Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Büroachse
English translation:
office room bay
Added to glossary by
Robin Ward
Apr 23, 2004 09:19
20 yrs ago
German term
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Büroachse
German to English
Bus/Financial
Business/Commerce (general)
Office buildings
This term denotes, in an office room (or at least the one in the building in which I work) the width of one window. For example, my room has two "Achsen".
Anyone know what they're called in English? I've seen it referred to as "office unit", but am unimpressed.
Anyone know what they're called in English? I've seen it referred to as "office unit", but am unimpressed.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | (office) grid sections/bays |
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| 4 | centre line |
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Proposed translations
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German term (edited):
B�roachse
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(office) grid sections/bays
This is not AFAIK a term used in British architecture, although it's the nearest I can think of to an explanatory term. Buildings here are designed in "Achsen", or "axis/axes", being a grid measurement which is normally the distance between one window-centre and the next - as you might say, a "bay" in English. So your office could also be said to be "two bays wide".
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Comment: "Yes, this sounds pretty good, even though it's not strictly speaking the distance between one window centre and the next which is really meant."
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German term (edited):
B�roachse
centre line
Brockhaus: Architektur: Mittellinie von Gebäuden, Räumen und Öffnungen.
Langenscheidt Routledge Bauwesen: Centre line
HTH
Langenscheidt Routledge Bauwesen: Centre line
HTH
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