사이먼 데일은 영국 서부 웨일스에 사는 가장입니다. 자립심과 생태적 의식에 대한 그의 관심은 그가 직접 땅을 파고 집을 짓게 된 계기가 되었습니다. 상상할 수 있는 가장 아름답고 따뜻하며 매력적인 집 중 하나였죠. 그리고 그가 들인 비용은 단 3,000파운드, 미화 약 4,700달러였습니다!
이보다 더 매력적인 입구를 상상할 수 있나요? 
사이먼은 집을 짓는 데 두 가지 이유를 제시합니다. 그의 웹사이트 에 있는 첫 번째 우아한 이유는 다음과 같습니다.
재밌죠. 자신만의 방식으로, 자신만의 삶을 사는 건 보람 있는 일이에요. 꿈을 좇는 것이 우리 영혼을 살아있게 하죠.
두 번째 이유는 지속가능성에 대한 호소로, "우리의 자원은 고갈되고 있으며 지구는 생태적 재앙에 직면해 있다"고 주장합니다. 열정적인 성명 전문은 여기에서 확인하실 수 있습니다.
사이먼은 사진작가이기도 하며, 이 기사 전체에서 볼 수 있듯이 재능 있는 사진작가입니다.
사이먼이 다른 사람을 위해 짓는 데 도움을 주고 있는 또 다른 집의 아름다운 풍경. (원래는 사이먼과 가족이 살고 있는 집 사진으로 잘못 인식되었습니다.)
도구는 꽤 단순했습니다. 근대화에 가장 큰 도움이 된 것은 전기톱이었는데, 그는 이를 이용해 작은 나무 서른 그루 정도를 베어냈습니다. 그의 가족은 고목림을 전혀 손대지 않았습니다. 그는 삽, 끌, 망치처럼 자신의 에너지를 사용하는 도구에 집중했습니다. 하지만 이 아름다운 집을 짓는 데는 단 4개월밖에 걸리지 않았습니다.
이 집은 나무, 돌, 짚으로 지어졌고, 잔디 지붕을 얹었습니다. 나무 벽난로로 난방을 하고, 태양광 패널로 전력을 공급받습니다. 대부분의 자재는 재활용했습니다. 하지만 그렇다고 해서 차선책으로 버티는 허름한 집은 아닙니다. 창의적이고, 예술적이고, 우아하고, 아늑합니다. 가장 놀라운 점은 이 집이 수년간의 훈련이나 경험을 필요로 하지 않았다는 것입니다. 사이먼은 그런 경험이 전혀 없었습니다. 그는 건축가도, 엔지니어도, 목수도 아닙니다. 그는 모든 면에서 처음부터 시작했습니다. 그는 데일리 메일에 이렇게 말했습니다.
자신만의 건축가가 되는 것은 매우 즐겁고, 최악의 경우 최대 이익과 건설 산업의 편의를 위해 설계된 대량 생산 상자가 아닌, 자신과 땅의 일부인 무언가를 창조하고 즐길 수 있게 해줍니다.
천연재료로 건물을 짓는다면 생산자의 이익도 없어지고, 대부분의 현대 건물에 가득한 발암성 독극물도 없어질 것입니다.
그는 운 좋게도 집을 지을 땅을 얻었습니다. 다소 넓은 땅이었지만, 그는 관리인의 대가로 그 땅을 받았습니다.
사이먼 데일과 그의 아내 재스민 새빌, 그리고 두 자녀가 착공 4개월 만에 완공된 집 앞에서 포즈를 취하고 있습니다! 이 페이지의 모든 사진은 사이먼 데일(http://simondale.net)이 촬영했습니다.
집을 친환경적으로 만들기 위한 노력은 퇴비 변기, 단열재로 플라스틱 층 위에 짚을 깔고, 집 기초 아래에서 나오는 공기로 식히는 냉장고까지 확장됩니다. 시멘트는 탄소 배출이 많기 때문에 내부 벽은 시멘트 석고 대신 석회 석고로 마감합니다.
이 건물은 저영향 또는 퍼머컬처적 삶의 방식을 실천하는 한 부분입니다. 이러한 삶은 자연과 우리 자신 모두와 조화롭게 살아가는 것이며, 단순하게 행동하고 적절한 수준의 기술을 사용하는 것입니다. 이러한 저비용 자연 건물은 그 자체의 지속가능성뿐만 아니라, 사람들에게 토지에 대한 접근성을 제공하고 더욱 단순하고 지속 가능한 삶을 살 수 있는 기회를 제공하는 저렴한 주택을 제공할 수 있는 잠재력을 가지고 있습니다.
이 집보다 더 아름답고, 매력적이며, 살기 좋은 집은 상상할 수 없습니다. 이 집은 미래 주택 건설의 새로운 흐름이 될 수 있으며, 마땅히 그래야 합니다.
Simon Dale의 집, 설계도, 그리고 더 많은 사진에 대한 자세한 내용을 보려면 그의 웹사이트 A Low Impact Woodland Home을 방문하세요.
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They choppped down trees to build it!! It uses wood to heat it! This is not sustainable. Cute and hobbit like but not all that eco friendly.
I'm guessing that most of these people oohing and ahing over this would not be nearly so enamored after using the outhouse, washing the clothes in a tub by hand and hanging them out, having no privacy since the kids sleep in the same bed with the adults for a month or so. Having lived this romantic lifestyle, I can tell you, it's not all it's cracked up to be, especially for women.
no laundry area, where's the bathroom and where's the room for the boys? But if they're happy, then they have found ways to make it work... I would want a laundry
It is lovely, but I can't help wondering how safe it will be in anything resembling catastrophic weather. And how will you protect all of that charming untreated wood from termites and the like?
I hate to be a nay-sayer, it just strikes me as reckless to completely disregard the input from two entire professions (Architecture and Civil Engineering) that have evolved over time with the sole purpose of providing better and safer buildings for man-kind.
The good news? Well, with that price tag, even if you have to completely rebuild it every five years or so, it will still be economical.
I applaud your ingenuity and audacity, and wish you nothing but good fortune.
It's worth pointing out that the production of lime plaster is also heavily dependent on massive energy inputs. It's made (like cement) from the heating of limestone until it oxidizes. The per unit difference in emission output between lime plaster and portland cement isn't all that much. Cement does have the advantage of not being highly caustic (pH12) during the application. That being said, the home is gorgeous. You could likely build this in the United States under the adobe house building codes.
One of my dreams is making a home like this one. Making a decision is the hardest part.
Beautiful home but i didn't see a bathroom or a shower in the desugn plans..just wondering how that works out?
land included?
where's the shower / bathroom?
What an Amazing Place!! Something you only fantasize about!! Its Beautiful & So Creative!! What kind of kitchen & bathrooms are you using? I Would love to see every room!!
Blessings to you & your family...Happy Living!!
LIVING THE DREAM!!!
It's just like the house in my dream...
Creative.
City permit bureaucrats, would never let this be built due to " codes"
Too much government oversight stifles creativity in US.
what a great place for children to grow up in. they'll have a magical childhood. anyone sent this to ' grand designs ' ? !
Stunning. Gorgeous. Lovely. So helpful to see...I learn from this type of thing.
The rooms appear to be hobbit sized but the man himself looks to be about 6 feet tall. I would not mind but does have trouble navigating the shorter ceilings? Did he consider geothermal power? I am fascinated beyond belief and entranced with his photography. What a lovely way to live within the Earth.
Beautiful, creative and inspiring ! Unfortunately here in the US it would probably be impossible to receive the proper building permits resulting in hefty fines then it's untimely demolition. Imagine creating communities like this alongside permiculture instruction - This type of housing would certainly pose a huge threat to power and profits !
Whoa! You guys are my heroes today!
I wanted to do this 40 years ago but was told I was nutz....
This is too cool for words. LOVE!
Wow! Such beautiful houses built with care and love become homes, which is what we require.
There is a non profit in the UK that helps promote these types of buildings!
http://www.thepoosh.org/
Divine I want it..
I adore this, absolutely adore this. I wish I had any kind of building skills at all; I'd be doing something like this. Wow, just wow.
I love the fact that there are no flat walls and no 90 degree angles. Everything is curvy.
Finish
every day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some
blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you
can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too
high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.
My dream home. Where's the chooks?
napenda hii ajabu,,,,ilove it so much
Yes! Someone needs to start Habitat for Hobbits!
How gorgeous! It is so beautiful and quaint never mind magical. They look like a very happy family! xxx
cliche has it that the real home resides in the heart... our physical house is a concrete manifestation of that heart... simon's is one of cozy, green, and welcoming... and he built what he is inside... his 'hobbit home' :)
my love to simon, his wife, and the kids... the world is blest with people like you... ur an inspiration, in words and in deeds... godblessalways... roseencabo707@yahoo.com
Its n0t easy being green
so marvelous!! quite impressive!
amazing house.....good bless
Why is it better to kill baby trees instead of old ones near the end of their lives? It's not ok to kill a baby seal, so why is it ok to kill a baby tree?
I love it! It looks like a dream come true. I hope you and your family live happily ever after.
WoW<3 ! So NeaT...VeRy CReaTiVe....Is iT ToRNADo PRoOF ? Ya, ...I LiVe iN KANSAS~^j^~<3 !
Some people have a vision and realisation which has to be truly appreciated .........simple beautiful n artistic n brilliant !!
LOVE IT!!
I am SOOOO creatively inspired to see this...Ii can close my eyes and feel myself inside this beautiful home......I can smell the fire.....so inviting.......thank you for holding your vision for the rest of us to enjoy and expand with.......
Bless You !!!!
Deborah Galler
I see this as my next home......
Simon is a-m-a-z-i-n-g!! What imagination, determination, and 'elbow-grease'! ...and Jasmine and boys make for a great-looking family. Congratulations!!
The house I have always dreamed of living in... GREAT inspiration for me. Nature at its finest as a home and your photography is awesome. I recogized the Yosemite scenes, especially the meadows. I live in Modesto, California.... just west of Yosemite, a very magical place. Thank you for inspiring me and others who have the same fondness for Shire/Hobbit home. Anna (photographer/visionary.)
This place is wonderful! You would be assured of living your life in creativity, you are surrounded by creativity and can breathe it in, and feel it always. You are taking very little to have your home, and you're not in an extraodinary over large space that you hardly use, and all space is used well.
Thank you for being so creative.
Billie Slade
THIS IS A DREAM COME TRUE! FANTASTIC! CARRY ON SIMON!
The Hobbitses will be angry my Precious!!!
very cool, but I noticed the bathroom is missing??? No way I would have two small children without a shower or toilet. Could you imagine potty training in the winter? " Here son, just take this shovel and dig a little hole in that snow mound over there."
Truly amazing, thank you for the inspiration.
how lovely. Thanks for sharing this.
Sorry, my Welsh spelling is atrocious!
Fabulous, Simon and Jasmine. Dioch xx
dude lives in the shire!!!
maybe the coolest thing i've ever seen. inspiring. moving. absolutely fantastic.
How wonderful! I just love the fact that our visions can be realised! It is so uplifting to hear stories of individuals roling their sleeves and getting on to create something that makes them haappy. I magine if we all had the courage to be happy and self sufficient in a creative yet practical way!!
beautiful home and vision, thank you Simon and Jasmine for adding more to the world than trying to take. This is the future we can look forward too!
This is wonderful! The home looks very cosy and inviting. I'd love to see Habitat for Humanity embody some of these design principles. They could build so many more homes! I look forward to checking out the web site and moving myself toward a more sustainable living environment. What an inspiration!