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Next Tuesday, construction crews are hoping to hoist a 70,000-pound house onto the seventh floor of one of UCSD’s engineering buildings.
Amazing, right? I immediately began to salivate over the photographic opportunities the hoist would bring.
But I was also curious to see what goes into putting together such a unique house. I tagged along with Randy Dotinga as he learned about how to construct a slanted building destined for a seemingly precarious perch.
Here are some photographs from their work one day last week:
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| Photo by Sam Hodgson |
| From inside the house, construction crews discuss details of building the unique project. |
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| Photo by Sam Hodgson |
| Crews are working on the house on a site below the engineering building they’ll hoist it onto. |
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| Photo by Sam Hodgson |
| Construction supervisor Don Franken stands inside the house, the dream of artist Do Ho Suh, that will be hoisted onto a UCSD building. |
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| Photo by Sam Hodgson |
| Franken checks in on details of the project with another crew member. |
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| Photo by Sam Hodgson |
| Carpenter Larry Smith makes a measurement on the side of the house. |
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| Photo by Sam Hodgson |
| The house is tilted, so that it will appear to jut out of the engineering building. |
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| Photo by Sam Hodgson |
| Crews plan to fasten the house to the building by threading beams through the floor. |
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| Photo by Sam Hodgson |
| Franken stands inside on the top floor of the building the house will sit atop.
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| Photo by Sam Hodgson |
| Construction crews work outside on the seventh floor of the engineering building. Inside is a diagram of what they expect the house to look like. . |
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| Photo by Sam Hodgson |
| Crews work on the seventh floor, where the house will eventually rest. |
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| Photo by Sam Hodgson |
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| Photo by Sam Hodgson |
| A view of the under-construction house from the seventh floor. |
I’m a photojournalist at voiceofsandiego.org. You can contact me directly at sam.hodgson@voiceofsandiego.org or 619.550.5664.
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