노르웨이 북극써클에 둥지 튼 가족 Family Lives in the Arctic Circle by Building Cob House in a Solar Geodesic Dome

경제문화 Economy, Culture/해외여행 Oversea travel2017. 1. 4. 03:03

Family Lives in the Arctic Circle by Building Cob House in a Solar Geodesic Dome

북극 써클은 극한 기온의 이미지를 연상케한다.

하지만 Hjertefølger 가족은 노르웨이 끝 북극 써클에 자신들의 보금자리를 짓기로 하고

샌드호르뇌야(Sandhornøya)섬에 2013년부터 지속적 삶을 영위하기 위하여 모래 물

점토 다른 유기물질로 만들어진 3층 짜리 벽토홈을 만들어 살기 시작했다.

이 집은 미적으로 기능적으로 만족스러운 태양광 측지선돔으로 둘러싸여있다.

샌드호르뇌야(Sandhornøya)섬 source Flickr

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Ki Chul Hwang, conpaper editor

By Jessica Stewart on January 2, 2017

The Arctic Circle conjures up images of extreme weather conditions, but one family has managed to create their own cozy oasis in the far reaches of Norway. The Hjertefølger family has been living on Norway’s Sandhornøya island, where they started their journey into sustainable living, since 2013. Their three-story cob home—built from sand, water, clay, and other organic materials—is encased in an aesthetically pleasing, and functional, solar geodesic dome by Solardome.

Placing the 25-foot-high dome around the five-bedroom, two-bathroom home gave the six-person family protection from strong winds and heavy snow loads, as well as cutting down on heating costs. The geodesic dome, which also covers a garden area, gives the family the necessary greenhouse environment to grow much of their food. Apples, cherries, plums, apricots, kiwis, grapes, cucumbers, tomatoes, herbs, squash, and melons are just some of what they can grow in an area that is without sunlight for three months a year.

The cozy, rustic interior creates a warm, welcoming environment away from the Arctic Circle’s cold climate. And the spectacular views of nature and the Northern Lights certainly provide unique entertainment for the family on cold winter nights. “We love the house; it has a soul of its own and it feels very personal. What surprises us is the fact that we built ourselves anew as we built the house,” Ingrid Hjertefølger told Inhabitat. “The process changed us, shaped us.”

After three years of living in The Nature House—built entirely by the family and their friends—they are thriving. “The feeling we get as we walk into this house is something different from walking in to any other house,” Hjertefølger shares. “The atmosphere is unique. The house has a calmness; I can almost hear the stillness. It is hard to explain. But it would have been impossible getting this feeling from a house someone else has planned and built for us, or a house with corners and straight lines.”

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