tour creuse, la
English translation: hollow; empty, shallow (figurally); off-peak
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| French to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Architecture / B�timent Louise Weiss, Strasbourg | |||||||
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| 3 +1 | The 60m high, bow-shaped tower/The concave end.... |
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peer agreement (net): +1The 60m high, bow-shaped tower/The concave end.... Explanation: 1. The 60m high, bow-shaped tower juts out in the direction of the cathederal. Or: 2. The concave end of this 60m high tower juts out in the direction of the cathederal. Creux/creuse can mean concave and, looking at the pictutres in thelinks below, bow-shaped might work. Given the jagged connotation of échancré(e), jutting out would be my take on this. It is part of the European Parliament complex in Strasbourg. Reference: http://www.scottishtorymeps.org.uk/purvis/photos/archive_200... Reference: http://euobs.com/?aid=13908&rk=1 |
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the hollow tower Explanation: The Louise Weiss building is THE Europarliament building in Strasbourg. It is basically a ring, a hollow cylinder, a hollow tower, but on one side the "construction" is not complete. I think there is structure in the "gap", comprising columns and some sort of bracing, but it does not have walls or floors, at least not above the first few floors. It is probably a bit like whichever Greek or Roman arena it is that has collapsed in one place. "Echancré" because the no-structure "opening" gets wider as it gets to the top, IOW the "real" structural part, with offices, walls and glazing etc. is "chamfered back" obliquely. Presumably this "échancrure" is on the cathedral side of the building. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 3 hrs 6 mins (2004-04-01 10:52:26 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- On closer examination, it appears I\'m not 100% right, for the \"hollow tower\" appears to be only part of the Louise Weiss building complex which also includes a lower building that surrounds the hollow round tower around 180°. In plan view, if the round tower is seen as a head, the rest of the building forms a \"Napoleon\'s hat\" [wouldn\'t they just love that image in Brussels!] -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 3 hrs 27 mins (2004-04-01 11:13:22 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- <<The steel and glass central tower is cradled by a lower building like a wedge of melon - the whole complex contains 1,133 offices. It was designed by Architecture Studio Europe, a Paris-based company. >> [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/399112.stm] Presumably the \"unfinished\" section is because the building symbolizes \"Europe in the making\": <<The tower (60 metres high and having a diameter of 94 metres), which is the symbol of \"Europe in the making\", houses 1,133 offices, 468 of which are reserved for the administration and 665 office-bedrooms for the Euro-MPs. The tower, which has an esplanade, is empty in the middle and has 20 floors including fine piece of architecture. >> [http://www.yomari.com/p-review/1999/04/220499/a.html] At http://www.europarl.eu.int/abc/visit/stras/images.htm you\'ll find a picture of the \"unfinished\" section (3rd photo up, second from right), looking from the inside of the building to a sunrise or sunset. For this \"échancrure\" to be aligned on the cathedral, it would (if my map reading is right) have to be on the south-western side of the tower, which would correspond pretty well with a setting winter sun in the photo. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 3 hrs 30 mins (2004-04-01 11:16:05 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- So the part of the building on the cathedral side is \"cut away\" - in fact \"cutaway\" might be a good translation, for it also implies that one can \"look inside\" the building, as in a cutaway diagram. |
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