Interior Environment: Part One
What is the MINIMUM temperature required in habitable spaces per the code?
68 Degrees Fahrenheit
Define STC
Sound Transmission Class
A number that is given to a material to rate its acoustical performance. The lower the value the lower the sound isolating value
How many water closets TOTAL would a passenger terminal with an occupant load of 1,000 people require?
2 (1 per 500)
Toilet and Sink are terms you should no longer use...What are they referred to in the IBC?
Water Closet and Lavatory
"Architecture is the art of how to waste space."
A) Robert Graves
B) Samuel Mockbee
C) Philip Johnson
D) Maya Lin
C) Philip Johnson (Famous Architect)
What is the MINIMUM net glazed area required in each habitable room?
8% of the floor area
If a Residential building has _ stories or more, it must comply with the IBC instead of the IRC.
Four (4)
How many lavatories would a male restroom in a theater with an occupant load of 1,000 require?
3 lavatories (1 per 200)
(1,000 occupants is 500 males, 500 females)
The threshold for Alteration Level 3 is triggered when the work area of a project exceeds __% of the building area.
50%
"An Architect's most useful tools are an eraser at a drafting board, and a wrecking bar at the site."
A) Frank Lloyd Wright
B) Renzo Piano
C) Vitruvius
D) Neville Brody
A) Frank Lloyd Wright
When using artificial light, what is the average illumination required per the code?
Average illumination of 10 footcandles
Floor area must be at least __ Square foot in habitable rooms.
Rooms must be at least _ feet in any horizontal direction, except in kitchens.
70 Square Foot
7 Feet
How many showers would a congregate living facility with 16 people require?
2 showers (1 per 8)
In an Art Gallery with 1,300 occupants, how many water closets are required in the Female restroom?
10
1 per 65
"People ignore design that ignores people."
A) Frank Chimero
B) Juan Montoyo
C) Milton Glaser
D) John Saladino
A) Frank Chimero
Define Footcandle
a measurement of light intensity. One foot-candle is defined as enough light to saturate a one-foot square with one lumen of light
“Walls, partitions and floor - ceiling assemblies separating dwelling units and sleeping units from each other…shall not have a sound transmission class [STC] of not less than ___ according to the IBC.
50 STC
How many sinks AND clothes washer connections are required in 60 unit apartment building need?
60 sinks (1 per dwelling unit)
3 connections (1 connection per 20 dwelling units)
Term used when a project has "little likelihood of being accomplished because the existing structural conditions require the removal or alteration of a load-bearing member...or because other existing physical or site constraints prohibit modification or addition of elements..."
Technically Infeasible
"Color does not add a pleasant quality to design, it reinforces it."
A) Adam Judge
B) Alvar Aalto
C) Micha Commeren
D) Pierre Bonnard
D) Pierre Bonnard
What is the minimum dimensions of an interior courtyard for a 23 story building?
17'-0" x 38'-0"
3'-0" + (1'x14)
10'-0" + (2'x14)
2 story or less:
Courts should be at least 3’ wide
Courts should be at least 10’ in length unless bounded by a public way or yard.
2 story – 14 story
Courts shall increase at 1’ increments in width for each story above 2 stories
Courts shall increase at 2’ increments in length for each story above 2 stories
14 story or more:
Calculated as a 14-story building
Habitable rooms must have glazing that is at least _% of the room’s floor area OR artificial lighting that has an average illumination of _ footcandles.
8%
10 Footcandles
What determines whether or not a parking garage is required to have an employee bathroom?
Whether or not there is a parking attendant.
2902.3
When are separate plumbing facilities not required in a Mercantile building?
When occupant load is 100 or less.
Which of the bands below had a majority of its members meet in Architecture school?
System of a Down
The Beatles
One Direction
He Is Legend
Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd (3 of 5 members met at University of Westminster)