Underground house - a return to the origins of nature

Underground house - a return to the origins of nature

What you see in these photos - goodies that takes travelers to Bolzano, Italy, and the opening of which is scheduled for early 2011.Designed by the architect and designer Matteo Thun, though it is similar to the houses of fantasy hobbits, still can offer its guests a complete list of all possible comfort and services that will be available, settling here at any time of the year.

But it is not only environmentally friendly, allowing the maximum to get in touch with the nature of the housing.Now projects like this one are being built all over the world.As an enthusiast of the green movement, British football star Gary Neville, he built an underground house, resembling flower petals, allowing sunlight to penetrate into the windows during the day.House total area is 8000 square meters.

And next underground house built by architect Christian Müller in the town of Vals in Switzerland.It is hidden from prying eyes on all sides, except for one, which allowed fully to protect the house from winter cooling and overheating in summer.

Next underground cottage hidden in the hills of Bear Run Nature Reserve.It was built by Frank Lloyd Wright, who built his house so that he was the only shelter in an area of ​​5000 acres.

And the next house is built in a huge cave, washed by rain into the sandstone massif in Festus, Missouri.He designed and built Curt and Deborah Sleeper, who applied for heating your home Geothermal heating.Also taking into account the natural movement of air masses in the cave, they were able to do without air conditioning.

his house architects from the Swiss «Vetsch Architektur» hidden under a thick layer of earth, which has become a natural insulation, allowing to maintain throughout the year, one point, almost without resorting to artificial heating or cooling.

And all this - just the beginning.You mark our words - in a few years underground homes can be found in any locality of any country worldwide.