{"id":795,"date":"2010-02-09T13:10:21","date_gmt":"2010-02-09T02:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/khpost.test.pallasmarketing.com\/?p=795"},"modified":"2010-02-09T13:10:21","modified_gmt":"2010-02-09T02:10:21","slug":"the-chookenhiem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/khpost.test.pallasmarketing.com\/?p=795","title":{"rendered":"The Chookenheim?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pundits call it the \u201cGuggenheim of Chook Houses\u201d, breathlessly comparing the iconic art gallery\u2019s spiral design to Kindlehill\u2019s chicken house (well at least Dave and myself did over a glass of wine).<\/p>\n<p>Although there is one noticeable difference. Whereas Frank Lloyd Wright\u2019s utilized a gentle helical spiral for the gallery&#8217;s interior, architect Jamie Brennan and the Landscaping Group applied the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Golden_ratio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Golden Mean<\/a> &#8211; a geometric ratio based on the proportions of nature &#8211; to the school&#8217;s chook palace.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Chook-house1-low-res11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-portfolio wp-image-1157\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Chook-house1-low-res11.jpg\" alt=\"Chook-house1-low-res1\" width=\"495\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Constructed by parents, children and wwoofers, the Chook House is a cob construction, a glorious blend of builder Jason Dash\u2019s magic ingredients: clay, sand and straw. John\u2019s class dug the footing and built the form block wall. Children from Kindy, Pippita\u2019s class plus an assortment of wwoofers build the walls. Jamie Brennan and Reuben Daniels fixed the roof, twisting the sheet metal to evoke a gum leaf.<\/p>\n<p>Pam De Groot created the beautiful tree sculpture on the external wall. While Steve Appel feathered the nest: constructing the rustic pergoda and nesting boxes as well as whitewashing the interior walls. Cade Edwards, Kindlehill\u2019s dry stone man, was responsible for the ramps and terracing.<\/p>\n<p>In a world where millions of chickens spend their short lives in cages, one wonders if there is a finer chicken house anywhere? The Kindlehill chook house stands, in the words of the Guggenheim\u2019s founding director, as \u201ca temple of spirit, a monument\u201d. Can\u2019t wait to fry those eggs!<\/p>\n<p>Deirdre O&#8217;Connell<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pundits call it the \u201cGuggenheim of Chook Houses\u201d, breathlessly comparing the iconic art gallery\u2019s spiral design to Kindlehill\u2019s chicken house (well at least Dave and myself did over a glass of wine). Although there is one noticeable difference. Whereas Frank Lloyd Wright\u2019s utilized a gentle helical spiral for the gallery&#8217;s interior, architect Jamie Brennan and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kindlehill"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/khpost.test.pallasmarketing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/khpost.test.pallasmarketing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/khpost.test.pallasmarketing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/khpost.test.pallasmarketing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/khpost.test.pallasmarketing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/khpost.test.pallasmarketing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/khpost.test.pallasmarketing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/khpost.test.pallasmarketing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/khpost.test.pallasmarketing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}