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actuar en los paramentos horizontales

English translation: to play upon the horizontal


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Spanish term or phrase:actuar en los paramentos horizontales
English translation:to play upon the horizontal
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23:47 Nov 2, 2009
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Architecture
Spanish term or phrase: actuar en los paramentos horizontales
Todos los elementos que hay en (name of bar) se han diseñado de manera concreta y específica para el lugar. La manera de integrar la espectacular situación de (name of bar) ha consistido en la decisión de ***actuar en los paramentos horizontales:*** La situación del edificio que permite ver por el este el skyline de la ciudad, reconocer los edificios emblemáticos de (city) y ver sus límites.
LisaMac
Spain
Local time: 00:32
play upon the horiziontal
Explanation:
In this kind of promotional waffle from architects* (almost) anything goes. How about:
la decisión de actuar en los paramentos horizontales:
-->
our conscious decision to play upon the horiziontal

* No offence meant...
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xxxmediamatrix
Local time: 20:32
Grading comment
Thanks, Mediamatrix - this works nicely!
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Summary of answers provided
3 +4play upon the horiziontalxxxmediamatrix
4work on / emphasize the horizontal plane
Jenniferts
4usar los elementos con superficies (o caras) horizontales
Leonardo Lamarche
3feature a horizontal theme
Muriel Vasconcellos


  

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play upon the horiziontal


Explanation:
In this kind of promotional waffle from architects* (almost) anything goes. How about:
la decisión de actuar en los paramentos horizontales:
-->
our conscious decision to play upon the horiziontal

* No offence meant...

xxxmediamatrix
Local time: 20:32
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 34
Grading comment
Thanks, Mediamatrix - this works nicely!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos: Excellent! ('horizontal' - note correct spelling)
1 hr

agree  eski: WELL put! :)) eski
2 hrs

agree  DAlonso
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agree  Gilla Evans
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usar los elementos con superficies (o caras) horizontales


Explanation:
Es decir el arquitecto usó los elementos con superficies (o caras) horizontales para aprovechar mejor la situación del bar (por ejemplo la vista del exterior).

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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-11-03 01:52:11 GMT)
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Agree and OK, Lisa.

Leonardo Lamarche
Venezuela
Local time: 19:02
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Notes to answerer
Asker: Hi Lamarche - Thank you for the explanation. I would like to have an English translation though :-)

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feature a horizontal theme


Explanation:
This is a more serious way of saying it.

Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 15:32
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work on / emphasize the horizontal plane


Explanation:
This could be "the" horizontal plane or "a" horizontal plane.
Some examples:
http://en.wikiarquitectura.com/index.php?title=KKL_Luzern
The idea was to play with a horizontal plane

http://chatterbox.typepad.com/portlandarchitecture/2006/12/v...
they help to emphasize a horizontal plane in this portion,

http://www.nytimes.com/1998/08/09/arts/architecture-a-jigsaw...
…her evocative drawings and renderings tend to emphasize the horizontal plane.

www.docstoc.com/.../HISTORY-OF-THE-DANA-THOMAS-HOUSE -
... so that the bricks seem to float and emphasize the horizontal plane. ...

http://74.125.93.132/search?q=cache:kN6lXgVlb2wJ:www.longbea...
the buildings that were repaired or rebuilt during this period incorporated the Art Deco
Moderne or Streamline Moderne styles (Gebhard and Winter 1985:96) like the early
apartment building at 645 E. Ocean Boulevard (ca. 1911), which was architecturally
updated through the addition of groups of four narrow, low-relief bands on each level, a
classic Streamline Moderne detail that serves to emphasize the horizontal plane.

This could also be just: emphasize the horizontal

Jenniferts
Local time: 18:32
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