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Plan
Top down view, cut off at about the knees
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Sections
Cut through vertically
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Elevation
the front, or facade of a building
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Scale
Usually depicted on human scale
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Post and Lintel
stonehenge, doorframe; common contruction technique
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Beam
Provides spanning strength
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Menhir
indiviudal standing stone
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adobe
think walls, flat roofs, keeps heat out and in
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teepee
nomadic portable structure made with animal skin
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longhouse
Wood and hemlock, frame permanent, planks removable
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Dolmen
stone uprights with a stone roof (post and lentil)
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Trilithe
post and lentil with stone
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Mortis and Tenon
Male & Female adapters carved into structure
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Earthworks
earth circles and mounds
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Prehistoric
before written history
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primitve architecture shows cultures connection with ___, __, and ____
site, climate, and materials
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Avebury England: ____ encircling ____
Earthworks encircling Menhirs
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Carnac contains a shit load of
menhirs and dolmens
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Haida
buildings left to return to earth via decomposition
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Thatched roofs can last up to ____ years
100-150
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Genral Characteristics of Egyption Architecture:
Strack geometric forms, pylons, light/dark contrast
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Mastaba
bench shaped tomb structure
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Pyramid characteristics
almost no interior space, pharoh buried ABOVE ground
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Pylon
thick walls that punctuate access points, narrow towards top
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axis
geometirc alignment that governs plan of site
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hypostle hall
many colums, dark and enclosed
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Saqqara
Step Pyramid and templ of Zoer
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Giza
3 great pyramids, tallest 500' tall
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Karnak (Egypt)
Temple of Ammon-Ra, aligned with sun in tribute to Sun God. Light and Dark contrast
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Tombs represent housing for deceased; implies Egyptians deep connection with _____
the after life
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Deir-el-Barhi: Quuen Hatshepsut
burial chamber located in cliff, imported trees
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Abu Simbel: Temple of Ramses
Huge statues of Ramses for dramatic flair, sanctuary located in cliff side. Light outside, dark as you enter chamber
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Upper Nile
Southern Egypt
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Lower Nile
Northern Egypt
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Ziggurat
stepped pyramid with monumental stairs on each side, topped with small temple
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Megaron
Kings Cermonial Hall
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Acropolis
High City: built on hills, defensible, and visible
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