The following article appeared in the UK Newspaper
"The Guardian" last Saturday.
Anyone know/heard anything about it?
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Manchester wants to wash away its image as a rainy
city - by creating a network of giant sundials. The dials would stretch
through the city centre linking Salford Quays and the City of Manchester
stadium. And even though Manchester has 461 fewer hours of sunshine a year
than Paris and 136 less than London, architects believe the plan would be
a success. One of the dials would be a staggering 600 feet high and
another could even draw on solar energy so it can carry on telling the
time during cloudy spells. Greg Keeffe, bio-climatic architecture lecturer
at Manchester Metropolitan University, said: "The city has got a fantastic
solar resource. "It's generally sunny in Manchester in the morning and
evening, but at lunchtime when a lot of people are walking about, it seems
to rain." An exhibition of the sundials plans is due to open on Saturday
at the city's Urbis museum. Mr Keeffe said: "Part of the reason we set
this exhibition up was to highlight the depth of talent in architecture
and design here in Manchester." All the sundials must be able to tell the
time accurately, and the scheme has been backed by the North West Arts
Board.
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I'll try and go along to the exhibition next
week.
Mike Shaw
53' 22" North
03' 02" west
Wirral,
UK
