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- 1. Multiple Choice
This architecture involves incorporating planning and design solutions into
the development to keep the interior temperature cool despite the hot and
humid climate.
Interior Design
Tropical Design
Urban Design
Vernacular Design
- 2. Multiple Choice
It is characterized by relatively high temperature, high
humidity and abundant rainfall.
Climate
Philippine Climate
Tropical Climate
Climatic Element
- 3. Multiple Choice
Warmest month in the Philippines occurs in ________.
May
April
March
June
- 4. Multiple Choice
It affects the country from July to September, is very warm and humid, occurs when warm
moist air flows over the country from southwest direction is characterized by heavy
rainfall that may last for a week.
Northeast Monsoon
Typhoon
Rainfall
Southwest Monsoon
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which among those mentioned is NOT a problem of areas with tropical climate?
High Temperature Level
Slow Wind Velocities
Low Humidity Levels
High Precipitation Levels during rainy days
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which should NOT be an objective in tropical climates?
Maximize Heat Gain
Maximize Ventilation
Prevent unnecessary increase in humidity levels
Have a good drainage systems to accommodate high annual precipitation
- 7. Multiple Choice
It is a low-energy design that uses a building’s morphology and construction to maintain a comfortable temperature within the building.
Active Design
Tropical Design
Passive Design
- 8. Multiple Choice
These are best applied to the NORTH and SOUTH FACING SIDES of a building because the sun will hit these sides from a high altitude.
Vertical Sunshades
Horizontal Sunshades
Vertical Fins
Egg-Create Sunshades
- 9. Multiple Choice
These are best applied to EAST and WEST FACING SIDES of a building because the sun will hit these sides a low altitude and mostly from an oblique azimuth.
Horizontal Sunshade
Vertical Fins
Sunshade
Egg-Create Sunshade
- 10. Multiple Choice
Hot air or gas tends to rise within a vertical space. This draws in cooler air in lower levels of the space.
Cross Ventilation
Natural Ventilation
Passive Cooling Wind
Stack Effect
- 11. Multiple Choice
This process is adjusting an existing model to particular needs and results to variations of the original.
Tropical Design
Vernacular Design
Interior Design
Urban Design
- 12. Multiple Choice
The flexible framing system and materials allows it's frame to sway during earthquakes.
Bahay na Bato
Agta Lean-to
Bahay Kubo
Tree house
- 13. Multiple Choice
It has wide eaves (alero) that provides the necessary sun shading for its window openings.
Bahay Kubo
Bahay na Bato
Tree house
Agta Leon-to
- 14. Multiple Choice
This is a double wall system that is built to further protect the space from heat gain.
Double Layered Facade
Ventilated Double Facade
Latticed Vents
- 15. Multiple Choice
This type of architecture may not so much be defined in terms of style, but rather in terms of process, how
it is design and built.
Vernacular Architecture
Modern Architecture
Gothic Architecture
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