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Gebäudevorsprung

English translation: avant-corps

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German term or phrase:Gebäudevorsprung
English translation:avant-corps
Entered by: Sarah Bessioud

07:56 Aug 20, 2010
German to English translations [PRO]
Architecture
German term or phrase: Gebäudevorsprung
"Zuerst hat man am Rechner simuliert, wie sich die Stadt am besten kühl hält. Dies führte sie zurück auf die arabische Medina mit Gebäudevorsprüngen und einem Straßennetz, bei dem stets eine Straßenseite im Schatten liegt."
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Local time: 22:15
avant-corps
Explanation:
The avant-corps of a building is the fore-part, the projection of the building from the main mass (corps de logis).

http://www.answers.com/topic/avant-corps

These can either be at ground level (along the full height of the building) or at an upper floor level, which creates an overhang above the street, protecting from rain and providing shade.

http://www.qantara-med.org/qantara4/public/show_document.php...
The Ottomans left their mark on the entrances to houses, which are bent at an angle to protect the inhabitants’ privacy and are surmounted by avant-corps overhanging the street, which keeps rainwater from streaming down onto those entering the house. This overhanging room is sometimes reinforced by a corbel, which forms a typically Ottoman Moucharaby on the outside of the house, as seen in Tunis, Morocco and even Egypt.

http://islamickairouan.net/en_okba/index2.php?rub=14&titre=3
The avant-corps of the doors generally seem to connect poorly with the ancient masonry work; in fact one feels that it was a constant struggle to reinforce the walls, which originally had no substance, thus giving the walls the aspect of a fortress
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4 +1avant-corps
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3building overhang
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Glossary entry: Building ledge
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avant-corps


Explanation:
The avant-corps of a building is the fore-part, the projection of the building from the main mass (corps de logis).

http://www.answers.com/topic/avant-corps

These can either be at ground level (along the full height of the building) or at an upper floor level, which creates an overhang above the street, protecting from rain and providing shade.

http://www.qantara-med.org/qantara4/public/show_document.php...
The Ottomans left their mark on the entrances to houses, which are bent at an angle to protect the inhabitants’ privacy and are surmounted by avant-corps overhanging the street, which keeps rainwater from streaming down onto those entering the house. This overhanging room is sometimes reinforced by a corbel, which forms a typically Ottoman Moucharaby on the outside of the house, as seen in Tunis, Morocco and even Egypt.

http://islamickairouan.net/en_okba/index2.php?rub=14&titre=3
The avant-corps of the doors generally seem to connect poorly with the ancient masonry work; in fact one feels that it was a constant struggle to reinforce the walls, which originally had no substance, thus giving the walls the aspect of a fortress


Sarah Bessioud
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Local time: 22:15
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agree  zwetschge: Google: avant-corps + medina; http://www.konrad-fischer-info.de/terms.htm
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  -> Thank you zwetschge
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building overhang


Explanation:
Troop construction in the Middle East

...On page 19: Building overhangs, cantilevers, or arcades should be used whenever possible to provide shade for walkways and building walls.

...On page 21: Look at Figure 2.3 ("Parking Shades") , showing a car parked in the shade provided by a building overhang.


...On page 21: High altitude midday sun is screened by overhang.

...On page 136: Use overhangs or shutters to block sunlight from falling directly on the windows or the walls.

http://shortify.com/10932


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This makes interesting reading in the context
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Reference: Glossary entry: Building ledge

Reference information:
Gebäudevorsprung building ledge
http://www.m2h2.de/vocab70125E.xls

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