tours en paliers
English translation: stepped or staggered tower blocks
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| 4 +1 | terraced towers |
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| 3 +2 | stepped or staggered tower blocks |
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| 4 +1 | stepped high-rise |
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| 4 | ziggurats |
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| some excellent images |
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peer agreement (net): +1terraced towers Explanation: See photo and description on page 20: "quality of the materials used in the construction of the building complex and their excellent finishing .... are distributed equally within the horizontal block. ..... 15-storey terraced tower. Ground floor - 1st floor retail spaces ..." www.nalepastrasse.de/de/downloads/category/9?download=35:en... |
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peer agreement (net): +2stepped or staggered tower blocks Explanation: If your text does refer to the Torres del Parque, I think you could describe them in this way. They are certainly described using the words "escalonado" and "escalonamiento" in Spanish, which has this meaning. This might point you in the right direction at least. These references may be useful: The first homage should be rendered to Rogelio Salmona, a lover of plants and a distinguished architect in Bogotá, who brought from the Tequendama zone the species object of our study and proceeded to transplant it in the gardens, also of his design, that surround his masterwork las Torres del Parque. This residential high rise community in the center of Bogotá, has as an added feature, besides the particular and beautiful architectural design of its buildings: the fact that its residents chose not to turn this project and gardens into an unsympathetic closed space, but opened its paths for the delight and enjoyment of all people. http://www.victoria-adventure.org/more_than_links/guillermo_... With brick, Salmona could reconnect 20th-century architecture with the architectural traditions that spanned centuries of Colombian history, from the colonial era back to monolithic stone structures left by the indigenous peoples of South America. It appeared in his architecture throughout his life, sometimes soaring into the air in brick-clad high-rise apartments, such as the Residencias el Parque (1965-1970), or nestled into the earth in low-rise but sprawling geometric complexes. Brick gave substance and energy to his walls, and it defined the linked chains of courtyard and plaza spaces that tie together his residential and cultural buildings. He used it vertically and horizontally, and was fastidious enough to design his own bricks. The details of brickwork were integral to his designs, not left to the whimsy of builders. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07... http://www.archined.nl/uploads/pics/Bogota_torres_del_parque... La obra que lo lanzó a la fama y al reconocimiento internacional fue el Conjunto de Apartamentos de Las Torres del Parque, “polémico por su planteamiento formal, basado en una geometría radial, en el escalonamiento volumétrico y en el enriquecimiento mediante balcones de la textura visual de los edificios”, (Saldarriaga). Resalta la implantación urbana y la generosidad en los espacios públicos como uno de sus aportes a la ciudad. http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.plataformaa... |
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