Kristen's cob and straw bale home in Dyssekilde ecoVillage, Denmark.

 
   
     
 
 
 



Kristen fell in love with cob after visiting a cob building site and immediately started to draw up plans for her home. She wanted a house that was able to breathe, with soft shapes and built from 100% natural materials. Her aim was to live a simple life connected with nature's rhythms where she could express herself.

 
 

What's it like living in an ecoVillage? Watch in the video above
 

 
       

The homes sits on a stone and rubble trench foundation with lime mortared stem walls. The internal walls are cob with exterior walls of straw bales, a thatched roof and second hand windows. The greenhouse acts as a sun trap which keeps the house warm on sunny days. On colder dull days a central mass heater and two cast iron stoves in the roof keep the house warm. The house has a compost toilet and 12 volt solar electricity.

The home in Dyssekilde ecoVillage, Denmark was built in 2000 as a collaborative project with many volunteers guided by Ianto Evans of www.cobcottage.com and Flemming Abrahamsson of www.fornyetenergi.dk.