How This Minimalist Off-Grid Home Uses Steel, Concrete and Glass

[@SimpleDwelling]

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[@guydw1251]

Beautiful, and as the architect said, "it's so easy to overcomplicate things". LOVE the pool, brings back childhood farm memories.

[@keithronson2624]

Absolutely amazing! Reductive and minimalist in the true sense. Everything that is necessary and no more.. The materials, the attention to detail and the 'future proofing' of this home ...and it is a home.... a perfect home with everything thought through. Some of the design features like the floor to ceiling doors are breath-taking! Absolutely love it! Thank you so much for sharing this blue print of a home for future living.

[@AgentAO7]

This is every Introvert’s dream home.. 😜

[@danielwanjiku-of6ir]

You can literally say that again❤

[@0900McShizzle]

Ohh I remember him! He has a container house that was featured in this channel, it’s awesome to see that he finally finished the main house and settled in

[@nickcarter5569]

I just have to say I love the way you traverse all the spaces, it’s unpretentious and almost satirical. 😌🙏🏘

[@M4RT1N254]

The minimalistic at his best. Great design and concept.

[@optionalnickname]

just this vibe ♡

[@UmarRosyad]

Saw this house on The Local Project, watching it again because I really miss this kind of house :)

[@christophermoody1448]

Nice! This home proves that with simple building materials, it can be both beautiful and utilitarian at the same time.

[@thebonniewong]

Stunning paired down palette. I love the causal raw feel of the plywood ceiling and kitchen!

[@artel6225]

Beautifully simple…. My kinda home❤😊

[@jayjones7776]

This house as before at this point iconic and I keep coming back to it for my own building construction projects because I inherently understand its design so easily comprehended where as other spaces are full of unnecessary spaces etc.

[@rebeccaw9656]

Beautiful. I love the honest materials. The views certainly help😂. Your little appearances add a sense of fun, showing the joy of certain design features. My boy family would enjoy living here😊, as would I, reading a book with those views as a backdrop.

[@gilvraywilliams7231]

Love this one,simple yet Beautiful,Great video,original video good too

[@PeteLeuenberger]

Wish the video had more details: how does the concrete help with temperature storage? How is the cistern filled? What is used for heating and cooling? For septic?

[@beyondmoneybusiness]

What a great home looks so easy to live in.

[@themrgumbatron]

Stunning home

[@daverecto4294]

Absolutely amazing and so stunning . Ive seen this first time in local project youtube account about a year ago

[@anandparan3011]

Wow.. awesome

[@imxvx]

No words can describe this masterpiece ✨

[@jesuslovesyou5330]

Steel and brick... outstanding

[@michelfortier9563]

Really well-done. Took some engineering to have the roof spanning out without support columns. Minimalistic but beautiful. Something to be quite proud of.

[@lifeofnicolebus]

incredible so beautiful 😍

[@ericarey64]

wow is an understatement.

[@Godflakes]

i absolutely love this home, exactly as it is ❤

[@dougm659]

Fantastic house, the robust structure makes sense, things should be built to last and rarely are these days. Our house is 400+ years old and will be here a long time to come…most new houses today will probably start falling apart within 30 years!

[@Ab-ss6px]

Wow! Very inspiring ❤

[@5675kkd]

Fantastic

[@___optimus]

you living the dream 🙌

[@blackvulture7999]

Simply wow.

[@Yael97149]

I like it a lot!!!

[@fungt89]

lovely, seems like a humble guy. its easy to be critical that it isnt some kind of eco hut made of rammed earth and the best european triple glazing that money can buy but from the looks of it alot of the material and design decisions landed on concrete block, steel beams and glass because its is a remote location, workers are not necessarily skilled enough to do anything more than the slab and laying blocks which is why alot of the cabinetry and glazing appears to be prefab and brought to site. also its cheaper that way and its fine.

[@slickmcCool]

Well yeah, especially if you are going to strawman modern high performance houses. A high performance wood house that will last longer, have a much smaller carbon footprint, and will be as energy efficient can be easily prefabbed and assembled by unskilled labor.

[@fungt89]

@@slickmcCool lmao. The same straw man eco hut arguments that ignore that it's a liveable temperature all year in that part of Victoria. He's off grid and won't be running ac. On a hill with good wind and large operable openings for cross ventilation. I'd go as far as to doubt that they are even allowed to build with the soft timbers used in timber homes cos the lawn looks like a fire break and he has a plunge pool so a slab and block is also an easier way for meeting fire regs.

[@slickmcCool]

@@fungt89 nope. One can build from wood there. And with being off grid, there is no way for them to mitigate the tons of embodied carbon. In this scenario a wooden house would be superior in all aspects of comfort and minimizing environmental impact.

[@slickmcCool]

@@fungt89 as for eco hut, I live in a wildfire interface, in a seismic zone and I bet my 360 m² passive house is much less of a hut than your mom's basement

[@blisterj]

Beautifully

[@ChristosParliaros]

I am wondering which refrigerator this house has

[@ferminmorales6564]

Been watching videos here for a while and I've noticed that all the owners/designers featured spoke in a mild manner and their words simple yet precise...very much like the houses featured. Was that coincidental, scripted/directed, or it actually means the house aesthetics align with their personalities?

[@sallyfolds230]

cos they all off the spectrum !

[@tiogoala7654]

really cool!

[@OrendaDesignStudio]

This is beautiful 😍😍😍😍.

[@Bikepacking]

Anyone know the width and length of this home

[@focusinterior.architecture]

nice design

[@Shae_3]

This is sooooo beautiful. Where can I have this in the US?

[@RusVisionProductionRE]

Nice! What material did you use for windows frames?

[@Joshuaversa]

What is the size of the house, m2? Thanks

[@kokonati75]

Amazing 😍

[@focusinterior.architecture]

HOME SWEET HOME

[@slangyrussianwords5972]

Nice content

[@antypanag1]

WOW !

[@benabercrombie8664]

Does anyone know the make of the awesome sofa in the living room?

[@SimpleDwelling]

Robbie designed and built it himself.

[@Stray_side]

For someone wanting to build how can one learn about material costs and all that goes into making a home such as this.

[@SimpleDwelling]

Honestly, your best bet is to have a chat to a couple of builders, or ring up places that have steel, glaziers, etc and ask for their current rate. Of course the second option ignores things like delivery, installation, etc, but least you have a rough idea that your windows will cost $XX/m2.

[@robtryall9036]

what was the cost to build this ?

[@MattiaVladMorleoOfficial]

🖤💫

[@sumatevetmed1522]

Bedroom looks like prison. But the other parts looks fantastic.

[@daboundy]

I understand where he's going with all that, but I will always recoil from exposed concrete block. At the very least I would paint it and preferably a light render even if to just above head height. And def in that hallway. I've had clothing ruined after a light abrasion with concrete block and I won't ever go near it again.

[@darthbike189]

very nice abode. i would fill it with many houseplants.

[@parmeetkalra6378]

Man, in india we cannot dream of this type of house. I would love to own one in the hills but I don't think in this life time

[@qmm8461]

😊😊😊

[@nojusticenopeace8717]

1 Bathroom in that whole real state house!?? I think in the end it got something missing, 1 bathroom it’s very poor!

[@Joakimcomicscenter]

Massive Minimalism!

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[@dalcin93]

poor integration with the enviroment; nice but it feels like an object in the wrong place

[@vaniaandrade9671]

No, it only needs more landscape done in the backyard and in the access of the house... But I think it's on purpose because of the fires...this house in this landscape was beautifully done!

[@tacom0nsta658]

one bathroom servicing 4 rooms is a disaster lol better plant trees around the house for those who can't hold it.

[@UntaintedIndigoChild]

It's too open because, they have used a lot of glass walls in the front.

[@sallyfolds230]

Bedrooms look like jail cells

[@kristopheranderson3604]

I love the rest of it, but you're right.

[@ferminmorales6564]

Also ...comparing with those videos featuring staged, billionaire mansions in pricey city streets, most of them come off like furniture showrooms than lived-in homes...

[@CM-sj9pb]

It's a container house.

[@theerasaklakhonkhwa829]

Like

[@markhathaway9456]

It's cold, prison-like and needs the human imagination with color and art and soft things. Aside from that I really like the simplicity and structure. Architecture may be about the building, but living is about the people.

[@samtatenumber1]

But that's what he's going for. Stark minimalism as opposed to coziness. It's definitely a conscious design choice. I don't like it either, but I feel like the setting is also quite cold, so maybe that's it

[@heatheradamsphotography3962]

In my older age I dream of this type of home - a concrete floor, a big window … a wood ceiling and maybe a leather couch and one piece of art - maybe. ZERO clutter - zero maintenance.

[@randygeyer7673]

Simple dwelling?

[@SimpleDwelling]

Yes?

[@onemanmob6756]

Looks like an airport terminal

[@Meowie444]

U made me lol I love house not so much decorating 🙃 but a nice airplane parked outside woukd complete

[@bingdong8571]

Omg! I think if you purposely built the ugliest thing you could think of, modern day architects and designers would say it is a masterpiece! What are these people being taught today! It literally laughable!

[@rashmisurti4895]

Glass walls are not safe as robbers can break esaly n animals can even break the walls n enter the house

[@slickmcCool]

You really like pushing the most harmful houses to the environment. Concrete, steel and glass. The absolute worst 3 materials to build houses out of.

[@SimpleDwelling]

I don't agree with the statement that I'm "pushing the most harmful houses to the environment". When used right and smart, concrete and steel are great materials to use, providing there are some offsets such as good orientation, panels, etc. And as Robbie stated, this home will be around for many years to come, which is sustainable in its own right. Then at the end of the building's life, these materials will no doubt be recycled.

[@slickmcCool]

@@SimpleDwellingmy thoughts are that for every ton of concrete a ton of CO² is given off, steel is even worse. Most locations require steel reinforcement in the concrete, which dramatically shortens the lifespan of the concrete. Glass, no matter how high performance, is a terrible insulator and even the bes windows compare poorly to a wall. This house has glass everywhere. With modern tech, wood houses will outlast concrete by a massiveargin and wood sequesters carbon. So all things being equal, no matter how well oriented and the thermal mass, a wood house has a much smaller environmental impact, especially if you add in the compaction caused by all the extra weight of concrete. A well built wood house has the same energy consumption as a concrete house and is even more recyclable. Concrete is an environmental disaster.

[@markhathaway9456]

@@slickmcCool I'd love to see the kind of house you approve. I also feel his home is design, but not the right materials and not soft for the human touch. Can you point me to one you really like?

[@slickmcCool]

@@markhathaway9456 passivhaus

[@Shae_3]

@@slickmcCool I’m afraid if wooded homes due to wood rotting and becoming moldy.

[@jmk1962]

The only thing I like about this building is the view. I'm sorry but this "home" looks like a car showroom. It is institutional with hard surfaces all round and nothing homely about the place at all. I have seen cosier hospitals than this place. What I find the most disturbing is the large sign that states "Your son has ADD". As a parent to two ASD children I find this so offensive and quite disturbing that firstly, he needs huge reminder of the fact, and secondly that he defines his son by his condition. This is psychologically damaging to his son. He is more that his diagnosis and for his father to pay someone to make a huge sign to make fun of him is just appalling especially now as the whole of KZbin can see it.

[@SimpleDwelling]

He made the art for himself as teachers told his parents that “your son has ADD”. It isn’t in reference to his children, rather his own childhood.

[@jmk1962]

@@SimpleDwelling - Well how were we supposed to know that as he obviously has children. Still think it's a weird thing to hang on your wall.

[@l.s.11]

JMK, you serve as a great example of why you shouldn't judge someone or give them flack for stuff and topics that YOU yourself are sensitive to, because you never know what their intentions or thoughts behind it were. Feel free to find it tacky or distasteful, but don't give people lessons on it.

[@starwarsbookclub8535]

How much did it cost