Wednesday, May 21, 2008

BACK HOME

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that I am back home -- in the United States. Bummer. Thanks for reading my blog and I hope you enjoyed the pictures.

Friday, May 2, 2008

GIRA SOLE




Everyone else was out of town this weekend, so it was just me and the girls on a field trip with our professor.

Gira Sole: The rotating house.



Under the house.

The wheels on the house go round and round, round and round...

The house moves under the power of two - 5 horsepower motors!







The house rests on a rotating solid cast iron hinge.

View from outside of the house.



View of stair case

Interior has suffered from severe water damage.


























Thursday, May 1, 2008

OFF AGAIN


I want to say thank you to the Italian government for being so generous with their spring holidays. This weekend we get four days off in celebration of the Workers Holiday (Labor Day). Today I am spending the day catching up on my blogging which I have been getting behind on (again!). There is so much to write about and I don’t want to leave anything out. Thanks for reading!