Ine-cinema, i-Aga eneminyango eyisishiyagalombili, uphahla lwesikhumba, iso elinomphetho wegolide, isitofu esivulekile, nezikrini zethelevishini eziphukile ezindongeni. Abalobi bethu bavakashela isiqhwaga esikhazimulayo ogwini oluhle lweLake Awe.
Kwakuwubusuku obunelanga ogwini oluhle lwaseLoch Awe, ekujuleni kweScotland Highlands, futhi okuthile kwakhanya ngemuva kwezihlahla. Emgwaqweni owubhuqu ogobile, sidlule amahektare ezihlahla zephayini eziluhlaza, safika endaweni evulekile lapho kwavela khona amaqoqo ezinqwaba ezimpunga eziqoshwe kahle endaweni njengemifantu yedwala, akhazimula ekukhanyeni ngezinhlangothi zawo ezimagebhugebhu, njengokungathi ziqoshwe ngetshe lekristalu.
“Imbozwe ngezikrini zethelevishini eziphukile,” kusho uMerrickel, umakhi wesinye sezinqaba ezingavamile ezakhiwe e-Argyll kusukela ngawo-1600. “Sicabange ukusebenzisa amaphepha eslate eluhlaza ukuze senze isakhiwo sibukeke njengendoda yasemaphandleni egqoke i-tweed emi egqumeni. Kodwa-ke sathola ukuthi iklayenti lethu liyizonda kangakanani i-TV, ngakho-ke lokhu kwabonakala kuphelele kuye.”
Uma ukude, ibukeka njengetshe elincane, noma iHarlem, njengoba beyibiza kanjalo lapha. Kodwa njengoba usondela kule nto engwevu eyinhloko, izindonga zayo zimbozwe ngamabhulokhi amakhulu engilazi ephinde yasetshenziswa kusukela kuzikrini zepayipi le-cathode ray ezindala. Kubonakala sengathi yambiwa kusukela kungqimba lwe-e-waste geologic lwesikhathi esizayo, idiphozithi eyigugu evela enkathini ye-Anthropocene.
Lena ingenye yemininingwane eminingi ehlekisayo yendlu engamamitha-skwele angu-650, eklanywe njengomlando wempilo yamakhasimende uDavid noMargaret, abaphethe umndeni wezingane eziyisithupha nabazukulu abayisithupha. “Kungabonakala kuyinto yokunethezeka ukuba nendlu enobukhulu obungaka,” kusho umeluleki wezezimali uDavid, owangibonisa amakamelo okulala ayisikhombisa angaphakathi, elinye lawo elaklanywe njengekamelo lokulala labazukulu elinemibhede eyisishiyagalombili ebanzi. “Kodwa siyayigcwalisa njalo.”
Njengezinqaba eziningi, kwathatha isikhathi eside ukwakha. Lo mbhangqwana, owawuhlala eQuarier's Village eduze kwaseGlasgow iminyaka eminingi, wathenga indawo engamahektha angu-40 (amahektha ayi-100) ngo-2007 ngo-£250,000 ngemuva kokuyibona ephepheni lendawo ephephandabeni lendawo. Lena indawo eyayiyi-Forestry Commission eyayiyimvume yokwakha indlu. “Baze kimi nesithombe sesigodlo esihle,” kusho uKerr. “Babefuna indlu engamamitha-skwele angu-12,000 enegumbi elikhulu lephathi kanye nendawo yesihlahla sikaKhisimusi esingamamitha angu-18. Kwakufanele ibe nokulingana.”
Indawo yokusebenza kaKerr, iDenizen Works, akuyona indawo yokuqala lapho ufuna khona indlu enkulu yenkosi entsha. Kodwa wanconywa ngabangane ababili, ngokusekelwe endlini yesimanje ayiklamela abazali bakhe esiqhingini saseTire eHebrides. Uchungechunge lwamakamelo akhiwe emanxiweni epulazi lwawina umklomelo weGrand Designs Home of the Year ngo-2014. “Saqala ngokukhuluma ngomlando wezakhiwo zaseScotland,” kusho uKerr, “kusukela kuma-brooches e-Iron Age [izindlu ezizungezile zamatshe ezomile] kanye nemibhoshongo yokuzivikela kuya kuBaron Pyle noCharles Rennie Mackintosh. Eminyakeni eyisishiyagalombili kamuva bathola indlu engalingani kakhulu, ingxenye yobukhulu, engenaphansi.”
Kufika ngokuzumayo, kodwa isakhiwo sibonisa umoya wezintaba oqinile ozwakala sengathi ufana nendawo. Simi echibini elinendawo yokuzivikela eqinile, njengenqaba eqinile, njengokungathi silungele ukuxosha iqembu lezigebengu. Ukusuka entshonalanga, ungabona umsindo wombhoshongo, ngesimo sombhoshongo onamandla wamamitha ayi-10 (ophambene nomqondo ojwayelekile, ohlotshiswe ngehholo lesinema), nokunye okuningi emigqeni yamafasitela kanye nama-chamfer ajulile. kunezincazelo eziningi zesigodlo ezindongeni.
Ingxenye engaphakathi yesitho, esisikwe kahle nge-scalpel, imelelwa yizingcezu ezincane zengilazi, njengokungathi iveza into ethambile yangaphakathi. Nakuba yakhiwe ngohlaka lwezinkuni olusetshenziselwe kusengaphambili bese igoqwa ngamabhulokhi e-cinder, uKerr uchaza isimo “njengesiqoshwe ngebhulokhi eliqinile”, ecaphuna umdwebi waseBasque u-Eduardo Chillida, onezithombe zakhe zemabula ezi-cubic, eziyizingxenye eziqoshiwe, ezinikeze ugqozi. Njengoba ibonwa eningizimu, indlu iyindlu ephansi ebekwe endaweni, enamakamelo okulala aseduze nohlangothi lwesokudla, lapho kukhona imibhede yomhlanga noma amachibi amancane okuhlunga amanzi angcolile avela emathangini okungcola.
Isakhiwo sibekwe ngobuhlakani eduze kwakhe cishe ngendlela engabonakali, kodwa abanye basadidekile. Lapho isithombe sakhe siqala ukushicilelwa kwabezindaba bendawo, abafundi abazange bazibambe. “Kubukeka njengesiwula. Kuyadida futhi kuyaxaka,” kubhala omunye wabo. “Konke kubukeka njengoDonga lwase-Atlantic ngo-1944,” kusho omunye. “Ngisekela ukwakhiwa kwezakhiwo zesimanje,” kubhala omunye wabo eqenjini le-Facebook lendawo, “kodwa kubukeka njengento eyadalwa ngumfana wami omncane eMinecraft.”
UCole wayengaguquguquki. “Kwavusa impikiswano enempilo, okuyinto enhle,” esho, enezela ngokuthi indlu kaTyree ekuqaleni yabangela ukusabela okufanayo. UDavid uyavuma: “Asizange siyiklame ukuze sihlabe abanye abantu umxhwele. Yilokhu esasikufuna.”
Ukunambitheka kwabo ngokuqinisekile kuhlukile, njengoba kuboniswe ngaphakathi. Ngaphezu kokuzonda kwabo ithelevishini, lo mbhangqwana uphinde wayidelela ikhishi elihlonyiswe ngokuphelele. Ekhishini eliyinhloko, akukho lutho ngaphandle kwesethi enkulu ye-Aga eneminyango eyisishiyagalombili eboshwe ezindongeni zensimbi engagqwali ezicwebezelisiwe, i-countertop, kanye nekhabethe lokudla elimbozwe ngesiliva. Izinto ezisebenzayo - isinki, umshini wokuwasha izitsha, i-sideboard - zifakwe ekhishini elincane ohlangothini olulodwa, kanti isiqandisi esinefriji sitholakala ngokuphelele egumbini lokusetshenziswa komphakathi ngakolunye uhlangothi lwendlu. Okungenani, ubisi lwenkomishi yekhofi luwusizo ekubaleni izinyathelo.
Maphakathi nendlu kukhona ihholo elikhulu eliphakathi elingamamitha ayisithupha ukuphakama. Lena indawo yeshashalazi enezindonga ezigcwele amafasitela anesimo esingajwayelekile anikeza imibono evela epulatifomu engenhla, kufaka phakathi umbhalo omncane olingana nowengane. “Izingane ziyathanda ukugijima,” kusho uDavid, enezela ngokuthi izitebhisi ezimbili zendlu zidala uhlobo lokuhamba oluyindilinga.
Ngamafuphi, isizathu esiyinhloko sokuthi igumbi likhulu kangaka ukwamukela isihlahla esikhulu sikaKhisimusi esinqunywa ehlathini minyaka yonke futhi sifakwe emphethweni phansi (okuzombozwa maduze ngesembozo sembobo yethusi esihlotshisiwe). Izimbobo ezizungezile ezihambisanayo ophahleni, ezimbozwe ngeqabunga legolide, zikhanyisa igumbi elikhulu, kuyilapho izindonga zimbozwe ngamaplasta omhlaba axutshwe nezinhlayiya zegolide i-mica ukuze kube nombala ocwebezelayo.
Izitezi zekhonkrithi ezicwebezelisiwe nazo ziqukethe izingcezu ezincane zesibuko, ngisho nangezinsuku eziguqubele, eziletha ukukhanya okucwebezelayo kwezindonga zangaphandle ngaphakathi. Kuyisandulela esihle kakhulu segumbi elicwebezelayo kakhulu elingakahlotshiswa kabusha: indawo yokugcina i-whisky, ibha efihliwe embozwe ngethusi elicwebezelayo. “I-Rosebank iyintandokazi yami,” kusho uDavid, ebhekisela efemini yokudayisa i-single malt ephansi eyavalwa ngo-1993 (nakuba izovulwa kabusha ngonyaka ozayo). “Okungithakazelisayo ukuthi ngebhodlela ngalinye engiliphuzayo, kunebhodlela elilodwa elincane emhlabeni.”
Ukunambitheka kwalaba bobabili kudlulela efenisha. Amanye ala makamelo aklanywe ngokukhethekile ngokusekelwe emisebenzini yobuciko eyayalelwe yiSouthern Guild, igalari yokuklama yezitolo ezinkulu eseKapa, ​​eNingizimu Afrika. Isibonelo, igumbi lokudlela elide elinemigqomo kwadingeka lihlanganiswe netafula lensimbi elimnyama elingamamitha amane elibheke echibini. Likhanyiswa yi-chandelier emnyama nempunga emangalisayo enezipikha ezinde ezihambayo, ezikhumbuza izinkemba noma izimpondo eziphambanisiwe, ezingatholakala emahholo esigodlo esihle.
Ngokufanayo, igumbi lokuphumula lakhiwe eduze kwesofa elikhulu lesikhumba elinomfanekiso we-L elibheke hhayi i-TV kodwa isithando somlilo esikhulu esivulekile, esisodwa kwezine endlini. Esinye isithando somlilo singatholakala ngaphandle, okwenza indawo ethokomele epatio ephansi, enomthunzi omncane ukuze ukwazi ukufudumala ngenkathi ubukele isimo sezulu "esomile" esivela echibini.
Izindlu zangasese ziyaqhubeka nesihloko sethusi esicwebezelayo, okuhlanganisa nelinye elinamabhavu amabili eduze komunye nomunye - anothando kodwa athandwa kakhulu ngabazukulu abathanda ukudlala ngokubuka ukuzindla kwabo ophahleni lwethusi oluboniswe esibukweni. Kukhona okunye okufana nomlando womuntu siqu ezindaweni zokuhlala ezincane kulo lonke indlu, ezihlotshiswe ngesikhumba esinsomi esivela enkampanini yokuthambisa isikhumba iMuirhead (umhlinzeki wesikhumba eNdlu yamaLords naseConcord).
Isikhumba sifinyelela ngisho nasophahleni lomtapo wolwazi, lapho izincwadi zihlanganisa incwadi kaDonald Trump ethi How to Get Rich kanye nethi Winnie the Pooh's Return to the Hundred Acre Wood, eqanjwe ngale ndawo. Kodwa konke akusikho lokho okubonakala kuyikho. Icindezela umgogodla wencwadi, ngomzuzu ongalindelekile wehlaya likaScooby-Doo, lonke ikhabethe lezincwadi liyaphenduka, lembula ikhabethe elifihliwe ngemuva kwalo.
Ngandlela thile, lokhu kufingqa yonke iphrojekthi: indlu iyisibonakaliso esiyingqayizivele sekhasimende, ibumba ubunzima bezindawo eziphakeme ngaphandle futhi ifihla ubumnandi obuhlekisayo, ukuwohloka kanye nobubi ngaphakathi. Zama ukungalahleki endleleni eya esiqandisini.