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ID2125 - The architect and his profession: exercises READ PARAGRAPHS 2 TO 4 AND COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING CHART FUNCTIONS OF THE ____Architect__:__

1.-Expert in ___the planning of____ buildings a.- Practical ___requirements of the accommodation of various kinds of structures___ e.g. factories, __hotel, theaters, hospital, schools__ b.- Better arrangements in___most economical and convenient manner__ 2.-Understand __traditional and modern__ methods of building construction 3.-Appreciate importance of __mechanization__ and __rapidly evolving industrials__ techniques in areas such as: 4.- __Knowledge___ of materials __their practical__ characteristics __and the effects__ appearance 5.-Knowledge of perspective 6.-Interest in other areas such as _____________ and _____________________ ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN =Architecture’s main Visualizing the work in three __dimensions__ a. - __Visualizing the work in plan__ b. - __Section__ c. - __Elevation__

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ID2125 - The architect and his profession: exercises

Comprehension FINISH READING THE TEXT AND COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING EXERCISES Say whether the statements below are TRUE or FALSE. Justify your choice. a. - Architects need to open their range of understanding to different areas related to their field. __T__ His interests have to encompass law, economics, accounting, taxes, and merchandizing. Also architects must have the knowledge of planning (design), engineering and skill in the art of the buildings b.-The special order creative ability needed to be an architect can be acquired through training. __F__ False, in fact most of the people who are interested in architecture as a career are because they already have the ability of drawing. People might develop the ability by training but can´t acquire it. c.- The social order has to be established by architecture since it is “the maker of civilized living” __F__ That’s false, because architecture has to respond to the social order, not the other way around. Architecture results from the social order. d.- Science has always led the architectural path. __T__ It’s true, as science develops architecture should do it too. Every time science moves forward, architecture has to do it too just to respond to the social needs involves in the changes. e.- Applied science should be the goal of architecture. Cohesive Ties 1..- What do the following words refer to in the text? (they are underlined) a.-P. 1, their ________________________ b.-P.3, them________________________ c.-P.3, they_________________________ d.-P.4, its__________________________ e.-P.5, it____________________________

UNIVERSIDAD SIMON BOLIVAR Prepared by Prof. Dafne Gonzalez

ID2125 - The architect and his profession: exercises 2.-Categorize the following signal words according to their function in the text. for (P1,L1); If (P1,L2); led (P1, L4); Before (P1, L5); though (P1,L5); In short (P1,L6); first (P2, L1); that is (P2,L2); such as (P2,L4); But (P3,L4), too (P3,L8); In addition (P3, L9 ); since (P·,L10); For this (P4,L3); Thus (P5, L1); In other words (P6,L1); Yet (P6,L2); resulted from (P6,L6); Today (P7,L1); despite the fact that (P7,L3); would (P7,L4); Nowadays (P7,L5); Although (P7,L5); Then (P7,L7).

Cause/Effect Comparison/ Contrast Addition Sequence / Chronology Exemplification Hypothesis Paraphrasing 3.- Find a cause-effect relationship in the text. Cause: Effect: 4.- The main rhetoric function of this text is ________________________________