Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
freie Gestaltung
English translation:
creative design/free design and form
Added to glossary by
Bernhard Sulzer
Feb 27, 2007 15:36
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German term
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freie Gestaltung
German to English
Tech/Engineering
Architecture
What would be the best translation for this term, as used for houses? Free design, free-form design, creative or artistic design? Our does somebody who is more familiar with architectural language have a better idea?
The text is about achieving a symbiosis, or harmony between creative (or whatever) and functional design in architecture for energy eficient houses.
The text is about achieving a symbiosis, or harmony between creative (or whatever) and functional design in architecture for energy eficient houses.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | free design and form |
Bernhard Sulzer
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| 3 | unconventional design |
gangels (X)
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| 2 | imaginative... |
Stephen Reader
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| 1 | open design |
Jonathan MacKerron
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Change log
Feb 28, 2007 10:31: Steffen Walter changed "Field" from "Other" to "Tech/Engineering"
Proposed translations
4 hrs
Bernhard Sulzer
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Related KudoZ points
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19
Selected
free design and form
in the artistic kind of sense - that would be the goal for every architect - not always possible, due to many restrictions.
http://www.arch.tu-muenchen.de/english/study/architecture.ph...
free design and form are taught by an artist
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Note added at 5 hrs (2007-02-27 21:04:45 GMT)
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or, I think even better:
creative design/architecture:
http://www.jmh-architect.com/
creative design/energy-efficient and green design
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Note added at 5 hrs (2007-02-27 21:26:29 GMT)
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http://www.passivehouse.com/English/PassiveH.HTM
passive house - to run it right, the creative design will not have to be restricted too much.
Suggestions for the title:
Wege zu einer freien Gestaltung von
kostengünstigen Passivhäusern
How to freely design/build cost-efficient passive houses
How to be creative when designing passive houses
http://www.passivhaustagung.de/englisch/WGV_Architecture_Pas...
...creative on a large scale when designing Passive Houses
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Note added at 8 hrs (2007-02-28 00:20:43 GMT)
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or: ways to creatively designing passive houses
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Note added at 8 hrs (2007-02-28 00:21:26 GMT)
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sorry, corr.: (sure) ways to creatively design cost-efficient passive houses
http://www.arch.tu-muenchen.de/english/study/architecture.ph...
free design and form are taught by an artist
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Note added at 5 hrs (2007-02-27 21:04:45 GMT)
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or, I think even better:
creative design/architecture:
http://www.jmh-architect.com/
creative design/energy-efficient and green design
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Note added at 5 hrs (2007-02-27 21:26:29 GMT)
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http://www.passivehouse.com/English/PassiveH.HTM
passive house - to run it right, the creative design will not have to be restricted too much.
Suggestions for the title:
Wege zu einer freien Gestaltung von
kostengünstigen Passivhäusern
How to freely design/build cost-efficient passive houses
How to be creative when designing passive houses
http://www.passivhaustagung.de/englisch/WGV_Architecture_Pas...
...creative on a large scale when designing Passive Houses
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Note added at 8 hrs (2007-02-28 00:20:43 GMT)
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or: ways to creatively designing passive houses
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Note added at 8 hrs (2007-02-28 00:21:26 GMT)
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sorry, corr.: (sure) ways to creatively design cost-efficient passive houses
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks, I'll go with creative design."
14 mins
Jonathan MacKerron
Native in English
Retired as of Jan 2019!
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English
Related KudoZ points
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127
open design
a guess without further context....
29 mins
unconventional design
or your 'free-form design', innovative/trailblazing/norm-defying
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Stephen Reader
: Neutral nur weil wir ja etwas mehr Kontext brauchen. Bis dahin "JA" zu Deinen letzten 3 Varianten. Unconvent. könnte zu ausgeprägt sein.
24 mins
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54 mins
imaginative...
With Kim - source may show how specific the ans. sh'd be. My tentative one assumes it's v. general, e.g. 'blending an imaginative approach with good functional design/planning.... ' - for what it's worth.
Discussion
kostengünstigen Passivhäusern...is the main title of the text.
And here's a paragraph:
Trotzdem wurde gefordert, nicht nur den Passivhausstandard zu verwirklichen, sondern auch einen engen Kostenrahmen einzuhalten. Entstehende Mehrkosten mussten demnach an anderer Stelle eingespart werden.
Der freien Gestaltung waren damit enge Grenzen gesetzt.
It seems like we're all thinking along the same lines; I just wondered if there was a specific terms an architect would use.