Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
dimensione collinare
English translation:
the proportions of a hill/ on the same scale as a hill
Added to glossary by
luskie
Sep 24, 2002 13:57
21 yrs ago
Italian term
dimensione collinare+segnato+sul classico asse
Italian to English
Art/Literary
Architecture
architecture
Un altissimo, immenso edificio (trecento metri, una *dimensione collinare, o meglio 'montanara'*) *segnato* al centro dal surreale vuoto urbano di una mancanza (...) *sul classico asse* dei Campi Elisi.
nothing sounds good to me anymore...
thx!
nothing sounds good to me anymore...
thx!
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a towering, immense building (300 metres, the proportions of a hill, or even a mountain), marked in the centre by the surreal urban vacuum of a lack (...) on the classical axis of the Elysian Fields.
(I have grave doubts about the axis of the E.F., or maybe better the centre line. Does the context say anything that might clarify?)
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Note added at 2002-09-24 16:12:10 (GMT)
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just had another thought - how about:-
(300 metres, on the same scale as a hill ... ) ? :)
(I have grave doubts about the axis of the E.F., or maybe better the centre line. Does the context say anything that might clarify?)
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Note added at 2002-09-24 16:12:10 (GMT)
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just had another thought - how about:-
(300 metres, on the same scale as a hill ... ) ? :)
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Comment: "grazie mille!"
2 days 23 hrs
a huge building, located surronding an empty space like the Camp Elisis's model
Io credo che il riferimento collina, montagna sia per descrivere l'enormita' dell'edicio uguale al classico dei Campi Elisi.
A huge building in upright position surronding a hollow space like the classic Campi Elisi.
A huge building in upright position surronding a hollow space like the classic Campi Elisi.
2 days 23 hrs
a huge building, in upright position around an hollow area like the Camp Elisis's model
Io credo che il riferimento collina, montagna sia per descrivere l'enormita' dell'edicio uguale al classico dei Campi Elisi.
A huge building in upright position around an hollow space like the classic Campi Elisi.
A huge building in upright position around an hollow space like the classic Campi Elisi.
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