Complete the vocabulary of reading a building.
A horizontal cut seen from above is a ______; a vertical cut is a ______. The Roman public hall adopted for Christian worship is the ______. A recurring configuration serving a recurring purpose is a ______.
Word bank: plan · section · basilica · type · elevation · module
Hints
- The first two are both cuts, in different directions.
- The last blank names how buildings inherit solutions.
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A horizontal cut seen from above is a plan; a vertical cut is a section. The Roman public hall adopted for Christian worship is the basilica. A recurring configuration serving a recurring purpose is a type.
The last blank is the concept that makes an unfamiliar building approachable. Recognising the type tells you what the architect was working with and against, and the deviations from it are where the individual work actually is.
Practise Architecture II: Reading a Building
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