Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Jan 27, 2008 13:21
16 yrs ago
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German term
United Kingdom
raumhaltig
German to English
Tech/Engineering
Architecture
This is somehow more than just "three-dimensional", with its implication of taking up space. Can anyone think of a succinct but fitting way of putting it in English?
The specific sentence it comes from is:
"Ihre Strukturen reichen von geometrischen Formverläufen über raumhaltige Ornamente bis zu scheinbar organisch gewachsenen Gebilden."
The specific sentence it comes from is:
"Ihre Strukturen reichen von geometrischen Formverläufen über raumhaltige Ornamente bis zu scheinbar organisch gewachsenen Gebilden."
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | voluminous |
Stephen Smith
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| 3 +3 | three dimensional |
Kim Metzger
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| 4 | space enclosing |
Tilman Lichter
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| 3 -1 | room-filling |
swisstell
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| 2 | expansive ornaments |
gangels (X)
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Change log
Jan 27, 2008 17:45: Steffen Walter changed "Field" from "Art/Literary" to "Tech/Engineering"
Proposed translations
6 hrs
Selected
voluminous
sounds somewhat more poetic to me than volumetric and seems to capture the idea of the original, namely that the ornaments take up a lot of space
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Decided to go with this one. As I said, the word means *more than* just three-dimensional."
-1
2 hrs
room-filling
an idea
3 hrs
space enclosing
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organized around space-enclosing figures (squares; circles, poly-. gons etc. ...... Religion, and Burial; andBody Ornament and Clothing. Contact: ...
orgs.uww.edu/avista/avistapdfs/afj0802.pdf - Similar pages
organized around space-enclosing figures (squares; circles, poly-. gons etc. ...... Religion, and Burial; andBody Ornament and Clothing. Contact: ...
orgs.uww.edu/avista/avistapdfs/afj0802.pdf - Similar pages
+3
3 hrs
Kim Metzger
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Related KudoZ points
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374
three dimensional
I think you're right - it's three dimensional.
... Unterschiedliche Abwicklungen würden «Poché-Räume» einschliessen und die mehrschalige Fassade plötzlich raumhaltig werden lassen.
A different course of action would include poché spaces, and would suddenly render a multilayered facade three dimensional.
http://www.deplazes.arch.ethz.ch/downloads/forschung/daemmbe...
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Note added at 3 hrs (2008-01-27 17:10:16 GMT)
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Or volumetric
Critic James Wines notes, The topic of this book, 'un-volumetric architecture' is the search for creative alternatives to the overly volumetric 'shape making' obsessions of international architecture today . . .
http://www.publishedart.com.au/bookshop.html?book_id=1838
... Unterschiedliche Abwicklungen würden «Poché-Räume» einschliessen und die mehrschalige Fassade plötzlich raumhaltig werden lassen.
A different course of action would include poché spaces, and would suddenly render a multilayered facade three dimensional.
http://www.deplazes.arch.ethz.ch/downloads/forschung/daemmbe...
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Note added at 3 hrs (2008-01-27 17:10:16 GMT)
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Or volumetric
Critic James Wines notes, The topic of this book, 'un-volumetric architecture' is the search for creative alternatives to the overly volumetric 'shape making' obsessions of international architecture today . . .
http://www.publishedart.com.au/bookshop.html?book_id=1838
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
gangels (X)
: like 'volumetric'
28 mins
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| agree |
Andrew D
: not just 2 d ornaments but three dimensional ornaments
4 hrs
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| agree |
mary austria
20 hrs
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4 hrs
expansive ornaments
in the sense of 'imposing', but the mentioned 'volumetric' may be most precise, if not terribly poetic
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