{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.corps-de-logis","code":"thing-q1135108","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q1135108/","name":"corps de logis","alternateNames":[],"kind":"thing","status":"published","version":"0.2.0-wave.4","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Physical world and living systems","entryKind":"thing","plane":"PHY","domain":["PHY.BLT"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"The principal block of a large house, palace or chateau, containing the main rooms and living quarters, as distinct from the wings, service ranges, gatehouse and outbuildings that may surround a courtyard; the term is French and is used in architectural history for country houses and palaces across Europe.","purpose":"Let an agent explain the corps de logis and its place in the plan of a great house, relay examples and evolution from architectural history sources, describe its relation to wings and courts, and distinguish the corps de logis from wings, pavilions, keeps and the whole building.","scope":{"in":[],"out":[],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Central block","Principal rooms","Distinguished from wings","French term"],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"understand","name":"Understand","description":"What a corps de logis is.","layers":[{"id":"definition","name":"Definition","description":"Definition.","findings":[{"id":"definition-finding","name":"Definition","description":"Definition.","questions":[{"text":"What is a corps de logis, and how does it differ from wings, pavilions, keeps and the whole building?","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Is the question about the term, a plan type or a specific house?","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"plan","name":"Plan","description":"Plan.","findings":[{"id":"plan-finding","name":"Plan","description":"Plan.","questions":[{"text":"How does the corps de logis relate to the cour d honneur, wings and gardens?","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Which entry fits the specific house?","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"history","name":"History","description":"History.","layers":[{"id":"france","name":"France","description":"France.","findings":[{"id":"france-finding","name":"France","description":"France.","questions":[{"text":"How did the corps de logis develop in French chateaux from the Renaissance onward?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which references are standard?","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"europe","name":"Europe","description":"Europe.","findings":[{"id":"europe-finding","name":"Europe","description":"Europe.","questions":[{"text":"How was the plan adopted in England, Germany and elsewhere?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which sources are cited?","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]},{"id":"architecture","name":"Architecture","description":"Architecture.","layers":[{"id":"rooms","name":"Rooms","description":"Rooms.","findings":[{"id":"rooms-finding","name":"Rooms","description":"Rooms.","questions":[{"text":"What rooms did the corps de logis contain, from state apartments to private suites?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits enfilade?","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"facade","name":"Facade","description":"Facade.","findings":[{"id":"facade-finding","name":"Facade","description":"Facade.","questions":[{"text":"How was the corps de logis distinguished in elevation?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits facade?","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"context","name":"Context","description":"Today.","layers":[{"id":"heritage","name":"Heritage","description":"Heritage.","findings":[{"id":"heritage-finding","name":"Heritage","description":"Heritage.","questions":[{"text":"How are corps de logis conserved and used today?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits historic house museum?","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"terms","name":"Terms","description":"Terms.","findings":[{"id":"terms-finding","name":"Terms","description":"Terms.","questions":[{"text":"What related French planning terms exist?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits French architecture?","kind":"action"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Identify the corps de logis in a plan and distinguish it from wings and service ranges.","Use the term in its architectural-history period and context."],"mustNot":["Use the term for a whole building or estate.","Apply it to buildings outside the traditions where it is used without saying so.","Recommend alterations to the main block of a protected house without consent.","Translate it inconsistently within one description or catalogue."],"requiresHuman":["Advising on changes to a protected historic house."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Historic houses are heritage, and imprecise records hinder their protection.","Many such houses were built on wealth whose origins deserve honest treatment."],"affectedParties":["Owners and occupants","Heritage bodies","Researchers"]},"owners":{"steward":"The owner of the house; 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the building is the whole","The central, usually tallest and most ornate block of a palace or chateau."]},"capabilities":{"applicability":"required","items":["explain the term","relay examples","describe plan relations","distinguish related parts"]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Confusing the corps de logis with the whole building","Applying the term outside its period","Translation inconsistencies"]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"required","items":["Heritage protection of historic houses"]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["Housing the principal rooms of a great house.","corps de logis of French chateaux","central blocks of Palladian and English houses","palace corps de logis","corps de logis of urban hotels particuliers"]}},"sources":[{"title":"Wikidata item Q1135108: corps de logis","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1135108","note":"identity and sense of the item"},{"title":"Wikipedia: Corps de logis","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corps_de_logis","note":"general description of the item"}],"openQuestions":["Should cour d honneur be a separate primary entry?","How should architectural history sources be linked?","How should the term be rendered in other languages?"],"resources":{"spec":"/models/things/publications/thing-q1135108/spec.json"},"provenance":{"origin":"thing registry research (pass 2)","builtFrom":["models/things/publications/thing-q1135108/spec.json"],"providers":["Claude"],"researchStatus":"unreviewed","generatedAt":"2026-09-13T14:49:34Z","builder":"tools/build_cards.py@1.0.0"},"completeness":{"sections":{"classifiers":"filled","whatItIs":"filled","purpose":"filled","distinguishingFeatures":"filled","structure":"filled","agentConduct":"filled","ethics":"filled","owners":"filled","relations":"filled","interaction.identity":"filled","interaction.properties":"filled","interaction.recognition":"filled","interaction.capabilities":"filled","interaction.hazards":"filled","interaction.interfaces":"filled","interaction.context":"filled","sources":"filled"},"notes":{"_gate":"Published through the thing publication gate 1.0 on 2026-10-06T19:51:53+00:00: completeness 1.00; sense: Wikidata description; 2 live sources; review by codex: pass"},"score":1.0}}