Types of Buildings
Warming – up
1. What types of buildings do you know ?
2. What do you know about their functions ?
3. What do you think about requirements to types of buildings ?
General building types
Residential |
Education |
Religion |
Recreation |
block of flats maisonettes terraced houses hotel bungalow |
school library university |
church mosque cathedral |
swimming pool cinema theatre restaurant |
Welfare |
Transport and industry |
Administration and commerce |
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old people's home hospital fire station |
warehouse bicycle factory railway station bus station |
bank post office department store |
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I From the list of types of buildings, try to label the drawings below:
block of flats fire station railway station
hotel school swimming pool
hospital church bank
Now say what each building is used for and discuss the types of activities that could go on in each building.
II. Look at this table and complete the examples:
Building type |
Purpose of building ' |
Examples of activities |
Spaces provided |
University |
educating 200 students per year |
giving lectures a) storing and reading books |
lecture room laboratory b) _______ |
House |
accommodating a family of 5 persons |
preparing and cooking food c) d) _________ |
e)
dining room bedroom |
Hospital |
treating 150 patients per day !.
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f) examining patients g) |
treatment room h) dispensary |
Factory |
making 400 precast concrete panels per week |
storing materials i) casting concrete panels |
J) mixing space k) |
Now add examples from the list of building types in exercise I.
III. Ask and answer questions like the following:
i
a) What is the function of a university?
A
university as a place for educating students.
b) What spaces are provided in the building?
Spaces provided in the building include a lecture room, laboratories and a library.
c) What is the lecture room used for ?
The lecture room is used for giving lectures.