Practice question · Numerical answer
How many requirements did Vitruvius place on a building?
Hints
- It must stand up and be useful.
- Firmitas, utilitas, venustas.
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3
Why
Three: firmitas, utilitas, venustas, it must stand up, be useful and please. Two thousand years later the list still works, and the structural system is where the first is settled.
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