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Final Exam MODHIST2
FEMDHTC@7
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Archaeology
4th Grade
06/06/2010

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Define Le Corbusier's idea of "a redent"
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long set back apartment blocks
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Le Corbusier's Utopian city plan developed in teh 1930s was names
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villa radieuse (Radiant City)
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New research indicated that WWII had 2 influences on the subsequent designs of Le Corbusier?
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softer curvilinear shapes
use of raw concrete
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List 2 design ideas incorporated in Ville Radieuse that were a direct response to the neew battle techniques used in WWI
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Airplanes land in middle
High Towers can shoot planes
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Define brise-soleil
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balcony/sun baffle wall a response to southern sun
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A relatively new interpretation fo Le Corbusier's use of concrete following WWII states that he was influenced by
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seemingly inevitable atomic war
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where did Le Corbusier get the idea for linear housing and cities?
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Luxury liners
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Where did the term Brutalism initially come from
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Le Corbusiers use of exposed concrete in Unie d' Habitas
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The proportioning system developed and used by Le corbusier was known as
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le Modular
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The French term for the type of concrete construction used by Le Corbusier in his later projects is
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Brut
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