The house where the Sundial Association of Flanders (Belgium) has his 
headquarter is a "sundial house" (in Dutch: 'zonnewijzerhuis')
The entire facade (wall inclination 133°) is shaped as a sundial.
You can see pictures in the inventory of sundials in Flanders at 
http://www.astrolemma.be/p_inventaris.html
Click on the first title in the first column: 'Inventaris per gemeente / 
deelgemeente" to become a pdf-file.
In that pdf-file search with keyword "zonnewijzerhuis".
It gives you page 392 with the pictures.

See also at http://www.gnomonica.be/en/gnomonicaFlaFE.html


Willy Leenders
Hasselt in Flanders (Belgium)

Visit my website about the sundials in the province of Limburg (Flanders) with 
a section 'worth knowing about sundials' (mostly in Dutch): 
http://www.wijzerweb.be







Op 29-mrt-2011, om 16:20 heeft Brent het volgende geschreven:

> 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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