German: auf Holzständern stehenden ZweckbausEnglish translation: utility building on wooden posts 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | German term or phrase: | auf Holzständern stehenden Zweckbaus | | English translation: | utility building on wooden posts |
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Tech/Engineering - Architecture / Swiss chalets | | German term or phrase: auf Holzständern stehenden Zweckbaus | Context: Diese Berghütte, ...wurde für einen Kunstsammler umgebaut. Die Eingriffe der Architekten zielten ...die Qualitäten des bescheidenen, auf Holzständern stehenden Zweckbaus mit seinen perfekten Proportionen zu bewahren.
do Swiss chalets stand on stilts or supports or stands? |
| | Clarification request(s) and responseStephen Reader: 9:03pm Feb 20, 2008: Re. stilts/posts: yes, they do, e.g. in the Valais: on squat c. 18"+ high *posts* ea. with a flat stone b4 they meet the floor of the buildg, to make it harder for vermin to climb up (cf. discs on ships' mooring lines). 2 squat for stilts; posts. Piles?
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| | utility building on wooden posts | Explanation:
Are you looking for "Holzständer" or "Zweckbau"?
The latter could also be "utilitarian building" or "functional building" or something a bit more poetic. |
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 Darin Fitzpatrick
United States
| Note from asker to answererI have not used "utility building" but thank you for supplying "posts", which was confirmed by Mr. Reader in a very detailed answer.
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| utility building on wooden posts
Explanation:
Are you looking for "Holzständer" or "Zweckbau"?
The latter could also be "utilitarian building" or "functional building" or something a bit more poetic.
| | Note from asker to answerer| I have not used "utility building" but thank you for supplying "posts", which was confirmed by Mr. Reader in a very detailed answer. |
| Notes to answerer
Asker: Actually I am looking for someone with a knowledge of Swiss chalets. Are they built on stilts? If not what would be the correct term for these supports in the case of traditional Alpine chalets? There is an accompanying photo but it doesn't show the Holzständer clearly.
Asker: By the way, this building has been turned into a somewhat spartan-looking but beautiful (second?) home.
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