Ancient stone housebarn becomes couple's tranquil home-office
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ก.ค. 2020
- In the Cantabrian mountains of Northern Spain, the traditional barn houses- used by nomadic farmers who graze their livestock on only grasses- have been abandoned as larger mechanized operations took over the industry.
Laura Álvarez, who grew up enjoying the raw nature of this region, bought an abandoned stone house barn, a "cabaña pasiega", and rebuilt it paying homage to its past (passive solar orientation, few windows), but with a modern take.
To capture the areas’ rapidly changing weather and expansive views, Álvarez cut huge panoramic sliding glass doors into each side of the home to capture a view of the mountain and waterfalls, as well as the view of the valley below.
Dubbing the home Villa Slow, Laura and her partner Lewis Bailey (who created much of the home’s furniture from local wood) spent their two-month quarantine here and fell in love with the slower rhythms of life: chopping wood, cooking outdoors, hiking and watching the scenery. They are now trying to figure out a more permanent move to the home.
Laura Álvarez Architecture: lauraalvarez.eu/
Villa Slow: villaslow.com/
Lewis Bailey / @lewisbaileywoodworks
Photographs: davidmontero.es
More on the "cabaña pasiega" traditional housebarn typology: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caba%C3...
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This has to be one of the best locations of a house on this channel so far.
I agree. I love areas that are cool and humid.
Indeed!
@@scratchpad7954 And when the sunny day comes it's paradise.
Have you seen south side Chicago? Beautiful stunning area, and very safe
@@truthiseverything9511 Oh, yes! Also, having been born in the middle of the summer in a desert city (Salt Lake City, Utah) with a hereditary kidney disorder that makes me extremely prone to dehydrating easily, I can't easily care much for the heat. The fact that the heat in Salt Lake City, Utah is a dry heat makes it almost tolerable. However, if you take the heat of Salt Lake City in summer and combine it with the humidity of Dublin, Ireland or the United Kingdom's Lake District or anywhere near the Midlands around Yorkshire, you would begin to get an idea of what it is like to live in the North American deep south in summer.
This is one of THE BEST house designs & locations I've ever seen. So calming. So beautiful. So distinctly simple.
So good!
So remote
Some videos on this channel are too long, this one was too short.
I was thinking about putting something just like this up on a piece of property. Was great to see someone share my desire for simple.
Very intelligent design! 👍❤️😍
i think everyone who see's this, consciously or subconsciously take's away another piece for their own dream.. please.. never stop chasing it.
My dream is the only thing keeping me alive and sane
@@teflonkc713 I hope it comes to fruition for you and much more! wishing you all the best.
The opening drone shot of the falls, then drawing back to the house, is captivating. Excellent video work.
Good place to be during this pandemic
Spain is so blessed by its gorgeous landscapes and heavenly sceneries and this house perfectly accommodates it. Magnificent!
@Erit Lvx Desert has its own charm dude.
@Erit Lvx No, and it isn't ugly. Andalusia is gorgeous.
@Erit Lvx You obviously don't know Spain. It is the second most mountainous country in Europe, not just the north. In fact the highest peak is in Sierra Nevada, Andalusia (the south). It is also the country with the most biosphere reserves in the world declared by UNESCO. 37% of Spain's area are forests, there are 15 national parks and 195 natural parks (33 of them in Andalucia (the south)
Erit Lvx I'm from the NW of Spain and if you think that the rest of Spain is just "ugly desert" then you haven't really been there or explored all of Spain's stunning beauty.
@@KalpeshPatel78 Good point
My husband and I walked on the Camino de Santiago in September/October 2018 and absolutely loved the north of Spain, the great views and the open road. Absolutely loved it.
The transition from the noisy and uneasy waves to the tranquil house that happens right after 12:50 gave me goosebumps! Love your channel, thank you a thousand times for all the content you create!
Rustic, simple, modern and clean, and in perfect harmony with nature! All I want.
Richard Mollberg it is stunning.
@@politicalpartyagnostic268 I second that
Yo soy cubano y vivo acá hace 22 años y de verdad no me voy de Hesperia (España) ni loco. Estoy de acuerdo con usted, Cordial saludo
One of my favorites for sure. The house, the privacy and the land are all perfect to me.
So great!
@@RockTheParkOfficial 9.
Who needs television when I have channels like this on TH-cam?
This is mind blowing, so tranquil. The house breathes it’s environment. I can’t think of any other design that would complement it better. Epic.
What a phenomenal achievement! Kudos, what a sophisticated and well executed space! I really think this is so simple and beautiful, well done! 👏
Una maravilla!!!!💜💛❤️💚💙🧡
This is the most beautiful place you've recorded yet!
Such a great example of preserving what’s worth to be preserved. Well done & thank you for inspiring!
Just a historical fact: when romans arrived to north Spain, they were afraid of the cantabrian tribes that lived in the top of this mountains, really agressive and with no intention to be dominated, the roman empire had to fight them, and once captured, they were all crucified in this mountains, but what really scared the romans was the that at the night, the hunged cantabric men were even singing war songs from the crosses to show their opposition to surrender. Difficult to imagine such an hostile land now that looks more like a piece of heaven.
All truly good things are born from pain and suffering.
@@P8qzxnxfP85xZ2H3wDRV The earth is beautiful slice of heaven whether there are humans doing dumb shit on it or not.
@@P8qzxnxfP85xZ2H3wDRV eh, debatable
Thank you for teaching me.. My family was born in Germany. So MUCH sufferings our FAMILIES have gone THROUGH. I do not know who they were. I THANK YOU MY FAMILY THE GIFTS YOU HAVE GIVEN ME. I APPRECIATE YOU VERY MUCH. GOD BLESS EACH OF US.
Corocotta warriors
Gorgeous home. So simple yet so contemporary.
Hello Sandy how are you doing today
Hello Sand, how are you doing today
What a beautiful spot, I love the house not too big but very comfortable and with a great view, and the serenity :)
And Laura can definitely swing an axe😃
she can't :D
This is one of the best house designs & locations I've ever seen. So calming. So beautiful. So distinctly simple.
There are no words to describe the beauty of this place, I love this , I could definitely live there, for me, this is the very best place you have shown .
It's funny how to the lady who grew up there said things are deteriorating but to a first time viewer who leaves in the city we are like "wow it's beautifully amazing there."
You notice things more if you live in a location. The same would be said by a city dweller to a country person.
Maybe she did not mean the buildings
@@shebastinson7813 ya I believe so too. For people like us who are seeing this place for the first time, it's almost perfect. It's hard to understand how and why the place is deteriorating.
@@Pilot333 lol. Thanks for the history lesson 👍👍👍
I think she meant the lifestyle. The herds of cows and goats, are no longer as prevalent as they used to be and therefore the pasiegos are falling apart. Instead of a community of where several families lived and there were scattered pasiegos all around, now there's more ruins and fewer families living there full time.
That was my interpretation anyway.
Stunning location!
I'm in awe of how peaceful and beautiful this is. Now, I want to start my adult life all over again and move here.
Absolutely peaceful, stunning and profound, all at the same time. Beautiful piece on an incredible house and lifestyle. Thank you so much for posting.
Everything to be said for simplicity. Love the design, its respect for tradition and the tranquility of the location. Thank you for sharing.
So Gorgeous. Feels like a meditation just to look at the house and the surroundings.
Absolutely BREATHTAKING!!!
a perfect retreat!!!
Another piece of heaven on earth. You're living in a paradise.
Gorgeous location. Spain is a dream!
Hello Sara, how are you doing today
Absolutely wonderful location with wonderful views, so nice to live in such an area and have that sense of isolation and personal living space, yet be amongst simple and humble people. The house is beautiful and done in a simple manner, having just what one needs. I really love the aesthetics! Well done, and I hope that they are able to transition there on a permanent basis.
Love it, love it, love it!
Congratulations on a fantastic renovation and repurposing, what an awesome house!
I've seen a lot of documentaries about houses, but never such a beautiful symbiosis of landscape, architecture, people and the way it is filmed. An archaic place. Thank you.
This might be my favourite project so far!
So beautiful and just where I would enjoy living...
Such a beautiful place! I really love the rebuilding of old buildings like this housebarn, into something new and beautiful. Mixing the old and new together and giving the old building a new life is amazing. Unfortunately there aren't too many buildings like this in North America anymore, and when they are found, more often than not they are destroyed to build some ugly structure that really doesn't fit into the surroundings.
A particular thing I really like with this home is that they have kept the history of it by rebuilding it, but also by having the small touches of the past like the tree stump tables and small seat which are the furniture from the past.
They are very lucky to have found such a beautiful place to rebuild and have as a home.
Thanks Kirsten,
Peace, Happiness, Love and Laughter,
Keep Safe All,
-Matt
Hi Kirsten. I just want to say that i love your work so much! Every time i feel down i come to your channel and watch some videos. Its so calming and inspiring. Thank you so much for doing what your do and how you do it!!
Absolutely stunning in every way! Thanks for sharing! ❤️
Beautiful place to escape and rejuvenate
Sound is very important to me and sound pollution is ignored by everyone, for some reason! And light pollution too. I want to see the stars again. Really see them.
Do your part and live with no electricity or machines.
Absolutely stunning!!! I'd never ever leave!🌹
I am so jealous of not only the house, but the stunning landscape\location. Wonderful video, thank you, Kirsten.
como español me siento orgulloso de los preciosos paisajes que hay en españa
Beautiful. I am from Azores, and I find it very similar to our houses and our way of living, I'm starting to restore a old house myself and I found your video very inspiring.
Thank you very much.
Absolutely GORGEOUS home and one of my favorites!!
Just Beautiful. I love the bathrooms and the idea where it burrows natural light from the bed space and also the attic spaces from the bedroom.
Beautiful scenery. My 5th paternal great-grandfather moved from Cantabria to Caracas and married in 1811 to a native Venezuelan and had four children. He was against the Bolivarian Revolution and was captain of Fernando VII Volunteer Battalion. When Bolívar conquered Venezuela, they left Puerto Cabello in 1821 for San Juan, Puerto Rico, former colony of Spain and current US Commonwealth. Five generations later here I am.
do you retain any contacts/family back in Spain?
Ron Smith, I do have family all over Spain.
Latinos are always so proud of their Spanish heritage. Sadly, Spanish people don't care if your bisabuela came from Spain, you'll always be an outsider. My husband is Spanish and if you're not Spanish, you'll never be one of "them"
@@Jasahaful I'm second generation Latin , and my grandparents are Spanish on both sides, and I do not care for their culture at all. The way they talk sounds horrible (Spanish accent) and their views on life are very close minded. I guess what can you expect from the original conquistadors? No wonder Latin America is so fucked up..😆
@@Jasahaful that is so stupid, i am spanish, and from Cantabria, and i domt share this at all, we are very proud of oír history and spanish americans are like siblings to us, outsiders are english, french people sweddish may be, but Any ome that sharyes our latín heritage its like a cousin, so please shut Up xd
The setting is breathtaking and the house beautiful. 💖
This was incredible. thank you.
Gorgeous home, even more gorgeous location!
Amazing nature! So beautiful to live there! 🌿🌼❤️
How am I supposed to go on living on my run of the mill suburban flat after watching this!! Gosh.... This is what a dream place to live looks like to me. Perhaps I would've made the second bedroom into a studio but I get the beauty and harmony of its current layout. 10/10
THANK YOU KIRSTEN DUE TO SHARE YOUR GREAT EXPERINCES WITH US.... BLESS YOU
Todo un master class de functionalidad y sencillez. Bravo!
This is stunning! This would be my absolute dream house!! It has so much more charme and life to it than a 08/15 modern house.
I love how this area is it seems very peaceful and relaxing I would love to live in a area like this beautiful
Beautiful house. Thank you for showing it!
Magnificent house 😍 such an excellent use of natural light, and indoor and outdoor space. The foundation of the house was limited but they were able to bring it back to life in such a beautiful way.
Wow!! What a lovely home and an incredible place to live. Very inspiring as usual. Thank you, Kirsten and family. Love to you all.
Hello Valora how are you doing today I must say you have a beautiful profile picture
Hello Valora, how are you doing today
Probably my favorite location in all your videos. Incredible piece of earth, almost like it was made for a movie. Excellent video work as always
Absolutely stunning, Kirsten. Beautiful valley and surroundings, and a truly well thought out and constructed rebuild/update. Very nice, thoughtful hostesses. Thanks one more time!🙏
Hello Amanda, how are you doing
Thank you! This is truly beautiful. It is truly a gift to see something in its simplest form. I hope to build my cabin soon in the foot hills of the Olympic peninsula WA. This project will be a great source of inspiration. Thank you 🙏🙏🙏
"I call it villa slow because when I come to the house, I inmediatly calm down" (see the woman cutting wood with an axe furiously). Watched first minute and I already love the video :D
I didn’t quite catch what kind of “wind up” busy life in the city is she talking about, does such thing even exist in Spain?😄
Her technique is terrible lol
@@Ogilla give the City girl a break! At least she's doing it.
What an absolutely stunning place to live. I'd love having a home in this area of Spain. The house is perfectly designed; I love the simplicity yet it's incorporated such high end finishes. The ever evolving views become the most phenomenal artwork!!
Magnificent!
Hello Susan how are you doing today I must say you have a beautiful profile picture
Sin palabras, os felicito. Cantabria Maravillosa y la casa un sueño
One of the most remotely beautiful places in the world. Well-designed, neatly built home. Symmetrically elegant with those huge window-doors, and triangle doors leading to the bedrooms and bath. Many of us are just wishing to make a like in such a place of serenity. Excellent drone footage too!
Stunning! I love everything about this property
It’s amazingly beautiful. I want to live there rest of my life , such a beautiful location .
Precious, que paz y tranquilidad, que envidia. Just beautiful, I love it !! I will not change anything.
Wow, This is indeed the most beautiful minimalistic house I've seen in this channel, not mentioning its location. Beautiful.
I was about to say what so many have beaten me too saying... One of the best homes and locations your family has covered.
What a beautiful lady, thank you Laura for letting us all see your wonderful home! I will definitely visit this Cantabrian's in the coming years.
We are blessed to live on a somewhat similar mountain and climate here in Southern Australia.
What a beautiful house in an amazing place.
Perfect perfect perfect. Perfect location & home. One of best on whole channel.
This is as tasteful and elegant as can be. Love the scale, layout, finish, furnishing, etc. beautiful land and views and wonderful natural, uncomplicated congruent design. Thanks for showing how good these things can be done.
Think about this:
Hundreds of years ago, those that lived in the country side were the peasants, yet the rich lived in the cities and towns with other people. In 2020 people are in the cities yet dream of living in the country side. Nature is good for the mind, body and soul.
Rich people used to have country houses too. They'd go there for a few months/weeks every now and then precisely because of the good air and to cleanse their body and soul.
Rich people always had large country estates.
Your insight and dedication to perfectionism / along with such an incredible piece of property is very inspirational to me! Great job! This is exactly the type of living style I am currently pursuing on the big Island of Hawaii… Projected to take place sometime in August 2021/ or before.
Thanks for posting such a detailed and inspirational video!
Truly amazing in every way what more can any one say apart from totally amazing work ❤️🙏 God bless you xx
I really, really liked this design. Kept elements from the past, it doesn't feel too big or too small, it's cozy, aesthetically pleasing and built to fit the weather conditions of the area. Very, very nice
Wow! Northern Spain looks so interesting. I've been to Barcelona, Valencia, Seville and the Balearic islands but never north. I need to go.
What an absolutely beautiful house and location!
Another really great video, thank you guys soo much!
so beautiful and relaxing. room to breathe, the water and nature sounds are magical.
Wow...looks so peaceful...this is perfect for nature lovers..who don't like city living so much🙂
That would be me
I love this stone house so much, it looks so solid and welcoming. The location is so peaceful and serene.
Hello Raynola how are you doing today I must say you have a beautiful profile picture
Hello Raynola, how are you doing today
Such inspiration.. thank you!
Many thanks Kirsten.
Incredible house. Just one suggestion to the owners, if I may: it is not ideal to keep the guitar stored under the fireplace as the high heat may warp the neck; if not the high heat, the temperature drop when moving the guitar elsewhere (to play it on the sofa, for instance) may - any sort of sudden or relatively rapid temperature change can have averse effects on your instrument. Take care and enjoy!
So easy to forget, I'm in New Zealand and it is winter right now ... and so the heat pump has been on a lot, picked up my guitar this evening, haven't played for a fair while, and even after tuning it it didn't sound right.
Absolute perfection.
Such a nice house, nice to see that the Valles Pasiegos are getting some tasteful development. I was raised 30 min away from this place and it is really amazing.
Thats Gorgeous!!...and you’re so right its very tranquil...makes me wanna move there!
Great location. Excellent preservation of the stone and a simple but effective re-design. The only thing you could fault it for would be its small size but that could also be considered to be one of its strengths. 10/10.
Let's be real this house is insanely beautiful!
Este es el tipo de proyecto que valora su entorno fucionandose con el. Excelente!
Amazing! every word of wisdom you speak, touching on earth space and design, is spot on! just perfect!
This house is perfect.
wow excellent! I didn't know Spain looked like this, so like Northern England or Scotland
Stunningly beautiful! Peaceful!
Preciosa casa pasiega que mezcla a la perfección tradición y modernidad en sus formas. Todo ello en un paraje de ensueño.. Quién pudiera vivir ahí. Me encanta 😍
Spanish tradition combined to the Modern Nordic interior style. Works just fine.
This is most a most beautiful "open house" I was invited to tour! The simplicity , the connection with the nature took my breath away! The used if space and minimalist decor invites outdoor to indoor. Loved, loved, loved and one more time loved!
The owner(I believe) mentioned that she tried to keep the cost of building low. What was the cost of building the house, if I can ask?
Stunning so peaceful and beautiful.
Great architectural idea not only for a place like Cantabria but even the Midwest USA. This informs how I want to build my family's home on the prairie. The design is timeless, simple, humble, and appealing. Passive solar design is beneficial here too, with our fairly sunny winters.