Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
appartement mono-orienté
English translation:
single aspect apartment/flat
Added to glossary by
Sasha Barral-Robinson
Apr 20, 2010 11:36
14 yrs ago
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French term
France
Localisation and content creation
Native in: English (Variants: British, New Zealand, UK, French, US, Australian, US, British, New Zealand, UK) 
Works in: French to English, English
appartement mono-orienté
French to English
Marketing
Architecture
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +5 | single aspect apartment/flat |
Miranda Joubioux (X)
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| 4 | single orientation apartment |
Evans (X)
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| 4 | single exposure |
Marc Jordan (X)
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References
| seems to be exactly what it says |
writeaway
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Change log
Apr 20, 2010 12:11: Tony M changed "Field" from "Medical" to "Marketing"
Proposed translations
+5
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single aspect apartment/flat
http://www.singleaspect.org.uk/?cat=5
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Note added at 20 mins (2010-04-20 11:57:16 GMT)
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Architecture & Construction dictionary by Forbes
gives
orientation f: (d'un bâtiment) aspect.
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Note added at 20 mins (2010-04-20 11:57:16 GMT)
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Architecture & Construction dictionary by Forbes
gives
orientation f: (d'un bâtiment) aspect.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Tony M
: Yes, I feel sure they are making the distinction from the kind of 'through-flat' that has 'fenêtre sur rue / sur cour'
20 mins
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Thanks Tony!
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| neutral |
Jim Tucker (X)
: OK but UK only!
23 mins
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| agree |
Charles Hawtrey (X)
: Can't comment on other than UK usage. Orientation is too stilted for EN.
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Thanks Charles.
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| agree |
Nikki Scott-Despaigne
: http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/77D1E96C-CDF4-4E...
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| agree |
ACOZ (X)
10 hrs
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| agree |
Alan Douglas (X)
: "Single aspect" as distinct from "dual aspect". "Mono orienté" is clunky in French whereas "traversant" is perfectly standard.
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Comment: "Thank you"
5 mins
single orientation apartment
Please see glossary in :
http://housingprototypes.org/glossary
http://housingprototypes.org/glossary
Peer comment(s):
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writeaway
: yup. exactly what it says. not exactly a difficult (pro-level) question imo. although maybe exposure is better than orientation.
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thanks, writeaway. I might add a hyphen as it is used adjectivally here
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| neutral |
Miranda Joubioux (X)
: I can't find any UK hits for this. May be US only.
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strange, I found lots, including discussions of Alvar Aalto's designs, and plenty of others e.g. http://www.monumentmagazine.com.au/blog/?currentPage=2
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| neutral |
Tony M
: I agree with Miranda: it's important to search enclosing the entire term in " ", otherwise you just get fortuitous collocations; we don't usually use 'orientation' like this in UK EN.
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Hi Tony, I did (always do) enclose the term in ". I found "single-orientation apartments" and "single-orientation units". I do agree that Miranda's later suggestion is more common, and would have checked in Forbes myself if I had been in my office...
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| disagree |
Alan Douglas (X)
: UK architects, developers, property agents would use "orientation" in relation to the direction that a building of apartment is facing rather than the fact that it faces in two, generally oposite directions.
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23 hrs
single exposure
I often come across this architectural term
Reference comments
5 mins
Reference:
seems to be exactly what it says
Fondation Jean-Dutoit — Burckhardt+Partner
... une forme contemporaine le type dit "genevois" qui permet de distribuer deux appartements traversants Nord-Sud et un appartement mono-orienté au Sud. ...
www.burckhardtpartner.ch/de/projekte/...07.../switchLanguag...
... une forme contemporaine le type dit "genevois" qui permet de distribuer deux appartements traversants Nord-Sud et un appartement mono-orienté au Sud. ...
www.burckhardtpartner.ch/de/projekte/...07.../switchLanguag...
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