Iceland Grass Roofed Houses

It s flexible so can be rolled up like wallpaper.

Iceland grass roofed houses.

Skogar is a splendidly put together farm cluster on the south coast but is also so. Here you will find the original. Laufás turf house in eyjafjörður in north iceland is one of the bigger turf houses. Turf also known as sod is a material consisting of grass on top of soil.

Turf houses are essentially grass roofed houses. Laufás turf house in north iceland. Skogar the turfhouse at skogafoss. Amazing turf houses you can visit today keldur in south iceland.

Icelandic turf houses were the product of a difficult climate offering superior insulation compared to buildings solely made of wood or stone and the relative difficulty in obtaining other construction materials in sufficient quantities. Keldur is the oldest turf house in iceland and is beautifully. The top layer of the earth is used which is soil that is bound together by grass and plant roots. Pkdm arkitektar for example modernized the concept of a traditional turf home with its 20 grass roofed bhm vacation cottages in southwest iceland which have front row seats to the aurora.

Oak was the preferred timber for building norse halls in scandinavia but native birch had to serve as the primary framing material on the remote island. In most countries this sod is used for gardening but in iceland it can be a traditional architectural feature too. The first icelandic turf houses generally had a foundation made of flat stones whereupon a wooden frame was built which had to hold the weight of the turf. A turf house is a house build with earth with a roof that consists of turf and grass.

30 of iceland was forested when it was settled mostly with birch.