Brothers build boreal utopia of open-roof cube cabins in nature
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- Опубліковано 2 лис 2019
- On a piece of land purchased by their grandfather in Charlevoix, Quebec, Jonathan and Simon Galarneau have built a dozen small homes with big views of the Boreal forest. Some are converted shipping containers, others are tiny cubes, but they all have large windows cut into one side so despite the long, freezing winters, one can experience the outdoors from inside a cabin.
The brothers designed and built the structures, with no design degree, but inspired by a father who always built things and who’d dreamt of opening a campground on retirement. After his early death from cancer, Jonathan and Simon began to build their version of a campground. Starting with a bank loan for a “private home”, the first structure was a two story loft with a full wall of window creating passive heat all winter.
Today, the brothers have built over a dozen structures for their Repère Boréal nature resort and expect to have about 20 shelters by year’s end.
www.repereboreal.com/
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I literally just got home from a 3 day weekend at this place with my girlfriend, unbelievable experience. Super clean, friendly staff, spa was amazing. Jonathan was great, helped me get my car unstuck from a little ditch I by accidentally backed my car into :P Thank you again Jonathan! Enjoy the wine, We will be back!
Nice comment, seems like a great place to visit if you can, glad you did and got to EXPERIENCE it, or better yet to live in these or similar and ENJOY ! STAY WELL !
Did you smash?
The kids look so happy in the nature. Such a beautiful childhood in such a beautiful pristine surroundings. Magic, just MAGIC! I'm getting emotional now remembering my childhood growing up in the city, albeit with a garden, you cannot compare to a magic forest with vast spaces of adjacent wilderness to explore and roam through freely! Absolutely amazing place to live! Thank you for the video, it was inspiring!
Jonathan's love for the land and enthusiasm for the structures are contagious. What a beautiful human being inside and out. His father is certainly smiling from above. 🦋
K2scuba
I thought the same thing as I watched, that his dad must be very pleased with what his sons, Jonathan and Simon are doing with the family land and how they enjoy the land, planning and building of the structures.
K2scuba indeed
@@goodliving2171 you said it exactly and I'll third what seems should be obvious and unanimous to all !
Thank you, Kirsten, your family, and Jonathan and Simon for sharing this lovely vision. Your work is so important Kirsten.
DAAAAAYYYYUM Kirsten girl! You have the best job, seeing all these lovely spots around the world, checking out the creativity out there to be revealed in gorgeous places ...
They managed to grow up but still retain the creative energy and childish delight of youth. Love what they're doing. That shot of the stars... That place looks like it's the threshold to heaven;) Thanks for another wonderful video.
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Jonathan and Simon have done a wonderful job keeping their father's dream of making a camping resort. All the cabins are beautiful but I love the main house cabin with the secret child's hideout the most.
Kirsten: your work is AMAZING. I have loved all of your video, and your interviewing style of almost disappearing and letting the places and people speak for themselves is superb. I always love seeing your family enjoying themselves so much too. If I could I would give you a million likes.
That guy was funny and seems like a cool dad 😎
Cool brothers! Neat concept to carry on and develop their father's legacy! What a great life!! 🙏🏼🇨🇦
This is soooooo perfect
4 inspired generations
Fantastic
Bravo for carrying on your fathers' dream. He's surely looking down with pride; what a beautiful place!
Only 17 comments so far and plenty of skepticism!!!
I am just smitten; two people abound with ideas, connected with nature, producing idea after idea thus enabling others to share their incredibly beautiful environment. Just stunning.
Totally agree... if I could go back 30 years I would love to be part of something like this.
Same here, I find their efforts and accomplishments commendable and stunning too ! Unpretentious natural elegance of style...I would think their predecessors, their family now, as well as many like myself are happy for what they have achieved while integrating so many components harmoniously. I'd be honored to breath in love, life, health and the beauty of this wonderful environment anytime ! Thanks for sharing, stay well and God bless !
I ❤ this family, and how very aware they are with their surroundings. This is a wonderful family business as well, cannot get much better than this!!!!!
Very aware, and an uncanny understanding of materials, interplay, harmonies and subtle contrasts !
I agree that this guy is phenomenal... and... leaving the kids with this kind of knowledge is the future of our planet and our young. BRAVO.
the children designing already is so amazing. Bless the little ones. And the adults as well.
@Kirsten Dirksen. I love your videos, the silence in the intro, the space in between the subjects and the owners/builders, your kids and Husband completely connected to your project.
I would love to see a little more info in these videos about building dimensions, sq footage, length and width of exteriors, so those of us on the journey of planning our own small or tiny space can get a better feel for how small is big enough to contain our lives.
Thank you for your work.
Thank you Marika. I appreciate the feedback.
"...how small is big enough to contain our lives." What a poetic way to express this. Beautiful, Marika.
@@kirstendirksen Thank you for taking the valuable time out your life to respond to my comment. Very thoughtful.
@@chezmoi42 thank you for saying that. This is how I have always seen houses. Have a lovely day.
Style without pretensions - serious results with a sense of humour - practicality whilst thinking outside the norm. Jonathon and his brother didn’t take the work of their father and rest on it; they picked up the ball and ran with it. Beautiful work inside beautiful nature. Bravo!
I want to say a B.I.G. THANK YOU to Kirsten for another brilliant production... I mean, it is extremely engrossing to watch any of your films. And I am equally grateful to the owners of this property to very kindly allow us a tour of the same...both of you, brothers are doing a great job carrying on the dreams, aspirations, and the legacy of your father...All the very best...❗🌿😊👍
I'm currently living in the province of Quebec and have been thinking a great deal about what sort of home I will want to eventually build and live in. This whole series is giving me ideas of what is possible in this province!
I love that the Kids get to see all these great places too
When I saw the child put his hands on the infinity deck glass, I was like, "aaaaaaaahhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!
Cause the glass looked so clean. I imagine they had painstakingly cleaned it for this showing. Sweet children though & I know all viewers appreciate these educational and "good family time" trips for them🤗 Thank you so much Mr. & Mrs. Dirksen for taking us all over the world to experience what we would not have otherwise! Love & Blessings
Type in 'tour of a tiny house in Quebec forest' for the tour of house you see at 3:06....i saw that video almost 2.5 years ago and it made such an impression that I just cannot forget it even after watching thousands of tiny house videos....name of the channel is 'mali mish'.
@@goodliving2171 Ditto !
i work to 1
This guy is a character. I like him!
And I love to see the different iterations and design changes as time goes on.
I’m sure his dad would be so proud of his sons. They completed their father’s dream.
Hey Kirsten.........I am an architecture student and I really wanna say that you are doing a great job and please don't stop doing this....... You videos mean a lot!
Heaven
Glad to give this one a thumbs up again! So neat!
love the kids toward the end. this is how we affect the future.
These are amazing! So much energy put in and almost a playful creativity! I am from Minnesota and spent much time as a child playing in the forest at our Grandparents and family cabin - my favorite place in the world.
That guy was funny. Especially when he said he likes sleeping in that bunk bed in the main house when he's there. Charming 😊
Or when he said "you can sleep here too if you have a fight with your girlfriend" 😆
Oisín O'Sullivan ..Ahajaj!
Very cool glamping compound made of well designed tiny houses connected to nature, and hot tubs. Very chic and clever.
Baby porcupine! 😍
I love it!!!! Thank you for making wonderful videos and sharing them. This helps those who watch you, create their own space and have variety of ideas to continue this tiny homes 🏡 movement!! I just Love this place!! I want my child to enjoy nature just like these kids do too! Amazing!
What a great place and lots of creative ideas! Thanks for sharing!
Love this! The wonderful grand tour and family history is so heart warming. The brother's innovation reminds me so much of my first husband and his brothers, always creating and building. Such a beautiful life!
I like these guys. Great project for a lifetime. Sad that their dad didn't get to experience it with them. Nice work boys.
You get rain on your head without getting wet that’s cool really love your place wish I could live there but I’m in Texas which is great but that your area that is so beautiful I would love to move there I have too many disabilities I will thank you for sharing your place and hope everything goes well you seem very happy your friend in Texas
Wow, this is absolutely stunning!!! I was in Charlevoix years ago and found it breathtaking.., the people are wonderful and it reminds you of how beautiful life can be.
What incredible education your children are getting traveling around the country and outside the US looking atWhat’s going on in the world just fantastic
What these guys are living...creating and achieving is spectacular. Wow...I take my hat off to them. That forest is a paradise !!!
I love Jonathon! He seems so happy, enthusiastic and fun. Definitely a kid at heart if he still sleeps in that little hideaway loft bed in the big house. Also, your daughter has a great concept for design all ready. Makes me curious to see what she will do/be when she grows up. I wonder how big of an impression your job has on all of your children!?! I mean, I wonder if it will determine if they get jobs that have something to do with housing or buildings or UA-cam or even something they're passionate about. Sorry for going off in this direction. I just wonder about totally random things. I love this video as all your other videos. Thank you!
I wonder why I wonder right along with you.
Nice work fellas! Viva la Canada 🇨🇦👍🏻
I would Love to See more of their private Houses. They looked amazing
You don't need a capital letter for the words - love, see or houses. Just write them normally.
@@polljones8921 You must be fun at parties.
@@polljones8921 that's their comment and thus their creative license even if ab"NORMAL" to you LOL ;)
My compliments on the videography! It was a delight to see the different perspectives presented by the different seasons and changing weather... a splendid idea and well executed with rugged yet beautiful architectural designs.
The editing is particularly good. Nice work *+Kirsten Dirksen* and team.
@@annakeye yes Kirstan and team, the way you challenge yourselves and others way of seeing and understanding is just phenomenal. Just when I think you raised the bar to your highest, you surprise us yet again with another wonder! Keep up the excellent work but most of all Thank You and Stay Well !!!
Love the glass to the sky! ❤️
Kirsten you truly are a visionary. You have taught me so much. Thank you.
Kirsten and her husband seem really awsome🤗
That’s a hidden gem! I tried to book in August, no luck! Maybe I will book and visit in the winter with my son.
Wow at that star view I would be able to sleep at ease every night and enjoy my time to think to myself 😊
Love the sauna! Fun place, good energy. So much natural beauty.
love the rain coming down! i imagine the snow
Oh wow I just got that visual as the glass becomes opaque with successive amounts of snow, ice, melting, freezing and values of light. A natural kaleidoscope! Niiiiiiiiice!
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I've been watching your videos for about 4 years. Love them.
But I had no idea you had over a Million subscribers! I guess A LOT of people see what I see!
It’s just cool. Please make some other docs about similar projects in CA and US. We should support them with our stays then. ;)
Superb coexistence with nature plus work you love. Amazing.
That's the real luxury and joy !
Great project with beautiful cabins surrounded by green forest! So serene! Congratulations to the owners!
6 hot tubs AND a sauna?! Heaven!
gonna need that sauna after running to the public toilet in -30 blizzard
@@sandrastratton6964 yikes! So true. Freeze, then bake.
Leisa Irwin...And don't forget the outdoor shower !
@@sandrastratton6964 That's what the outdoor shower is for ! ;)
Fabulous! If I ever get to Canada I'd stay there for SURE!
I like this guy's energy. Awesome video.
What a BEAUTIFUL place!! ❤️
凄い！絶景！美しい〜！
so so beautiful ＊＊＊
🇨🇦Canada …love it ❤︎
from japan🇯🇵🙏✨🍁🍂
A life near with nature.. It's really beautiful
Love all the little cabins.
That view, in the beginning of the video, is fabulous!
I love the idea of housing about the many ways of building housing for the family.
C’est une balade architecturale.
Thank you for sharing.
I can imagine it’s a wonderful experience spending a night in the cabin, out in nature, great job 👍
Fantastic and functional designs; good evolution of them.
Fantastic! What creative guys - love their designs.
Beautiful landscape!
Bob and Doug McKenzie build a house. Terrific!
An amazing idea! So great to see something so ambitious as an idea. Great execution in terms of capturingthe different perspectives.
And the great thing about cedar is that when it starts losing its beautiful smell all you have to do is get some sandpaper and sand it a little and it comes right back. That goes for cedar closets,trunks or entire houses!
Good point! I can tell this ain't your first rodeo ;)
These are so beautiful and well thought out. Even the office space is cool!
These guys are great designers! And they know how to have fun!
I liked the big ones the most . I wish each cabin had their own outside shower, hot tub and steam room that would make them awesome
I guess I'd settle for a toilet
Amazing work again, by both builder and filming crew.
Artfully filming art. Enjoyable and educational. A pleasure to watch.
As a roofer I would strongly suggest making the next cube type homes with atleast some kind of slope to the roof to allow for run off, I have seen too many issues with flat roofs. Great video
I was thinking the exact same. Especially with a glass roof. The weight will be distributed to the bottom corners of the slope if you're in a snowy area and rain will obviously run off. Cleaning Is going to be easier too just hoist the hose to the top part and watch the debris fall off
It does seem a feasible concern.
Yep
Thats What my ingeneer father told me😇😂 shaking his head the neighbours build with flat roof
I was thinking this, having lived in New Mexico where the roofs are flat causes major problems, one of them mold
Omg i thought the porcupine was fake until it moved! Lol Any one that grows up in the woods or country never says I hate the country I never want to go back- in the end or vacation you always want to come back!
This is my favorite one, thus far. My style for sure!
So awesome. J'adore tous!
I'm just living vicariously through your kids... they get to see all these cool places....
I was looking for something like this for a getaway after a hectic work stretch. This is perfect!
I want to visit this place... My kind of place... I love the ocean and forest❤️💕😍 the trees are beautiful
OMG, I want to go there! What incredible views - and amazing night sky!
All I can say is GORGEOUS ♡
Such an awesome place to live....I was expecting "big foot" to jump out any minute.
really you continue to grow with your videography and editing. i love the way you incorporate drone footage and audio! that place us just magical with its view of the St Lawrence river-amazing from the swing. i laughed at the cute play of the kids! bravo !
Having to leave to use the bathroom reminds me of the outhouse my dad always used when my family owned a log cabin in the Cascade mountains. It had been named "Kentucky" long before we owned the cabin. The rest of us (my mom and 2 siblings) were quite happy to use the indoor toilet instead. He just liked the novelty unless there was 8 or 10 feet of snow on the ground. Ah...good times in the trees in the mountains.
I know someone who would love the concept and could build his own version from scratch.
I love the glass wall.
I'd love to have projects like those!!! Beatifully done cabins!!
I would LOVE to visit here one day! On a clear night I would love to watch the sky.
Amazing guy! I love their work!
Love this!
Brilliant! ....beautiful cabins
Definitely going there the second I get a chance. Incroyable!
I love this post. It's too cool & innovative.👍👍👍👍👍👍
Soooo cool!
Stunning!🤗🦋🦋
well that was awesome. I now find myself re-evaluating my life. I live in Chicago but would gladly move here. this seems so peaceful and the views... omg gorgeous. great channel, great content, I subbed. ✌️
Amazingly beautiful place.
the fact that they made all of these intricate design, and they did not even finish architecture degree or something.... Sometimes education really sucks when you have the talent in you.... DANG IT.