That’s the only entrance, yes. I read that it was to keep the interior cool by letting the heat escape out the top while the cooler air sinks down to the bottom.
It actually seems like a good design, in terms of being part of the landscape and able to survive natural disaster events. I could see myself designing a more modernized equivalent of this for fire and tornado resistance, though I think I would go with a smaller living room cemetery.
Having to enter/exit through the chimney seems a choice. Is this their primary exit?
That’s the only entrance, yes. I read that it was to keep the interior cool by letting the heat escape out the top while the cooler air sinks down to the bottom.
This is a big uneducated guess on my part, but could the smoke also help keep pests out?
I’m not sure, but that’s an interesting idea.
It actually seems like a good design, in terms of being part of the landscape and able to survive natural disaster events. I could see myself designing a more modernized equivalent of this for fire and tornado resistance, though I think I would go with a smaller living room cemetery.