Hello again;

I have the opportunity to design some ultra low cost
housing for slum resettlement. Just because they are low
cost doesn't mean they can't be cool places to live.

here are a few ideas I have:

1. I could orient the houses to true north. The east or west
walls could have a long horizontal window that could act as
a sunrise/sunset calendar. The window could have a center
mullion that would cast a shadow on the wall around the
room which could be marked as a calendar.

2. Orient the gables north and south and leave the gable
ends exposed with no overhanging eaves and set vertical
dials on the north or south or both. Maybe I could make a
stencil or two and simply paint on dial faces. Or show the
new owners how to do that and let them mark their own.

I would appreciate any other ideas.
They just need to be inexpensive and simple to use.

Here is a cool saying that seems appropriate:

Sol Lucet Omnibus
The Sun Shines for Everyone

brent



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