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CAGE ESCALIER [1 record]

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Record 1 2012-07-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stairs and Stairways
DEF

The volume reserved for accommodating the stair, and faces of the walls limiting the volume.

OBS

staircase: originally the space occupied by a stair and its structure, nowadays the stair itself.

OBS

stair enclosure: term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Escaliers
DEF

Espace réservé au logement de l'escalier et les parois qui limitent ce volume.

CONT

«Libre» ou «encloisonné», un escalier en plan s'inscrit dans une certaine surface ou cage irrémédiablement perdue pour la surface habitable, soit du fait des trémies qu'il implique dans les planchers traversés, soit en raison de la faible hauteur libre sous le rampant, qui ne peut être consacrée qu'au rangement (soupente).

OBS

cage d'escalier : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Escaleras
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