Theory of Architecture (ARCHITECTURAL LINGO)

Question 0

Intelligent Buildings

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Defined as continuing capabilities in buildings, drawing from information services or systems. It is a vital urgent tool to enable occupants to live, work or even play under the most satisfying, creative and productive atmosphere. This involves automatically monitoring and taking care of energy consumption and security and fire protection.

Question 1

Smart Houses

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Are future homes, an electronic cases, which electronically wakes you. Up, warms your hot tub and brews your coffee. It will respond to your orders and no one else’s because security sensors recognize your voice. HVAC are regulated.

Question 2

Ambience

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Surrounding on all sides, an environment or it’s distinct atmosphere.

Question 3

Amenities

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(Site) parking, public transit access, walk in customer, exposure, landscape, illumination, security and emergency access.

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Articulation

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refers to the manner in which the surfaces of form come together to define its shape and volume. Their overall configuration is legible and easily perceived. It clearly reveals the edges of its surfaces and corners at which they meet.

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Auspicious

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Promising success, favorable, favored by fortune, prosperous.

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Axonometric

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Designating a method of projection in which a three- dimensional object as represented by a drawing having all lines drawn to exact scale resulting in the optical distortion of diagonals and curves.

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Configuration

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To form after an arrangement of parts or a form, or figures determined by the arrangement of parts.

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Gradation

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Deals with objects which may have the same shape, color and direction but may vary in size and tone, this change is gradually increasing or decreasing.

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Idiosyncracies

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A characteristic, mannerism, habit or the like, that is peculiar to an individual synonym: peculiarity, quirk.

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Indigenous

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Originating in and characterizing a particular region or country: native.

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Juxtaposition

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To put side by side or close together, to pose for a picture taking, to put in position putting of dark to light areas.

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Milieu

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An environment, social or cultural setting.

Question 13

Refurbish

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To renovate, polish up again, brighten

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Retrofit

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To modify equipment that is already in service using parts developed or made available after the time of original manufacture.

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Upscale

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To reduce or increase in magnitude according to a fixed scale up and down. (Upscale subdivision) a higher priced location.

Question 16

Tranche

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French (slice) foreign fund is divided into different releases to borrower.

Question 17

Libor Rate

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London international borrowing rate, the present rate of interest.

Question 18

Moratorium

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A legal authority to delay payment of money due; or a temporary cessation of activity considered as dangerous (construction of tall buildings).

Question 19

Macro

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Group of city such as barangays. In times of conflict, territorial instincts are inflated to include whole group of nations.

Question 20

Micro

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Group such as inhabitants of the same floor of a block or flats, through various social gatherings.

Question 21

Egest

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To discharge, as from the body; void.

Question 22

Ingest

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To put in.

Question 23

Egress

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A mean or place of entering; an entry way

Question 24

Ingress

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A mean or place of entering; an entry way.

Question 25

Environmental Planning

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We plan people's relationship to indoors and the site, the adjoining buildings, the neighbors, nature.

Question 26

Value Engineering

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To process of analyzing systems equipments, materials and obtain the desired function at the lowest overall cost, without sacrificing quality.

Question 27

White Elephant

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Amount of investment given to a building, wherein the facilities is never used or needed in the first place or property that is trouble some or expensive to keep.