piloti

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Meaning

piloti (plural pilotis)

English Wikipedia has an article on:pilotiWikipedia
(architecture) One of the columns, pillars, or stilts that lift a building above ground or water.

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Samuel (2007), p. 186 Corbusier's piloti perform a number of functions around the house, both inside and out. Source: Internet

Although these piloti are in a similar plane to the larger columns below a false perspective when viewed from outside the house gives the impression that they are further into the house than they actually are. Source: Internet

A variation on that theme was the W-shaped piloti which supports the Governador Juscelino Kubitschek housing complex (1951), two large buildings containing around 1,000 apartments. Source: Internet

The primary museum floor is lifted six metres above the ground on huge piloti and is accessible via a free-standing staircase. Source: Internet

Usually neglected by its creator, it features the V piloti which had worked so well in isolated buildings, creating a different treatment to that space without the need for two separate structural systems as Corbusier had done in Marseille. Source: Internet

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