Friday, 17 October 2014

New words

·         Massing - assemble or cause to assemble in a single body.
·         Enclosure - An area that is surrounded by a barrierr (compound).
·         Axis - An imaginary line about which body rotates.
·         Scale - Prefers to proportion and ratio that difines size relateionships.
·         vista - Pleasing view.
·         Circulation - Movement to and fro or around something.
·         structure - The arrangement of and relations between the parts or elements of something complex.
·         Land use - Term used for branch of public policy encompassing various disciplines which seek to order and regulate land use in an efficient and ethical way.
·         Sustainibility - In more general terms, sustainability is the endurance of systems and processes. The organizing principle for sustainability is sustainable development, which includes the four interconnected domains: ecology, economics, politics and culture.
·         Vantage - a place or position affording a good view of something.
·         Congregate - gather into a crowed or mass.
·         Microclimate - the climate of a very small or restricted area, especially when this differs from the climate of the surrounding area.
·         Ramp - a sloping surface joining two different levels, as at the entrance or between floors of a building.
·         Caricature - a picture, description, or imitation of a person in which certain striking characteristics are exaggerated in order to create a comic or grotesque effect.
·         Case Study -study of a particular structure existing, indepth investigation.

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