Hobbit Houses: 15 Grassy Hill-Shaped Dwellings “In a hole in a ground lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing to sit on or eat: It was a hobbit hole and that means comfort.” This line by J.R.R. Tolkien, author of the beloved The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings fantasy novels, has inspired hundreds of copycat underground hobbit homes around the world – and is itself inspired by ancient Viking hill houses. The World’s First Hobbit Motel (images via: wayfaring.info) For tourists the world over, New Zealand will forever be associated with The Lord of the Rings, since it served as the filming and production location for the film version of the saga. Modern Hobbit Home in Switzerland (images via: toxel) From outside, this home is like any other hobbit hole: half-hidden in a grassy hill, sheltered from the elements and blending in seamlessly with its surroundings. Rent-a-Hobbit-Hole: Hebridean Earth House (images via: webecoist) Hobbit Shed
Cobworks :: Cob and earth house workshops and design TIERRAMOR - diseño integrado - Permacultura y Ecología Profunda Man Builds Fairy Tale Home for His Family – For Only £3,000 Simon Dale is a family man in Wales, the western part of Great Britain. His interest in self-sustainability and an ecological awareness led him to dig out and build his own home—one of the loveliest, warmest, most inviting dwellings you could ever imagine. And it cost him only £3,000, about $4,700 American dollars! Can you imagine a more charming entrance than this? Simon gives two reasons for building the home. It’s fun. His second reason is a plea for sustainability, in which he states that “our supplies are dwindling and our planet is in ecological catastrophe”. Simon is also a photographer, and as you can see throughout this article, a talented one. The tools are fairly simple. The home is constructed from wood, stone, straw, and has a sod roof. Most amazingly, the home didn’t require years of training or experience. He was fortunate in obtaining the land for his home. This building is one part of a low-impact or permaculture approach to life.
A Low Impact Woodland Home - Hobbit Style Credit to Simon Dale published under a creative commons license Taking care of the environment has always been an interest of mine, especially when it comes to the different options we have with the housing of the future. To put it bluntly humans are very wasteful when it comes to buildings and we often use materials wastefully and the buildings are often designed for looks and not functionality. This is a house built in Wales by Simon Dale and his father in law. Simon points out on his site that he is not a carpenter and claims this building is accessible to anyone. If you are interested in learning more about the house click through to Simon site all about it here. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.
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Natural Building Colloquium The History of Cob MICHAEL SMITH Ancient Roots Because of its versatility and widespread availability, earth has been used as a construction material on every continent and in every age. It is one of the oldest building materials on the planet; the first freestanding human dwellings may have been built of sod or wattle-and-daub. About 10,000 years ago, the residents of Jericho were using oval, hand formed, sun dried bricks (adobes), which were probably a refinement of earlier cob. Even today, it is estimated that between a third and a half of the world's population lives in earthen dwellings. Earth construction takes many forms, including adobe, sod, rammed earth, straw-clay, and wattle-and-daub. Exactly when and how cob building first arose in England remains uncertain, but it is known that cob houses were being built there by the 13th Century. The stiff mud mixture was usually shoveled with a cob fork onto a stone foundation, and trodden into place by workmen on the walls. Future Trends
Características de un domo de piedra, yeso y cal | adobando la tierra Actualmente está declarada la guerra al caminante, sólo sedentarizando se puede domesticar.. Caminando en la frontera de Guadalajara con Madrid, cerca de un pueblecito que se llama Albares nos hemos encontrado con esta construcción. Y gracias a este domo hemos andado también en su historia, sus costumbres y su geología. Porque la arquitectura popular responde siempre a una forma de habitar un lugar. En albares la actividad pastoril tuvo gran importancia, siendo un núcleo muy fuerte en comparación con los pueblos de su entorno, y esto era porque poseía una cantidad enorme de terrenos dedicados a pastos en cerros y baldíos, ya que no producían nada. Según un censo del ayuntamiento existen actualmente 70 construcciones de este tipo, formadas por piedras de Pedernal, Yeso y Cal, características geológicas de la zona. Según nos acercamos al domo, nos damos cuenta que tiene forma de catenaria, con un contrafuerte en su base. Características de la Choza – Refugio: 1. 2. 3. 4. ”Arreglos” actuales
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