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Jan 11, 2010 10:19
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English term
providing scale, grain and legibility
English
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Architecture
The pavilions step up from 10 to 14 storeys, each set on a double-height 'podium' along Knightsbridge, providing scale, grain and legibility to the overall development.
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| 4 | an impression of proportionality, smoothness and readability as an architectural form |
Alexandra Taggart
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| 3 -2 | providing measurement, granular texture, and aesthetics |
Yasutomo Kanazawa
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References
| scale, grain, legibility |
Dylan Edwards
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Yasutomo Kanazawa
Japan
Japan
Japan
Scientia est potentia
Native in: Japanese 
Works in: English to Japanese, German to Japanese, Italian to Japanese, and 3 more.
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1
providing measurement, granular texture, and aesthetics
Providing balanced measurement, granular texture of the stones or rocks used and aesthetics of the whole building.
4 hrs
Alexandra Taggart
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Native in English
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English
Russian Federation
proficient translation
Native in: English 
, Russian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, English
an impression of proportionality, smoothness and readability as an architectural form
The pavilions provide the proportionality, smoothness and readability as architectural forms to the panoramic view of the overall development .
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Note added at 6 hrs (2010-01-11 17:11:01 GMT)
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gives an impression of proportionality, smoothness and readability ( "clear-cut" as an architectural form ).
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Note added at 22 hrs (2010-01-12 09:09:08 GMT)
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That is a professional language of the architects. "Grain and readability"- are two terms, which seem mutually exclusive: "grain" -it blends nicely with the surrounding buildings; "readability"- it stands out as unique. So, the architectural design has both qualities, the buildings are unobtrusive and they are of a clear cut form( you would not mistake them for any other building in the city).
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Note added at 6 hrs (2010-01-11 17:11:01 GMT)
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gives an impression of proportionality, smoothness and readability ( "clear-cut" as an architectural form ).
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Note added at 22 hrs (2010-01-12 09:09:08 GMT)
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That is a professional language of the architects. "Grain and readability"- are two terms, which seem mutually exclusive: "grain" -it blends nicely with the surrounding buildings; "readability"- it stands out as unique. So, the architectural design has both qualities, the buildings are unobtrusive and they are of a clear cut form( you would not mistake them for any other building in the city).
Peer comment(s):
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Charlesp
: Maybe I'd agree, if you could possibly provide a sensible explaination to what "smoothness and readability" is supposed to mean here, especially readability?
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Thank you for your enquiry! Hope, it anwers your question, please, read .
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Reference comments
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Dylan Edwards
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
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English
United Kingdom
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: Greek to English, Czech to English, Slovak to English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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4
Reference:
scale, grain, legibility
This link may help to give an idea of how these terms are used in the context of architecture:
o legibility (promotion of development that provides recognisable routes, intersections and landmarks, helping people find their way around).
4.6 This guide further notes that good place making / quality design depends on being responsive to local context (respects character).
4.7 Promoting a place with character and distinctiveness means ensuring that development responds to locally distinctive patterns to create a place which is unique, special and identifiable. Policy should build on urban tradition – where urban areas are typically defined by a continuity of street enclosure, with a clear distinction between public and private realm. Development should respond to locally positive characteristics. Key aspects of this are scale (in terms of height), grain (in terms of pattern of blocks – i.e. subdivision of blocks into plots), and alignment (continuity of enclosure / street frontage). The main aspects of building character therefore are height and subdivision of building blocks along street edge.
http://www.pacni.gov.uk/areaplan/document.asp?docID=863&file...
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I understand "grain" as referring to texture. This link may help to clarify the meaning in this context:
While the action does not dramatically change the volume of development on the site, it does change what is known as the “grain” of the development. The existing development of the site is a coarse grain (fewer larger, taller buildings) while the proposed development is a finer grain (more buildings that are smaller and shorter). This change in grain, with a few exceptions, is more in keeping with development in and around the Village of Millbrook.
http://www.bennettredevelopment.com/pdfs-08/ExJ_VisualAnalys...
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Note added at 4 hrs (2010-01-11 15:05:51 GMT)
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Perhpaps this will work?
http://209.85.229.132/search?q=cache:GWKd-Zth8AUJ:www.pacni....
o legibility (promotion of development that provides recognisable routes, intersections and landmarks, helping people find their way around).
4.6 This guide further notes that good place making / quality design depends on being responsive to local context (respects character).
4.7 Promoting a place with character and distinctiveness means ensuring that development responds to locally distinctive patterns to create a place which is unique, special and identifiable. Policy should build on urban tradition – where urban areas are typically defined by a continuity of street enclosure, with a clear distinction between public and private realm. Development should respond to locally positive characteristics. Key aspects of this are scale (in terms of height), grain (in terms of pattern of blocks – i.e. subdivision of blocks into plots), and alignment (continuity of enclosure / street frontage). The main aspects of building character therefore are height and subdivision of building blocks along street edge.
http://www.pacni.gov.uk/areaplan/document.asp?docID=863&file...
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Note added at 28 mins (2010-01-11 10:47:26 GMT)
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I understand "grain" as referring to texture. This link may help to clarify the meaning in this context:
While the action does not dramatically change the volume of development on the site, it does change what is known as the “grain” of the development. The existing development of the site is a coarse grain (fewer larger, taller buildings) while the proposed development is a finer grain (more buildings that are smaller and shorter). This change in grain, with a few exceptions, is more in keeping with development in and around the Village of Millbrook.
http://www.bennettredevelopment.com/pdfs-08/ExJ_VisualAnalys...
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Perhpaps this will work?
http://209.85.229.132/search?q=cache:GWKd-Zth8AUJ:www.pacni....
Note from asker:
| Thanks Dylan, but I could not open the link. Is the link correct or can you please provide another link? Thanks. |
| Thank you very much Dylan. I wish I could give you 5 points for all the efforts. Please propose it as an answer next time. Thanks again. |
Peer comments on this reference comment:
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Stephanie Ezrol
: Dylan, I think you have the pieces of the answer here
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Thank you. It's difficult to put all of it together all at once!
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Kim Metzger
: Excellent research. Why not propose an answer?
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Thanks. I'm still learning about it myself. I would have expected "grain" to refer to texture on the buildings themselves, but judging by the links above, it's texture on a larger scale.
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Alexandra Taggart
: You can say"it has grain and eligibility"about a painting as well:"grain"- no one part of composition looks alien to the rest and"eligibility"- the centre(s)of the composition and it's dynamic/static construction serve well the original idea of the artist
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