperature 700 deg C 550 deg C 500 deg C 428 deg C
82 Tool for receiving & holding the head of a rivet while the other end is headed rivet set driftpin aligning punch dolly
83 A sprinkler system best for museums deluge preaction wet-pipe dry-pipe
84 Ground & polished terrazo finish consisting mainly of large stone chips, with standard Venetian rustic Palladiana
with smaller chips filling the spaces in between terazzo terazzo terazzo
85 Carpet made by looping the backing,stitching & pile yarns w/ 3 sets of needles woven tufted knitted flocked
86 Glacis, escarp, & counterscarp in fortifications refers to a wall slope defense system mound
87 Motte & Bailey is a Norman castle English palace German port Polish army port
88 Oubliette is a secret dungeon having an opening only in the ceiling is for sick maids dead knights prisoners gold
89 Gives the glass a bronze tint iron oxide cobalt oxide nickel selenium
90 Double strength glass is a sheet glass having a thickness of 1 mm 1.5 mm 2.4 mm 3.2 mm
91 Glass mullion system uses which type of glass laminated tempered spandrel insulating
92 Metal plate on a doorjamb having a hole for receiving the end of a lock bolt strike backset selvage bit
when the door is closed
93 Quantity of heat absorbed/released by a substance during a change in tempe- latent sensible specific heat
rature without the change in phase heat heat heat capacity
94 Quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of a substance by 1 degree latent heat sensible heat specific heat heat capacity
95 Measure of thermal resistance of a given material S-value R-value U-value Q
96 Kiva is an underground/partly underground chamber used by men for hygene religious council lawmaking relic storage
97 Tokobashira in traditional Japanese houses refers to a painting window post sliding panel
98 A two-story house having the lower level sunken below grade & an entry split-level bi-level saltbox tract
at grade halfway between the two floor levels house house house house
99 An acute angle/groove separating one lement from another dap miter quirk chamfer
100 A high-intensity discharge lamp used to illuminate roadways mercury lamp metal halide lamp LPS lamp HPS lamp
101 Lens having concentric,prismatic grooves to concentrate light fr. Small source reflector fresnel lens prismatic lens concave lens
102 To collimate is to make the rays of light focus parallel spread filter
103 Superfluous light rays as from a spotlight/other focused light source efflouresence light strip spill glare
104 Floor lamp having its light source w/in a reflecting bowl that directs light up pendant sconce bridge lamp troffer
105 Light strip is a rigid/flexible tape w/ exposed low voltage light sources of 1W to 2W 5W 10W 20W
106 Type of mortar that is best for exposed masonry above grade M S N O
107 A high carbon steel containing 0.85%-1.80% carbon mild steel medium steel spring steel hard steel
108 Least noble among these metals brass iron magnesium gold
109 Ornament carved/embossed in low relief anaglyph bas-relief mezzo-relief alto-relievo
110 An elliptical, pointed figure used esp. in Christian art as an emblem of Christ mandorla chi-rho chrismon nimbus
haunch spring
all thrust

jack surbased
stilted tudor

strain vertical

all stress trajectories


dev't length effective length
initial rate of saturation coefficient
absorption
flashing refractory

roman economy
roman roman
soap rowlock
common garden-wall

all half-story

cellar areaway
blind pavilion

all postern
all verandah
cortile loggia

patio court

parterre promenade
all mast

camp ceiling plafond


furring spline

china clay bisque


tile grout bond coat
paver tile glazed wall tile

clay bricjk adobe


all cantharus
exedra diaconicon
chantry chevet
galilee allure
gray scale chroma

double split complementary


complimentary
all bifurcation
all eccentricity
type V III
yoke yoke

lift slip form

all transit-mixed

laitance stratification

setting crazing
shrinkage
saucer dome geodesic dome

tholobate tambour
drum squinch

jamb subcasing
saddle splay

bifold door overhead door

sweep leaf
all cased opening
all transom
all planted stop
metal flush door kalamein door
anchor spat
volt-ampere coulumb
kilowatt-hour wattage
all kWh
armature pd

energizer electrode
battery generator
battery motor
battery cell
volt VA
genset switchgear
all 3
null neutral
null dead
re-fuse cartridge
lighting round lightning arrester
inductance load
maximum diversity
factor
coxial coaxial
rubber greenfield/flexible metal
all DS
cable tray duct
box nail ring-shank
clinch set
fillister head truss
stove bolt clevis
5 1
427dec C below 427
riveter dolly
all preaction
pebbled venetian
terrazo
fusion-bonded knitted
trap slope
French tower norman castle
scrolls prisoners
all selenium
4 mm 3.2 mm
plate tempered
cam strike

British thermal sensible heat


unit
BTU heat capacity
all R
gambling religious council
raised floor post
rambler bilevel
house
rout quirk
tungsten lamp LPS
convex lens fresnel
diffuse parallel
all spill
torchiere trochiere
30W 10W
K N
rigid steel spring
lead magnesium
cavo relievo anaglyph
cartouche mandorla
URBAN PLANNING
SETTLEMENTS
Period Type Location Designers Description
9000 BC Neolithic City Jericho well organized community of 3000 people
3 hectares in size & enclosed with a circular stone wall
5500 BC Neolithic City Khirokitia first documented city with streets
(Cyprus) main street is narrow but with wide terminal
7000 BC Neolithic City Catal Huyuk Largest Neolithic City with 13 hectares for 10,000 people
(Turkey) without streets
3000-4000 BC City in Fertile Crescent Eridu Oldest City
3000-4000 BC City in Fertile Crescent Damascus oldest continually inhabited city
3000-4000 BC City in Fertile Crescent Babylon largest: 80,000 inhabitants
3000 BC Thebes & Memphis characterized by monumental architecture popularly symbolized by the pyramids
(Egypt)
2500 BC Mohenjo-Daro administrative religios center for 40,000 inhabitants
1900 BC Yellow River Valley Anyang largest city in yellow river valley
Land within the passes
800 BC Beijing Ming Dynasty
BC-AD Teotijuacan Mexico Largest cities in this era
Dzibilchatun
700 BC Acropolis Greece religious & defensive structure up to the hill with no definite geometrical plan
polis: city-state
Sparta Greece largest Cities
Athens
450-400 BC City of Miletus Greece regarded as first planned city
3 sections: artisans, farmers, and military
Roman City Rome adopted greek forms but with different scale
Medieval Ages Constantinople
Sienna, Italy
11th century New 11th century towns Europe Coastal port towns
Mercantilist City Europe continuous increase in size while the power of feudal lords declined
15th century Ideal City France Vasari kings achieved unity & display their affluence & power by improving & beautifying their cities
G. Maggi
Lenotre for Versailes France landscape architetcure was showcased in palaces and gardens
Kalshure Germany
Medieval Era Medieval Organic City America no regular street form

Medieval Bastide America from French bastide; New towns placed in previously unsettled areas;
river valleys built in regular grid-like/ radial form around them
Spanish Law of Indies America built from King Philip II's city guidelines that produced 3 types of towns
town pueblo: civil; presidio: military; mission: religious
English Renaissance Annapolis Gov. Col. Francis capitals in Chesapeake Bay Region
European Planned City Williamsburg Nicholson
English Renaissance Charleston,S.Caroline James ports of southeast oast
European Planned City Savannah,Georgia Oglethorpe
Washington DC Pierre L'Enfant
Speculators Town Philadelphia William Penn developments driven by speculation with emphasis on equality
Industrial Ideal City Robert Owen he spearheaded the Reform Movement by this proposal
Revolution meant for 800-1200 persons on at least 600-1800 acres of land
Industrial Village New Lanark Mills Robert Owen self-sufficient and complete with agricultural, light industrial, educational and recreational facilities
Manchester
New Harmony Indiana Owen's son Industrial village same as with one in Lanark Mills
Brook Farm Massachusetts New England Planners
Une Cite Industrielle Tony Garnier industrial town with an imaginary site consisting of a high plateau & level valley, all alongside
the river. Plateau: residential; valley: factories : precursor of modern zoning
Garden City Ebenezer Howard cities built in the countryside with rail access to the original city. Garden city-sattelite city
surrounded by greenbelts of agricultural land
Garden City Letchworth Raymond Unwin combination of landscaping, informal street layouts and a main axis focusing on town center
Barry Parker 3000 acres: agriculture; 1500: city proper
Garden City Welwyn Louis de Soisson Accidental City: smaller land area 2400 acres; Georgian houses
Green Suburbs Hampstead housing only with terminating axes on civic buildings in a large common green
1891 City Beautiful Chicago Daniel Burnham
(Reconstruction) Paris Baron Hausmann Linear connection: Arc de Triumph & Eiffel Tower & large boulevard Champs de Ellysee
20th century New Capital Brasilia Lucio Costa 2 huge axes in sign of the cross, with principal multi-level traffic arteries traversing these axes
New Capital Chandigarh Le Corbusier Original plan: Albert Myer; regular grid of major roads for rapid transport
New Capital Canberra Walter Griffin ciy beautiful movement principles; triangular formation of 3 important buildings
Court of Justice; Parliament House; Capitol Building
New Capital New Delhi Edward Lutyens basd on great east-west axis of Kingsway, Government House on a hilltop on West end
City of Towers New York Le Corbusier
Unite d' Habitation Marseilles Le Corbusier super building: containing 337 dwellings in 10 acres of land
Le Contemporaine Paris Le Corbusier 3M people; transit was underground
Broadacres US Frank Lloyd Wright 1 family=1 acre
Mile High Tower Manhattan Frank Lloyd Wright to free up space for greenfields
Linear City Soria Y Mata
Arcology Alternative Paolo Soleri 3D city
Motopia Edward Chambless elevated roads
Science Cities Metabolism Group
Floating City Kiyonori Kikutake response to land reclamation
Barbican Development Early type of Planned Unit development that had all amenities in 1 compound
Neighborhood Unit Clarence Perry physical environment wherein social,cultural,educational & commercial are within easy
Clarence Stein reach of each other & was not intended to segregate anybody by race, religion or income
unit: template for self-sustainability of smaller units
Millionaire Cities large cities were the exception prior to the 20th century
Megalopolis concept NE US Jean Gottman Great City: greeks; massive urban concentrations created from strong physical linkages
urban complexes between 3 or more large cities
URBAN PLANNING
SETTLEMENT PLANNING: PHILIPPINES
Era/Period Settlement Location Builders Description
Pre-Colonial Barangay Natives Community unit
Spanish Law of Indies Spaniards following certain guidelines
Colonial Intramuros Manila Spaniards 1.2 km area; 7000 residents
American American Agenda Americans guide urban growth & physical development
Manila Daniel Burnham similar to Washington DC, fronted Manila Bay; Pasig River integral part; too grand
as first chartered city Manila 18000 people; July 31, 1903: Act no. 183--City of Manila was incorporated

GROWTH OF MANILA
Period City/Development Main Element Description
Arrabales Quiapo Illustrado territory enclave of the rich & powerful; manifestation of folk religiosity
Tondo Coastal city
Binondo Financial Center trading port developed by the Chinese and Arabs
Sta.Cruz Commercial District shops, movie houses, restaurants, etc.
San Nicolas Commercial Town streets with specialized categories of products
Sampaloc University Town on 2 churches : Our Lady of Loreto & St. Anthony de Padua
Later San Miguel Resthouses of Spaniards were built
Suburbs Malate Summer Resort of wealthy Filipinos; first fishing and salt-making town
Ermita Red-Light District Early Tourist Belt
Paco first town built around the train station
Pandacan built by Americans for Oil Depot
Further Quezon City New Capital master plan by: Juan Arellano, Harry T. Frost, Louis Croft, AD Williams
Suburbanization Constitution Hill new site: the Capital 158 ha in Novaliches Watershed--National Government Center; 20 ha civic space--Plaza of the Republic
PHHC precursor of NHA; neighborhood concept
Philam Life Homes Middle class residential; master plan by Carlos Arguelles
Projects 1-8 Icon of middle class suburbanization during the 1950's
BLISS walk-up housing units for the govenrment sector; by Manuel Manosa, Geronimo Manahan, Gabino de Leon, Honorato Paloma
Present Day Navotas most dense
Metro Manila Marikina City least dense
Metro Manila Manila center for business & commerce, population nucleus & seats of government
CBD's Makati Ayala; 1948 business & recreational center of the Metropolitan region
Ortigas Ortigas; 1950 600 hectares; shopping
Cubao Araneta; 1960 alternative business center in the eastern side of the metropolis; bazaar economy
Emerging CBD's Fort Bonifacio Global City former military base, envisioned to be first intelligent & ecological city; 500 ha;between Makati & Ortigas
Boulevard 2000 Phil. Estates Authority usher renaissance of Manila; reclamation
Filinvest Corporate City joint venture of government & privae sector; access of residential to nearby industrial estates & technological parks

URBAN PLANNING
IMAGE OF Kevin Lynch Path channel along which oberserver moves;
THE CITY Edge linear elements not used as paths; not as dominant as paths but are important organizing features
District 2D, "inside of", common identifiable character.
Node points or strategic spots by which an observer can enter; directly related to paths & districts
Landmark point references; scale varies; unique & special in place
RESPONSIVE Ian Bentley Permeabilty designing overall layout of routes & development blocks
ENVIRONMENTS Variety depends on feasibility;locating uses in the site
Legibility designing the massing of the building & enclosureof public spaces
Robustness arrangement of individual buildings & outdoor spaces
Visual Appropriateness designing the external image; details
Richness developing design for sensory choice
Personalization make people put their own mark on the plces where they live & work
URBAN SHAPE Radiocentric large circle with radial corridors of intense development emanating from the center
PATTERN Rectilinear 2 corridors of intense development crossing at the center, small cities
Star radiocentric form with open spaces between the outreaching corridors of development
Ring city built around a large open space
Branch Linear span with connecting arms
Sheet vast urban area with little/ no articulation
Articulated sheet sheet accented by 1 or more central clusters & several subclusters
Constellation series of nearly equal sized cities in close proximity
Linear result of natural topography which restricts growth, transportation spine
Satellite constellation of cities around a main center
URBAN Concentric Zone Theory EW Burgess CBD: center; includes transition zone for expansion--factories, slums, ethnic village
MODELS geographer
Sector Model Homer Hoyt other uses grow with the CBD in specific directions; cities grow in the direction of the higher income
economist
Multiple Nuclei Model Chauncy Harris (g) premise that uses do not evolve around a single core but at several nodes
Edward Pullman (g)
Urban Realms James Vance emergence of large self-sufficient suburban sectors, each focused on a downtown independent of the central city
sociologist
URBAN conservation retaining the essentil spirit of the original
REDEV'T urban renewal renewing towns; redevelopment & rehabilitation;
STARTEGIES adaptive reuse conversion of buildings into different uses without significantly altering the structure
rehabilitation repairing, converting, redecorating
URBAN Invasion entrance of new population or facilites in an already occupied area
ECOLOGICAL Block-boosting forcing old population out of the area because of social differences
PROCESSES Centralization increase in population at a certain geographic center
Gentrification improving physical set-up, affecting market of previously rundown areas
URBAN PLANNING
EMERGING Planned Unit Cluster zoning mid-sized developments with the intentions of self-sustainability, no zoning regulations
THEORIES Development
Transit Oriented 670m form transit stop Urban TOD trucnk line of transit network;
Developments & commercial core Neighborhood TOD local bus line within 10 minutes travel time from a trunk line of transit stop
Peter Calthorpe
NEW Seaside Andres Duany Walton County strong sense of community, by the sea
URBANISM Elizabeth Prater-Zyberk Florida
Jackson Taylor Peter Calthorpe San Jose 75-acre; 2 edges--Hispanic & Japanese; historic district of Victorian homes
California originally an industrial town, redeveloped with new housing & commercial uses
Laguna West Peter Calthorpe Sacramento County emphasis on well-defined public spaces & amenities; focal point--100-acre town center
Phil Angelides 1990 California town center: located at terminus of radial boulevards which originate in neighborhood parks
Kentlands Andres Duany Gaithersburg 355-acre new development; 6 neighborhoods; lake & greenbelts define neighborhoods
Elizabeth Prater-Zyberk Maryland
Center of Development
freshwater

pyramids

ring roads

roman forum
rise of church

garden

boug: military town


fauborg: citizen's town
garden

town center

mile long mall

grand formal design

radburn principle

Elementary School
Center of development
rivers/farms
plaza complex

sanitation, housing
civic core
roads
riverside
red light district
junction
Rizal monument
URBAN PLANNING OVERLOAD

1 All are innovations that influenced the development of early cities except one the plow astronomy rectilinear planning circular plan radiocentric plan
2 An early settlement & the largest neolithic city with 13 ha. of land for 10,000 people jericho khirokitia catal huyuk nineveh assyria
3 First documented city with streets assyria jericho khirokitia catal huyuk nineveh
4 Babylon is the largest city in 3000-4000 BC with how many inhabitants 20,000 50,000 80,000 100,000 1,000,000
5 Land within the passes or the Yellow River valley of China is the precursor of garden city ideal city city beautiful linear city savannah
6 Present day Beijing is composed of how many ring roads 2 4 8 13 14
7 The first planned city; 450-400 BC Neopolis Paleopolis City of Miletus Anyang Acropolis
8 Hippodamus, the first noted urban planner introduced the Agora & which system radial grid linear landmark all
9 Focal points of Roman city planning for a thermae basilica temple colesseum
10 Capitols of roman city planning basilica curia domus insulae circus
11 The first university town and emerged as the city of culture and arts venice vienna paris rome sicily
12 Large gardens as part of palaces are brought by which activity dancing hunting tending of animals fortification marriage
13 All describes the rebirth of classical piazza grandeur in grandeur in public wide gridiron
towns except one planning civic structures spaces streets towns
14 Early American towns were primarily founded as ports trade site colonial outpost capitol all
15 American settlement: medieval medieval spanish law english speculators
Towns without any regular street form organic city bastide of indies town renaissance town
16 American settlement: medieval medieval spanish law english speculators
European Planned City organic city bastide of indies town renaissance town
17 American settlement: medieval medieval spanish law english speculators
built from King Philip II's city guidelines that produced 3 types of towns organic city bastide of indies town renaissance town
18 American settlement: medieval medieval spanish law english speculators
New towns placed on previously unsettled areas organic city bastide of indies town renaissance town
19 American settlement: medieval medieval spanish law english speculators
Driven by conjecture with emphasis on equality organic city bastide of indies town renaissance town
20 Military towns of a Law of Indies town presidio mission pueblo fauborg boug
21 The first city the Spanish built in America St. Augustine Philadelphia Dolores Washington Lenotre
22 Two European planned city were developed as capitals in America: Francis James Pierre William Robert
Designed the Annapolis & Williamsburg at Chesapeake Bay Region Nicholson Oglethorpe L'enfant Penn Owens
23 Charleston in South Carolina & Savannah in Georgia became ports of the southeast Francis James Pierre William Robert
coast which were designed by Nicholson Oglethorpe L'enfant Penn Owens
24 Washington DC Francis James Pierre William Robert
was designed by Nicholson Oglethorpe L'enfant Penn Owens
25 Philadelphia is a Speculators Town designed by F.Nicholson J.Oglethorpe P.L'enfant W.Penn R.Owens
26 Industrial Rev: Spearheaded the Reform movement by proposing his Ideal City F.Nicholson J.Oglethorpe P.L'enfant W.Penn R.Owens
27 Designed a hypothetical industrial town, Une Cite Industrielle Tony Garnier Raymond Unwin Ebenezer Howard Louis de Soisson D.Burnham
28 An imaginary site consisting of a high plateau level valley all alongside a river City of Icarus New Harmony UneCite Industrielle Brook Farm Lanark Mill
29 Precursor of modern zoning City of Icarus New Harmony UneCite Industrielle Brook Farm Lanark Mill
30 Conceptualized Garden Cities Tony Garnier Raymond Unwin Ebenezer Howard Louis de Soisson D.Burnham
31 Raymond Unwin and Barry Parker designed the first developed Garden City letchworth welwyn hampstead new york paris
32 Designed the second Garden City built in 1920 Tony Garnier Raymond Unwin Ebenezer Howard Louis de Soisson D.Burnham
33 Garden City meant for housing but with variety of housing types aligned along streets letchworth welwyn hampstead new york paris
34 City Beautiful Movement begun with this exposition, 1891 columbian american hungarian tokyo latin
35 Spearheaded the City Beautiful movement Tony Garnier Raymond Unwin Ebenezer Howard Louis de Soisson D.Burnham
36 All are credited to be designed by Daniel Burnham except one cleveland san francisco manila baguio paris
37 Worked on the reconstruction of Paris D.Burnham Baron Hausmann Albert Myer Walter Griffin Edward Lutyens
38 One of the New Capitals designed with 2 huge axes in the sign of the cross with the brasilia chandigarh canberra new delhi tokyo
principal multi-level traffic arteries traversing these axes
39 Designed the buildings in the New Capital of Brazil Lucio Costa Oscar Niemeyer Le Corbusier Alvar Aalto all
40 The original master plan of Chandigarh was by Le Corbusier Aldo Rosi Albert Myer Walter Gropius Lucio Costa
41 The whole plan of Chandigarh represents a large scale application of which principle gridiron radburn garden city capitol all
42 Winner of the competition for the New Capital in Canberra D.Burnham LP Abercrombie FL Olmstead Walter Griffin Edward Lutyens
43 The design of Canberra reflected the linear city city beautiful garden city gridiron all
44 The master plan for New Delhi was based on the great east-west axis of Kingsway D.Burnham Baron Hausmann Albert Myer Walter Griffin Edward Lutyens
and was designed by
45 City of Towers was first conceptualized in his book "City of Tomorrow" Le Corbusier FL Wright Kkiyonori Kikutake Paolo Soleri Soria Y Mata
46 A super building that contained 337 dwellings in only 10 acres of land Broadacres Le Contemporaine Unite d' Habitation City of Towers Mile High Tower
47 Le Corbusier designed this for a population of 3 million people Broadacres Le Contemporaine Unite d' Habitation City of Towers Mile High Tower
48 Mile High Tower was proposed to house a significant amount of which residents Manhattan San Francisco Chicago Las Vegas Florida
49 Linear City Le Corbusier FL Wright Kkiyonori Kikutake Paolo Soleri Soria Y Mata
50 Arcology Alternative Le Corbusier FL Wright Kkiyonori Kikutake Paolo Soleri Soria Y Mata
51 Floating City Le Corbusier FL Wright Kkiyonori Kikutake Paolo Soleri Soria Y Mata
52 An early type of Planned Unit development that had all amenities in one compound linear city floating city arcology alternative barbican dev't neighborhood
with multi-level circulation patterns
53 Conceptualized by Clarence Perry & Clarence Stein linear city floating city arcology alternative barbican dev't neighborhood
54 A composite of cities, metropolises, and urban areas megalopolis hamlet town conurbation all
55 Megalopolis is a concept coined by King Philip II Babylonians Jean Gottman John Wood Inigo Jones
56 Architect designer instrumental in the emergence of Shanghai, China Victor Buckminster Patrick Edmund Norwood Jane
Gruen Fuller Geddes Bacon Jacobs
57 Francois Perroux, the proponent of the growth pole theory is a/an archtect sociologist geographer economist historian
58 Focal point is the 100-acre town center kentlands laguna west jackson taylor seaside all
59 Cluster Zoning PUD TOD Urban City City Complex all
60 Forcing the population out of the area invasion block-boosting centralization gentrification all
61 represents the culmination of the impact of the automobile on urban form urban realms concentric zone multiple nucliei theory incentive zoning sector model
62 Highway in urban areas road street freeway route expressway
63 constellation of cities around a main center constellation satellite sheet star ring
64 large circle with radial corridors of intense development emanating from the center radiocentric ring star constellation sheet
65 Allows people to achieve an environment that bears stamp of their own taste & values variety personalization legibility permeability richness
66 variety of sense of experiences that the users can enjoy richness variety robustness legibility permeability
67 Separating pedestrians from vehicles reduces legibility richness permeability variety robustness
68 Proponent of Responsive Environments Kevin Lynch Ian Bentley Andres Duany Peter Calthorpe all
69 Strategic spots by which an observer can enter path edge node landmark district
70 Usher in renaissance of the City of Manila Makati CBD Filinvest Boulevard 2000 Ortigas CBD Manila CBD
71 Commonwealth Act No. designating Quezon City as the new capital 457 856 123 801 none of these
72 All are planners of Quezon City except one Juan Arellano Harry Frost Frederico Illustre Louis Croft AD Williams
73 Precursor of National Housing Authority PHHC BLISS EMB NEA HDMF
74 First fishing & salt-making town pandacan paco ermita malate san miguel
75 the first University Town sampaloc san nicolas sta.cruz binondo tondo
76 Intramuros is a city with an area of 5 sq. km 1.2 sq. km 0.95 sq. km 0.80 sq. km 0.50 sq. km
77 Minimum ROW of municipal roads 6m 10 m 15 m 20 m 40 m
78 Concentric Zone Theory is by Homer Hoyt EW Burgess Chauncy Harris Edward Pullman James Vance
79 Dividing the area of total floor by the site area including half of adjoining road Plot Ratio FLAR Floor Space Index Gross Floor Area Total Lot Area
80 Conversion of building without altering the structure conservation renovation renewal adaptive reuse rehabilitation
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1322 Roxas Manila GF & Partners
Admiral Apartments Roxas Blvd. Fernando Ocampo
Aglipayan Church Carlos Arguelles
Alabang Golf & Country Club Alabang Gabriel P. Formoso
Alabang 400 Alabang William Coscolluela
Alexandria Condominium William Coscolluela Rogelio Villarosa
Ali Mall QC Sindiong Fernando Ocampo
Ambassador Hotel Fernando Ocampo
Amorsolo East/West Jun Palafox SOM
Araneta Colesseum QC Dominador Lugtu
Arguelles Building Fernando Ocampo
Army Navy Club William Parson
Asian Development Bank Engracio Mariano SOM
Asian Institute of Management Gabriel P. Formoso
Assumption College Antipolo Felipe Mendoza
Assumption Convent Herran Juan Hervas
Ateneo de Manila Felipe Mendoza
Ateneo Professional School Makati Francisco Manosa
Atomic Research Center QC Cresencio de Castro
Atrium William Coscolluela
Avenue Theater Manila Juan Nakpil
Ayala Tower One Makati Leandro Locsin SOM
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Baclaran Cesar Concio
BA Lepanto Gabriel P. Formoso
Bank of Philippine Islands-Main Engracio Mariano
Bataan Power Plant Bataan Jose Maria Zaragoza
Batasan Pambansa QC Felipe Mendoza
Bellagio 1 & 2 Recio+Casas
Benguet Center Benguet Leandro Locsin
Benitez Hall, UP QC Antonio Toledo
BLISS Housing QC Manuel Manosa Gabino de Leon
Geronimo Manahan Honorato Paloma
Bonifacio Monument Guillermo Tolentino
Bank of Philippine Islands Ayala Avenue Engracio Mariano
Capitol Theater Juan Nakpil
Capt. Louis Gonzaga Building Pablo Antonio
Capt. Pepe Building Juan Nakpil

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