"It's not ab0out being less bad, it's about being good." - Key takeaway.

@maodonimega

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely.

@OIII-IOOO

Жыл бұрын

words to live by

This is my favorite video yet. This man is present, conscious, and ambitious. The house feels balanced, creative, and somehow feels humble despite the size. Wonderful perspective!

@sharrablackfire7337

Жыл бұрын

I want a life like this T_T

@jujubeethatsme

Жыл бұрын

Yes exactly right!

@sallylyons430

Жыл бұрын

So well said

@pernilladahlander7023

Жыл бұрын

I agree

@jack_irl

Жыл бұрын

Real architect vibes

Thank you Kirsten for finding this and showing it to us. This is living within nature.👏👏👏 Bravo, Beautiful.

I'm fairly sure that people comment all the time that 'this is the best house ever', etc .............but without a doubt this is the best house I have seen on your channel, (and watching for over 5 years). The thought through concepts, ...the amount of hard physical work, ...and the attention to detail is second to none, ......in my opinion. Thank you for filming it, ....... and Emmanuel for doing it !

@amu444

Жыл бұрын

Agreed - not trying to be funny but this home is on another level entirely. What an example of comfortable, harmonious living among the wild mountain heights. I can only imagine the sight of those vultures. This is the ultimate, thank you.

@pauwelsemmanuel

6 ай бұрын

Great to hear you like the house. I did spent a lot of time thinking things though but we can never think things through enough. Thank you though for your kind words

This home is very similar to one that friends of my parents constructed in Vancouver way back in the early 70's. Originally it was a very small home perched on the edge of a hill to the rear. They expanded the rear to form a new kitchen and sitting area at the back, with an open staircase down to the lower level. The back wall faced south, and was entirely glass, so it created a two-storey greenhouse, in which they grew vegetables all year long. The back wall was very thick and absorbed heat during the day, which was radiated to the house after nightfall. They had a small wood stove in a living room at the front of the house, facing north. Except for that small living room the house ran (and presumably still runs) entirely on passive heat, and that worked extremely well even during Vancouver's very cloudy and rainy winters. The creator of that home was an engineer. The owners passed away quite a few years ago, and I don't know who has the home now. I think there were a lot of homes created on similar principles during the very early '70's, during that early environmental movement, but all built by individuals, and tucked away in corners of our ordinary residential neighbourhoods. It's a shame we don't know more about them. It would be wonderful if someone could locate such buildings and bring them to the attention of the public now, when we are all far more educated and aware of the issues of climate change. Historically, also, it would be interesting to research those efforts, as they are 50 years or more older now, and it would be interesting to know how well they have managed to achieve the builders' aims half a century later.

@lavondacarter7228

Жыл бұрын

Yes , would be interesting to know !

@ayouness

Жыл бұрын

Agree! My father who was an engineer himself, designed & built our 4-level home on five acres in hilly rural Rochester, Michigan in the 1950's. Uncle Ed also an engineer, & Aunt Ruth, (my parent's best friends), purchased half our property & built a six-level home on their lot. Both homes were designed & built to maximize the benefits of the topography, sun movement, wind direction, etc. Very Frank Lloyd Wright-ish - using all natural materials, and lots of double-paned glass. You never need air conditioning, because half the house is built into the hill & remains 65 degrees all year round.

@canyonhaverfield2201

Жыл бұрын

yes agree whole-heatedly Elizabeth- Look for home design books from Shelter Publications..self produced by 50 years of home research from Lloyd Kahn. This as well, tough & expensive to locate a copy- Handmade Houses/ Richard Olsen, Rizzoli ..& Kirsten aired a beautiful visit with Lloyd at his coastel home so be sure to look for that gem🎉

@emmasise1004

Жыл бұрын

what neighborhood is the house in? i want to keep my eye out for it!

@elizabethmorton4904

Жыл бұрын

@@emmasise1004 Out west, north of West Point Grey, that area. But from the front it's a very ordinary house - the addition is at the rear. You wouldn't notice it.

What an amazing place! I love the fact that the owners left the place "lived in", for the filming. Your videos continue to bring me joy. Thank you.

This home displays many Permaculture principles, built on by great imagination, experience, and ingenuity. It's an evolving work of living art. Thank you, Kirsten and family!

@pauwelsemmanuel

6 ай бұрын

yes I have sourced a lot from the principles of permaculture which I believe are important when desinging anything that is place based. Thank you for your kind words.

People like him should have key positions in governments

Enjoy this amazing 2023!!

Many wonderful qualities, including being helpful to area wildlife -- I especially love things like steps out of the pond designed for the 2 frogs that visit the pond! The whole home is beautiful!😄❤

@kirstendirksen

Жыл бұрын

I loved that pool as well. Always loved swimming in lakes so I could relate to his comments.

@rubenk202

Жыл бұрын

@@kirstendirksen Last summer I visited a EuroParcs camping in Hermagor, Austria that utilizes the same concept but on a larger scale. Amazing experience. Btw, thank you for all the amazing stories.

@hilaryabbot9297

Жыл бұрын

We are actually in the French Pyrénées and have been planning a similar pool but hadn't found technical advice outside UK. Meeting up with these guys might actually be the thing we need. Thank you @Kirsten Dirksen. My skin can't tolerate chlorine.

@gayledayman2382

Жыл бұрын

There was no mention of refrigerator?

@ronsmith1364

Жыл бұрын

@@gayledayman2382 They have modern appliances. But with those lower spaces perhaps a root cellar too? idk

Anything I say , it will not make honor to this place ... and Emmanuel , a very conscious man .. I am an architect and this makes me feel very happy to see péople who realy makes the best posible way to live in harmony with the envirnonment . I would love to be his neighbor.Thanks Kirsten .

Beautiful location. Loved your drone shots. Really like his philosophy about being in harmony with nature as opposed to trying to force something to live a more modern lifestyle. And how very smart to wait a year before doing anything so that he could have an understanding of the airflow and sun positioning and then act accordingly.

I love the beautiful stone and masonry work as well as the wood work in the house and the beautiful clay walls of the house. The only thing more beautiful than the house is the heart this man shows towards the world around him. Thank you for sharing such a wonderful and beautiful video Kirsten!

What a treat!!! THANK YOU Original builders, Emmanuel Pauwels Family & Kirsten Family for the overall RECONNECTION 💓

Your kids are really growing up!

I love the organic pool, every pool should be like that - so incredible! Can't believe I didn't learn about this concept until I was 27!!!

"It's not about sq-meters, it's about the quality of the space." Bravo.

Probably the coolest high-concept ecohome I've seen to date.

It is amazing how he paying attention about things around himself, the nature etc..!

Kirsten, you and your husband have an amazing gift of transporting us to where ever you are! I really felt like i was in the Pyrenees mountains while watching this video.

This is a magnificent house! Emmanuel’s vision, ingenuity and artistry blows my mind.

This location is wonderful. The open concept and bringing outside in is excellent. I love how they recycle the water naturally and use the elements to heat and cool the house. Very educational and interesting. Thank you for all you do! I look forward to all of your videos.

All my adult years as a hippy living California coastal..messages would come over time regards to the nutrient value of 'our' urine..this mornings tidbit of urine talk arrived so timely..I was making brek, and as I took in this tour, & words expressed how both by products of our diet were gathered then later spread for nutrient values into the garden crops dirt..suddenly I felt the urge to pee..& without a moments hesitation I placed a cup beneath Mt apparatus to catch it..added a little blue agave..& thru it back..yet not carelessly, & not reluctantly. Instead my mind.was radiant with feelings of deep thanks & acknowledgment of the Circle of Life. 80 % of our diets nutrients go to producing our urine...maybe that its named Your-In is important...yet already Im imagining some readers seeing the viability of the translation being - your-out🎉 Thanks to our gracious deeply alive talented host Emmanuel Pauwel for this fascinating walk thru and for inspiring me so naturally. I raise my glass to his inspirations. Agree too regards to hammock loungers. they were the chair of choice for many houseboats off Tiburon back in the hey& kelp days of Marin Ca.. Along those lines..Tug my camper.truck experiences deep snug warmth this wet winter since reinstalling my TinyTot charcoal burner.

What a stunning home! All the details and love put into this place, so inspiring!

Fantastic

I love this channel. We learn so much about living and how we can live in harmony with the earth. - thank you Kirsten !

So very inspiring and yet most people are oblivious as to what can be done to reclaim old villages to live in a modern way.

I really love this man's way of explaining things.,. Tadpoles cleaning your toes... Completing the circle of life, Beautiful,!!!!

This guy has certainly carved himself out a nice slice of heaven there.

Once again, your family does such a great job of showing us how other people live, and how we can live too. Thank you for sharing with us, these wonderful places and their amazing views.

I am richer in my consciousness, just from seeing this video. I love everything about this house, indoors ans outdoors. Thank you 🪴🍀🌱🌿

Really like the live pool concept.

I'd be happy with a bedroom looking down on the clouds and with stepping out on a balcony grazed by passing vultures and to go outside and swim with frogs. Thanks for this tour.

Well deserved titles for Emmanuel's home: Regenerative, Net-Positive, a platinum LEED certified home, the first project in Europe to be able to say it has accomplished criteria of the Living Building Challenge etc... Great topic for one of your videos Kirsten! Sorry to have missed you on this visit, thanks for sharing all these lovely places, projects and people in our area! Best wishes for you and your family in this New Year!

Hi Kirsten! I have followed you and your family for a few years now, and I "LIKE" your work. Many times I have wondered how do you live yourself? Did I miss an episode? Happy New Year from Sweden

@Robert_Hermigua

Жыл бұрын

They live in or near Paris. They also have a house in Spain, which was shown in at least 2 videos.

No words. Such a beautiful and respectful place. Thank you for sharing!

Wow, this one is definitely in my top ten favorite places you’ve shown us

Absolutely love the quirky layout of the house the colours, the natural pool and the views are spectacular!

What a beautiful artistic genius for sure and one of the best homes I have seen in a long while.

This is a very cool house, I'd have to say the way he designed it to be part of the earth and not against the earth. He's built a brilliant home.

I'm a fan of natural swimming pools. It's a plus for natural surroundings.

This way of thinking is so 'outside the box', it's amazing. Rain water runs through the house. Thank you, guys, for letting me to see that

I very rarely remember anything. This time, I remembered almost everything). Thank you.

House in a mountain top has always the best views😄👍

I love how philosophical people you interview are. They're builders of dreams and teachers of principles.

This is amazing! The full glass walls, living outside inside, is what architecture really should be. Those windows are extraordinary!

Another Christopher Alexander reference .. I thought this design was very Pattern Language.... beautiful.. piece of art!

As a child, my parents took my siblings and I to Iceland on two separate occasions to visit family friends; once in the winter and the other in the summer. Experiencing the long days of darkness as well as the long days of light were like a fantasy. And we saw the northern lights... undescribable.

Thanks, Kirsten. Your videos, the people and places they spotlight give me Faith in the Future. ☺️🌍🌎🌏☮

BLESSED LIVING💯🤨🙏♥️🙏♥️🙏♥️🙏🤨😘

The level of mindfulness they employed here is insane.

Love your Ytube Channel 🌅🌺🤗🙏👍👍

Absolutely amazing, a lot of Yogic wisdom in building the house after watching sun, wind, etc and shapes, materials. I've no words

Best channel on KZread

One of my favorites, Thank you!

Some nice drone footage!

true connection with earth and life

That is amazing! This video captured my attention unlike any of the wonderful ones I've seen so far. Truly wonderful setting, and the biological pool was next level.

this is paradise in my opinion.

Thanks for another amazing documentary!!!

by far the best and most well tought through project shown so far Kirsten! an eco-build with environmental adaptation and proper functionality where esthetics and modern architectural/construction expression s in harmony while respecting a heritage site and a historic building! it's a glowing example! as an eco architect and natural pool builder it makes me immensly happy that you show now that there's an alternative to all those sensory-deprived, uncomfortable pretentious minimalist "I only own my underwear" type projects often shown on your channel nowadays. thanks!! keep them coming!

Just as expected, fantastic content. Thank you. 🙏🏻❤️

Very well done

Learned a lot and all makes sense. Thank you.

Amazing. And everything has been carried up through the only street - which makes the result even more impressive.

This home is LUSCIOUS. It's warm and cozy like a small place with the expansive openness of the large. It doesn't compartmentalize. It has a soft quality to it from structure to colors. I've always known, yet forget how surrounded we are by gases and elements, radioactivity. So I wonder what it would be like to spend a few months away from all that to see how it affects me.

Another incredible find…beautiful location…brilliant renovation…one of the best…thanks…

Kirsten, your kids are going to grow up to be the most interesting & incredible adults. What a cool life! Thx for so much quality & meaningful content. 💕✌️

This is a wonderful house, and all the thought and planning that went into it. Very comfortable and charming.

"It's not about square meters. It's about quality of space." That is one heck of a quote.

Just loved this video Kirsten, the invites and places you and your hubby go to...amazing journeys.

Those are my favourite subjects, creating a thriving home environment with natural materials and the wisdom of Earth|Sun. Thank you for sharing your gorgeous home with us. I call this perfection.

Brillant concept..living with and along side nature

Love this, it is so well thought out and has a lovely ambience about it with the natural clay interior walls.

Beautiful views! Another great find, guys!

I really love your work. Please keep doing this kinda stuff

Wow that's amazing. Thanks for all the videos inspiring me sooo much. I just love this channel and it's one of my dreams to know so much cool stuff like this guy did to build such a ingenious house 😍 amazing!!

That is so wonderfully thoughtful. His enthusiasm and matter of fact reflects his mindfulness of his environment. Excellent

I learnt two things from this video: first observe the land and environment before building anything permanent and second use rounded corners almost everywhere, the lighting aspect and softer shadows makes so much sense

Beautiful place!

Congratulations! Super done ✔️ 🎉

Beautiful place, well built. Harmonic with all around it. Thanks for showing us, Kirsten.

Tranquil. So impressive. 25minutes flew by. Thank you 😌🕉

This is one of the best homes i've seen

Most incredible "earthship" style home I've ever seen.

It is one of the most inteligent, în partnership with nature, most beautifull through' its common-sense houses that I ever see. It is a GOOD work!

Harmonising with the place...❤❤❤

I love your videos. I think you like Spanish and Italian landscapes, culture and houses. 👍❤️

What a wonderful place and mentality!

Honestly a dream house, everything done right !

"Its not about Sqaure Feet, Its about the Quality of Space" ....👌

Labour of love. Beautiful place ❤️

Absolutely my dream home.

Simply brilliant! Kudos!

What a home, what a place. I would love to live there.

Love his explanations and details about temperature, wind and how to position the house

Incredible how this people live in a so peaceful way. Awesome video!

Stunning home!!

Such a beautiful house.

Wow! Impressive and beautiful!