Family builds beautiful Tiny Home on incredible property
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We have several small houses here. One is this one that we built about 8 years ago.
My family lived in it the four for four years, 240 square feet.
So this is our house. We live here. This is the jungle.
We always had the vision that, as the family grew, we would expand it to the right of the chimney.
We duplicated the square meters.
These are the invisible stairs that go up to my son's room.
One of the most important components of living in a small or tiny space
is that the interior and exterior can be combined.
We have these round sliding windows.
Basically, it's tempered glass that used to be a table
and we reused it to turn it into a functional sliding round window,
which is basically like a sliding door.
We make this house our little house.
Soul Projects was founded by me about 8 years ago.
It's an 8.8 acre property.
We have some beautiful gardens.
We have some small shelters and alternative structures
and also some small houses here.
And this is where I have a sustainable carpentry workshop
and a construction center.
Basically, I build and donate sustainable structures
and give them to humanitarian organizations.
In essence, it's a little holistic approach
to see how we share and co-create in ways
that really support each other and the Earth.
So yes, I've been building and creating mainly with wood
for the last 25 years,
exploring different methods and construction styles.
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and I feel that once you do it,
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This is our house.
We live here.
This is the jungle.
This is a 30-foot triple-axle trailer.
This house is 90% restored.
All this is old-growth recovered cedar.
It was an old wood terrace from Lenay
that we disassembled and then re-joined
with the sawdust in these 1x6.
And then everything to the right of the chimney
is approximately 90% albace.
So we use invasive tree species.
So this 30-foot house is a small house.
It's small, but there are ways to expand it,
to make it bigger.
So we just expand this small area of being.
It's just a 16-inch extension,
but it creates a little more space.
And then we have a porch covered with mosquito net.
This porch is covered,
protected from rain, sun and insects.
You have a very beautiful and connected way of life.
It's close to the open air,
and if the weather is good,
which is almost all the time,
we go out here.
So, eh, we never lived alone in this half.
We always had the vision of expanding it
as the family grew.
We duplicated our square meters.
We love the living edges.
We love to incorporate as much organic elements
and show its natural beauty.
This is also the tracing technique
when we can merge and join two pieces of material.
I really think it's a great way
to respect its natural curve,
and not just square it
and cut it in an inorganic dimensional way.
Welcome inside the house.
All this is post and beams.
It's 6x6 and 1,000 here in the field,
of trees that we cut down in the field.
This is just a covered screen.
In Lenay,
basically, it's an inclined ceiling style.
It's a pretty simple style that leans forward.
When it's on the road,
it has aerodynamics
and also offers the opportunity
to create a loft in the highest part of the house.
These are the stairs
that go up to my son's room.
He's nine years old
and this is his small and cozy loft.
For his age,
I think it's appropriate.
It will grow.
But, hey,
I have other ideas
to cut this section of the ceiling
and bevel it.
We're on an inclined ceiling,
so everything is at this angle.
But if we bevel this back part
and raise the front,
we'll create a nice raised space.
So when you go up the stairs,
you won't hit your head.
You'll also have more windows,
views,
air circulation
and also height
so you can stand up.
And then,
behind him,
under that,
is my daughter's room.
She's 12 years old.
So,
in this house,
we use a lot of floating wood.
Floating wood is basically
a fallen tree
that has been eroded
by a river
in the ocean
and, in essence,
it has rolled along the beach
through the waves.
It has been sanded,
literally.
It has dried in the sun
and has a beautiful gray patina
or the bark has been removed.
It's art.
Bringing that art
and using it as functional art,
I love it.
Entering the kitchen,
this is the little house
that starts here
and has wheels.
This is the original creation.
This is our kitchen.
Here we have a concrete wall.
This concrete wall
is my sustainable version,
with beach sand
and coral as an addition.
And we love adding glass
to beautify it.
We have the sink,
the stove
and the fridge.
We didn't have funds
for solar energy.
Basically,
a propane stove
and an electrical grid
for the electricity
that we use
for most of the things.
Cupboards with seats.
It's a complete kitchen
style gallery.
We have these
round sliding windows.
It's basically tempered glass
that used to be a table
and we reused it
to make a functional
round sliding window
that is basically
like a sliding door.
These stairs
are beautiful
acacia wooden
locally sewn.
The size is bigger
than a normal step,
but we have the ability
to create
a fairly decent
These doors have,
you know,
from the kitchen
to the bedding
and also a composting
This is our bedroom,
our little corner
to sleep.
In fact,
I turned this wall
into a small station
for Rice
because it's a small house.
We need to make
the most of
all our spaces
and the place
is just a big bed
because we enjoy
the comforts.
Another of Jack's
great designs
is having that
functional art aspect.
It's a three-dimensional
and then we have
like small shelves
that are the pieces
of wood that
stand out from it.
We ended up putting
a bathtub in this space.
It's a bathroom
that is a little
bigger than most
in a small house,
but we also have
a shower
and then we have
this bathtub
that we love.
We love having the bathrooms.
Yes,
the shower is
a little small.
You know,
you go in there
with a baby
and it's a challenge.
You go in there
to wash your hair
and it's also a challenge.
Well,
I don't wash my hair.
That's my answer.
Well,
yes,
a smaller shower,
not like the one
you know,
a luxurious style,
but with a bathtub
that is a little
bigger than most
It's like choosing
what is ideal
for the needs
of each one.
In the subtropics,
you don't really need
to heat a house,
except because here
in North Shore
there is a lot of humidity.
We have a fireplace
that we love,
you know,
to dry ourselves.
It's a really
beautiful component
and we also cook
in it.
Here in the subtropics,
I don't think
we need insulation.
I really don't think
we need air conditioning.
One of the components
of what we have been
doing for years
is to create
these ventilation grids.
These are just
normal ventilation grids
on the floor
that you have
in the coldest parts
of the world
to bring the heat
to your house.
We only have them
to bring the fresh air.
The freshest part
of your house
is the one
that is below it,
outside the sun
and closer to the ground.
Therefore,
this naturally
has a vacuum,
which means
that the air enters
because it is heating
and going up
and we have
all these
windows above.
Therefore,
you get that
natural pool
that does not necessarily
depend on too much
energy to work
and make it comfortable,
but rather
the environment.
To take advantage
of the height
of the small house,
we place this
kind of sofa-bed
It still has the opening
instead of a
solid floor type,
but it has another
component,
especially for children,
to read or to
crouch comfortably,
which is not so
common in this space.
So,
this is the
wave house.
This is a house
that we built
about 8 years ago
and it was the
first house
on this land.
My family lived
in it,
4 of us,
4 years,
240 feet.
So,
it has this
very cool
that I love.
We call it
the wave
because it has
that feeling
of wave.
So,
this is a
24-foot trailer,
8 feet wide,
a lot of
floating wood.
Well,
we have more
than this
type of floating
wood that is
intertwined
here in the hook.
Basically,
there is the
type of triangular
hook that is
attached to the
truck.
To take advantage
of the space
as best as
possible,
we thought
about putting
a little.
It is actually
an old
teak table
and in that
it creates
a small
platform here
for a
small
shower space.
So,
this space
is interesting.
Only with the
curves of the
roof,
you know,
as it goes down
here,
you can see
these guavas.
So,
another very invasive
tree that curves
and you can
look up
and see how
these trees
create this
curve of
this whole
house.
And basically,
that was the
inspiration for
this construction.
It was based
purely on nature,
it was difficult
to work with
it.
You know,
you apply a
straight roof to
a curved piece.
So,
we have these
bridge works,
so to speak,
where these
recovered copper
pieces give
space so that
you can have
a nice curved
shape for the
roof.
Trying to
find the
integrity is
always an
interesting component.
So,
when you make
triangles,
you get a
reinforcement.
There is a
reinforcement that
helps you
when you
drive on the
road.
It turns out
that this piece
was ideal to
create a
structural point
that would really
help with the
rigidity and
create that
stability,
which is a
key component.
With the
descending curve,
you lose height.
So,
we made this
ledge and that
creates space
for the head
and the
functionality of
this kitchen.
This kitchen is
quite small.
We have a
freezer turned
into a refrigerator.
So,
a way to save
energy is to
keep using a
freezer for the
refrigeration part,
but you put a
timer on it
so that it only
acts as a
refrigerator.
This style
basically has
the built-in
So,
instead of
having just
a freezer,
where it
would not be
so practical,
this is a
way to have it
as a preparation
station and
also a
freezer below.
We have a
tank down here,
100 gallons of
rainwater collection.
We have rainwater
a garden on
the roof,
a composting
inodor,
a solar panel
and hot
solar water.
This house was
designed to be
completely self-sufficient
and be completely
disconnected from
the network.
We have these
gas springs that
help lift.
This is just
my tranquility.
A nice wooden
pole here.
But,
in essence,
as you can see,
this sofa opens
like a taco.
It has a pleasant
feeling of
interior and
exterior.
I think one of
the most important
components of
living in a
small or
tiny space is
to have that
mixture between
the interior and
the exterior.
There are many
windows around
and the windows
with a wooden frame
have a different
energy than
PVC plastic.
I've been
collecting them
and I thought,
how do I
made of
PVC and
they combine
well to the
great.
So,
from these
windows that
open and
so on,
to glass windows
that,
you know,
were broken,
had a crack.
In addition,
there is this
live edge of
the glass where,
when they pour
the glass,
the resin,
as it heals,
has the
live edge
that you
don't see.
Normally,
it is captured,
but I thought
about turning it
into a prominent
element.
And,
of course,
I love
the greenish blue.
So,
dyeing the
wood a
darker color
as it
lightens,
like a
wave or
like the
ocean,
would inspire
you a lot.
It's like
if you
looked at
the rain
as it
falls and
all the
components of
the water
are in the
center of
the house.
So,
it has that
honor and
that energy
of the
water,
from the
shower to
the
sink,
going through
the capture,
the storage,
what I think
is that
imitation,
looking at
nature,
looking at
beauty,
and simply
feeling like
a home can be
a representation
and a reminder
of the blessings
that we receive
daily,
that we
somehow
forget.
We have a
bathroom with
some closets
on each side,
a kind of
pantry,
and a
snail ladder
that leads
to a
hand ladder.
This worked
quite well.
Our children
were 3 and
5 years old
when we
moved there.
They were
not old enough
to go up and
use these
stairs.
As you can see,
it is cozy,
but there is
enough space.
A king bed
and a double bed
Another practical
part of this
house is
that the
ceiling is
extendable.
If we roll it up,
the bamboo
rolls up and
you have a
vaulted ceiling
so you can
roll it up.
If there are only
two people
or one person
up there,
you only have
that bed.
But for a
family,
it can be
rolled up.
It is quite
easy.
It has a
resistant structure
and is ready
for a
family of
four.
We have
several small
houses here.
One is this
that we are
donating to
a family
from
La Hina.
The main
part of
sustainable
and the
creation of
these
regenerative
houses is
profitability.
You know,
cost is the
most important thing.
It has been
its final goal
and we are
trying to
achieve it
not only in
terms of
costs,
but also in
terms of how
it is good
for the
planet and
the occupants
of that
house.
Therefore,
it is a
balance to
try to
find a
way to
make it
more
sustainable,
effective and
efficient so
that we can
produce it
en masse
and take care
of the crisis
of the
house.
The driving
force of what
we are doing
is to use
what is
local and
sustainable
and a problem.
Invasive
trees are a
big problem
here in the
state of
Hawaii,
so redirecting
them is
key.
The main
invasive trees
species that
we are using
are these beautiful
albician trees
here.
In reality,
they are perceived
as weak because
they have a
very shallow
and a huge
therefore they
are subject to
the wind,
which is something
that we have
a lot here.
However,
once the
wood is
it has a
very fibrous
and beautiful
structure,
which makes it
really stronger
than the
Douglas First.
So we are for
two in this
albician house,
it is all
of a single
wall.
These are all
machined panels
that fit
into the post.
This house
is made of
90%
local sustainable
.
What we are
doing is
taking the
beautiful
creations
of Mama
Gaia,
her beautiful
these offerings
to a
home space
that is
conducive
to the
family.
We love
the functional
this is just
a nursery,
but it is a
table of
Sorfabetzia,
the family.
This is going
to be given
to his
father,
an incredible
, so we
create a
small
personalized
to incorporate
that functional
art that we
like to do so
We also have
a beautiful
copper shower
here.
This is a way
to get away
from the
tiles.
Copper is
not cheap,
but it is
quite reasonable
compared to
all the
levels and
layers of
tiles.
In addition,
the tiles
do not
This table
is actually
the rear end
of this nursery.
Well,
everything is one,
even if we have
changed the
angle and
its leg,
here is a
leg of the
wing.
This is the
piece of
floating wood.
I love
floating wood
and it is a
great way
to obtain
material.
Developing
solutions is
exciting,
it takes a
lot of work,
yes,
but it is exciting
because we can
find and feel
what really
resonates.
And being
humans,
being incarnated,
being at the
service of
these containers,
it seems that
that is why
we are here.
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