So a few weeks ago I wrote a post on how to speak like an architect with the premise that if you want to be an architect, you have to speak in a certain way or no one will take you very seriously.
Because I am just the sort of guy to try to help others out, I came up with a list of words that old seasoned architects have most likely mastered but younger architects, interns, students, and those who are working with architects should try to learn. I am back here today to present you with round 3 of Architect Bingo© – another group of 25 words for you to learn and incorporate into your casual daily conversations
Here is the third round of words for you to memorize:
I have expanded my list of architect-y words that you need to master. Coming out later this week are the rest of the series – cards 4 and 5 – so in the end there will be a total of 5 cards and 125 words. To be quite frank, the last card of 25 words is really going to be a drinking game for more advanced players.
At any rate, once you have managed to work all these words into your daily conversations without effort, you’ll be on your way to becoming a bona-fide architect. Blah, blah blah – yes, this is a riff on the story ‘The Emperor’s New Clothes” and architects have been making use of this technique for decades. I just can’t bring myself to write that paragraph for the 3rd time. Go back and read the posts with Architect Bingo Cards 1 or 2 if you just can’t get enough. (but thanks … you’re awesome! *karate-chop roundhouse high five*)
Here is the third round of words for you to memorize:
Plane: a surface generated by a straight line moving at a constant velocity with respect to a fixed point, such that a straight line joining any two of its points lies wholly in the surface
Carbon Footprint: the amount of greenhouse and specifically carbon dioxide emitted by something (as a person’s activities or a product’s manufacture and transport) during a given period
Gesture: a movement (usually of the body or limbs) that expresses or emphasizes an idea, sentiment, or attitude
Proportion: a movement usually of the body or limbs that expresses or emphasizes an idea, sentiment, or attitude
Intention: a determination to act in a certain way
Depth: the degree of intensity <depth of a color>
Render: to reproduce or represent by artistic or verbal means
Geothermal: of, relating to, or utilizing the heat of the earth’s interior; also : produced or permeated by such heat
Formal: relating to or involving the outward form, structure, relationships, or arrangement of elements rather than content
Envelop: to enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering
Re-Purpose: to give a new purpose or use to
Day–Lighting: illumination of indoor spaces by natural light
Shape: form, create; especially : to give a particular form or shape to
Monolithic: constituting a massive undifferentiated and often rigid whole
Datum: something used as a basis for calculating or measuring
Function: the action for which a person or thing is specially fitted or used or for which a thing exists
Preliminary: something that precedes or is introductory or preparatory
Salient: standing out conspicuously; especially : of notable significance
Element: a constituent part: as a distinct group within a larger group or community
Miesian: a formal gesture incorporating the maxims of Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe
Sustainable: of, relating to, or being a method of harvesting or using a resource so that the resource is not depleted or permanently damaged
Complexity: a whole made up of complicated or interrelated parts
Spatial: of or relating to facility in perceiving relations (as of objects) in space
Rhetoric: the study of writing or speaking as a means of communication or persuasion
Axis: a straight line about which a body or a geometric figure rotates or may be supposed to rotate
*UPDATE*
All the cards are finished – You can find them by following the links below
Cheers!
ps – on the advice of my crack legal team Architect Bingo©® (US Patent Pending)
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The definition of gesture and proportion is the same ;P
Have you done “modulate” yet? Modernists use it and it really sounds impressive. I think it helps amateurs like me “get” a features I don’t immediately like.
Dang it! I didn’t use modulate but that is a really good one. Maybe I will just keep creating these cards and make a real game out of it.
Modulate ..Mmmmmmmm
I really want to take these cards to my final reviews next week. A student one year above me made bingo cards specifically for one of our professors, which was pretty amusing… we all won pretty quickly just during class.
I really want to take these cards to my final reviews next week. A student one year above me made bingo cards specifically for one of our professors, which was pretty amusing… we all won pretty quickly just during class.
That’s pretty funny – these words seem to be pretty universally used in studios around the world. I have 2 more cards coming – #4 tomorrow and a bonus 5th card either Saturday or Monday that is the advanced players drinking game card. That would be pretty full throttle – and I think a lot of fun.
Cheers