Sustainability
Urban Solutions
Modern Architectural Theory
Vernacular / Critical Regionalism / Phenomonology AND postmodernism
Timeline
100
These two types of sustainability were proposed by Van der Ryn and Cowan.
Ecological and Technological
100
This urban-scale movement is associated with Welwyn, England.
Garden City
100
This Architect designed a building in St. Louis that was not considered a classical column with base, shaft and capital.
Louis Sullivan
100
The OPEC oil Crisis occurred in the year... (choose the correct answer) 1982 1972 1978 1968
1978
100
WWI begins
1914
200
John Muir, the "father of the national park system", was (pick the correct answer): -conservationist -preservationist -positivist
preservationist
200
Name four City Beautiful cities
DC, san Francisco, Chicago, New Delhi, Berlin, Rome, Moscow, Denver, Cleveland
200
This architect declared that revolution can be avoided through architecture.
Le Corbusier
200
The Death and Life of Great American Cities was written in this year.
1961
200
Bauhaus begins and ends
1919-1933
300
This author argues for a Land Ethic. He also argued, "a thing is right when it tends to preserve...the biotic community." He wrote "A Sand County Almanac"
Who is Aldo Leopold
300
Name the four Jane Jacobs good city attributes
Mixed uses Small blocks concentration Aged Buildings
300
What modern material did Violet le Duc apply rational structural principles to?
Cast Iron
300
Rapoport said that vernacular architecture can be described by its ____________.
process
300
Crystal Palace
1851
400
This person, the author of Principles of Political Economy (1848) advocated a "steady state", not constant growth.
Who is John Stuart Mill
400
What are the two main responses to the industrial city?
Government, or Government Intervention Social, or Social Reformers
400
This artistic and architectural movement was lead by Antonio Sant'Elia
Futurism
400
What book did David Harvey write?
The Condition of Post Modernity
400
Tragedy of the Commons written
1968
500
In 1987 the Brundtland Commission formulated this definition of Sustainability, fill in the blanks: ___________ that meets the needs of the _______ without compromising the ability of _________ to meet their needs.
Development...present...future generations
500
Name at least two problems (factors it did not account for) with the City Beautiful Movement.
didnt provide business expansion didnt recognize the realities of the real estate market ignored, or didn't include housing.
500
This architectural movement and style used new materials, machined surfaces and abstraction in service of pure design
Art Nouveau
500
According to Kenneth Frampton, Critical Regionalism incorporates Zeitgeist and __________.
genius loci
500
Sand County Almanac written, and by whom (last name is acceptable)
1949, Leopold
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