Underground home

Underground home

An underground home is a house or dwelling which lies either under the standard ground level on a flat piece of land, or built into a hillside or mountain side.

History

There is only written documentation of Scythian and German subterranean dwellings. Remnants have been found in Switzerland, Meklenburg and southern Bavaria:'They had a round shape with a kettle-like widening at the bottom, from eleven to fifteen metres in diameter, and from two to four metres in depth'Proceedings by The InternationalCongress of Americanists [http://books.google.com/books?id=8loqAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA116&dq=subterranean+dwelling&as_brr=1&ei=vBgaSOvFOImyyQTg2oyBDQ&client=firefox-a#PRA2-PA116,M1 pg.116]

Construction methods

In parts of rural Australia subterranean houses are built in a similar manner to prairie dog holes. There is a 'chimney' placed higher than ground-level and a lower, ground-level, entrance. This orientation causes a continuous breeze through-out the house, reducing or eliminating the need for air conditioning.

ee also

*Dugout
*Earth sheltering
*Earth house
*List of house types
*Underground living
*Yaodong

References

External links

* [http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/U/AE_underground_home.html Extra Information]
* [http://www.williamlishman.com/underground.htm Underground Architecture]
* [http://www.freewebs.com/stocktonunderground Stockton Underground : An Owner-Builder Approach]


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