Inethiyetha yemiboniso bhanyabhanya, iAga eneminyango esibhozo, isilingi yesikhumba, iliso elinomphetho wegolide, iziko elivulekileyo, kunye nezikrini zikamabonwakude ezaphukileyo ezindongeni. Ababhali bethu batyelela isigebenga esimenyezelayo kunxweme oluhle lweLake Awe.
Kwakungokuhlwa okunelanga kwiindonga ezintle zeLoch Awe, kumbindi weNtaba iScottish Highlands, kwaye kukho into ekhazimlayo emva kwemithi. Ecaleni kwendlela yomhlaba emajikojiko, idlula iihektare zemithi yompayini echumileyo, safika kwindawo evulekileyo apho amaqela ezidalwa ezingwevu ezikhenkcezileyo aphuma emhlabeni njengamatye, abengezela ekukhanyeni ngamacala azo arhabaxa, ngokungathi aqingqwe kwiminerali eyikristale.
“Igqunywe kwizikrini zikamabonwakude ezaphukileyo,” utshilo uMerrikel, umyili wenye yeenqaba ezingaqhelekanga ezakhiwe eArgyll ukusukela ngeminyaka yoo-1600. “Sacinga ngokusebenzisa amaphepha anezileyiti eziluhlaza ukwenza eso sakhiwo sibukeke njengendoda yelizwe enxibe i-tweed emi phezu kwenduli.
Xa ukude, ikhangeleka ngathi yingqalutye, okanye iHarlem, njengoko beyibiza njalo apha. Kodwa njengoko usondela kule nto ingwevu ye-monolithic, iindonga zayo zigqunywe ziibhloko ezishinyeneyo zeglasi ephinda isetyenziswe kwizikrini ezindala ze-cathode ray. Kubonakala ngathi yombiwe kwikamva le-e-waste geologic layer, idiphozithi exabisekileyo evela kwixesha le-Anthropocene.
Le yenye yeenkcukacha ezininzi zekhaya eliziimitha ezingama-650 ezisikweri, eliyilwe njengengxelo ngobomi babathengi uDavid noMargaret, abaqhuba usapho lwabantwana abathandathu nabazukulwana abathandathu. Umcebisi ngezezimali uDavid, owandibonisa amagumbi okulala asixhenxe een-suite, elinye lawo laliyilwe njengegumbi labazukulwana elineebhedi ezisibhozo. Kodwa siyizalisa rhoqo.
Njengeenqaba ezininzi, kwathatha ixesha elide ukwakha. Esi sibini, esasihlala eQuarier's Village kufutshane neGlasgow iminyaka emininzi, sathenga isiza esizihekthare ezili-100 ngo-2007 nge-£250,000 emva kokusibona kwisongezo sepropati kwiphephandaba lasekuhlaleni. Lo ngumhlaba owawusakuba yiForestry Commission onemvume yokwakha indlwana. “Beza kum benomfanekiso webhotwe elibekekileyo,” utshilo uKerr. "Babefuna indlu ye-12,000-square-foot enendawo engaphantsi kwepati enkulu kunye negumbi lomthi weKrisimesi oziimitha ezili-18. Kwakufuneka ilingane."
Ukuziqhelanisa kukaKerr, iDenizen Works, ayisiyiyo indawo yokuqala ojonga kuyo indlu entsha ye-baron. Kodwa wanconyelwa ngabahlobo ababini, ngokusekelwe kwindlu yanamhlanje awayeyilungiselele abazali bakhe kwisiqithi saseTire eHebrides. Uthotho lwamagumbi akhiweyo awakhelwe kumabhodlo efama aphumelele imbasa yoYilo lweKhaya loNyaka ngo-2014. “Siqale ngokuthetha ngembali yoyilo lweScottish,” utshilo uKerr, “ukusuka kwi-Iron Age brooches [izindlu zamatye ezomileyo] kunye neenqaba ezikhuselayo ukuya kuBaron Pyle kunye noCharles Rennie Mackintosh.
Kukufikela ngesiquphe, kodwa isakhiwo sidlulisa umoya wentaba orhabaxa othi ngandlel’ ithile uvakalelwe kukuba unendawo. Imi kwichibi elinendawo yokuzikhusela eqinile, njengenqaba eyomeleleyo, ngokungathi ilungele ukugxotha umdlwenguli. Ukusuka entshonalanga, unokubona i-echo yenqaba, ngendlela ye-turret eqinile yeemitha ezili-10 (ngokuchasene nengqiqo, isithsaba ngeholo ye-cinema), kunye nokunye okuninzi kwi-slits yefestile kunye ne-chamfers enzulu. kukho ezininzi inqaba allusions phezu kweendonga.
Inxalenye engaphakathi ye-incision, inqunywe ngokuchanekileyo nge-scalpel, imelwe ngamaqhekeza amancinci eglasi, njengokungathi iveza into yangaphakathi ethambileyo. Nangona yayakhiwe ukusuka kwisakhelo samaplanga eselenziwe ngaphambili kwaye emva koko isongiwe kwiibhloko ze-cinder, u-Kerr uchaza imilo "njengeqingqwe kwibhloko eqinileyo", ecaphula umzobi wase-Basque u-Eduardo Chillida, onemifanekiso eqingqiweyo yebhastile ye-cubic, engamacandelo aqingqiweyo, anike inkuthazo. Kubonwa ukusuka emazantsi, indlu yindlu ephantsi ebekwe kwindawo, enamagumbi okulala adibana necala lasekunene, apho kukho iibhedi zeengcongolo okanye amachibi amancinci okucoca amanzi amdaka kwiitanki zeseptic.
Esi sakhiwo simiswe ngobuchule ngakuye phantse ngokungaqondakaliyo, kodwa abanye basadidekile. Xa umfanekiso wakhe wawuqala ukupapashwa kumajelo asekuhlaleni, abafundi abazange bazibambe. Omnye wabo wathi: “Ibonakala ngathi sisidenge. “Yonke into ikhangeleka ifana noDonga lweAtlantiki ngo-1944,” watsho omnye. “Ndingowezokwakha zale mihla,” wabhala omnye wabo kwiqela lasekhaya likaFacebook, “kodwa kubonakala ngathi yinto eyenziwe yinkwenkwana yam eMinecraft.”
UCole akazange agungqe. “Ibangele impikiswano ephilileyo, yinto entle leyo,” utshilo, esongeza ukuba indlu yaseTyree ekuqaleni yavelisa ukusabela okufanayo. UDavid uyavuma esithi: “Asizange siyenzele ukukholisa abanye abantu.
Ngokuqinisekileyo incasa yabo yolunye uhlobo, njengoko kubonisiwe ngaphakathi. Ukongezelela kwintiyo yaso kamabonwakude, esi sibini saphinda salicekisa ikhitshi elixhotyiswe ngokupheleleyo. Kwikhitshi eliphambili, akukho nto ngaphandle kweAga enkulu eneminyango esibhozo ebekwe ngokuchasene neendonga zentsimbi epolishiweyo, icountertop, kunye nekhabhathi yokutya enesilivere. Izinto ezisebenzayo - i-sink, i-dishwasher, i-sideboard - ifakwe ekhitshini elincinane kwelinye icala, kunye nefriji enefriji ifumaneka ngokupheleleyo kwigumbi eliluncedo kwelinye icala lendlu. Ubuncinci, ubisi lwekomityi yekofu luluncedo ekubaleni amanyathelo.
Embindini wendlu kukho iholo enkulu esembindini ephantse ibe ziimitha ezintandathu ukuphakama. Le yindawo yethiyetha iindonga zayo zigcwele iifestile ezimile ngendlela engaqhelekanga enika iimbono ezisuka eqongeni elingasentla, kubandakanywa noshicilelo oluncinci olulingana nomntwana. “Abantwana bayakuthanda ukubaleka,” watsho uDavid, esongeza ukuba izinyuko ezimbini zendlu zenza uhlobo oluthile lokuhamba okujikelezayo.
Ngamafutshane, isizathu esona sizathu sokuba igumbi likhulu kukulungiselela umthi omkhulu weKrisimesi osikwa ehlathini minyaka yonke kwaye ugxininiswe kwi-funnel phantsi (kungekudala ugutyungelwe yi-decorative ye-bronze manhole cover). Ukutshatisa imingxuma engqukuva kwisilingi, enegqabi legolide, kuphose ukukhanya okufudumeleyo kwigumbi elikhulu, ngelixa iindonga zigqunywe ngodaka olunomhlaba oluxutywe neenkozo zegolide zemica ukwenzela ukubengezela okufihlakeleyo.
Imigangatho yekhonkrithi ekhazimlisiweyo ikwaqulathe amaqhekeza amancinane esipili athi, nangeentsuku zokusibekela, azise ubukhazikhazi bekristale bodonga lwangaphandle ngaphakathi. Yintshayelelo eqaqambileyo kwelona gumbi liqaqambileyo lisaza kuhonjiswa kwakhona: indawo yokugcina iwhisky, ibha evaliweyo evalwe ngokupheleleyo ngobhedu olukhazimlisiweyo. “I-Rosebank yeyona nto ndiyithandayo,” utsho uDavid, ebhekisa kwi-lowland malt distillery eyavalwa ngowe-1993 (nangona iza kuvulwa kwakhona kunyaka ozayo). "Into endinomdla kuyo kukuba kuyo yonke ibhotile endiyiselayo, kukho ibhotile enye emhlabeni."
Incasa yesi sibini idlulela kwifenitshala. Amanye ala magumbi ayilwe ngokukodwa ngokusekelwe kumsebenzi wobugcisa ogunyaziswe yiSouthern Guild, igalari yoyilo lwevenkile eseKapa, eMzantsi Afrika. Ngokomzekelo, igumbi lokutyela eliphakamileyo elinemivalo kwakufuneka lidityaniswe netafile yentsimbi emnyama eziimitha ezine ejonge echibini. Ikhanyiswa yi-chandelier emnyama kunye ne-grey ekhangayo enezithethi ezide ezihambayo, ezikhumbuza amakrele anqamlekileyo okanye iimpondo, ezinokufumaneka kwiiholo zenqaba ehloniphekileyo.
Ngokufanayo, igumbi lokuhlala liyilwe lijikeleze isofa enkulu emile okwesikhumba engu-L ejongana neTV kodwa indawo enkulu yomlilo evulekileyo, enye yezine endlwini. Enye indawo yomlilo inokufunyanwa ngaphandle, idala i-nook epholileyo kumgangatho ophantsi wepatio, enomthunzi ophakathi ukuze ukwazi ukufudumala ngelixa ujonge imozulu "eyomileyo" echibini.
Amagumbi okuhlambela aqhubeleka nomxholo wobhedu olukhazimlisiweyo, kubandakanywa enye enepere yeebhafu ecaleni komnye nomnye - ezothando kodwa zithandwa kakhulu ngabazukulwana abathanda ukudlala ngokubukela imbonakalo yabo kwisilingi yobhedu ebonisiweyo. Kukho ngaphezulu kwe-autobiographical flair kwiindawo ezincinci zokuhlala kwindlu yonke, ephakanyiswe ngesikhumba esimfusa ukusuka kwi-Muirhead tannery (umthengisi wesikhumba kwiNdlu yeeNkosi kunye neConcord).
Ulusu lude ludlulele eluphahleni lwethala leencwadi, apho iincwadi zibandakanya indlela yokutyeba kaDonald Trump kunye noWinnie the Pooh's Return to Hundred Acre Wood, ebizwa ngegama lepropathi. Kodwa konke ayisiyiyo le nto ibonakala ngathi. Ukucinezela umqolo wencwadi, ngomzuzu ongalindelekanga we-Scooby-Doo farce, yonke i-bookcase iyajika, ityhila ikhabhinethi efihliweyo emva kwayo.
Ngandlela ithile, oku kushwankathela yonke iprojekthi: indlu iyimbonakaliso ye-idiosyncratic enzulu yomthengi, ibumba ubunzima beendawo eziphakamileyo ngaphandle kwaye ifihla ubumnandi be-satirical, i-decadence kunye nobubi ngaphakathi. Zama ukuba ungalahleki endleleni yakho eya efrijini.
Ixesha lokuposa: Aug-31-2022


