One of the additional benefits of digging your home into the earth in areas like Scandinavia is that the earth is naturally warmer in the winter than the air, and the reverse in the summer months. Building a structure into the earth would enable better temperature regulation and decrease the amount of fuel needed to heat a home during cold months. This would only become unreasonable if the area was far enough north to have permafrost under the topsoil or if there was large amounts of rock in the soil. This can also be seen in a reversed fashion in many arid regions where homes are carved into the sides of ravines, hills, and canyons reducing exposure to the sun and helping the keep a home cool during the day and warm during the cold nights.
@ragnkja6 жыл бұрын
Yeah, there's a reason why more than half the buildings in Coober Pedy are dugouts.
@deldarel6 жыл бұрын
Ahh, the old DOS age of housing: no support for windows
@fedorchr79104 жыл бұрын
Lol, u made my day :)
@P3nguin794 жыл бұрын
Two years later sir and this made me giggle. Thank you.
@sheepdog57993 жыл бұрын
It’s ok the windows wouldn’t have worked anyways 🤣
@jannesiukkola18773 жыл бұрын
The house with windows would probably have collapsed...
@WeissM896 жыл бұрын
So you're telling me that making a building with dirt in Minecraft is actually historically accurate? Who would have thought! Maybe not very important, but circles have the most area with the least perimeter. You have more space using less materials on the walls. The downside? Those damn IKEA furniture don't fit.
@orsettomorbido6 жыл бұрын
No trip to ikea? I'll call that a good thing XD
@Noone-rc9wf6 жыл бұрын
WeissM89 Yes that is very accurate, but the building itself being square is not!
@christosvoskresye6 жыл бұрын
Back then, the Scandinavians were taking the furnishings, not supplying them.
@janbaer32416 жыл бұрын
Since Ikea furniture falls apart after a couple of years, none has survived from the medieval period. The only record of Ikea furniture existing in the 20th century are from line drawings that have survived.
@rollingthunder10434 жыл бұрын
@Allen Loser Technically the way Shad framed it, he's discussing the HEIGHT of the walls. He never addresses the fact that a circle would reduce the materials needed, even if you kept the wall the same 7-8 feet high.
@shadiversity6 жыл бұрын
Sorry about the funky audio in this one, I work form a laptop with only one primary speaker and because of that couldn't notice the render error that caused the audio to switch between mono and stereo through the video. Oh well, at least I know to check it in future videos now. Also perfect squares have four corners ^_^
@AdredenGaming6 жыл бұрын
It happens :)
@humbugryerson88456 жыл бұрын
Hey shad thanks for the videos. I really enjoy you and your content. Cheers from canada
@wingbreak3r6 жыл бұрын
"There are two shads. Why are there two shads? Oh dear, better check the comments."
@lich44936 жыл бұрын
I've watched few of your videos on castles and craftsmanship... They have all been great so far and I was wondering were did you learn this? Did you have a formal education or are you self taught? You seem well learned either way but I was curious.
@guywithakalashnikov15056 жыл бұрын
Shadiversity i will literally shit myself if you reply to this
@mercurialman62556 жыл бұрын
You should hook up with Primitive Techonology and make a early medieval hut with him.
@Noone-rc9wf6 жыл бұрын
Mercurial Man BRUHHHH *BEST IDEA EVERR*
@corryjohnson86546 жыл бұрын
I have to wait 90 days to change my profile name, I second that. How awesome would that be!
@Noone-rc9wf6 жыл бұрын
Corry Johnson I know how: SUPER FUCKIN' AWESOME!
@CosmicDuck4946 жыл бұрын
One of the main reasons why these roofs are so steep is because thatch needs to be laid at a steep angle so the water drains off properly. If it is too flat, it will get soaked through (and probably leak) and rot. Also, a circle has the greatest area to perimeter ratio, meaning you need less building materials to enclose the same area than in a rectangle, and it will be easier to heat. I think one of the main reasons for rectangular houses is lack of space. In a town you probably don't want to waste the corners left out by the circle, and if you want to build multiple storeys you need walls anyway. I like your explanation with windows too.
@rjfaber19916 жыл бұрын
I think you're spot-on about the reasons people moved from circular to rectangular houses, but I would add that the steady move from houses consisting of a single large hall to houses consisting of many separate rooms played a role in that as well; it's much more difficult to effectively divide a circle up into rooms that have workable shapes and sizes.
@futurerandomness16206 жыл бұрын
I'm not sure how important this would be but with a circular footprint it's also very easy to lay out the foundation. Just take a couple of sticks and a string there you go. Plus if you are making multiple houses of you can keep the same diameter of house you'll know precisely how much material you'll need
@Morogonaiwolf6 жыл бұрын
Completely agree. A shame Shad didn't talk about this.
@Xeno4266 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I was thinking he missed the point that thatch isn't waterproof, so it needs to be at high angle to actually keep the water off.
@christiana46286 жыл бұрын
Really good input. I thought with fireplace in center of circle the heat would be even all around. In mediveal cityplanning (sweden) the housing plots are always rectangular with gardens on the backside because the price were based on the length next to the street.
@miles62836 жыл бұрын
I love these architecture videos! Keep them up!
@ManDuderGuy6 жыл бұрын
Acid kicks in at 2:30. Nice video Shad. My third eye is wide open.
@shadiversity6 жыл бұрын
I think I might claim that this was my intent all along ^_^
@ManDuderGuy6 жыл бұрын
Lol rock on man :)
@bigdog91paper6 жыл бұрын
It was fuckin crazy. It's hard to explain, but with audiophile headphones it made my ears...tingle.
@ElliWoelfin6 жыл бұрын
It technically is ASMR, Wlbigdog.
@MrxstGrssmnstMttckstPhlNelThot6 жыл бұрын
A.A.-ron comes back at 9:43 Needed to close it back up.
@dockmasterted6 жыл бұрын
I lived in an 18 foot Tepee in Wisconsin, USA for two years.....It was made of canvas, and a type of long skinny tree called "lodge pole pine. and I stayed in it all winter and summer, and was very comfortable in it!.... the best part was you could take it apart and move it to any place you wanted. And could set it up in under 1/2 hr. and take it down in 1/4 hr. ....look up "the tepee it's use and construction" to see how they were made and transported.
@taurusmachina6 жыл бұрын
I really like your videos because A: They show me how much more scary fantasy creatures actually are, B: because I love medieval weaponry and combat arts and C: because you answer questions I didn't ask myself and now get to say: "Hey, I didn't know that! Neat to know! ...I guess?". More seriously, keep it up, your videos are informative and really well made while still remaining simplistic (regarding not overflowing with visuals and all) and you can really see that you know your stuff. Love the channel!
@taurusmachina6 жыл бұрын
By the way, some of the white houses you talked about in the end of the video are called "Fachwerkhaus" in german. Even today, you can see a lot of those standing around in Germany in really good shape! It's interesting to see how much history is still standing in some parts of the world, and from what period those are coming from!
@gailraby17226 жыл бұрын
+TheDome999 I don't even know why I am disagreeing with you.. but I do, and I feel very strongly about it.
@hmmm63176 жыл бұрын
Q:why people made their houses round? A:cause dogs can't shit in the corner
@carthagemustbedestroyed6 жыл бұрын
Wisdom of the ancients! I shall build my homes in circular formation from now on.
@sueszooinmizzousueszooinmi26136 жыл бұрын
ĐÆÑÖRĮŅ ŚŰØŘŽƏÑÆMŮŠ I like your explanation better than his!
@PalleRasmussen6 жыл бұрын
It is ferrets that shit in corners.
@Bacteriophagebs6 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite things about Shad's videos is that even if I know the answer to the title question, I still pick up a few new pieces of information every time.
@jswifty58896 жыл бұрын
The dome structure is also a basic survival shelter you can make fairly easily
@windhelmguard52956 жыл бұрын
it's a very situational design though, if you end up needing shelter in an area where all the materials needed are widely avalable, you're good, but especially proper roofing material can be fairly difficult to find nowdays.
@uberkirbeeh79546 жыл бұрын
So shortly, it was easier to make and cost less resources and time. Round medieval houses are cool.
@khhnator6 жыл бұрын
no, they are hot
@dperry196616 жыл бұрын
and being round they had a higher survival rate in wind storms
@benjamingrist65396 жыл бұрын
It really is surprising how much "primitive" cultures did and do with the limitted resources they had/have. I certainly wouldn't have come up with the idea for a structure like this.
@wu1ming9shi6 жыл бұрын
yeah but you have to keep in mind that making houses like these is something that the prehistoric human already did. Everyone from then on just passed down that knowledge from decendant to decendant. Someone perhaps came up with some new ideas for it though here and there but the essence still largely stayed the same. It was all trial and error and enhanced through the centuries. So it's possible not one erson came up with this form but maybe more people through different generations.
@dinolegends65996 жыл бұрын
A survivor. Iron Age round houses did not need holes in the roof, the smoke just filtered through the thatch. This also meant that the thatch was preserved by the smoke.
@bretonic18126 жыл бұрын
Because they didnt have enough material to make a full castle so they settled for just the top of a castle tower?
@Munich221006 жыл бұрын
IntoBeyond 👏🏻
@MauroDraco6 жыл бұрын
Speaking of castles, if round homes were so prevalent early on, why only later in castle designs were round towers built?
@bretonic18126 жыл бұрын
Mauro, if i had to hazard a guess I'd say its mainly because stone is easier to use in rectangular formations than circular ones or perhaps its because stone was precious and a square shape is more efficient for covering land.
@LMAccount16 жыл бұрын
Mauro Draco K. Bigatto - one thing is the strength of the tower. If it’s square, a direct attack with a trebuchet to a wall would break through. With a round tower, it’s strength is the same from any angle
@JonatasAdoM6 жыл бұрын
It's a hybrid, from it you could upgrade to a house. You made my night
@AnnaMarianne6 жыл бұрын
Love it when someone makes an explanation video on a subject I hadn't even thought about. Thanks a lot!
@shadiversity6 жыл бұрын
My pleasure and I'm so glad you enjoy!
@Giganfan2k16 жыл бұрын
Anna Marianne ditto. This video gets close to my dream home.
@Tangent_Pixel6 жыл бұрын
I actually use you as a source when writing my fantasy novels. Even though one could say "It's fantasy, it doesn't have to be realistic." I really think that there's a lot to be said for logically realistic elements in your fantasy worlds. Would love to give you a presentation of my fantasy world one day and let you go at it with constructive criticism! That'll take a while though...
@MsWatismyname6 жыл бұрын
Be sure to let us all know, I think most of the subscribers agree upon this.
@fakiirification6 жыл бұрын
the best fiction is 95% reality with the fantastic elements sprinkled in. Lets the reader relate to the world and feel more connected to the characters. "Plausibility" is the key word i like to use to describe it. If you publish on ebook or other format drop a link to where we can purchase. =)
@alexandersh866 жыл бұрын
Fantasy doesn't have to be realistic but its inhabitants will mostly still want to conserve time and resources. You can throw realism out of the window but not logic.
@RedPanda3915 жыл бұрын
Tangent How is it going with your novels?
@Yarblocosifilitico3 жыл бұрын
@Haku infinite yep. Rigor is what allows the consumer to be inmersed in the world. You can set up rules that are as unrealistic as you want, but their consequences still have to be logical (realistic); otherwise the whole thing feels meaningless.
@Owlettehoo6 жыл бұрын
Shad, I'd just like to let you know that your videos helped me make a fort with my D&D group (I was the heavy lifter during the planning period). Our defenses were so good, that the enemies didn't get past our first wall. We spent 5+ hours planning our fort (because our DM is stupidly kind and warned us that he had a huge battle planned for us) because we were expecting the battle to last just as long. It ended up being finished really quickly and it was REALLY anti-climatic. But we did get some bomb ass weapons and a shit ton of exp out of it.
@ieuanhunt5526 жыл бұрын
There is also the fact that circles and spheres have the least surface area to volume of any shape. So if you make your building circular you get the most internal volume i.e living space for the least amount of wall area.
@Cammi_Rosalie6 жыл бұрын
When some big-name film producer decides to make the next big budget medieval fantasy-adventure movie, I hope they hire you on as a historical consultant. With your knowledge of such things and even your logical approach to fantasy creatures, such a movie would be freakin' awesome! Heck I bet you yourself could direct such a film. I would watch it.
@jeremyleyland10476 жыл бұрын
To be fair, perfect squares do have 3 corners, there is just a bonus corner.
@em8sal4 жыл бұрын
And in all perfect corners have one proper square inside or at least useful space
@gibbous_silver3 жыл бұрын
What
@mcrettable6 жыл бұрын
I enjoy architecture and I love videos like this
@Ctane1266 жыл бұрын
One additional reason to use a round shape is probably that a circle has the highest ratio between area and circumference, so you get more square meters for your wall meters with it
@ivan555996 жыл бұрын
This information can be very important in future, if crisis comes...
@eclipsesolar83455 жыл бұрын
"if" ?
@TheCrudestDude6 жыл бұрын
I was enjoying the video (as usual) then when the audio turned funky something occurred to me...SHAD MUST BE A DECEPTICON
@PongoXBongo6 жыл бұрын
He's Mega-Shad and those swords behind him are his army.
@corryjohnson86546 жыл бұрын
You really do make the best videos Shad! I love medieval history and you do such a good job with presenting even the smallest details. This is definitely my favorite channel!
@blackorder75616 жыл бұрын
totally agree with you go shad
@svenskogheim84456 жыл бұрын
Shad I really fucking love ya keep up the good work
@shattywack6 жыл бұрын
Man I love your videos. I would have never thought of looking this up, very cool stuff. Now I want to build one
@halsaufschneider14466 жыл бұрын
With the right amount of machicullations, you don't even need a roof. The water would automatically rain through the holes...
@DzinkyDzink6 жыл бұрын
Right onto the floor?
@SamuraiLeluke6 жыл бұрын
Shad your videos are always a joy to watch. Not only because of the interesting subjcts you talk about, but because your knowledge and love or the subject clearly shines through everytime you get to talk about anything medieval. Your videos concerning castle architecture and defenses have always been my favourites, and I really hope you keep making more awesome architecture videos! Even though you're making it very hard for me to focus on studying!
@toddellner52836 жыл бұрын
Interesting thing I learned from the informative book about beavers "Once They Were Hats"... Early humans in parts of Eurasia and North America where their were beavers copied the construction of beaver lodges to build some of the earliest durable round homes.
@tonlito226 жыл бұрын
Criminal lack of machicolations in this video.
@ollep91426 жыл бұрын
And what about dragons?
@montauk16846 жыл бұрын
MACHICOLATIONSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS Also, HERE ̶B̶E̶ WERE DRAGONS
@PatrisDev6 жыл бұрын
I have to say, the models that you do and the photoshopped visualisations are all very well exectuted, not nearly enough credit for that! Well done!
@williamadiputra28506 жыл бұрын
as an architecture student i want moar of these kind of content
@mattmattmatt1313136 жыл бұрын
Hey, as you are an architecture student, I was wondering, if you can help me out? I am very much interested in historical development of architecture mainly focusing on european manor houses, villas, palaces,... mostly from medieval through modern age till now (also castles and churches and just houses in general). I am wondering if you are aware of any good sites/ youtube channels, that take this topic and neatly break it down to each individual style(Baroque, Rococo, Gothic,...), through history in a chronological order and geographical location(Italian style, German style,...). There is lots of content of this type, but none that break it down in a coherent consumable orderly package. I went through a similar course in my highschool years, but I would like to renew that knowledge and mainly learn the english terminology for these different styles (not a native speaker). I feel so frustrated at times, when I am looking for a picture of a particular style of building on Google. I know what it looks like, but because I lack the proper terminology I can't find it.
@mattmattmatt1313136 жыл бұрын
I'm also wondering, if there exists an architecture catalog online, where you can neatly search for different building types. Think of it like a used car site, where you can select all different types of parameters. age: 97-03 type: coupe, sedan, station wagon,... Fuel type: petrol, diesel, hybrid,... Hp: 90-150hp etc. and then you would get all the results of cars that fit the selected parameters. So for architecture it would look like this. Age: 12-14th century Building type: church Building style: Gothic Location: France And you would get results like: Notre-Dame, Lyon Cathedral,...with picture. Ask around (your professors, etc.) If they know of anything like that.
@williamadiputra28506 жыл бұрын
hmm sorry cant help you idk any of that kind of books or channel, i live in asia you see so medieval european architecture isnt so familiar here to the professor or any of the student. hmm maybe stephen biesty castle book would help?, you should probably ask shad, he probably have the sources to be able to talk about medieval architecture
@williamadiputra28506 жыл бұрын
just curious, what would you use it for?
@mattmattmatt1313136 жыл бұрын
First, just cause I'm curious, but second, I sometimes use it for 3D design, making models, etc. It's so frustrating knowing the general look of the building you are trying to find, but you can't as you don't know the correct terminology. For instance, I was searching for similar buildings to the Lara Croft house from the first few games, where I could have just writen "15th century english tudor manor" (at least I think that is what it is after searching around for a bit:)). Correct terminology, correct search results. Saves you a lot of searching around. Things get even more complicated as you get to the many many diverse modern architectural styles and directions.
@jeremyO9F911O26 жыл бұрын
Journeyman roofer here. You correctly identify the complexity of the difficulty of joining corners is spot on. But you've overlooked two far more important points. 1. Flat sided roofs require ridges at corners or peaks. Ridges are actually not very problematic. However the opposite of a ridge is a valley. These are extremely problematic, if you build a round roof then you can avoid construction of valleys completely. Valleys are extremely hard to waterproof and also are subject to snow loading. As well they are a structural pressure point, so must be extra strong. Again round roofs avoid this. 2. Second overlook is that the key simplicity in constructing a round roof vs a hip roof. Now a gabled end roof does solve all problems I mention as there are no valleys and they are easier to construct vs a round roof. Of course since the thesis is that walls are the most problematic them hip or round roof is the better option than gabled. However hip roofs are the hardest to construct because each joist is a different length and each joist must be fitted to the ridge joist at an angle. While with a gabled or round roof all the joists are equal length. Though you would shorten your joist for the entrance on the round roof but you still avoid the angular join. While by today's standards the math for calculating lengths on a hip roof are fairly trivial. In middle ages said math would be extremely exclusive.
@tomaszmazurek646 жыл бұрын
Thatches were also commonly made of straw left from gathering grains - so yes, material for a thatch was easily available.
@MKahn846 жыл бұрын
That same straw was used when making mud bricks.
@risasb6 жыл бұрын
And grains were taller then -- modern grains are designed for combine harvest machines and a bit short to make good thatch.
@Strawberry92fs6 жыл бұрын
I have only one unanswered question about circular homes. What. About. Dragons?
@madao78656 жыл бұрын
Well, I guess it's less convenient for them to land on a pointy circular structure. So if you don't want your home to be crushed by a dragon, make it circular. Doesn't help against the fire breath, though.
@AdobadoFantastico6 жыл бұрын
Great video. Looking forward to the follow up video.
@MadNumForce6 жыл бұрын
Another extremely common shape for all sorts of cheap buildings made from renewable resources was the oblong (at least what in French we call oblong: a rectangle with a half circle in place of each short side), because you can make it as long as you want, unlike a circle. And these thatched constructions are simply immemorial, and it is a fact that in France they were still being used in the 30's and 40's, though rarely as actual dwellings. I just found a blog dedicated to these buildings, with photos of one being made step by step in 1942 as a legitimate extension to a farmstead: lacabrett.blogspot.fr/p/construction-dune-loge-en-1942-de-a-z.html Also worth noticing, many people "living in the woods" such as lumberjacks, clogmakers, charcoal makers, "cercliers" (guys making wood bands that were put around barrels to protect them and make them roll), often lived in lodges or huts, sometimes made from bark or wood shavings, byproducts of their own activity, and these were actually used as dwellings (but it was an extremely low social condition). There are many old postcards of such lodges (search in French for "loge" or "hutte" + "cerclier" or "sabotier" or "bucheron", etc), and some are featured on the same blog: lacabrett.blogspot.fr/p/ce-que-sont-les-loges-de-bruyere.html Also another note: though this kind of building is about as old as modern man, it is also relatively environment- specific. In the South of France for example, were the climate is much hotter, much sunnier, and the soil is not at all the same, you were more likely to find relatively similar buildings, but made from rock. fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabane_en_pierre_s%C3%A8che It is more work, but it can last for centuries with minimum maintenance. Actually, the nuragic civilization was a huge fan of such constructions (we call nuraghe), and they lasted to be still be visible today, actually over two millenia and a half after they were built!
@ChickenWire6 жыл бұрын
Its also easier to heat your house and have an effective chimney in a round house with a point ontop
@paulsawczyc50196 жыл бұрын
If you decide to move you can just roll your house.
@ajrwilde143 жыл бұрын
they didn't have chimneys, smoke diffused through the thatch
@generalgage47806 жыл бұрын
shads channel! now featuring medieval Architecture Series!
@ervvmuller60206 жыл бұрын
I thought they just didn’t like to clean the corners. :-) now I know thx shad always enjoy being enlightened be your explanations.
@jon-paulfilkins78206 жыл бұрын
WInterton on Sea (Norfolk, England) has a number of more modern round houses, the locals claimed it was so the devil didn't have corners to hide in! But the internal partition walls kind of makes that claim defunct.
@croatianwarmaster78726 жыл бұрын
This is fucking awesome!!!!! Do more of these,loved the video about late medieval houses with higher floors sticking out.
@moigoi49576 жыл бұрын
He has one about why the overhang exists! See "Why do medieval buildings overhang their lower floors?" Of course, more info is always great so if he's learned more I too would love to listen to it.
magpiefrog from I was making fun of croatian warmasters crudeness
@sparx1806 жыл бұрын
Croatian Warmaster While visiting my uncle outside London I was surprised to find that thatched homes were still being built. We do not build buildings to stand them test of time nor are they built with imagination. Just throwaways in my estimation!
@rach_laze6 жыл бұрын
Chloe wilson it's very rare if not unheard of for a new build to be thatched were these new builds or was it just an already built house being re-thatched because there's tonnes of those still about if you go to the right areas the thatch has to be replaced every couple of years sooner if it's been particularly cold/wet people still train as Thatchers as it's pretty good pay these days and fairly niche
@brianknezevich98946 жыл бұрын
I hate to give compliments like this, but, Shad, this is absolutely brilliant. Absolutely excellent.
@calebcampbell92806 жыл бұрын
These circle houses are alright I guess but the lack of machicolations kinda kills it for me.
@marcun6666 жыл бұрын
Also you can't send your kid into corner.
@michaouwens81856 жыл бұрын
marcun666 but you can force him to walk around in the corner!
@wezza6686 жыл бұрын
Really interesting how you can go from swords to archtitecture whilst still being well understandable and interesting. :)
@gadyariv24566 жыл бұрын
what a wonderfully informative video. many primitive houses were round, not just in medieval Europe. circular homes were common in Africa in the Americas in south-east Asia, not just Europe, probably the first houses early neolithic men built where round, in Melanesia roundhouses can be found built and lived on to this day. It is clearly an effective design
@shadiversity6 жыл бұрын
Thanks heaps mate!
6 жыл бұрын
Actually Shad, the choice of stone vs brick is mostly dictated by what is locally available and what is easy to get. To go to a place I know well, the Netherlands hardly used any stone and started with bricks were early. There's a late 11th century house in Utrecht made with brick. And another confirmed example in county Holland (roughly the province of Noord-Holland) dating from 1230, as the earliest confirmed example in the west. Because in a river delta like the Netherlands, clay is plentiful, but stone had to be cut far south and transported over the rivers. Land transport of something that heavy was pretty much impossible. That made natural stone prohibitively expensive. At the same time alone many rivers there are a lot of stone kilns, if you see it on a map you can see they pretty much dot the river delta. While by contrast, suppose you're in south-west England, you've got natural stone nearby, making it much cheaper to build in that. And sure enough, even today in that region you see a lot of natural stone houses, and comparatively little in brick. Buildings from before that era are gone, so we simply don't know how the Netherlands looked for certain. But thatch was quite plentiful too in wet regions, while forests weren't around everywhere in the west and soon began to ran out as population increased. The Netherlands and Belgium actually began using peat as a fuel because of the lack of forests, so I'd expect a lot of thatch-mud construction fairly late still going on in the Netherlands. Funny trivia: an ancestor of mine in 1830 actually lived in a mud and thatch hut on the moor, due to poverty. Sources: Perlich & Van Tussenbroek, 2005, Technik des Backsteinbaus im Europa des Mittelalters Van Tussenbroek, 2012, Vroege baksteen in Holland tot 1300 Dolfin, Keylstra & Penders, 2011, Utrecht. De huizen binnen de singels. Overzicht
@thrand67606 жыл бұрын
funnilly enough i built a Roundhouse a few weeks ago and i reguarly stay in it overnight, Wattle and daub walls and turfed roof, its winter now over in England and when i have the fire indoors lit it is bliss, i built my own couch and bed in there and its so cosy, deerskin quilting and pillows etc, but when i was building it i asked the same quetion... why round? it would of actually been easier for me to do rectangle but i opted for round for historical accuracy sake and since doing it ive realised it is great at holding out against the wind and keeping in the warmth if you ever decide to come to England and are around the Cheshire area you are always welcome to come see it and stay in it for a night if you like, you could also even see Conwy castle which is just a short drive away :) thanks for the vid superb and you got it bob on
@yushatak6 жыл бұрын
This was a really damn good video - I never knew the purpose of the low walls/no walls, round vs. square, etc.. Learned a lot!
@JohnSmith-bg4hu6 жыл бұрын
yes!! more medieval and early construction methods!! I've been wanting videos on German Wattle and Daub and all that stuff for a while, been a dream of mine to build one of those timber-frame medieval style houses with the overhangs for a long time
@sampylae6 жыл бұрын
Why do I feel like heading out in to the forest and building a circular house suddenly? :O
@PongoXBongo6 жыл бұрын
If only those pesky modern building codes didn't get in the way, we could all do just that. ;)
@MrRourk6 жыл бұрын
Google Colorado and California Yurts
@wandererstraining6 жыл бұрын
Dude, ME TOO! I am lucky enough to have access to a land (currently 4000 km away, but still, it's my land!), and I'm thinking maybe I want to build a circular treehouse with a really pointy roof there.
@NonoNonaa3 жыл бұрын
@@wandererstraining bruh i been squatting on your land for 3 years
@wandererstraining3 жыл бұрын
@@NonoNonaa As long as you don't damage the environment, I don't care, ha ha. Everyone should have a place to go.
@metayerman6 жыл бұрын
Thanks! That explains a lot. Now that you’ve said it, it seems obvious; funny how that works.
@bulecrow5416 жыл бұрын
2:38 shad is a robot!
@maelgugi6 жыл бұрын
I, for one, welcome our new robotic overlord
@Axel2306 жыл бұрын
SHADATRON approves this statement
@Dedrithhimself6 жыл бұрын
Lol I checked the comments to make sure somebody else heard that. Thought I was having a stroke
@conorsinnott85256 жыл бұрын
Another great vid shad but wherer are the matichulaaaaaaaatikns and the centaurs with the humans on their backs and the spike wielding fairies????!?!?!?!!!!!!!?!?!
@wiegraf-FNC6 жыл бұрын
I loved this video. Pretty much what i have always imagined about them being round and low walled. cost-effect of materials, time and work involved. Occam's razor I guess. Keep the good work Shad. We are supporting you!
@daltonevans34126 жыл бұрын
Because reasons. Thats why. Reasons.
@TailcoatGames3 жыл бұрын
7:32 Yes shad the infamous 3 cornered square Ur channel is great keep it up
@cvbpo6 жыл бұрын
Wow wow compact dirt and my DRAGON skin rug.....the damn fairy got him did even see it coming
@JerryEricsson6 жыл бұрын
Lovely video, thanks much for your effort. I have just begun to follow your videos and find that I learn a lot. I have always maintained that learning something new every day has a tennancy to keep ones mind young and active, at 67 years, I need all the learning I can get. These round homes remind me very much of the homes built by the Mandan Indians in what is now North Dakota, as well as several other tribes, who built round earth lodges to keep them warm through the hellish winters that happen in this part of the USA.
@chrisc11406 жыл бұрын
Another thing making the circular easier/faster to build: MATH!!! Circles (well, cylinder vs rectangular prism) contain a greater volume for a given surface area. Which means for a certain amount of floor space (since the height of both types of wall could easily be the same, area vs perimeter is what mostly matters) you have to build less wall, meaning less time taken in construction and less of the more expensive material used.
@PongoXBongo6 жыл бұрын
Also, less math needed to design and build a circular house. A cone is essentially self-supporting, without the need for measuring right angles and loads borne. Just get the first two supports at equal angles and you're good to go.
@Hawkeye4466 жыл бұрын
Exactly what I was thinking! A circular house gives maximum usable space for the material cost. Another reason I would guess round fell out of favor is because that efficiency disappears as soon as you get neighbors. Cities are basically built on grids and circles just don't fill in grids very well.
@TheWampam6 жыл бұрын
They are bad before you get neighbors. You can't built larger houses because the roof would get to high and to larger.
@paulsawczyc50196 жыл бұрын
People in those days probably were not so concerned about storing all their junk because I don't think they had any.
@FunkyFyreMunky Жыл бұрын
There is an archeological dig on my step-dad's farm just on the Welsh border in Britain. The site is pulling stuff dating from neolithic through to late-medieval. There are counteless post-holes for round-houses and even a recreation, using the original post-hole layout with period-appropriate materials and techniques. The farm was also site to an RAF training base during the war. My step-dad was kind enough to gift me one of the better-condition air-raid shelters (a 50ft long Stanton air-raid shelter) to fix up and use as a hunting lodge. I'm currently building a raised hearth in there out of glacial stone that was pulled out of the dig site by the archeologists. They used to be part of a henge.
@Quasihamster6 жыл бұрын
There was another reason for round homes in later medieval periods: Much like modern concepts for extremely tall skyscrapers utilise round footprints to cope with wind-induced forces, medieval structures were round so that thrown pommels would glance off more easily.
@PongoXBongo6 жыл бұрын
I always wondered if they ever used full-length trees as supports to build whopping great round homes, maybe even just building around a living tree.
@Runentafel6 жыл бұрын
I'm really looking forward to the next video in this series. I'm super interested in the architecture and the reasons that led to certain decisions. Thanks a lot for doing these!
@cosmiclive44376 жыл бұрын
Dafuq happened at 2:31? Suddenly there are two Shads speaking. I mean I'm not complaining about more videos, but if you both try to speak at the same time it gets confusing.
@shadiversity6 жыл бұрын
A render bug I didn't catch unfortunately, oh well these things happen ^_^
@bremwynn90906 жыл бұрын
Double the Shad, double the fun
@yesfredfredburger80086 жыл бұрын
Cosmic Live two Shads are better than one! I'll see myself out...
@Noone-rc9wf6 жыл бұрын
Shadiversity You have achieved such a high level of *INTERESTINGNESS* that you duplicated yourself!!! ITS A MIRACLE! ALL HAIL SAINT SHAD!
@brancaleone88956 жыл бұрын
its Shadinator an australian robot from the future
@TheLewras6 жыл бұрын
Something else to note about the steepness of the roof being continued in the middle of the building, well after reaching head height, is that it puts more space between your fire and your grass roof, reducing the chances of burning your house down.
@chriscalvin50836 жыл бұрын
good video Shad
@remnantryku71126 жыл бұрын
I learn so much from you, Shad. Your amazing!
@professormetal44116 жыл бұрын
7:32 A perfect square, that has three corners. Am I misunderstanding something or did you just make a silly mistake?
@VexChoccyMilk6 жыл бұрын
Bithor Gaming Nah m8, because if you start off in one direction, you make one left turn, a second left turn, and a final left turn, and boom, you’re back where you started, having made a square with 3 right angles.
@pyryharakka77486 жыл бұрын
You made three turn but the last line connects with the starting point forming the fourth corner........
@professormetal44116 жыл бұрын
laamanaama69 Don't argue his logic, you'll lose braincells
@pyryharakka77486 жыл бұрын
lmao
@Topstormking6 жыл бұрын
Lmao
@DavidThomas-sv1tk6 жыл бұрын
Also, rectangular dwellings need more rigidity in their straight walls requiring heavier timbers or thicker stone walls. Circular walls can be woven from vines and branches requiring far less hewing of logs.
@JimGiant6 жыл бұрын
Whenever I've done building work I found myself thinking about how much more time consuming it must have been back in the day. Imagine how much work it would take just to get stone to a building site when you couldn't just drive at 60mph and pick up 4 tons at a time.
@shadiversity6 жыл бұрын
I know, I think about this whenever I use a dropsaw, drill or any other electric tool. Modern technology makes things incredibly easy compared to the past, yet they still made and built incredible things.
@rjfaber19916 жыл бұрын
Absolutely. It is of course worth bearing in mind that this all happened in a time when labour was virtually worthless and time was cheap as well, so it wouldn't have been prohibitively expensive to build in stone, but it would indeed have taken an absolute age, as would any building project.
@EvitoCruor4 жыл бұрын
I realize I'm necroing a 2 year old thread but there is one Major thing missing in these discussion I must add. Primitive tech does not equal inherently inefficient, they had traditions skills and a veritable industry for such things. From some records I've seen a town house could be ready in as little as a month. The Romans used to build 20km of fortifications in a Single Day. Their tech was simple but they were not simple People. There are still things we can't replicate two thousand years later.
@stefanomorandi71506 жыл бұрын
medieval (and in general "ancient") architecture video are my favourites! awesome content Sir
@TheLiamis6 жыл бұрын
Because dragons can't see circles.
@spartanwar11856 жыл бұрын
I'm fuckin' dead Lmfao!
@adamsloan96166 жыл бұрын
Best ... possible ... answer ... EVER!
@owos1006 жыл бұрын
Ah, but WHAT ABOUT HUMANS?
@TheLiamis6 жыл бұрын
BluCat humans can see circles.
@owos1006 жыл бұрын
TheLiamis WOAH :O
@flyingbeerbottle6 жыл бұрын
In early medieval ages (Germany/Switzerland, other places I don't know) rural settlements were a lot more mobile. There are exemples of settlements who "wandered" kilometers through their "life". One reason could be the lack of crop rotation and the emaciate of the ground. Combined with your explanation that round houses are simpler and more time efficient to build this makes a lot more sense now to me. Definitely going to ask my Profs about that. Thank you Shad
@drizztiley87406 жыл бұрын
Circle homes are cool and all. But they lack something MACHICOLATIOOOONNNSS
@peter-radiantpipes28006 жыл бұрын
Love this video! Can’t wait for the next one. Thank you for the time it took to make this!
@MyrdinAnnoth6 жыл бұрын
Good informative video. Keep up the good work and thanks !
@maywenearedhel6 жыл бұрын
I absolutely CANNOT WAIT for your video on wattle and daub houses!
@brent88786 жыл бұрын
Can you imagine the stress those men went through to find furniture suitable for a circular house. Catching the plague was a more preferable option.
@pedigreeann6 жыл бұрын
Saw reproductions of such houses in a Saxon-style village in East Anglia. They were dugouts, with a ring of sitting-height earth around the outside of the house, wide enough to sleep on. Comfy enough when covered with furs and fabrics,could be used as workbenches or shelves during the daytime. As Shad has pointed out before, most people spent a large part of their day working out of doors in those days, so such a hut didn't need to be large or furnished. Yes, I know you were being facetious.
@RestlessHarp6 жыл бұрын
Great video, thank you! I got to tour a reconstructed hill fort in Wales a couple years ago and learned a lot about the round thatched houses, but didn't fully understand the reason and advantages of that design until now.
@2MeterLP6 жыл бұрын
Dang, at first glance the thumbnail looked like a primitive technology video. Perfectly fine with a Shad video too though.
@caahacky6 жыл бұрын
Well done - you managed expertly to talk around and about and succeeded in avoiding using the word "gable". Enjoyed the video very much. Thanks.
@justinokraski37966 жыл бұрын
6:48 the very first Pizza Hut
@djynfxxbdhtbrn68546 жыл бұрын
I wasn't expecting this to be as interesting as it is but you managed to fully enthrall me.
@DemonRazor886 жыл бұрын
I work as a stone mason and i can tell it takes so much time to build anything :D
@thomaskirkness-little58096 жыл бұрын
I'd be really interested to know what a modern stone mason's tools look like compared to a medieval one.
@DemonRazor886 жыл бұрын
Thomas Kirkness-Little Hammer and chisle,as it was back in the day.At the moment I'm building a stone wall and the only tool I am using is a hammer 🔨
@thomaskirkness-little58096 жыл бұрын
Brilliant. Some things just can't be improved upon.
@alexandersupertramp71916 жыл бұрын
i just found this channel, just watched your most popular video and now this one, medival construction tech just like primitive technologies are a real trend it seems, please make more videos on building stuff in the past. ill sub and wait for them.
@isaccarce65486 жыл бұрын
I'm not sure if they actually knew this, but a circular home is more resistant to wind than a home with flat walls. Could you make a video on common middle ages construction and engineering?
@Azumazini6 жыл бұрын
Another reason for you Shad on why they were common is how easy it is to measure a circular home when building it. You literally just need to find the center, drive a stake in it and use a single length pole/stick or whatever timber you want to use and pivot from that point to make a perfect circle. It requires zero tooling and any one can do it. This means within a day you can square off and pack the foundation and have it laid out within record time. Primitive Technology channel shows him using that technique to make a prehistoric home with that method including making a bed attached to the framework using nothing but some rocks to cut down material.
@berkleypearl23636 жыл бұрын
The homes that are circular with roofs all the way down are basically just slightly more permanent tipis. That’s really cool! Aren’t humans just so clever!
@Dr_V6 жыл бұрын
This is one of the best videos you put out lately.
@przemysawbogdan76996 жыл бұрын
Dear Shad. I really apreciate your work, and I love your videos - but in this one you are wrong in one matter - brick. In western europe - sure - brick was much less common than stone. But not in central - eastern europe. If you look at the geological map of europe you will notice that Iberian peninsula, British iles, France, Germany, Italy, Austra, Scandinavia, Balkans - everywhere within range of ~50 km you will find either some rocky/higland/mountainous formation or the place where the bedrock is so shallow that you can dig through the dirt and extact stone. But not in northern Poland, Netherlands, Russia, Belarus or Baltic states. Here (northern Poland) where I live the layer of dirt is at least 100 m thick, and nearest rock formations are 350 km away. But there are many lakes, with a lot of good quality clay. And we had vast forests in middle ages. With lots of timber, and fuel to burn out the bricks. That beeing said conclusion is obvious. The biggest castle in the world - (Malbork) and many others (Gniew, Ciechanów, Lidzbark Warminski, Trakai and hundresds of others ) made 99% bricks. Medieval buldings in Town centerns of Toruń, Gdańsk, Kaliningrad, Wilnus, Riga, Tallin, Moscow, Minsk and so on - bricks. So when it comes to the stone - brick conflict I think it is fair to say that If amount of effort reqiured to transport stone from far away is smaller than effort required to make bricks on the spot then you get red-orange city centers :)
@eddgrs91936 жыл бұрын
You are right, but this video is about early medieval homes. Brick castles were build all over Europe in the late medieval times.
@tommy-er6hh6 жыл бұрын
Good video! Might want to add a playlist for all the buildings/construction videos.
@LeeMorgan076 жыл бұрын
Round houses are more efficient. Material wise, the circumference of a circle is smaller than a square of the same internal area. Domes are also more efficient in heating (radiant heating waves) than a square - example: wigwams and igloos. Reasons that you would build a building square is that you need a grid (when buildings touch each other) and circles are not as useful. Also a flat wall is convenient to place objects against - like a square bed. Or maybe you are trying to replicate the local fashion - rulers have a square keep, so will you. Materials also dictate what you are going to be working. Fabricating wood beams is more laborious than cutting grass down - more grass means less caloric expenditure. If you are a farmer, surrounded by grasses, it is a lot easier to get grasses than someone living in a city. A lowly farmer can easily come by grasses. It takes a lot of work to dig up clay for wattle and daub, a lot of time to fabricate beams, and forever to gather stones from across the countryside for stone walls. But if you have a dedicated labour force, then cost probably goes down.
@WagesOfDestruction3 жыл бұрын
I was thinking the same. Another plus is that medieval people initially did not have a chimney, so they put a hole on the top of the roof to let the smoke out.
@gibbous_silver3 жыл бұрын
Circle houses are best Minecraft house
@jacksoneflin60066 жыл бұрын
This was great! I'm loving these videos on architecture, it's helpful for worldbuilding.
@JTMC936 жыл бұрын
A-Frame homes were made to provide the same type of benefits. Only given the availability of sawmill made lumber made what little walls were needed affordable.
@thewyj6 жыл бұрын
Another advantage of circular homes is an even distribution of heat from a central fire place. You can fit more people around the fire for eating / sleeping etc if it is round. A rectangular room with a central fireplace will be cold at either end, particularly the end with the door.
@COctagons6 жыл бұрын
I wish you were my history teacher in school. I would have enjoyed the lessons then, rather than praying they'd stop.
@neurofiedyamato87636 жыл бұрын
Circular homes also have less internal space for the amount of area they consume. Though that's not a problem when you consider the low level of population during that time. it also explain why the houses in Shirakawa, Gifu, Japan have very low walls and giant roofs. Though they have 3 floors and a front and back flat. But I guess when compared to other 3 story buildings, this makes it easier.