Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Topografie zunutze machen
English translation:
take advantage of the topography
Added to glossary by
Wendy Streitparth
Mar 16, 2017 07:24
7 yrs ago
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German term
Topografie zunutze machen
German to English
Tech/Engineering
Architecture
Bei seiner horizontalen Expansion macht sich der 200-Meter-Bau die Topografie zu Nutze.
Vielen Dank!
Vielen Dank!
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Mar 24, 2017 12:24: Wendy Streitparth Created KOG entry
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take advantage of the topography
An amphitheatre has been built between the new school building and the entrance at the south west corner to take advantage of the topography of the site.
http://foxfield.org.uk/docs/Basic_description_of_the_Project...
They take advantage of the topography by placing their dwellings against the mountains to break the wind.
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=N3u9AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA17&lpg...
http://foxfield.org.uk/docs/Basic_description_of_the_Project...
They take advantage of the topography by placing their dwellings against the mountains to break the wind.
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=N3u9AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA17&lpg...
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Comment: "vielen Dank!"
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is embedded in/adapts to/makes use of the topography
Depends on the images. Good luck!
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Jacek Kloskowski
54 mins
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Johannes Gleim
8 hrs
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philgoddard
: I agree with "makes use of".
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Uses the contours/lie of the land/topography to its advantage
The more the merrier
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adapt to the site / (surrounding) terrain
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8 hrs
take advantage of the terrain
Topography sounds a bit formal and abstract. With terrain, everybody immediately knows what is meant in this context
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gangels (X)
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