Family's Self-Built Greenhouse Home in Farm Country with Indoor Orchard

The Naturhus Concept & Design

• 💡 This unique home is a modern-day Naturhus, a house built inside a large greenhouse, inspired by Swedish architect Bengt Warne's 1970s vision.
• 🏡 The structure comprises two interconnected greenhouses: one protecting the timber home and another dedicated to an extensive garden.
• 🧩 Its staggered design was chosen for cost-efficiency and allows for future expansion, with plans for a third section to house a swimming pool.

Self-Built Construction in Rural Sweden

• 🛠️ The entire project was undertaken by Roja (a chef) and Johan (a mechanic), who had no prior building experience.
• 🏗️ Johan single-handedly assembled the 400-square-meter glass structure using rented equipment like a crane and skylift, often waiting for calm, non-windy days.
• ✅ Building the home themselves, including the basement and walls, was time-consuming but allowed them to achieve their vision without the high labor costs of a regular house.

Thriving Indoor Climate & Orchard

• 🌡️ The greenhouse creates a stable, warm microclimate year-round, enabling the family to enjoy spring-like conditions even during harsh Scandinavian winters.
• 🍎 They cultivate a diverse indoor orchard, growing fruits like peaches, pomegranates, persimmons, and figs, and once harvested a 12-kilogram watermelon.
• 🌳 This protective environment offers a calm, lush space that feels like a Mediterranean villa, shielding them from the constant wind and snow outside.

Advanced Water Recycling System

• 💧 The home incorporates a complex water recycling system that processes all greywater and blackwater from the house.
• 🔬 Water is filtered through multiple layers of sand, coal, and volcanic rock in a dedicated garden bed, with plants further cleaning it.
• 🌱 This chemical-free system recycles water for irrigation and returns clean water to a pond, providing constant nutrition for the plants and creating a self-sustaining loop.

Sustainable Living & Quality of Life

• 💰 The greenhouse design makes the home 40% cheaper to heat compared to a conventional house, leveraging passive solar gain and protection from the elements.
• 🥕 It fosters self-sufficiency by providing a continuous supply of fruits and vegetables, eliminating the need for external watering or fertilizing in the garden beds.
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