hopper window
A window whose sash is hinged or fixed with pivot hinges at the bottom to open by tilting the top inward.
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Chapter 3: The viewfinder—transparency and voyeurism from Albrecht Dürer to Ai Weiwei
Every representational image ever made is necessarily a finite framing of the outside world, a viewfinder presenting only what the creator wants us to see. This finite point of view is configured insi…
08 Oct 2020
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A Combining City: Cairo
,I got on a plane in Jordan and flew to Cairo, Egypt. It was my first time on the African continent. Though most capitals are busy, Cairo seemed especially so. Just walking from my hotel out into the …
15 Jul 2020
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“Traditional” Balsamic Vinegar in Modena, Northern Italy
…see that the wall of the aging room is lined with hopper windows open at the top. Modena experiences significant temperature differences, average 31°C in summer and 0°C in winter. “The windows are ope…
14 Jan 2020
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Dry-cured Ham Culatello in Zibello Village
…mentation and aging finally starts. In this room, hopper windows are situated along the upper half of the wall, near where the Culatello is hung. In the first six months of the eighteen-month aging pe…
28 Jan 2019
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Vino Santo in Trentino
…oking at the arrangement of windows in the attic, hopper windows are arranged in the center of the room, and the east side is lined with large double French windows. ,,,I went back in history a bit, e…
23 Oct 2018
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Water Tanks in New York
Photographer Takashi Homma splices compelling shots of windows between his own photos and text. Second article of his “Windows and Photography” series presents water tanks as seen through a window in …
23 Jan 2017
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Sashu Chuzosho/Window of the Ironware Foundry
… a high ceiling and high-placed, outward-swinging hopper windows that can be operated by a pull cord to let out smoke. These windows are kept fully open whenever the furnace is in use, even during the…
27 Jun 2018
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Garlic Window in Vessalico village
Lemon raised under the shining sun; cured ham aged in a rich flavor by growing mold; wine made from grapes raised under well-ventilated pergola. We can see architectures particular to each region with…
19 Jun 2018