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Not that this isn't awesome, but aren't hobbit houses underground? With networks of tunnels and hillside windows and entrances? This looks like a rustic country

by drcube 12y ago

Not that this isn't awesome, but aren't hobbit houses underground? With networks of tunnels and hillside windows and entrances? This looks like a rustic country house with a green roof. As much as I like this, I'd prefer something actually underground.

izzydata 12y ago
Sounds more like dwarfs. Pretty confident Bilbo's house did not have any other homes connected to it. It was built into the side of a hill as a standalone home.
- drcube 12y ago
  I meant that the several rooms of a single home were connected by tunnels, not that multiple homes were connected together. This is always how I've imagined my dream house to be. Energy efficient, immersed in nature, easy to hide if necessary.
dragonwriter 12y ago
> Not that this isn't awesome, but aren't hobbit houses underground? IIRC, there's considerable difference based around relative wealth, and many less well-off hobbits lived in above ground homes. Most of the principal hobbits in LOTR (except Sam, I think) lived in large underground mansions, but they were rather well-off hobbits. Even so, the construction approach here (digging a partial hole, building a frame that extends somewhat above the original ground level, and then taking the dirt from the whole and covering the structure) seems a fairly practical method of building what ends up being an underground home, and the result is visually similar to the art that has accompanied various editions of the books (and the look used in the movies) for hobbit homes, so it seems pretty reasonable.
neverminder 12y ago
To do it right you'd have to build the structure with reinforced concrete, able to withstand tonnes of soil while forming a desired shape. You can then decorate it from inside as you want, make an exact copy of Bilbo's house if that's your goal. Such a project would be quite expensive though and well beyond capacity of an amateur.

by drcube 12y ago

izzydata 12y ago

Sounds more like dwarfs. Pretty confident Bilbo's house did not have any other homes connected to it. It was built into the side of a hill as a standalone home.

drcube 12y ago
I meant that the several rooms of a single home were connected by tunnels, not that multiple homes were connected together. This is always how I've imagined my dream house to be. Energy efficient, immersed in nature, easy to hide if necessary.

dragonwriter 12y ago

> Not that this isn't awesome, but aren't hobbit houses underground? IIRC, there's considerable difference based around relative wealth, and many less well-off hobbits lived in above ground homes. Most of the principal hobbits in LOTR (except Sam, I think) lived in large underground mansions, but they were rather well-off hobbits. Even so, the construction approach here (digging a partial hole, building a frame that extends somewhat above the original ground level, and then taking the dirt from the whole and covering the structure) seems a fairly practical method of building what ends up being an underground home, and the result is visually similar to the art that has accompanied various editions of the books (and the look used in the movies) for hobbit homes, so it seems pretty reasonable.

neverminder 12y ago

To do it right you'd have to build the structure with reinforced concrete, able to withstand tonnes of soil while forming a desired shape. You can then decorate it from inside as you want, make an exact copy of Bilbo's house if that's your goal. Such a project would be quite expensive though and well beyond capacity of an amateur.