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The 5m (16ft) diameter figurt is deceptively large, see bottom left.
It's big enough
inside for a
mezzanine floor making it a
unique space perfect for relaxing in under the round roof
window full of light in the daytime and under the
stars at night.
The home has unusual and yet
ingenious insulation. Under
the floor and in the walls bundles of
spiny gorse in sheep's wool
insulate the house and keep out rodents. The wool is kept in place
on the walls using recycled bed sheet stapled to the
frame. The
exterior of the building, standing on a platform, is covered in thin
poplar
shingles stitched together like bunting with rope and then wrapped
around the chestnut coppice branch frame, known as a bender. Tie ropes attached to the frame help to
strengthen the structure which has held up well in Poitou's strong
wind.
Guillaume says, "With a more modest
life I feel much more linked to humanity". Listen
to his TED talk in the video above. In many ways Guillaume is the
French version of
Jon Jandai.
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