Architektur und die Stadt: Chicago Trivia - was wissen Sie?

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Architektur und die Stadt Chicago Trivia - was
wissen Sie?
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Why is Chicago called the Windy City?

• The city is famous for sailing.
• The weather can be quite cool and breezy.
• The city was once governed by questionable
  politicians who tended to exaggerate.

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Why did the Worlds Columbian Exposition in 1893
take place in Chicago?

• The discovery of America was celebrated.
• The citizens wanted to show the world that it
  could invest in Chicago again after the great
  fire.
• An extravagant event was planned for visitors
  from Colombia.

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Which material does not burn, bend, or melt?

1. Iron
2. Terra Cotta
3. Steel
4. Wood

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Why did so many artists, who worked for the
Bauhaus School come to the United States?

• The National Socialists objected to their
  socialist tendencies and closed the school in
  1933.
• The artists wanted to spread their theories
  around the world.
• The Bauhaus had actually originated at Black
  Mountain College in North Carolina.

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House or Skyscraper?(clicker activity)

• Would you rather live in a skyscraper in Chicago
  after you graduate or in a house in Evanston?
  When you are 35 years old?
• SKYSCRAPER HOUSE
• What are advantages or disadvantages?

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Which building appeals to you most?
Why?(clicker activity)

• A. B. C.

From which century are they?What could their
function be?If you inherited B, what would you
do with it?
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Favourite Building on Campus(clicker activity)

1. Kresge Hall
2. University Hall
3. University Library
4. Deering Library
5. Tech
6. other

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Controversial Questions(clicker activity)

• Is architecture art? Yes/No
• Is a mixture of modern and historical effective
  (German Reichstag)? Yes/No