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Geste

English translation: (the generous / ample) gesture (in the urban landscape, of...). Also (njbeckett): urbanistic gesture

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
German term or phrase:Geste (mark, 2 or 3 dimens'l, in a structure, plan, compos'n, picture. Here: in the built urban plan)
English translation:(the generous / ample) gesture (in the urban landscape, of...). Also (njbeckett): urbanistic gesture
Entered by: Stephen Reader

15:17 Nov 26, 2006
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Architecture
German term or phrase: Geste
Das Modehaus vervollständigt die großzügige, städtebauliche Geste des 1998 errichteten Einrichtungshauses Dodenhof zu einer einladenden U-förmigen Anlage. Offenheit und Transparenz, die fließende Beziehung zwischen Innen und Außen, lassen das Gebäude unmittelbar bei Betreten in seiner Komplexität erlebbar werden.
njbeckett
Germany
Local time: 04:15
(the generous / ample gesture in the urban landscape, of...
Explanation:
See at Harald, 'gesture' as a compositional act, like painting
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Stephen Reader
Local time: 04:15
Grading comment
urbanistic gesture gets some google hits too
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 -1gesture
Harald Pigall
3(the generous / ample gesture in the urban landscape, of...
Stephen Reader


Discussion entries: 1





  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
gesture


Explanation:
........completes the generous gesture concerning town construction....

Harald Pigall
Local time: 04:15
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 2

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Steffen Walter: städtebaulich = urban in this context
37 mins
neutral  Stephen Reader: Not sure an attitude /expression of spirit is meant here as much as a physical 'gesture', now a U-shaped one - of lines traced, a mark made., a gestural something in the 'composition' of the overall town plan.
51 mins
disagree  Francis Lee (X): "completes the generous gesture concerning town construction" makes little sense. CL4??
20 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
(the generous / ample gesture in the urban landscape, of...


Explanation:
See at Harald, 'gesture' as a compositional act, like painting

Stephen Reader
Local time: 04:15
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 34
Grading comment
urbanistic gesture gets some google hits too
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