Brent, I wonder if rather than orienting <all> the houses to the same orientation if this is not an opportunity to utilize the collection of houses (if of a sufficient number) as a pieces of an aggregate dial. For instance, one could create ten shadow plane dials from ten houses, each registering a major hour. This would be in addition to the vertical dials that could still be made on each house, each with its own declination and unique artistic motif. Larry
Larry Bohlayer Celestial Products 608 Coral Bells Ct. Concord, NC 28027 35.442 N, 80.749 W [email protected] www.celestialproducts.com -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brent Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 10:20 AM To: Sundial List Subject: Sundial house 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 --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
