Jargon in Documentation

mark_melb

I wanted to raise the issue of Architectural Jargon transferring from Design stage to the documentation stage.

That is the use of words and phrases which are cringeworthy enough in discussion between design and technical professionals but are laughable when explaining constructional details.

Let me offer a couple of suggestions.

The word 'ENGAGE' when one really means connect/weld/fix etc.

'BLADE'. Is it a column, pylon? Get over it. Blades are used to slice Ciabata, peel fruit and veg.

Contractors, project managers and the like laugh at us enough anyway. Lets not give them any more.

Let's keep this stuff to ourselves. Remember the Masons were a closed group of Artisans at one stage till they let in the great washed. (accountants, lawyers...)

Any more suggestions?!

Anonymous

Here are some.

Porte cochere = covered entrance
vomitorium = foyer
vestibule = foyer
anteroom = foyer
negative detail = Recess

mark_melb

Good start.

How about 'expressed joint'?

And 'feature lighting'?

Anonymous

a few more
glazed assembly = window
feature wall = wall without plasterboard or wall with bright paint colour
water feature = pond/ pool/ fountain
piloti = columns
undercroft = pokey dark outdoor area

mark_melb

What about:
'floating ceiling' (interior designers love that one because they don't have to work out how it stays there)
'dropped ceiling/bulkhead'