Architecture Quiz 1

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1 Housing in Hot & Dry regions
2 Floor Space Index
3 Garden City Concept
4 TOD Concept
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1 Keep a notebook (Plain Sheets)
2 Take it as a Course
3 Try to attempt Questions
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1. Housing in Hot dry climate such as Rajasthan must follow a

A.Linear plan
B.Compact plan
C.Spread out plan
D.Open plan
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Hot dry climate
• Very high daytime temperatures, with
very little precipitation and a short
and mild winter season characterize
this climate.
• Another important characteristic is a
high diurnal temperature variation.
You can be boiling during the day and
cold at night.
• This is due to the rapid radiative heat
loss from the ground or the building to
the clear night sky.
A.Linear plan
• a concept that produces architecture of a

series of spaces organized along a
pathway.
• Concept of urban development laid out on

either side of a central transport spine
consisting of roads, railways, and services
(with variants consisting of additions of
canals, etc.). Although formalized by Soria
y Mata as the Ciudad Lineal (1894),
variants were in operation along main
roads out of C19 cities where tramlines
and railways facilitated development.
B. Compact plan
• The Compact City or city of short

distances is an urban planning and urban
design concept, which promotes relatively
high residential density with mixed land
uses.
• Compact building design simply means

using the least amount of land for
development and supporting
infrastructure that is reasonable under the
circumstances.
C. Open plan
• An open-plan room or building has few or

no walls inside, so it is not divided into
smaller rooms
The desert town of Jaisalmer deals by building homes that about against each
other, with the inner rooms opening towards small courtyards and the
front rooms opening through screened openings towards narrow shaded
streets. This pattern minimizes the exposure of building surfaces to the
outside.
The buildings are of heavy mass and the windows small, because of which
the indoor temperature changes very little through the day or night, staying
close to a more comfortable daily mean temperature.
In summers, even though the day is hot, nights are cool, and people spend
time out on the roof terrace. Because humidity is low, if water was available,
cooling by evaporation of water would be an easy and effective way of
obtaining thermal comfort.
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2. The expansion of FSI is

A. Floor Service Index
B. Floor Structure Index
C. Floor Standard Index
D. Floor Space Index
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Floor Space Index
The floor space index means the total area covered by all the floors of the buildings,
divided by the total area of the plot on which these buildings are constructed.
Also, the floor space index (FSI) is often referred to as the Floor Area Ratio (FAR) in
some regions.
The area covered by all the floors is also known as the built-up area.
The total floor space area of all the floors by the complete area of the plot is known as the
floor space index. It is basically a ratio that helps in deciding how much construction must
be done on a piece of land.
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What is the Importance of Floor Space Index?
Establishing rules related to floor space

index/floor area ratio is of utmost Further, floor space index/floor area ratio
importance for the simple reason to also plays a significant role in the pricing
control the population density pressure of the building. The buildings or plots with
in an area. Each plot and the area can lower floor space index/floor area ratio
only take into account a certain population signify less population density pressure on
density. It increases the burden on the the area, thus better market value of the
area, especially in terms of basic property. In comparison to the plot of land
amenities such as water and with a higher floor space index/floor area
wastewater consumption and ratio.
discharge, respectively.
But what about builders’s perspective?
if we consider the other side of the

coin, a builder will prefer a higher floor
space index/floor area ratio. For the
simple reason that a higher floor space
index/floor area ratio means more
apartments can be developed and sold.
Taking into consideration the housing
demand, increasing floor space index/
floor area ratio may be a good idea.
However, ultimately it will put pressure
on the land and the facilities available.
Advantages of having FSI in Cities
It maintains the ratio of open space to built space.
It maintains the skyline line of the city.
A average F.S.I value ensures a good development of the project.
Maintaining equilibrium between sustained, planned growth and

development is important.
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3. Garden City principle was propounded by

A. Patrick Geddes
B. Hilber Seimer
C. Ebenezer Howard
D. Soriya Y. Mata
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QUESTION #4
Following the Industrial Revolution,

Cite the book for a bibliopgraphy in MLA Style:
many European cities faced an
unprecedented rise in the rate of
population growth, intensified by the
migration of people from rural areas
to urban areas seeking better
opportunities.
Although cities became more inviting, In light of these issues, in the late
problems such as pollution and the nineteenth century, the concept
growth of informal settlements also of garden cities was created. The
intensified. Meanwhile, garden city concept was based on the
the countryside provided proximity to creation of a series of small cities that
nature and an abundance of natural would combine the advantages of both
resources, but it also suffered from environments.
isolation and a decrease in employment
opportunities.
Ebenezer Howard (1850-1928), who had been studying cities before the establishment
of urbanism as an academic field, was one of the most influential people behind the
garden city movement. Howard published Tomorrow a Peaceful Path to Real
Reform (1898), a book that was reprinted four years later as Garden Cities of
Tomorrow (1902), for which he became widely known.
In addition to his publications, Howard also organized the Garden City Association in
1899 in England to promote the ideas of social justice, economic efficiency, beautification,
health, and well-being in the context of city planning.
The Three Magnets Diagram, particularly
emblematic in terms of summarizing the ideas
of garden cities, is featured in the first pages
of both versions of Garden Cities of
Tomorrow.
Each illustrated magnet represents a specific

environment: the town, the country, and the town-
1 country. The first two magnets list the positives and
negatives of town life and country life, while the third
magnet combines the advantages of both.
Town – The pull of ‘Town Magnet’ are the opportunities
for work and high wages, social opportunities,
2 amusements and well – lit streets. The pull of ‘Country
Magnet’ is in natural beauty, fresh air, healthfulness. It
was closing out of nature, offered isolation of crowds
and distance from work. But it came at a cost of foul
air, costly drainage, murky sky and slums.
3 Country – It offered natural beauty, low rents, fresh air,

meadow but had low wages and lack of drainage.
Country has dullness, lack of society, low wages, lack
of amusements and general decay.
Town- Country
Town- Country – it was a combination of both town and countryside with aim of providing
benefits of both and offered beauty of nature, social opportunity, fields of easy access, low
rent, high wages and field of enterprise. Thus, the solution was found in a combination of
the advantages of Town and Country – the ‘Town – Country Magnet’ – it was proposed as
a town in the Country, and having within it the amenities of natural beauty, fresh air and
healthfulness. Thus advantages of the Town – Country are seed to be free from the
disadvantages of either.
Some of the important
features of Garden City are
• 1000 acres of towns designed for

healthy living and industry
• 5000 acres if permanent green belt
which surrounds the whole town
• Density of 12 families per acre
• A large central park having public
buildings.
• limited size of approx 32000 people,
planned in advance and land in single
ownership to eliminate overcrowding.
Garden cities examples as a result of garden city
movement
1. Letchworth Garden City
2. Welwyn
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4. Relation of part to part and part to whole is

A. Symmetry
B. Proportion
C. Harmony
D. Balance
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QUESTION #4

Proportion refers to the dimensions of a
composition and relationships between
height, width and depth. How proportion
is used will affect how realistic
or stylised something seems.
Proportion also describes how the sizes
of different parts of a piece of art or
design relate to each other.
“The length of the
outspread arms is
equal to the
height of a man”
Leonardo da Vinci
In this set of sketches Da Vinci
looked in more detail at the human
head. He worked out realistic
proportions to use as general rules
for the positions and size of
different features:
• Eyes positioned halfway down the head

• Top of the ears are in line with the eyebrows
• Bottom of the ears in line with the bottom of the nose
• Pupils in line with the ends of the mouth
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5. Emphasising two things equally is

A. Contrast
B. Unity
C. Repetition
D. Duality
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QUESTION #4

QUESTION #4

Unity
Unity is the principle of art that gives an artwork a feeling
of “oneness”. Unity and harmony are similar, but unity is
more broad.
Unity is about separate parts working together.

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6. The occurrence of radial symmetry in plan and bilateral

symmetry in elevation is seen in
A. Fatehpur Sikri
B. Jantar Mantar
C. Taj Mahal
D. Red Fort
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QUESTION #4
Bilateral Symmetry Radial Symmetry

A basic body plan in which the left and When an object is radically symmetrical,
right sides of the organism can be divided you could cut from side of the organism
into approximately mirror images of each through the centre to the other side,
other. anywhere on the object, and this cut
would produce two equal halves.
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Architecture

2 Floor Space Index

3 Garden City Concept

1 Keep a notebook (Plain Sheets)

3 Try to attempt Questions

4 If you like, please share

1. Housing in Hot dry climate such as Rajasthan must follow a

• a concept that produces architecture of a

• Concept of urban development laid out on

• The Compact City or city of short

• Compact building design simply means

• An open-plan room or building has few or

2. The expansion of FSI is

Establishing rules related to floor space

if we consider the other side of the

It maintains the ratio of open space to built space.

It maintains the skyline line of the city.

A average F.S.I value ensures a good development of the project.

Maintaining equilibrium between sustained, planned growth and

3. Garden City principle was propounded by

Following the Industrial Revolution,

Each illustrated magnet represents a specific

3 Country – It offered natural beauty, low rents, fresh air,

• 1000 acres of towns designed for

4. Relation of part to part and part to whole is

Cite the book for a bibliopgraphy in MLA Style:

• Eyes positioned halfway down the head

5. Emphasising two things equally is

Cite the book for a bibliopgraphy in MLA Style:

Cite the book for a bibliopgraphy in MLA Style:

Unity is about separate parts working together.

6. The occurrence of radial symmetry in plan and bilateral

Bilateral Symmetry Radial Symmetry

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