Sustainable Arctic DOME HOME recycles water & grows food!
A Norwegian family built a cob house inside of a glass dome on a remote island. This incredible home is extremely efficient, allowing the family to live here comfortably year round while growing their own vegetables and creating natural heating and cooling.
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0:00 Intro
0:40 Welcome to the "Nature House"
1:23 What is a Nature House?
1:51 Who lives here?
2:16 Location
2:45 Deciding on the Nature House
3:21 Building with Cob
4:18 Cost of the Dome Home
5:02 Tour the property
5:33 About the Dome
6:30 Inside the Dome
7:54 Welcome to the Cob House
8:05 Upstairs
9:05 Bathroom
10:41 Living room
12:49 Dining room & kitchen
14:00 Outro
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The tour of this nature house was self-shot by the owners over four seasons in the arctic! We've been waiting for this one over a year, and I think our patience paid off. What do you think?
I absolutely love this home! I would move into one just like this one today!
Absolutely stunning. I love this whole concept. It's lots of work for sure but well worth it..
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@@TinyHouseGiantJourney You're welcome. Thank you so much for this interesting Video.
Seamless fusion of principles with dome, cob house, geothermal, solar and stove underfloor heating, the bottlewalls, thick walls for insulation, growing their own food, reusing waste water, some very humble pieces of furniture. They've basically done what I'd only think about. Amazing.
@ug, Architect here, with the livability designer looking over my shoulder. The 'thick walls' provide thermal mass to moderate temperature swings. In this situation, the home is housed inside a thermal envelope, providing significantly-greater moderation. . Additionally, the mass of the structure is tied to the mass of the planet, increasing the 'thermal battery' to almost beyond calculation. . Compare this to a stick-house built on a raised foundation with a crawl-space for water-pipe maintenance. That construction style results in near-zero thermal mass with near-zero thermal battery effect. That structure requires continual inputs of outside energy -- electricity, coal, wood -- to heat... a process I call 'comfort through brute force'. . In today's tour, our guides describe increasing their access to vastly greater amounts of thermal mass through their design of buried ventilation tubes. As the air naturally convects through the tubes, the thermal mass of the planet automatically adjusts its temperature to the temperature of the planet a few feet/meters underground. This temperate-zone air helps regulate the interior of the dome, and with it, the comfort level of the home. . 1980s. Los Molina, California. We built a subdivision of concrete homes using standardized 'tilt-up' warehouse construction techniques. That region is known for months of stressful summer heat. We built -- as warehouse construction dictates -- on a concrete slab (thermal mass tied to the planet mass) with concrete exterior and inside walls. We insulated the outside of the exterior walls, then finished using traditional house exteriors such as brick and wood facing. . Driving through the area, the homes appear identical to any stick house. However, the instant you step inside, the temperature difference is immediately noticed. . The second impact comes from the absolute silence. A wood house transfers the outside noise -- traffic, wind, voices/music -- into the resident ears. Our concrete homes provide a restful respite from the outside world... and I think this should be the goal of any home!
I see lots of earthships' concepts implemented here
@@JohnDavid888 It is because at that time period they still do not understand the basic principles of phyto-bioremediation to constantly clean and filter the air free of viruses and bacterias and microorganisms of all kinds. But now we know better. Plus the science of bioneering of Professor John Todd who invented-created the principle of "Living Machines" to cleanse the air and water and soil constantly and to treat all kinds of wastes indoors also.
@@JohnDavid888 never heard that. I doubt it. There's been hundreds of thousands built; Bucky lived in one with his wife for 30 years. Any evidence or details?
@@JohnDavid888 earlier in his life (pre 1937) he built 240 prefab concrete houses; maybe you're thinking of that ?
Hahah, what a fun surprise. My grandma lives in this area and every time I visit her I gaze at this beautiful building. Im really happy to see this tour and hear your story. Veldi inspireranes, drømmen 😁❤️
I'd have to move near her what a spot.
I have never seen a home I loved as much as this one. Admit I would love to live in a house like this. Do you know where this is located, how one could buy land in a setting like this is incredible, I wonder where he works as they seems they are far away from any city.
@@dianaashton2512 its in northern norway. As for exact location I wanna respect their privacy but I assure you that land like this is not rare in norway :) city is only an hour and a half away at most
I love it. It’s pretty much Michael Reynolds’ “Earthship” home concept except it’s built within a Buckminster Fuller “Geodesic Dome” instead of an attached greenhouse on the front, and the back of the home built into a hillside. I think I like this better.
@@SpecialSalads I agree. Still, I’d like to see a cost comparison between the two. The dome seems to offer more comfort and beauty but needs more land to function.
I've seen a more traditional glasshouse enclosing a regular house. It worked the same way, just that in summer two sides are opened up so that the wind blows through.
Yes thought of Earthship as well
A M Pi did it too for MIT
The Earthship concept is well-suited for a place like Arizona, but probably wouldn't work well in a climate like they have in Norway. The geodesic dome offers additional protection from the elements, which helps keeping the internal cob house intact.
I have seen a lot of amazing tiny houses but holy crap, this one completely blew me away. I envy them so much right now. To be surrounded by so much nature and to basically never have to do anything extra for heating, cooling or water is just amazing. People need to copy this blueprint since it seems to be about the most sustainable house/system I have ever seen. Amazing! They also have so much fruit! Do they have the blueprints for that thing? I would kill to get my hands on those.
I was wondering if maybe their bathroom smelled good because they grow and eat a lot of fruit, and as she said, that is the room where they “poop”. I’m thinking between a composting toilet and cob walls you might get some absorption. Lol
You can hardly call this a tiny house.. It is my dream house too. I live in the desert of Australia. This would be like a micro-cosmos to me.
@@elevans5758 2,583 sq. Feet or 249 sq. Meters
...my only reservation to this veritable paradise ...would be three months of darkness inside the arctic circle in winter ...I think I'd take the kids to visit the grandparents for those months ...if they have sunlight that is. In Oslo I think they have at least six hours of sun mid-winter. But where they are they have the mid-night sun around the summer solstice probably.
@@kindlydude Humans are amazingly adaptable. Having the sheltered outdoor living space must make winters much more bearable, though.
This is amazing! It's incredible how creative people can be. I can't believe that it doesn't get humid underneath the dome. Thank you so much for sharing this. Your patience definitely paid off!
It would if the hadn't ventilated it properly.
Some people really manage to live true Dreams 🤩
Not some, just the rich folks
@@edisonchin2463 yes you have to be quite rich to build those projects. But what I was talking about is the COURAGE, we often choose to not dive into bald things because we don't believe enough... Many rich people live boring lives in super villas, those ones live fully!
@@LaCorva they certainly do have that option alright, while we poor peasants couldn't even afford paying our rent and succumb into living our vanlife "dream" .
@@edisonchin2463 yes I agree that poor people always struggle, I am not wealthy myself and I know what sacrifices and pain mean... Anyway not every dream is money-related, my opinion is about that... Off course you can't change your lifestyle that way, if we talk about lifestyle it's hard without money to invest. But I think everyone can do something even little adjustments! One can start living different with making more homemade stuff and saving lot more, staying more in the nature, one could cut social media time and concentrate on loved ones... and much more... If we talk precisely about building homes, no, that was not what I intended cause few people could do that...
Love the idea of building a home inside of a home, you don't see too many of these.
I remember seeing another version of this idea, in Sweden I think, with a gigantic greenhouse containing a wooden house. This one is quite original with its cob construction, though. They seem to have really thought of everything for their systems to make it comfortable year round. Okay, I went to look for it, and find that there are actually several, in different countries, built along that idea, including another geodesic dome. You can search on YT for 'kirsten dirksen house inside greenhouse' to see them all.
And I love the idea of being rich AF
@@chezmoi42 I remember that one too. kzhead.info/sun/ZpSgmNJ8hniYgYk/bejne.html
@@edisonchin2463 All of that costed only 500k dollars. That's nothing in america, an average worker earns that in 6-7 years top. Those people are NOT "rich AF".
@@Narcan885 Yea, I am sure the homeless would agree with you.
This home is amazing. They did a fabulous job on it. So neat to be able to walk right out the door to get fresh fruit. For her husband not having any carpentry skills he did amazing work. It’s so unique all lit up at night. It was much larger on the inside then I thought it was going to be.
A house enclosed in a green house dome is a perfect idea.....
This is my favourite episode. The views, the house, the gardens, the mountains and the water. I mean everything shouts peace and love. I call this a paradise. Thank you for showing to us your beautiful home.
I love everything about this unique and stunning home...just incredible 🥰
I'm almost without words. Heaven on Earth is maybe what I want to say. A glorious, spiritually uplifting home. What a wonderful, blessed accomplishment!!!!! Thank you!!
I know right?
In Germany we say: viel Spaß mit der Baugenehmigung! Beautiful house❤
This is clearly the very BEST house on the entire earth
What a wonderful home, it reminds me of the mudbrick home I built in my forties. It had bottles in the walls, air coming in from underground, and was lovely to live in. I no longer live there, and I do miss it.
The cob design is important because it overcomes the problems with geodesic buildings. I really loved the design as it has so many sustainable features in it. I always remember reading a book on Buckminster Fuller and thinking it was too conceptual - form heavy rather than functional. Here we see that it functions well and the integration with nature is just sublime. On top of that it is as the Danes say, very hygge. Well done.
Some people are really living in paradise.
Stunning!!! What a beautiful way to raise a family! I’m simply overwhelmed with how unique your home is. I love it!!!
Speechless! This is by far the coolest house I've ever seen. Thank you so much for not just sharing, but for loving the planet like you do. I could so live like this!
Just retired from teaching and this video touched me greatly. Thanks from Houston TX
Imagine a rainy day in this house..so beautiful!
What a beautiful home! Gorgeous countryside. Harvest time must be a blast. Picking everything and storing/canning.
Omg soooo beautiful. Love cob houses. They are so warm and homey. This one being surrounded by gardens makes it even more unique and lovely. Such a wonderful place Norway is.
This is a mansion just beautiful inside and out. Love the rough woods, love all of it. Give tours inside your house makes some extra money also you could build a little cottage next to it. Rent it out as a bed and breakfast. I would love to stay one night in a place that look like this it is beautiful. 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹Gifts to the lady of the house.
Easily takes the cake as the best house I’ve ever seen
This has to be one of my favourite videos on KZhead.
This is an incredible house. Imagine if we had houses like this all over the world.
I saw pictures of this house on Pinterest but it didn't say where it was located. I figured some place close to north pole because of all the lovely northern lights. My thought was Alaska, not knowing any better. But it is so great to learn where it really is located. First tour of the inside too. I love it. Thank you so much for taking the trip and sharing this lovely place with us.
That place looks like paradise
The Columbines are so beautiful! The home is incredible! I'm an old hippie so this is so appealing!
basically, they live in a terrarium. that is so freaking awesome
This is my favorite so far! What a lovely way to live❤️
Cob houses are my favorite. Having one inside a greenhouse is a perfect combination. This looks like a dream come true! I absolutely love it! My words are just not sufficient to describe it. I’m just floored!
That's the coolest cob home I have ever seen.
Everyone shows Norway in the summer. Show it in the winter! Edit: the blooming trees while everything outside is snow covered is just mind blowing.
This is truly not only one of the most one of the most beautiful self built (mostly) dome homes but also exemplary display of an integrated human and nature balanced systems I have seen anywhere on the internet.
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This house is like a fantasy. Beautifully designed and feels so comfortable. Only thing I would change is to buy traditional sofas and chairs.
this is the most amazing home i have seen. if this and earthship home are combined would be a dream home indeed.
I try not to be jealous, but I can’t help myself. Im jealous of this couple’s teamwork, her husband’s service to his family and of the home they have built. It is SO lovely!!!
Wow! This is such a beautiful and absolutely amazing build. 💞
Honestly I think this is the most beautiful home I've ever seen
I love EVERYTHING about this! Thank you so much for sharing a tour of your gorgeous home!
very cool. you rock Jen! This was so emotional somehow. I got a tear and a chill.
Ok I'm going to Norway! You think they would adopt me? This is the type of place I want to live in! Absolutely beautiful 😍
You could just beg them for the blueprints and build an exact replica of what they did, albeit with a few personal touches. That's what I would do.
You mean us ! Adopt us. Lol.
hahaha.....I think there are a lot of us who might feel the way you do!
@@Tyme_flies Can I go too?😊
Me too! Sigh ....
Such peaceful & calm vibes. I would love a home free from vinyl, plastics & toxic materials. So awesome!
The lady is very peaceful. I enjoyed her immensely.
Really beautiful and unique home. They have done such a fabulous job building this home. I was surprised to see the square footage of the house, but it doesn't seem that big; it is warm and cozy-looking. Such a gorgeous spot to live as well. The scenery is awesome! To wake up to that every day would be marvelous! Although....for me, only in the warmer seasons. I would have to find somewhere else to live in the winter. LOL
But they are very well insulated during winter. Temperatures inside these kinds of structures don't change like in a typical home. In my typical terrace house it goes from 17 Celsius in winter up to around 26 in summer. If my house was made from clay, and covered by a dome, the Temperatures would more likely range from 20-23 Celsius all year round. So the transition isn't even noticeable, as in a typical home. I know they have no sun, or far less sun for outdoor living during winter, BUT that's so cool and unique, besides it makes you appreciate summer.
I have problems with the darkness in winter too, otherwise I could do it.
@@John-co6mo You make a very good argument. 😊 However, the darkness would not be great for anyone with S.A.D. I'd be depressed for 3 months every year. On the other hand, it would be awesome to see the stars more clearly than one does in a city. ♥
@@jemma50 on the plus side, u get a lot more daylight in summer. Honestly I think you'd be surprised by the hidden positives of less daylight, as u would by extra daylight in summer. U can't get skin cancer in the dark. You can enjoy longer winter sleeps. Nothing more frustrating than seeing the sun rise between 6-7am on weekends, when I'm trying to sleep in. Air quality is better in winter. No bush fires like in some cities like my city, Sydney. We have horrible bushfire most summers. Like u said u can appreciate stars in winter, magical. And I think to make the season shorter, u could travel somewhere where it's summer for a couple of weeks. Just imagine how cool that would be, OR invite airbnb guest to experience that beautiful light show in the sky. That would be magical. I love summer in Sydney, but winter is cold & if I'm gonna be stuck inside during winter, I'd rather have longer darker days. I think they still get about 6hrs daylight during winter in Norway, so it's not really that bad. We only 11 hrs in Sydney, so it's not that big of a deal.
@@John-co6mo Sounds like you need to make a move to Norway! 😉
This gives me a great idea for my home I want. Thanks for this informed video!!!
This is one of few cob homes that feel extremely well built and sturdy. It's absolutely beautiful
Sandy would be so proud
Incredible home - looks like Eden would look!
This would be so magical in the wintertime! It is beautiful, the home, the dome, the scenery, all of it!
What a gorgeous home! I love how they a system for everything under the dome. ❤
Is this what heaven will be like? I hope so. Beautiful & Loving Home
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There is another video of this family and their amazing home on yt. I think one of the most endearing things about them is that they changed their last name to Heartfollower. What a beautiful, intentional way to live, and to raise your children ❤️. I'm pretty much awestruck. All my love to this family.
Now this is differently cool. Love what they have built together. Thanks Jenna for sharing their story.👍👍❤
This is an incredibly unique home, it's a masterpiece really. Thank you for sharing. 💞
Remarkable inspirational home with a much reduced environmental impact. Mother Nature is smiling….
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Beautiful, I love everything about the house and location, very blessed. Hard work & positive attitude can create dreams. 🙏
I live in a geodesic wood dome.
So beautiful! What a peaceful place. I can see myself and my family living in a dwelling like this! ❤️🙏
I wish all beings could live this way❤️🙏🏻❤️
Omg, forget mansions. This is my dream home! 😍😍😍
Absolutely beautiful and a brilliant build ❤️❤️
Wow! Organic excellence! This house has a very nice flow and with all the plants it makes me want to live there because I'm a plant freak 😜 Beautifully done and in a beautiful place. It is like a dream 💕
'YOU', a "PLANT FREAK"...how bout I was IMAGINING what 'ME' and 'MY' 46 'GREEN' 'BABIES' that I SHARE this ONE BEDROOM 'HOME' with would 'FEEL' in such 'BEAUTY-FILLED' SURROUNDINGS!
Lovely house. Lovely family.
This must be The dreamed house 🙌
My compliments to the family who built this most amazing home. I would happily live in a home like this :) I love the peaceful joy the home gives off and the family who live there as well:) I have Norwegian roots from both sides of my family ,perhaps that is why it appeals so much to me.:)
Beautiful home
This is pure heavenly beauty
In a word... BRILLIANT 👏
This was absolutely stunning ❣️
I would love to have a home like that!!
Fresh air, warm air in winter, cool air in summer all due to natural convection. I did this with plastic culverts under ground to the basement of our home years ago. Glad to see other people using this free energy system. Love the home you built for yourselves. Excellent workmanship!
Such a gorgeous, cozy home. Just beautiful 😀
I love it!
This is one of the coolest homes I've ever seen! I've long loved earthships, but this is an even cooler design using many of the same principles. AMAZING! One question the video didn't answer that I am curious about. How do they pollinate all their fruits and vegetables? Do they have a hive in the dome?
This is a beautiful home in a beautiful part of the world.
The best house I have ever seen!!!!!!
This was so amazing to watch. Beautiful well thought out home.
We are so poor here in America. Stuck in apartments while people are living beautiful lives all over the world. This is incredible ❤❤❤❤❤
They are living beautiful lives in America as well, moving to homestead’s.
Well, to be fair, there are people living in small apartments all around the world, too. This is truly exceptional.
Not many places in America will let you build this. New Mexico maybe.
Step OUTSIDE.. and there is a whole Beautiful World out there.. just WAITING FOR YOU.. as a small begining look at the millions of stars smiling & winking at you .. and follow their call.. to the wide open countryside of America.. aka USA... YOU HAVE TRAPPED YOURSELF IN.. POOR URBAN USA.. YOU WILL HAVE TO .. GET OUT..!!!
This is by far the coolest tiny home I’ve seen!! I love that it’s surrounded by the green house!! Very nice house! So sustainable!!
This is the best home I have ever seen. Ever.
So, so, lovely! So idyllic looking and yet it's not an easy going lifestyle, is it? You work hard but it sounds like it's worth it! Thanks for sharing.
I think it's a little bit silly to build a space-age dome over a Stone Age home, but I like it! It's not the most practical or efficient combination, but it's extremely pleasing! Maybe I will do something like this if I ever stumble into a bunch of money.
Aesthetically, I think the architectural styles clash. I would either want to update the home, or alter the architecture of the dome to be more complementary to the home.
What would be a more efficient way?
Did you know that 3 million Krone is only $300K US? And I'm not sure how this isn't practical. That dome allows for both hot and cold insulation, as well as protecting the home from elements that would break it down in all seasons.
Tried to get my ex-hubby to agree to a dome home back in the 90's when we married. It was like talking to a rock!
With all those plants and greenery the o2 must be unbelievable .
Great stream, as always. I appreciate the level-headed approach you take to the news and the markets. A lot has changed and that's on everything but the truth is I don't even care much about bullish or bearish market anymore because Mr Richard Scote got me cover as I am comfortably making 1.5B T C monthly...
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So half a million US dollars ... you basically have to be rich then ...
I think it’s a pretty good deal for what you get, especially on that beautiful body of water , lush green grass and wonderful 360* view…..could do without three months of darkness, that part is definitely not for me. 🙏🏼❤️
500k is the average rate of a house in the US…
@@basicallyno1722 So basically you need to be rich 🤪
It's like a fairytale but modern. 👍🏻
Buckminster Fuller would be very laudatory of this fabulous organic home / habitat. Beautiful Family too.
I mean, it's cool, but it's hardly a tiny house.
It's freaking huge, and they have an entire second dome just for yoga.
@@Stephen85 True. I have branched out from Tiny Homes (though I have not changed the channel name). This episode was part of my "Alternative Home" series, where I feature unique homes of any size. Usually whimsical or eco-friendly, but always amazing. You may have noticed the opening credit was for "Alternative Homes" and it's not on my Tiny Home Tour playlist.
@@TinyHouseGiantJourney ok cool, I didn't notice the title.
That's paradise ... Stunning!
OMG...you're so very lucky to have the energy, strength, patience, and money to build this amazing place!!!
Amazing happyhouse for human and animals
This is Paradise!! The garden is so beautiful, and I can totally see myself in it!! As far as the inside of the house goes, the kitchen is my absolute favorite space!!
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I just love everything about this house, in rural part of India some people still live in such mud houses, and I was too living 5 years back, mud hoses are cool in summers and warm in winters, unlike concrete houses they are very soothing to body and mind. Just loved the word OM 🕉 sculpted on the wall of living space of this house and sending lots of love from India.
I just fell in love. With a house!❤
Thank you very much for sharing this. I actually noticed my heart rate increase watching this. All of my friends laugh because I have literally dreamt of building this . Absolutely fantastic and beautiful. What a thoughtful way to enjoy your life.