Architecture

Workbook to accompany digital packet

Instructions: If you are having technical issue with the digital packet, then this workbook is for you! It
contains all the questions from the digital packet indexed by slide number. Use the digital
packet for all information and instruction, while typing your answers directly in this
workbook. You can also print this workbook and write your answers in the space provided
under each question. Once completed, please email your workbook to
[email protected] and [email protected].
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8 Most Popular Building Types in America

1. Residential Building: A residential building is designed and built for people to live in and call home
permanently or temporarily. This can be a house, apartment building,
condominium, hotel, duplex, bungalow, etc.

2. Educational Buildings: These buildings are used for school, college, or daycare purposes where people
gather for instruction, education, or recreation.

3. Institutional Buildings: These buildings include hospitals, nursing homes, orphanages, jails, prisons,
mental hospitals, etc.

4. Assembly Buildings: These buildings are where a group of people gather for recreation, amusement,
social, or religious purposes. It also includes theaters, assembly halls, exhibition
halls, restaurants, museums, club rooms, auditorium, etc.

5. Business Buildings: These buildings are used for offices, business transactions, keeping records of
accounts, town halls, city halls, courthouses, etc.

6. Mercantile Buildings: These buildings are used for markets, stores, wholesale, or retail.

7. Industrial Buildings: These types of buildings are used for manufacturing purposes, such as factories,
where products or materials of all kinds are made, assembled, or processed.

8. Storage Buildings: These buildings are generally used for the storage or sheltering of goods, wares, or
merchandise like warehouses, cold storages, garages, stables, transit sheds, etc.

Think about the buildings you have in your city or town. Better yet, get out, take
a tour, and look at all the different building types. There may be some building
types you had no idea existed in your community.
Now, in the spaces below list 6 building types that are in your community.
1) 2)

3) 4)

5) 6)
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Follow the instructions on slide 7 of the Architecture digital packet.

What architectural styles did you find in your community? List the building type
and its architectural style below.

Building Type Architectural Style

1)

2)

3)

Follow the instructions on slide 8 to complete a sketch of the building you picked during your search for architectural
styles. Once you have completed your drawing, put your name on it, the building type and architectural style. Take a
photo or scan your drawing and email it along with the rest of your completed Architecture badge work.

Slide #10: Read the information about the Colosseum on slide 9 of your digital packet
and answer the questions below.
What are 3 elements of modern architecture that can be seen in the Colosseum? Hint: Look at the words in
bold on slide 9.

1)

2)

3)

Why do you think architects still use these elements when designing buildings today?

Think of the buildings in your community. Is there a building that uses the elements you listed above? If so,
what type of building is it?
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Think back to the video on slide 12. The architect talked about the features a sustainable
home should have in its design. List three of those features below.

1)

2)

3)

Starting at 4:02 in the video, the architect talks about how important using recyclable and
renewable materials are in sustainable architecture. Renewable and recycled materials help
conserve natural resources and reduce energy use in construction. However, there is a
difference between the two:

Renewable materials can recover fast to keep pace with how quickly they’re used.
Therefore, the materials do not run out and energy is not being used to make more.

Recyclable materials are parts of buildings, roads, or bridges that can be used to
construct or renovate other buildings or structures. It’s stuff that would be thrown into a
landfill if it were not being used again to build something else.

Click here or go to https://theconstructor.org/sustainability/10-sustainable-building-

materials-for-eco-friendly-construction/569864/ and read through the article, “10 Sustainable
Building Materials for Eco-Friendly Construction.” Find two examples of renewable
materials and recycled materials. List them below.

Renewable Building Materials

1)

2)

Recyclable Building Materials

1)

2)
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Pretend you’re an architect and have a client who is an Eagle Scout. Like all Scouts, he is
very conservation-minded. He also wants you to design a sustainable, eco-friendly home for
him and his family on a large piece of property. Your client’s home will be in a hot, dry
environment that gets lots of sun and very little rain.

Knowing the environment in which your client lives, what are 2 features you can
include in your design and the purpose it serves in making your client’s home
sustainable and eco-friendly? There can be many answers, so be an architect and get
creative. Just remember, as a sustainable architect you want to work with the environment in
which the house will be built. Not against it.

Feature What purpose will this feature serve in the home?

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Reusing existing buildings has been called the wave of the future for sustainable architecture. What do you
think are 3 benefits to turning an old building into a whole new space instead of creating a completely new
building?

1)

2)

3)

Slide #18
Look at your interview and see what your client requires for their new home. You should see
some connections between your client’s lifestyle and the requirements they have for their
new home and property.
Based on what you know about your client’s requirements and lifestyle, list 3 features you
think you should include in your design and why you think your client would want this
feature in their new home.
Feature Why you think your client want this feature in their home
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Building a new home is not cheap, so you want to be sure you meet your client’s goals. Look at the answers
your client gave in the interview, especially why they want a new home in the first place. What are 2 goals
your client wants the most from their new home? For example, do they want more space, better layout, more
sustainable, etc?
1)

2)

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To complete requirement 5, go to https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/finding-a-job/architecture-
degree-jobs and look at the many career opportunities in Architecture. Choose 3 that interest you
and answer the questions below.
Which 3 careers in architecture interest you most?
1)
2)
3)

Of the 3 listed above, which do you find the most interesting? ____________________________
Explain why this career interests you the most.

What kind of education and training do you need to work in your chosen career?

Remember to scan or take a photo or scan of your drawing for requirement 1 and floor plan for
requirement requirement 4 and email it along with your completed workbook to
[email protected] and [email protected].