QUESTIONS:

1. The common things among the different design process and methods are it
always begins on _____________ and at the end of process it always ends up into a
_____________.
2. One type of architectural design process according to wan Muhammad that
design process is an endless repetitive _____________.
3. B.A.S.I.C. is defined as Briefing, ____________, Synthesis, Implementation, and
Communication.
4. What design process is commonly used by the architects in the Philippines?
5. What is the process leading to an architectural problem?
6. What must be done before starting a construction?
7. In what phase/stage the designer/architect must be a keen listener for him to
extract the wants and needs of his client? This includes not only physical needs but
also the social habits, special interests, and ideas of the client.
8. The ____________ is a series of study sketches. It represents the ideal special
relationships of the major user elements from the user analysis. It is sometimes
called the bubble diagram.
9. Enumerate (in any order) the 6 steps/phases/processes in architectural design
process?
10, 11, & 12. UAP Design Documents:
Schematic Stage
Design development stage
__________________
Contract document stage
______________
______________
ANSWERS:
1. BRIEFING; DESIGN
2. CYCLES
3. ANALYSIS
4. UAP DESIGN PROCESS
5. PROGRAMMING
6. BUIDING PERMIT
7. INTIAL CONTACT
8. IDEAL DIAGRAM
9. INITIAL CONTACT
INVENTORY AND GOAL SETTING
ANALYSIS
CONCEPTUALIZATION
EVALUATION
DESIGN DEVELOPMENT
10.DESIGN STAGE
11.CONSTRUCTION STAGE
12.POST CONSTRUCTION STAGE
GROUP II:CONCEPTUALIZATION TECHNIQUES OF ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
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ESTADILLA, JEROME CHRISTOPHER

CHUA, MARY CHRISTELLE
YOUNG, REGINA JEANE
GONZALES, ABEGAIL
1. The designers way of responding to the design situation presented in the
program. Sometimes called the BIG IDEA, BASIC FRAMEWORK, or
PRIMARY ORGANIZER.
ARCHITECTURAL CONCEPT
2. Enumerate the 3 context for concept getting
VALUES
DESIGN PHILOSOPHY
VIEW/PERCEPTION
3. Three steps in Conceptualizing Techniques
ARCHITECTURAL CONCEPTS
ARCHITECTURAL RESEARCH
3D THINKING ABILITY
4. Set of postures or values about design which he relies upon for making form
in building design
DESIGN PHILOSPHY
5. The architectural concept of this church was based on the Apostles
crucifixion on an X-shaped cross
ST. ANDREW PARISH CHURCH
6. Systematic method of problem solving, builds upon the concept by helping to
make the best use of design tools acquired in creativity.
METHODOLOGY
7. A design tool on which the statement of the problem that you will have to
resolve.
PRESTATEMENT
8. A pattern, Example or model
DESIGN PARADIGM
9. The vehicle you use to to get a project from its beginning to its end
destination
DESIGN METHOD
10.The detailed visual inter-relationships between all the parts of the building as
the operational stage develops.
GEOMETRIC
11.Enumerate the 3 essentials to development of creative skills
IDEATION
IDEA QUANTITY
IMAGINEERING
12.Means confinement or restriction, repression its natural feelings or behavior
CONSTRAINT
13.The design concept by Simon Kwan and associates winning the Royal HK
Jokey club architectural competition and the design which resulted to a
sculptural building.
PRISM SCULPTURE
14.Enumerate the 5 stages in designing
DESIGN ANALYSIS

TENTATIVE SOLUTION
CRITICISM
OPERATIONAL PROCESS
GEOMETRIC
15.Taking the first place in the taiwan tower international competition for
taichung city, this proposal is a structure that will become a symbolic
landmark and urban retreat. with a green rooftop 'island' floating 300 meters
above the city its shape is derived from the trunk of the taiwanese banyan
tree
21ST CENTURY OASIS

Questions:
1. Frank Llyod Wright American architect who believed in designing structures
which were in harmony with humanity and its environment, a philosophy he
called organic architecture.
2. Deconsructivism is the ability to go beyond current modalities of structural
definition. It sometimes called Post-Structuralist.
3. Louis Sullivan Called the father of skyscrapers and father of modernism
and considered by many as the creator of the modern skyscraper.
4. The ten volume book made by Marcus Vitruvius. De Architectura
5. Vitruvius dedicate his works to Emperor ________ for knowledge of building
Roman structures. Augustus
6. Hippodamus of Miletus was the _____mentioned by Aristotle. father of urban
planning
7. Who is the only Chinese architect that won the Pritzker Price for Architecture?
Wang Shu
8. What is the name of the building that KenzoTange built to commemorate the
nuclear bombing that happened in Hiroshima? Hiroshima Peace Memorial
Museum
9. A Japanese Pritzker Price winner whose architectural approach is said to be
like a haiku style due to its simplicity, elegance, and significance to
Japanese architecture. Tadao Ando
10. Alumni of University of Santo Tomas; an influential architect noted for his use
of native materials like bamboo and nipa in contemporary architectural
designs.

Francisco "Bobby" Maosa

11.______________ was sent to the United States as one of the first pensionados
skolar in architecture. He went to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine
Arts in 1911 and subssequently transferred to Drexel to finish his bachelor's
degree in Architecture.
Juan Arellano
12.Arch. Leandro Locsinslargest single work, the official residence of the Sultan
of Brunei.
It is the largest residential palace in the world and the largest single family
residence ever built.

Istana NurulIman
1. Architecture begins with a __________ which is translated into foundations for
vertical development.
Ans: Two Dimensional Plan
2. __________ allows the organization of the tasks in a space according to the
relationship of each other.
Ans: Bubble Diagram
3. It is the regulation of land and development and land use involves arranging
streets and blocks, planning for the provision public services, restricting specific
uses, such as industry to certain areas.
Ans: Planning & Zoning
4. Give at least five (5) types of effects produced under the topic of principles
related to function.
Ans: Radiation Produced
Chemicals
Smoke & Fumes
Relative Heat Produced
Observation Intensity
Potential for Contamination
Asset to Public Image
Revenue Produced
Noise Produced
Vibration
Wet Dry
Trash Production
Relative Visual Clutter

Odor Production
5. This deals with the development of plan arrangement to serve in a purely
mechanical way the functions of the building.
Ans: Functional Design
6. What are the elements of comfort?
Ans. Light and Ventilation
7. _____________ govern ventilation, temperature control, lighting, yards and courts,
sound transmission, room dimensions, surrounding materials and rodent proofing
associated with the interior spaces of building.
Ans: Interior environment
8. Interior spaces intended for human occupancy shall be provided with active or
passive space-heating systems capable of maintaining a minimum indoor
temperature of __________.
Ans: 68F or 20C
9. Every space intended for human occupancy shall be provided with ___________ by
means of exterior glazed openings in accordance or shall be provided with
_____________. Exterior glazed openings shall open directly onto a public way or
onto a yard or court.
Ans: Natural Light
Artificial Light

1. Defined by Webster as that which is desirable or worthy of esteem for its

own sake; thing or quality having intrinsic worth.
Answer:
-value
2. What are the 3 historical examples?
Answer:
-Roman Empire
-American Society
-Filipinos
3. Four Basic Values
Answer:
-integrity
-discipline
-hardwork
-justice
4. It is a taboo to use wood the sap of which is still fresh
Answer:
-weeping wood

5. Start construction on ___A________ ; never on ____ B_______

Answer:
A. Monday B. Friday
6. The no. of main posts should always be__A___ not odd, never __B__ pcs.
Answer:
A. Even B. 13
7. It is a circular disc marked with concentric circles of Chinese characters that
gives series of direction and classifies a variety of geometric factors
Answer:
-Loupan
8. Give two examples of design to avoid
Answer:
-Avoid the bed facing directly a door
-Avoid headboard aligned with the door
-Avoid having pond inside a house
-Stairs should not end in a toilet whether going up or down
-Avoid more than three to four doors in a row for residence
-Business establishment that is wide in front but getting smaller resembles
drain or funnel
-Centre of the front door faces the edge of another building and empty land
-Steep pointed roof form or gable end causes sha qi to the entrance.
-A withering tree or an awkwardly shaped tree in front of the door
9. Cosmic breath of the Chinese dragon of life for growth and vitality which
causes mountains to be formed and gives man spiritual energy.
Answer:
-Qi
10.What is the natural domestic architecture of a people?
Answer:
-Folk Architecture
11.Utilitarian architecture by definition is dedicated to _______
Answer:
-Utility
12.Give the sequence of harmony of five elements in fengshui
Answer:
Gold, Water, Wood, Fire and Earth
1. It involves the study of specific policy problems and governmental responses to
them.
Answer:
Public Policy

1. What are the categories considered in the Public Policy by the American
Institute of America (AIA)?
Answer:
The Architect
The Practice
The World
2. What are the Public Policies in the World category?
Answer:
Architects Collaborate
Architectural Design Matters
Architects are Environmentally Responsible
QUESTIONS:
1. What is Environmental Building design concept?
2. Why do we to consider the environment in designing structures and
buildings?
3. What is the meaning of sustainable?
4. What is the meaning of green in green architecture?
5. What are the characteristics of green architecture buildings?
6. What are the factors that man design eco-friendly houses?
7. Give atleast three(3) green visionary architecture concepts:
1.)
2.)
3.)
8. What is the impact of environmental designs?
9. How do we utilize the environment into our own advantage?
10.What do you think will happen if the environment is not considered in
designing a building?
11.What are the primary principles of Green Architecture?
12.What are the sample techniques of using renewable resources in Green
Building?
13.How does sustainable architectures design can be called?
14.What is the implication of environmental designs?
15.What are the hindrances of building such designs?
Answers:
1. All design aspects that influence a buildings indoor environmental
conditions, i.e. how the building maintains adequate thermal, visual, and
acoustic conditions for the building occupants, as well as its resulting
environmental footprint.
2. The environment is an essential part in designing buildings. We consider the
orientation of the building to know where to put windows and where not to
put them. We also consider the wind direction to incorporate passive air
cooling into our design. We should follow what the environment is, not alter
it. By doing so we conserve our environment.

3. Sustainable means the most comprehensive as it addresses societal,

economic and environmental concerns.
4. Green architecture, or green design, is an approach to building that
minimizes harmful effects on human health and the environment. The
"green" architect or designer attempts to safeguard air, water, and earth by
choosing eco-friendly building materials and construction practices.
5. Green architecture may have many of these characteristics:\
Ventilation systems designed for efficient heating and cooling
Energy-efficient lighting and appliances
Water-saving plumbing fixtures
Landscapes planned to maximize passive solar energy
Minimal harm to the natural habitat
Alternate power sources such as solar power or wind power
Non-synthetic, non-toxic materials
Locally-obtained woods and stone
Responsibly-harvested woods
Adaptive reuse of older buildings
Use of recycled architectural salvage
Efficient use of space
6. This is because the designs actually help man make use of minimal energy
resources to maintain an indoor environment conducive for living. Precious
energy resources like firewood and coal could then be reserved for other
important uses like cooking and warming the building during extreme
weather conditions. And because energy resources were probably less
available, man had little choice but to learn how to make the best use of
natures elements, like the suns rays to keep the building well lit in the day
and warm during the cold months, and the winds to keep the building cool
and well-ventilated during the warmer months.
7. Answers(any of the following):
Tianjin Eco City
Vertical Theme Park of the Future
Weave Housing
Twisting Acupuncture Tower for Taiwan
Vertical City for Venezuela Slums
Solar Tower for Taipei
Structural Geodesics: Evolving Skyscraper for Armenia
Synthetic Hyper Structure Proposal
Multi-Floor Bridge in Seoul
Spiral Tower: Suburban Living in Berlin
Sustainable Space Skyscraper in Egypt
Self-Sufficient Algae Airships
8.

Environmental impact design is concerned with modifications to the design

of development projects to achieve positive impacts - externalities which

9.

benefit the environment and raise the stock of public goods. Examples of
positive impacts include:
Habitat creation as a result of afforestation projects
Coastal management projects which contribute to ecological and recreational
objectives
flood defense projects which create greenways
public open space projects which contribute to surface water management
objectives
bridge designs which enhance the landscape and contribute to nontransportation objectives
We use the environment not as a hindrance in designing building, but use it
as an asset. The surrounding foliage in the site can add to the buildings
beauty. The existing trees can be used to beautify the surroundings. The wind
can also be used for passive air cooling.

10. It will be harmful for both the humans and the environment. The building will
not be functional and it will face many problems.
11.Energy efficiency, indoor air quality, green materials, green building systems,
good design.
12. Using sunlight through Passive solar, active solar, and photovoltaic
techniques and using plants and trees through green roofs, rain garden and
reduction of rainwater-runoff.
13.Ecological design
14.The concepts of ecological design and sustainable design, which support this
newer
approach, are used interchangeably. Sustainability allows us to
provide for present needs, while promoting long-term ecological and
physiological health and productivity. Ecology is the study of the relationship
of all living things to their biological and physical environments. Sustainable
design is then the intentional planning and design of human ecosystems
through the application of ecological understanding, to make conscious
informed decisions concerning conflicts between human and ecosystem
needs
15.The hindrances of building such designs are the advancement in technology,
finance and lack of research facilities and further studies.

Questions:
IDENTIFICATION:

1.
2.
3.
4.

5.

_________________refers to the placement, location and arrangement of each

room in relation with each other as to functions and coordination. (Distribution)
This is a collection of requirements and interaction impairs, which if understood
makes it very much more probable that a solution will be found. (Links)
Mezzanine floors shall have a clear ceiling height not less than
________________above and below it. (1.80meters)
A _____________________for each of the groups was then produced as the result
of further discussion of what we originally intended by the requirements.
(Schematic diagram)
________________and movement of the occupants inside the building should not
be hampered by any obstacles nor be detoured as a result of poor planning.
(Circulation)

TRUE OR FALSE:
6.
It was also possible to state the basic idea behind each diagram, which
necessarily left out the details. (true)
7.
The zoning ordinance should be consulted after deciding on the final
site of the house of the building. (false -- before)
8.
A moderate low ceiling allows fresh air circulation, comfortable
atmosphere and pressured aesthetic value of the room. (false -- high)
9.
For a ventilation system to be efficient, there should be provision for a
through flow of air in the dwelling. (true)
QUESTIONS:
1. These are strong indicators that something outside is welcome inside.
ANSWER:
connectors
2. These represent decisions about how much or what kind of outdoor
constitution is to be admitted.
ANSWER:
filters
3. These are characteristic of regional architecture in harsh climate and are also
common to spaces needing a tightly controlled environment such as
auditorium.
ANSWER:
barriers
4. The relation of the building to the land, the sun and the wind
ANSWER:
sitting and orientation
5. Fenestration, insulation, thermal mass, wall shading, color and reflectivity,
openings and penestrations, these are the___________
ANSWER:
nature of the envelope
6. The influence affects the facades of the buildings. They are being designed to
intercept exteriority the rays of the sun in summer.
ANSWER:
shading by structural elements
7. A method of cooling simpler than that of the compressive evaporate
refrigeration cycle, can be effective
ANSWER:
evaporatve cooling
8. Enumerate the three basic components of the building envelope
ANSWER:
windows, walls, roofs
9. Enumerate the 7 elements of site control:
ANSWER:
SOLAR SHADING

WHITE ROOFS AND DESERT COOLING

PASSIVE SOLAR PLANNING
NATURAL HEATING AND DAY LIGHTING
WINDOWLESS BUILDING
UTILIZATION OF NATURAL GROWTH
EQUIPMENT OF THE ROOF