Chapter 4: Housing Study

Question 0

Turpan Houses-

Answer 0

Small open courtyards for social gatherings, second story patios are avoided because of strong winds [Chinese]

Question 1

Kashgar Houses-

Answer 1

More than one floor, patios on the second+ floor [Chinese]

Question 2

Yinchaun houses-

Answer 2

Built around large open air courtyards, trees provide shade there. Mostly muslim residents [chinese]

Question 3

Dunhuang House-

Answer 3

Walled central courtyards, covered by an open lattice grape arvor. Provided free movement of air but lots of shade. Curved rooves, looks like a castle kinda in the picture [chinese]

Question 4

Lower Chesapeake-

Answer 4

One story, steep roof, chimneys at either end [new england house]

Question 5

The middle atlantic house

Answer 5

Two stories,one room deep, two rooms wide. [new england house]

Question 6

Minimal Traditional-

Answer 6

Dominant in the late 1940’s and early 1950’s, reminiscent of tudor-style houses populAr in 1920s and 1930. Usually one story. Housed veterans. [Usa home]

Question 7

Ranch house-

Answer 7

Replaced minimal traditional in the 1950s and into the 1960s, one story, one long side parallel to the street. [USa]

Question 8

Split level-

Answer 8

Variant of ranch house, popular between 1950 and 1970. Lower level contained garage and newly popular family room where tv was watched. [usa]

Question 9

Contemporary-

Answer 9

Popular between 1950 and 1970, had flat or low-pitched roofs. [usa]

Question 10

Shed-

Answer 10

Popular in the late 1960s, characterized by high pitched shed roofs, giving the house the appearance of geometric forms [usa]