Exercise 2

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 501.

Exercise 1

Find the English equivalents in the text of the following Russian words / word groups:

семиотический анализ; фрагментация; непрямолинейные формы; наружняя оболочка; непредсказуемость; хаос; конфронтационная позиция; демонтировать; исторические ссылки; избегать; неукрашенный; напоминающий; оригинальный (прототипный); парадоксальный опыт; полностью замкнутое пространство; вдохновение.

Translate the sentences paying attention to Complex Infinitive Subject:

1. Jewish Museum in Berlin opened to the public in 2001 is one of the best examples of Deconstructivism in the world. This project was believed to join architecture to questions that are now relevant to all humanity.

2. This zig-zagging structure, clad in thin zinc sheeting punctuated by windows is said to recall wounds and scars of two millennia of German Jewish history.

3. The structure's shape is considered to be inspired by a warped Star of David, and its jaggedness is likened to the human condition.

4. A thin layer of zinc exterior coating is supposed to oxidize and turn bluish as it weathers.

5. The Museum appeared to sit upon a space once occupied by the Berlin Wall.

6. A huge void cut in the Museum structure was supposed to symbolize the absence of thousands of Berliners who had been killed or deported in the Holocaust.

7. The architect, Daniel Libeskind, seems to have created a new Architecture for a time, which would reflect an understanding of history, a new understanding of Museums and a new realization of the relationship between program and architectural space.

8. However, this Museum is known not to be only a response to a particular program, but an emblem of Hope.