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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
Entered by:	LisaMac

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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 KudoZ activity Questions: 981 (12 open) (90 closed without grading) Answers: 1237 Spain
Local time: 11:01

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:
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our conscious decision to play upon the horiziontal

* No offence meant...

Selected response from:

mediamatrix
Chile
Local time: 07:01

Grading comment

Thanks, Mediamatrix - this works nicely!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +4

play upon the horiziontal

mediamatrix

work on / emphasize the horizontal plane

Jenniferts

usar los elementos con superficies (o caras) horizontales

Lamarche

feature a horizontal theme

Muriel Vasconcellos

Answers

7 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

play upon the horiziontal

mediamatrix
Chile
Local time: 07:01
Meets criteria
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 26

Grading comment

Thanks, Mediamatrix - this works nicely!

20 mins confidence:

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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Agree and OK, Lisa.

Lamarche
United States
Local time: 05:31
Does not meet criteria
Native speaker of:

Spanish

Notes to answerer

Asker: Hi Lamarche - Thank you for the explanation. I would like to have an English translation though :-)

2 hrs confidence:

feature a horizontal theme

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

Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 02:01
Meets criteria
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 32

2 hrs confidence:

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
Ecuador
Local time: 05:01
Meets criteria
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4