Ine-movie shooter, i-Aga eneminyango esibhozo, isilingi esenziwe ngesikhumba, iliso elinemiphetho yegolide, isitovu esivulekileyo, kunye nezikrini zeTV ezaphukileyo eludongeni. Ababhali bethu batyelela isigebenga esikhazimlayo elunxwemeni oluhle lweLake Awe.
Kwakungokuhlwa okunelanga elunxwemeni oluhle lwaseLoch Awe, ezantsi kweScottish Highlands, kwaye kwakukho into eyayikhazimla emva kwemithi. Ecaleni kwendlela evuthuzayo, sidlule kwiihektare zemithi yepayini eluhlaza, safika kwindawo evulekileyo apho amaqela eengqukuva ezingwevu ezicoliweyo ayephuma khona kumhlaba ofana nelitye, akhazimla ekukhanyeni ngamacala awo arhabaxa, ngokungathi aqoshwe kwiminerali ethile yekristale.
“Igqunywe zizikrini zeTV ezaphukileyo,” utshilo uMerrickel, umyili wesinye sezona nqaba zingaqhelekanga ezakhiwe eArgyll ukusukela ngeminyaka yoo-1600. “Sicinge ngokusebenzisa amaphepha eslate eluhlaza ukwenza isakhiwo sibonakale njengendoda yasemaphandleni enxibe i-tweed emi endulini. Kodwa ke safumanisa ukuba umthengi wethu uyayithiya kangakanani iTV, ngoko ke le nto yayibonakala ifanelekile kuye.”
Ukude, ijongeka njengelitye elinqabileyo, okanye iHarlem, njengoko beyibiza njalo apha. Kodwa njengoko usondela kule nto ingwevu engwevu, iindonga zayo zigqunywe ziibhloko zeglasi eziphindaphindekileyo ezivela kwizikrini zetyhubhu ye-cathode ray endala. Kubonakala ngathi imbiwe kumaleko we-e-waste geologic wexesha elizayo, idiphozithi exabisekileyo yexesha le-Anthropocene.
Le yenye yeenkcukacha ezininzi ezimangalisayo zendlu engama-650-square-meter, eyilwe njengombhalo wobomi babathengi uDavid noMargaret, abaphethe usapho olunabantwana abathandathu nabazukulwana abathandathu. “Kungabonakala ngathi yinto entle ukuba nendlu enobukhulu obungaka,” utshilo umcebisi wezemali uDavid, owandibonisa amagumbi okulala asixhenxe, elinye lawo lenzelwe ukuba ligumbi lokulala labazukulwana elineebhedi ezisibhozo ezigobileyo. “Kodwa siyizalisa rhoqo.”
Njengezinye iinqaba, kwathabatha ixesha elide ukwakha. Esi sibini, esasihlala eQuarier's Village kufutshane neGlasgow iminyaka emininzi, sathenga indawo engamahektare angama-40 (iihektare ezili-100) ngo-2007 nge-£250,000 emva kokuyibona kwisongezelelo sepropati kwiphephandaba lasekuhlaleni. Lo ngumhlaba weKhomishini yezeHlathi owayesakuba ngumhlaba ngemvume yokwakha indlu. “Baze kum bephethe umfanekiso webhotwe elihle,” utshilo uKerr. “Babefuna indlu engama-square-foot ayi-12,000 enegumbi elingaphantsi elikhulu lepati kunye nendawo yomthi weKrisimesi oziimitha ezili-18. Kwakufuneka ibe nomlinganiselo ofanayo.”
Indawo yokusebenza kaKerr, iDenizen Works, ayisiyondawo yokuqala okhangela kuyo indlu enkulu ye-baron entsha. Kodwa wacetyiswa ngabahlobo bakhe ababini, ngokusekelwe kwindlu yanamhlanje ayilungiselele abazali bakhe kwisiqithi saseTire eHebrides. Uthotho lwamagumbi aneendonga ezakhiwe kumanxuwa efama luphumelele ibhaso leGrand Designs Home of the Year ngo-2014. “Saqala ngokuthetha ngembali yoyilo lwezakhiwo zaseScotland,” utshilo uKerr, “ukusuka kwiibrooches ze-Iron Age [izindlu ezijikelezileyo zamatye awomileyo] kunye neenqaba zokuzikhusela ukuya kuBaron Pyle noCharles Rennie Mackintosh. Kwiminyaka esibhozo kamva bafumana indlu engalinganiyo, isiqingatha sobukhulu, ingenasiseko.”
Kukufika ngequbuliso, kodwa isakhiwo sibonisa umoya weentaba oqinileyo ofana nendawo. Simi echibini elinendawo yokuzikhusela eqinileyo, njengenqaba eqinileyo, ngokungathi silungele ukugxotha iqela labaphangi. Ukusuka entshona, ungabona isandi senqaba, ngendlela ye-turret enamandla eyi-10-meter (ngokuchaseneyo nengqiqo eqhelekileyo, ethweswe iholo yesinema), nokunye okuninzi kwimigca yeefestile kunye nee-chamfers ezinzulu. kukho iingcinga ezininzi zenqaba eludongeni.
Inxalenye engaphakathi yesigqubuthelo, esikwe ngokuchanekileyo nge-scalpel, imelwe ziziqwenga ezincinci zeglasi, ngokungathi ityhila into ethambileyo yangaphakathi. Nangona yakhiwe ngesakhelo seplanga esenziwe kwangaphambili yaze yasongwa ngeebhloko ze-cinder, uKerr uchaza imo "njengeqoshwe kwibhloko eqinileyo", ecaphula umzobi waseBasque uEduardo Chillida, omifanekiso yakhe ye-cubic marble, engamacandelo aqingqiweyo, inike ugqozi. Ibonakala ukusuka emazantsi, le ndlu yindlu ephantsi ebekwe kwindawo entle, enamagumbi okulala akufutshane necala lasekunene, apho kukho iibhedi zeengcongolo okanye amachibi amancinci okucoca amanzi amdaka kwiitanki ze-septic.
Isakhiwo sibekwe ngobuchule macala onke kuye phantse ngendlela engabonakaliyo, kodwa abanye basadidekile. Xa umfanekiso wakhe wawupapashwa okokuqala kwiindaba zasekuhlaleni, abafundi abazange bazibambe. “Ibonakala ngathi sisidenge. Iyadida kwaye ayilunganga,” wabhala omnye wabo. “Konke kufana nodonga lweAtlantic ngo-1944,” watsho omnye. “Ndingumlandeli woyilo lwezakhiwo lwanamhlanje,” wabhala omnye wabo kwiqela le-Facebook lasekuhlaleni, “kodwa kufana nento eyenziwe ngunyana wam omncinci kwiMinecraft.”
UCole wayengagungqi. “Yabangela ingxoxo ephilileyo, nto leyo ilungileyo,” utshilo, wongeza ngelithi indlu kaTyree ekuqaleni yabangela impendulo efanayo. UDavid uyavuma: “Asiyilanga ukuze sichukumise abanye abantu. Yile nto besiyifuna.”
Incasa yabo ngokuqinisekileyo ihlukile, njengoko kuboniswe ngaphakathi. Ukongeza ekuthiyeni kwabo umabonwakude, esi sibini sikwayidelela ikhitshi elixhotyiswe ngokupheleleyo. Kwikhitshi eliphambili, akukho nto ngaphandle kweseti enkulu ye-Aga eneminyango esibhozo ejikelezileyo eludongeni lwentsimbi engagqwaliyo ekhazimlayo, ikhawuntara, kunye nekhabhathi yokutya enesilivere. Izinto ezisebenzayo - isinki, umatshini wokuhlamba izitya, ibhodi esecaleni - zifakwe kwikhitshi elincinci kwelinye icala, kwaye ifriji enefriji ikwigumbi loncedo kwelinye icala lendlu. Ubuncinane, ubisi lwekomityi yekofu luluncedo ekubaleni amanyathelo.
Embindini wendlu kukho iholo enkulu ephakathi ephantse ibe ziimitha ezintandathu ukuphakama. Le yindawo yemidlalo yeqonga eneendonga ezizaliswe ziifestile ezimile ngendlela engaqhelekanga ezibonelela ngemibono evela kwiqonga elingasentla, kuquka nombhalo omncinci olingana nomntwana. “Abantwana bayakuthanda ukubaleka,” utshilo uDavid, wongeza ukuba izitebhisi ezibini zendlu zenza uhlobo lokuhamba olujikelezayo.
Ngamafutshane, isizathu esiphambili sokuba igumbi libe likhulu kukwamkela umthi omkhulu weKrismesi onqunyulwa ehlathini minyaka le uze uxhonywe kwi-funnel phantsi (kungekudala uza kugutyungelwa sisigqubuthelo somngxuma wobhedu ohonjisiweyo). Imingxuma ejikelezileyo ehambelanayo eluphahleni, egqunywe ngamagqabi egolide, iphosa ukukhanya okufudumeleyo kwigumbi elikhulu, ngelixa iindonga zigqunywe ngamaplasta omhlaba axutywe neenkozo zegolide ze-mica ukuze zikhazimle kancinci.
Imigangatho yekhonkrithi ekhazimlisiweyo ikwanazo neziqwenga ezincinci zesipili, nokuba zisibekele, zizisa ukukhanya okukhanyayo kweendonga zangaphandle ngaphakathi. Yindlela eqaqambileyo yokubona igumbi eliqaqambileyo elisaza kuhonjiswa kwakhona: indawo yokugcina iwhisky, ibha efihliweyo egqunywe ngobhedu olucwebezelayo. “IRosebank yeyona ndiyithandayo,” utshilo uDavid, ebhekisa kwivenkile yokudilisa i-single malt esezantsi eyavalwa ngo-1993 (nangona iza kuvulwa kwakhona kunyaka ozayo). “Into endinomdla kuyo kukuba kwibhotile nganye endiyiselayo, kukho ibhotile enye engaphantsi emhlabeni.”
Incasa yesi sibini ifikelela kwifenitshala. Amanye ala magumbi ayilwe ngokukodwa ngokusekelwe kumsebenzi wobugcisa ogunyaziswe yiSouthern Guild, igalari yoyilo lweboutique eseKapa, eMzantsi Afrika. Umzekelo, igumbi lokutyela eliphakamileyo elineebharele kwafuneka lidityaniswe netafile yentsimbi emnyama eneemitha ezine ejonge echibini. Likhanyiswa yichandelier emnyama nengwevu emangalisayo enezipoki ezinde ezihambayo, ezikhumbuza iikrele ezinqamlezileyo okanye iimpondo, ezinokufumaneka kwiiholo zenqaba ehloniphekileyo.
Ngokufanayo, igumbi lokuhlala lenziwe ngokujikeleza isofa enkulu yesikhumba efana ne-L ejonge kungekhona iTV kodwa indawo yokubasa umlilo enkulu evulekileyo, enye kwezine endlwini. Esinye isithando somlilo sinokufumaneka ngaphandle, senza indawo efudumeleyo kwipatio esezantsi, enomthunzi omncinci ukuze ukwazi ukufudumala ngelixa ubukele imozulu "eyomileyo" evela echibini.
Amagumbi okuhlambela ayaqhubeka nomxholo wobhedu olukhazimlisiweyo, kuquka enye enebhafu ezimbini ecaleni kwenye - eyothando kodwa eyonwatyelwa kakhulu ngabazukulwana abathanda ukudlala ngokubukela umfanekiso wabo kwisilingi yobhedu esibukwayo. Kukho okungakumbi kobomi babo kwiindawo zokuhlala ezincinci kuyo yonke indlu, ezihonjiswe ngesikhumba esimfusa esivela kwiMuirhead tannery (umthengisi wesikhumba kwiNdlu yeeNkosi kunye neConcord).
Ulusu lude lufikelele eluphahleni lwethala leencwadi, apho iincwadi ziquka incwadi kaDonald Trump ethi How to Get Rich kunye nethi Winnie the Pooh's Return to the Hundred Acre Wood, ebizwa ngegama lendlu. Kodwa konke akuyonto ibonakalayo. Icinezela umqolo wencwadi, ngomzuzu ongalindelekanga we-Scooby-Doo farce, yonke ikhabhathi yeencwadi iyajika, ityhila ikhabhathi efihliweyo emva kwayo.
Ngandlela thile, oku kushwankathela yonke le projekthi: indlu ibonakalisa ngokunzulu umthengi, ibumba ubunzima beendawo eziphakamileyo ngaphandle kwaye ifihla ulonwabo oluhlekisayo, ukuwohloka kunye nobubi ngaphakathi. Zama ukungalahleki endleleni yakho eya efrijini.
Ixesha lokuthumela: Agasti-31-2022


