Young couple builds cozy home with indoor garden for $30K (Denmark)

When David Westervik left the Norwegian coastal city of Bergen to study architecture in Aarhus, Denmark, he decided to live in a small sailboat to save money and sail across the North Atlantic.

David used his boat-living experience to self-build with his partner Alessia a modular home as cozy and compact as the boat. The home is also capable of growing food and staying warm during the cold winter months of Denmark's Jutland. David used plywood and scrap materials to CNC-cut the structure, which cost the couple around 200,000 DKK (Danish Krone), or around $30K.

While writing his thesis on self-built architecture that can be easily moved and scaled, David came up with a modular system that can combine a scalable living space with a greenhouse that, in cold Scandinavia, serves as both an organic garden for food production and an indoor sunroom.

His GroHuse modular concept is inspired in the experience building their home: a small home that can be moved if necessary and easily adapted to different life stages, produced with non-toxic materials and ready for the most demanding climates.

[marthareyes]

Smart Couple.
They seem to be made for one another.
Its so pleasant to see couples who are kind and considerate to each other.
When you dont put a fortune into a house, you are free to do so many other things.

[JeriReino]

You're promoting a very valuable culture Kirsten,
may the force be with you sister .

[MrPhotodoc]

Kirsten and company really get around. Thanks for showing everyone a better way to live all over the world.

[canyoudoitagain]

This is probably one of my favourite tiny houses. The clay just feels and looks fabulous and it looks spacious . Not to mention the greenhouse. Absolutely fab. Well done guys.

[nickthomas]

this couple are speaking my language! yeah! simple, smart doesnt need to cost 1 million or a half a million.

[mollyazalea]

i love that he called the makeshift desk "stupid" lol! sometimes silly simple things make the most sense. love the vid!

[fishinthepark]

Finally an example from denmark! love it, very spacious and cohesive space. The greenhouse + clay walls work really well together

[velvetindigonight]

Wow the use of clay and the water and urine solutions for watering the ‘inside/outside room’ and the inside outside room are next level thinking for those who cannot build a classic Earth Ship!
Great work. Shows you what is possible whatever your energy, time and budget? Thank you for sharing. Go well All

[elizabethcarrington]

It’s so cool that they can literally pack up and move their entire set up somewhere else. Once there, they can then do additional modifications because it’s designed to be tweaked without major demo. That’s so much more logical. It would be cool to see their finished home project in the future. I love this show. It leaves me feeling inspired by the younger generation.

[espnmk]

Such a Beautiful space and hope their new plot of land is just as wonderful. Thanks for Sharing

[DeliaLee]

Such a lovely home. The greenhouse makes it for me! I think this home and the one you did years ago - the house was inside a green house - are 2 of my favorites.
Thank you for providing us with continuously wonderful content.

[shaunraymond]

I like the greenhouse directly off the house idea

[oleole]

Lovely danish earthship: superb Kirsten and co! “It does it when you’re going to sit anyway”😅

[michalviktorin]

I designed all kinds of earthship like houses, small and big, I am a bit obsessed, so I love seeying someone do this.

[CR-dilg]

A lot of smart choices. Love how they also had made it easy to change and be flexible. Even easy to add an extra structure if they wanted more space later depending on the size of the lot of course.

[Dan-p]

Very cool, that green house is a game changer. Love that they thought about expanding as well.

[krkrtl]

Dream living space, thank you for sharing it with us 🙏

[thedawneffect]

wonderful place!!! i loved the simple, fairly open design. and i LOVED the clay wall treatments! yes! i think it's so smart to have the greenhouse attached.

[Galaxie]

They have a cat and watch Futurama so I approve 😂, kidding aside, I love the greenhouse idea ❤

[MrMootheMighty]

I'm a simple man. I see new Kirsten Dirksen mini-documentary, and I click. ^_^