Le plan compact monté sur piles

English translation: compact plan (layout?) mounted on piles (pillars?)

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French term or phrase:Le plan compact monté sur piles
English translation:compact plan (layout?) mounted on piles (pillars?)
Entered by: jethro

17:36 Aug 27, 2017
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Architecture / construction of a new building at built-on site
French term or phrase: Le plan compact monté sur piles
Help please with "plan" in particular.

There is a picture showing a building sitting on piles, but what does 'plan" mean in this context? Plane?

The text also uses plan again here: mène à organiser le plan autour d’un patio que le soleil, le vent, la pluie ou la neige animent
jethro
compact plan (layout?) mounted on piles (pillars?)
Explanation:
I think the idea is indeed very much that of 'plan' — not in the sense of a physical drawing, but the layout, as in e.g. 'open-plan'

Not sure about those 'piles' (that sound rather technical) — I'm wondering it if simply means that the main floor of the building is raised up on 'pillars' above the surrounding ground level? Possibly your wider context will make it clearer?

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Note added at 59 minutes (2017-08-27 18:35:44 GMT)
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Depending on the context and the actual design, possibly 'raised up on pillars' might do the trick?
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Tony M
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Local time: 18:33
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plan compact monté sur piles
compact plan (layout?) mounted on piles (pillars?)


Explanation:
I think the idea is indeed very much that of 'plan' — not in the sense of a physical drawing, but the layout, as in e.g. 'open-plan'

Not sure about those 'piles' (that sound rather technical) — I'm wondering it if simply means that the main floor of the building is raised up on 'pillars' above the surrounding ground level? Possibly your wider context will make it clearer?

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Note added at 59 minutes (2017-08-27 18:35:44 GMT)
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Depending on the context and the actual design, possibly 'raised up on pillars' might do the trick?

Tony M
France
Local time: 18:33
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 143
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Asker: Thanks a lot for your help


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: Or footprint.
20 mins
  -> Thanks, Phil! Yes, that too (depending on exact context!)

agree  Herbmione Granger: I get it now. 'Compact plan' refers to the build. (Erased the last comment so no one gets confused.) https://www.architecturaldesigns.com/house-plans/compact-pla...
38 mins
  -> Thanks, Herbal Chemist! Yes, though i sort of feel it means 'layout in the sense of a 'plan view', whereas 'design' might be taken as broader than that?

agree  Mary Carroll Richer LaFlèche
12 hrs
  -> Thanks, Mary!
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