Ancient church becomes unique home-studio for Basque artist
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ต.ค. 2020
- When Tas Careaga first saw his 16th-century church it was advertised for sale as a “land plot with build-in ruins”. Abandoned for decades - the town has 6 other churches for a population of 2000 - it was being sold by the local bishopric for very little, but the new owner was required to rebuild it.
Careaga and friends spent 3 months just clearing the structure of debris before starting work to turn the relic into a home.
With help from his architect friend Carlos Garmendia, Careaga preserved the open-feeling of the space by adding only one wall (for a bathroom on the 2nd floor). The cupola now houses a very high-ceilinged kitchen with art gallery walls.
Most of the church celebrates the 10-meter (30-foot) ceilings created 5 centuries ago. In about a quarter of the space, Careaga built a wooden frame to house two open-air floors for a 2nd-floor bedroom and 3rd-floor office. Instead of walls or banisters, the first floor relies on just three thin metal cables for the protection of occupants.
The home is deeply personal, filled with furniture from Careaga’s family, religious art from his grandmother, and idiosyncrasies like a slackline to cross the thirty-foot-drop between the office and a secret bedroom above the cupola. Careaga spent 3 years converting the church to his home with mostly his own labor and help from friends. He continues to add new touches, like converting the bell tower into a reading nook and bunk room for guests.
Carlos Garmendia (architect): www.garmendiacordero.com/
Tas Careaga's projects: tascareaga.com/
Tas' Instagram: / tascareaga
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Seeing the "before" footage really makes this jawdropping.
I like that this isnt just some rich guy showing off his architech's work,
it's a dude who's really proud of his own project that really came together great.
Uh hes rich
im from the basque country, and believe me, if you have a place like that in the basque country it means that you are rich. It's still very fascinating that with all that money he still choose a different way. Good for him.
@@swieseldorf I think they meant it's not some rich guy showing off the work of his architect, but a rich guy showing off HIS hard work and project.
If they did that with a mosque they will be beheaded!!!
@@renzoqu You don't need to be rich when buying a church, if its in ruin and you bought it from the church.
Anyone else have their heart in their mouth watching him climb around that building?
oh yeah...I was like ftf man :)
It’s a home for peeps who are n’ t boozers
Spain is beautiful. North to South, east to west.
Love the black roof he chose for this stunning structure - perfection! Equally impressive is the art & mechanical design in all of the "no-touch" elements - this took many hours of strategic thought & determination to get it right. Love all of the artwork! Muchas gracias!
This is one of my favorite “episodes” of this channel. I appreciate you making this a longer episode. Also the kitchen in the altar was inspired to the point of destiny
In Scotland there is so many churches teken by private landlords.... But they made bars or offices.
I really like this Basque country church so much. I hope they will inspire and do the same thing here
Awesome that Careaga saved a dilapidated church & with his architect rebuild into a house he envisioned. TQ Kirsten & family for showing this exquisite home.
11:46 the drone crashed. Did any1 notice lmao
😂
Can't stand before such a horror.
Hahaha oh my gosh I went back to see it crash now I’m 😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣☠️☠️
If they did tht with a. Mosque they will be beheaded!!!
ahahaha totally didnt notice
I couldn’t live/feel comfortable in this place but total respect to him. Love his passion and it’s great to regenerate old buildings.
Fantastic. Vids like this is exactly why I love this channel.
Yup! I've been following Kirsten for years! Almost a decade.
His respect for the old while doing something new as well as personal is unmistakable. Commendable 'no touching the wall' decision.
This is just unbelievable. I love how he respects the original stonework so much that he declined to use hooks for his artwork. Stunning home.
This is absolutely amazing! This is probably my favorite home you’ve ever toured. It’s really inspiring and triggers my imagination. I don’t think I’d ever take on a new project and leave that beautiful church behind. Very, very cool!
Man, I see places like this and it looks like a dream. The whole area and the building, the rebuild style, everything is so unachievable for almost everyone. Very lucky man.
Yup, thats why i sadly did stop watching these videos. For someone like me that never is going to be able to do something like this, or to live in a place like this one, its pointless and it only gives me pain. He said it was cheap to rebuild, but what "cheap" is for someone, its "really expensive and not affordable" to many many others like me lol.
@@reerjgiorge Guys you sound like you have such low expectations. I learned how to do stone masonry in a few months. You can make your own house with big thick stone walls. Then you can extend it a few years later when you have more money. It is possible....
Churches and chateaus all over europe are being sold for dirt cheap or free, and some counties will even fund the restoration of an old building if you have good plans and will do it in the original style. It can be done for cheap, but you’ll have to live maybe hours away from a city, in a country you don’t speak the language of, dealing with setbacks and delays because old buildings are unpredictable. It can be done with very little money, it’s just a very difficult thing to do, you won’t have a cool contemporary renovated building in the same amount of time it takes to build a pre-fab.
@@JohnPorsbjerg Exactly. I live in the city in Canada. If I wanted to restore an old church in rural Italy, I'd have to spend a lot of money just on living there for many months (if not years), without any income. That alone makes something like this impossible. He said just cleaning out the inside of the building took 3 months.
@@reerjgiorge Think he said the church was cheap to buy but the rebuild was expensive.
This just inspired me so much! As somebody who dreams of a little restoration of a family place in rural Croatia, your channel gives me so much joyyyy. I also love your editing and filming style 💃🏻❤️🤩
isto....nadam se da cemo uspjeti
Odličan kanal 👌
I loved Croatia
Niti ne pomišljajte na nešta takvo!!!
Imate masonske hramove,sinagoge,srpske hramove i đamije,možda vam oni odstupe!
have you heard of Murter island?
Wow what a place! Such a joy to watch this. Thanks!
i don't like tha kind of wall went i walk by and blush it... it like a sandpapaer...
I love how he stayed true to the origins of the church and yet made a wonderfully livable abode. And workplace.
Woww..just amazing transformation..the owner is truly blessed!👍😇
Thank you Kirsten for all these beautiful homes, you bring us new ideas and beauties.
Un estilo sumamente espanol, super contemporaneo y super antiguo a su vez.... bravo! Un proyecto maravilloso
I love how the dog is making us all know that it's his/her house as well.
Yes, the cutest cameo was the dog following him up the spiral staircase.
That was also one of my first thoughts. Absolutely beautiful and so much love and respect shows in the way the renovation was done. The States could use a little bit of advice from just this video alone.
What an absolutely excellent restoration
this is a man of great taste and daring soul.. i like it :)
@@fionaaron3854 💒 Well, his buying & renovating an ancient church ruin. Also creating that crazy "bridge" to guest room. Building that outdoor shower. Those are all pretty 💪courageous in my book.
🖼Beautiful gallery home. Although I wonder about his 🔌energy bill...💰!
☮Peace 💛Love 🌼Beauty
from Los Angeles
BY FAR - my FAVORITE !!!!!!!!!!!!! I LIVED IS A CHURCH like this in KEY WEST ! its a special thing.
This one is a stunning view into many lives well lived. Tas, you are now my new motivator.
This is amazing. Love the space plus all the prayers that have been said in there I'd feel blessed everyday.
It’s really difficult to make a place like this feel a comfortable house, but he succeeded in every way. What a beautiful house to live in. 💝
What a group of friends.. these people are geniuses
I LOVEEEEEEE at the end that he said "all the paintings and furniture has significance/meaning. Nothing is just bought" that is EXACTLY the philosophy I live by and how I furnish my home!!!! It's so unique to actually be unique in this day in age!!!!!!
All artists are a bit mad and this guy is a great artist
lol , Right you need to take a huge leap of faith when you take on this kind of a project. Not for the debil mind.
@@SuperSunsetBoulevard I hope he puts some safety cables along the brim of the roof.
We're not mad. You normies are behind the curve and need us to design and inform you about the world you occupy. You're welcome.
@@mematron No need for a superiority complex here. People should be proud to explore the madness of our psyche and often the people too afraid to be are the "mad" ones. I mean no ill-intent attached to the word, in-fact I would gladly receive it has a compliment.
@@damienscullytoo You're not a creative. We make what we do look easy while your kind spectates and suggests what you would do if you had the perspicacity to imagine beyond the boundaries that society sets. You don't speak for me so stay in your lane and follow the trend.
The placement of the kitchen is actually really fitting: it is where you sustain and nourish your body.
No thats where they cook the food, they eat at the table.
15:08 "You can confess here, in front of the wine" !!!! And he has the curtain as well! Priceless!
what a beautiful collection of art ... i salute the guy for what he's got and how he's done that
Don't mind me, I'm just going to "confess" in the wine cellar
haha i know thats hilarious i love he did that
No shit. Hilarious!
Lol!
why make jokes like that? Repent and Believe in Lord Jesus Christ!
Je peut vous rejoindre? May I join you?
Sigh. I love, love, love these videos but I can't watch them now without ending up sniffling. For years I'd finish watching those filmed in Europe and immediately email the link to my dear, dear friend Juan. He was Spanish and had a degree in architecture he never used (because after moving to the US he fell into a great career in interpreting) but he just hung on every second of these although normally he wasn't a TH-cam watcher. Sadly, Juan died last year at 60 of a heart attack and I miss him so much and every time I cannot forward him a Kirsten D link, it makes my day a little sad.
So sorry for your loss. If there’s a heaven, maybe he’s still watching these 🙂
So sorry for your loss. Your friend Juan was obviously a cool guy. I’m sure he appreciates you thinking of him ✨💛
Sorry to hear about the loss of your friend. Through watching these videos and remembering him in this way a part of him remains!
RIP
This channel just never ceases to amaze me! I don't know how you keep finding so many unique buildings to document, and I love how all of the owners have an appreciation for preservation.
This video is one of your best. This guy is obviously an artist. He has created a lovely space that honors the old church.
Beautiful! Being Basque myself, this would be my dream...except for the high wire across the top. He has no fear of heights. "Carlos, is this a very bad idea or just a bad idea?"😂
He wasn't so comfortable going across.
The choice looks like either having a space that he can't access to clean and maintain, or put something in very bulky (elevator or walkway), which would affect the spaciousness, or what he did, for likely very occasional access...except for TH-cam documentaries...
“This is my grandmother, she’s religious”
*also puts her in a toilet
🤣😂😂
@Think About it. Are you sure? If so, he's a respectful pagan seeing as how the centerpiece of his "kitchen cupola" is a portrait of Jesus Christ.
@Think About it. What I posited is no more (or less) assuming than your initial assertion, and I didn't assume any hostility towards paganism on your part, quite the opposite in fact. And btw, if your presumption regarding paganistic ideas of ironic or humorous placings for religiously themed items is correct, why isn't the toilet in the cupola? Just a rhetorical question actually, I couldn't care less at this point.
Sandra Westley this sounds like a lot of nutters debating a tea party, you all seem to talk a load of tosh , if you don’t like what he’s achieved go watch something else
Had the same thought 😂😂
"I have to respect that" He says jaja
7:14 i like how the empty frame above the sink in place of a mirror suggests that the person washing their hands is a piece of art
Spectacular! One of the most beautiful church restorations I have seen. I especially love how he kept the layers of history on the walls without messing with them. Though I do wonder if he had to use any kind of sealant on them.
This is spectacular. Would love to spend the weekend checking it out. Wow.
me too!
fantastic combination of vision, passion and hard work; awesome place to live in. Congrats!
Astonishing project. It not just architecture, this is art.
It's so nice to have someone love the old and really needed it to be as he found it. The heavy wood is a complement to the old and new...and just so beautiful. Thank you for sharing your sweet home with me
I love that he used a tie down strap as walkway. Those thing can handle 6800kg of weight as i used them to secure cargo and freight. It more than sufficient to hold his weight if you aint afraid of height. It fun and cool way to get some fun out of it.
This guy is crazy cool with skate ramp and so brave. We need more ppl like that who can see possiblity of something that look daunting. Life is nothing if you can't have a bit of fun with it
In basque Spain it’s like going back 2 hundred years . He did a really sympathetic on the church .
Well, everywhere in Spain you can find things like this 🤣 Spain is full of beautiful buildings and monuments!
I have never been such a deep shade of green in my life. This is my idea of the PERFECT home. Beeeaaauutiful!! Congratulations!
So stunning. Just wow! Well done, Tas. And thank you, Kirsten, for taking us along on the tour.
Aloha to the Dirksen's & Tas!! Tas, it's an amazing home! INCREDIBLE!! Love it!
"there's no way to fall out..."
me: I already found a way to fall out, I've got sweaty palms just watching it😬
I got super anxious~
My ex was Basque, and this is totally something he would do. 1000 generations of extreme collective individualism lol. There is more than a bit of crazy in that mitochondria and I say that as a mostly Irish person 👍
One of the most beautiful homes I've ever seen, and so lovely that he has kept everything as original and untouched as possible. Wonderful that he did so much of the work himself too. Love this!
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What a stunning and inspiring place! Thanks for sharing
main structure was still good because in the 16th-century people knew how to build things to last. very nice place.
Or maybe because of the 1 meter thick walls made of stone and mortar with only tiny windows hahaha
There are actually many thousands of original 1500's timber and thatch buildings still in use. Take care of these ancient buildings constructed of natural materials and they will last almost forever.
@@Muonium1 obviously the ones that were built to last LASTED. that was the point. and in Europe , it's even more imperative we preserve these sites given the current climate it is facing.
@@danielapemcova345 thankfully someone understood what I meant, cheers :)
They didn't know structural analysis so they made all the structure like 10 or even 100 times thicker. That's one of the reasons we can see now all this type of buildings.
Thank you again for amazing show. You always can find something interesting..
This house is so well done.
Love it.
LOVE it - so sweet - yet each part well considered - so much hard work - but absolutely fresh & joyful.. Thank you for sharing this place.
Breathtaking home! The history of this beautiful church has been given a new life with modern amenities. ✝️
I am in AWE of this incredible project! Amazing what can be done with creative vision and help from friends. I will watch this again after posting my comment to squeeze another dose of inspiration from your video. Love your channel, thank you for finding gems like this!
I love this. innovation is done when you intersect the old with the new. much respected the original building. this is the dream home/studio
An inspired and awe-inspiring restoration/conversion. Congratulations to architect and owner. And to you Kirsten for bringing it to us.
This is a beautiful home. Love the ancient and modern combined with family heirlooms and the needs of the owner. Hats off to you for doing so much work yourself. This is a masterpiece.
so beautiful! and creatively done to tread lightly on the original stonework
Beautiful work! It’s lovely to see these “generational” buildings live new lives.
Thank you so much for this visit.
This is beautiful and fabulous! You did a perfect restoration! I love all the stairs but I would make a bridge instead of the “high wire crossing!”
Amazing. Wonderful job!
This has to be one of my favorites! He has great passion, vision and energy.
What a joy to watch! Not only a great undertaking to turn an old church into a home, but the owner has so much fun doing and living in it! Kudos to him and continued joy!
Wow! I have seen a lot of very nice homes but yours is warm, inviting and beautiful. A job well done.
His respect for the old building is impressive! Love all the woodwork and wooden ceilings and the ambience and atmosphere of the place! Totally unique! Oh yes, also love his accent :-)
Wow! This is the most incredible home and project that I’ve seen on this channel (maybe even ever). It’s so incredible because you could never make something like this new. This home was born out of a collaboration with history.
You are marvellous! You will be blessed for saving that church because life itself is a worship...cooking friends and love!
this is my dream project
Absofckinlutely beautiful! I AM IN AWE!
This is my absolute favorite project that has ever been on here!! This is everything I love about custom home renovation!! He put everything exciting and fun that he loved WOWOWO!!!!
Another inspiring place. So happy you can find such unique homes to share with us!
Love your videos! Thank you!
thank you your beautiful and inspiring videos.. I have shared the 50 yeas of the grid video so many times , with so many of my friends. better than anything on Netflix. documentary/home building. LOVE IT!
I am speechless. What can I say! Congratulations for taking care of this historic building. The artist in you shows throughout the structure. Thank you for keeping it and showing respect. Enjoy it.
I was so so on the kitchen and bottom floor, but things got better and better the higher he went. Nice place, nice space.
I wonder how he heats the place in winter and autumm.
Probably just the wood burner, which works just fine in a wide open space like this.
If they do that with a mosque they will be beheaded!!!
@@livinghope1561,lmao, yeah whatever.
@@livinghope1561 why are you repeating yourself on all comments. And you're not accurate. When you purchase property,it's no longer the past. Plus whoever neglected it is accountable.
@@j.a.r.family2576 you cannot buy a mosque whatsoever and turn it into a museum!!! Got it??
What type of artist is he? His studio was more like a graphic design studio... it's a nice repurpose of the building, all tastefully done, masha'allah.
I’ve seen thousands of home videos. This home is a dream for me. Thank you for showing this.
Amazing transformation. Love the way he lives with that incredible art collection.
the stairs is my favourite part, its an art.
stunning! I have cycled past this church and wondered what was of it, amazing work!
This isn't just a home. It's an amazing inspiring home. WOW it's fabulous. It's impossible to pick the detail I like the most, but if pushed I think the wooden spiral staircase with the wooden rectangles as the handrail. Felt like some of the ancient castle staircases but re-imagined.
I watch architecture videos all the time. This is by far the most unique, spectacular place I have ever seen!
First comment? Don’t mind if I do haha. You’re video have inspired to think about living spaces. I don’t think I can ever live and grow in a normal dwelling now or ever again. Thank you
This is a BEAUTIFUL space! Oh my. I love it, it's so inspirational and wonderful that he has so many personal pieces throughout. Truly a work of art.
The only thing is that slack line. I don't think I could do that to get to that other loft. I'd rather go up a long ladder than the line but damn if it isn't cool though.
This is the best I've seen of making your home so spiritual and personal.
One of the best projects ever on this channel....thank you so much
I’ve been watching this channel for a while now and this is my favorite house you have ever showcased. 🙌
Truly gorgeous work. I have to wonder what the heating cost is though!
This is crazyyyyyyyyyyy ! But I love it !
Such incredible imagination
Heartwarming to see preserving old buildings and update to a modern home.
So beautiful! Just love it!!! Thank you for sharing! ❤
very cool but the slack line is not cool. a bridge across would be awesome.
I understand the landmark status ..but.the lack or windows ...it would've been great to have more windows ...there was a church once ..in my neighborhood ..with no windows ....I never wanted to go in there ...LOL!!!!
Yeah I was thinking a rope bridge would be ace.
Also feel like a window or two in the roof wouldn't hurt.
Having said that it's very cool space.
He must have run out of money, the slack line was the cheapest option?
Or he was thinking of the dog bothering him and his partner when they were in middle of (?) !
@@ivot1761 the guy is obviously handy, wouldn't take any money to repurpose some original wood and rig up a rope bridge.
If you wanted it dog proof an even easier option would be a climbing net going across.
Heating that place has to be damn expensive!
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reasonable comment I read! (the only reasonable comment I read)
In Spain?
@@GraceCanadaful It's the Basque Country, not the typical Spanish weather here
@@GraceCanadaful The north of Spain's weather is closer to UK's than the south's weather. If you think they're the same, it's like saying Miami's weather is the same as Chicago's.
One of the best. Actually have seen 3 jaw dropping ones on this channel in the last few months- all in Spain. This one was amazing.
Every one of Kirsten's videos is an exciting adventure for me. She is a talented cinematographer who has the ability to make me feel like I am there. She captures the sense and pride of place in all her locations. Thank you Kirsten.
I've always kind of wanted to live in a church, maybe a smaller one than this though! It must be a nice and cool in the summer but maybe hard to heat in winter because of the high ceilings? Then again, when I go into a church in winter it never feels that cold, strangely, maybe because of the stone and architecture? Anyway, what an incredible place!
There is a Facebook group called "I live in a church" if you would be interested in seeing what some folks have done making a church into a home.
Stone is indeed a great insulator and store of heat.
You can use ceiling fans in the winter to distribute the heat.