Faculty of Architecture

School of Design
University of Zagreb
faculty (US) = staff (teachers etc)
full-time students
regular attendance
major
bachelor degree program(me)
to enroll in
master degree program
courses
subjects
required courses
elective courses
higher education
lecture
studio in industrial design
to discuss something
to do a research
to convey a message
birds eye view/prospective
objective = goal = aim
precondition = prerequisite
lay prospective
layman
problem solving process
to bring about = to cause
to meet aesthetic criteria/requirements
computer-aided
landscape lay out
disposition / arrangement of..
in terms of / concering/ regarding /considering
aesthetics
aestehetic + noun
end user
good function
target
diagram
market reactions = feedback
rejection
it affects the end users
production = manufaction
tangible
human-centered
user-friendly
to meet human needs
simplicity
to observe thoroughly - with lots of details
thorough observation
to compel people to think about of
appealing
to project = projicirati
program
recquire knowledge and skills
acquisition of knowledge and skills
perception
percpetive
ideation
economy -//. economics
economic
layout
development
expertise
pretentious

tactile
comission
design-related/based
studio assignement
mentor = supervisor
alternative
increase (noun)
to acquisite sth
to make and effort to = to put an effort
to make an analysis
UNIT 1 - DESIGN
manufactured objects
visualizing
getting new ideas
putting things together
consumer products
to plan
to lay out
to arrange
to make selection
hairdo
earn living by + ing
teapot
piping
visual appeal
to meet peoples needs
to accomodate
perseverance
sprinkle
deliberately
to chip
necessity
science --> scientific
structure
structural
construction
display
on display = on show
consumer products/goods
to lay out = to set out
ad
ceramist
enterprise=business
package
packet = sachet
packaging
packing
pack
to lay out= to plan and design
to accomodate = to adjust
evidence
to have particural ends in view
to take advantage of
performance
utility

solution - to solve
creation/creativity - to create
visualization - to visualize
arrangement - to arrange
performance - to perform
selection - to select
modification - to modify
addition - to add
observation - to observe
consideration - to consider
adaptation - to adapt
to share in common
to make selections, changes
to start from scratch
to meet peoples needs
to take advantage of
to bring about = to cause
visual appeal
utmost importance
good value
human factor
STRUCTURE
solid, stable, skeleton, landscape, habitable, steel
DESIGN
graphic, computer-aided, ergonomic,
aesthetically pleasing, interior, landscape, architecture
DESIGN EDUCATION
awareness
nurture
methodology
become familiar
significance
enhance
regardless of
freelance
design-related careers
industrial/graphic/interior/theatre/fashion/craft
quantity
industrial processes
reconcile
competitive
emphase
style
neon signs
intimately scaled aspects
prop
garment
to set trend
pottery
expertise
freelance designer
competitive
engineering
commission
layout (arrangement, page/text layout)
diagram

type
set design
prop
garment
accessories
accesorize
gear
pottery

4 divided 2 is 2 (division, to divide)

42 = four squared
53 = five cubed

drawing skills
communication skills
finding solutions to problems
to evolve = develope
to increase = to enhance
to cultivate = nurture
to make better = to improve
to learn about = get to know
special skills or knowledge in particular
subject= expertise

retain close connections

irrigation
surpass
symmetry
repetition
rectilinear
generate
oblong
dimension
area
measurement

equidistant
equilateral triangle
equilibrium
equivalent

GEOMETRY IN ARCHITECTURE AND

DESIGN

PLURAL FORMS
axis,es
analysis,es
stimulus,i
fresco,es
studio,s
phenomenon, phenomena
criterion,criteria
data,data
series,motif,s

improvement - improve
increase - increase
creativity - create
requirement - require
production - produce
process - to process
perception - perceive
acqusition - acquire=to gather=to establish
foundation - found
evolution - evolve
development - develop
knowledge - know
imagination - image
significance - signify
great, brilliant, marvellous, excellent
original, creative, imaginative, innovative

monograph = monografija
to estimate (to make an estimate) = to
evaluate (evaluation)= to assess (assessment)

hexagon, circle, square, pentagon, triangle,

rectangle (oblong), octagon
cylinder, pyramid, cone, sphere, cube
to reduce
to perceive
introverted
centralized
cuboid
trapezoid
rhombuses
prism

outline
geometric(al) shape = figure
solid
start, originate, date back to
axis, axial
plane
come up with, think up, sell, promote, push
projection, to project
forward
enclosure, enclose
section
apply, put into effect, produce, implement
curve
curvature (haha)
come into sbs head, occur to sb, flash across sbs angle, angular
mind, hit sb
girder
grid
MATHEMATICS AND ARCHITECTURE
dome
THROUGH HISTORY
plan
elevation
to distinguish = to make a difference
ovoid
as early as the time = ve
brace, to brace
cuboid
a hundred houses (a= one=any)
masonry
two hundred houses
truncate, truncation
hundreds of houses
2 plus 2 is/equals 4 (addition, to add)
triangle - triangular
4 minus 2 is 2 (subtraction, to subtract)
rectangle - rectangular
2 times/by/multiplied by 2 is 4 (multiplication, square - square
to multiply)
circle - circular
exciting, inspirative, stimulating

sphere - spherical
cylinder - cylindrical
cone - conical
pyramid - pyramidal
cube - cubic
moemo dodati i like --> pyramid - like, sphere-like...

mutually dependent
studio
notion / concept
historic nucleus
historic =/= historical

COMMON GEOMETRICAL
EXPRESSION
triangls: a right angled, an equilateral, an isosceles, a scalene t.
angles: a right angle, an acute
angle, an obtuse angle
cross-section
longitudinal section
area
perimeter
motif - motifs
utterly = exceptual, extreme
meticulous = very detailed and
precise
to date back to
to originate
to date from
to tilt

DIMENSIONS
NOUN, ADJ. , OPP ADJ, VERB, ADVERB
height , high /tall, long/short, to ehighten, highly
width, wide, narrow, to width, widely
length, long, short, to lenghten, breadth, broad, narrow, to broaden, broadly
depth, deep, shallow, to deepen, deeply
thickness, thick, thin, thicken, thickly
thinness, thin/slim, thick, less thick, thinly
highly successful
thought very highly
widely read
widely regarded
widely used
deeply divided
broadly similar
widely believed
highly unlikely
deeply upset
broadly speaking
HIGHLY: appreciated, recommended, unlikely, developed,
influential, effective, paid, controversial, desirable, regarded,
educated
WIDELY: used, available
DEEPLY: upset, divided, rooted
POSITION, SHAPE, SAJZ
indigenous
economical use of space
horizontal sides
verticals
wavy diagonal
top
bottom
diagonally
to extend
downwards / upwards
thus
underneath (your cloths), beneath, bottom
above
3 centimetre lines
straight lines
inscribed within a circle
mid-point
twice as long as
upper
join, connect, link2