This 100% Off-Grid Cabin Was Built for Just $165K
Completed in six short months, ZeroCabin Krul is a self-sufficient beach getaway in southern Chile.
Completed in six short months, ZeroCabin Krul is a self-sufficient beach getaway in southern Chile.
When the Krul sisters stumbled upon ZeroCabin’s low-impact, off-grid homes on Instagram, they jumped at the opportunity to build a self-sufficient retreat on their slice of paradise in Calbuco, Chile.
"They wanted to unplug from the rest of the world and live well with just the elements provided by nature," explains ZeroCabin founder Felipe Lüer. The sisters also sought to capitalize on the flexibility of remote work. "They wanted to work while looking at the sea but be as free as a bird during the week," Lüer says.
Located in a forest in southern Chile’s Lake District, ZeroCabin Krul faces an inlet of the Pacific Ocean. The site is close to the Andes Mountains and the Patagonian fjords.
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"The cabin’s shape is in humble dialogue with the surrounding nature," says Lüer, who collaborated on the final design with Alejandro Otero. "It is like a tree that only uses what is available to live."
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Each ZeroCabin starts out as a kit of parts that is customized to client specifications and site conditions. Lüer’s team of Zerobuilders has thus far completed six cabins across Chile that are powered by renewable energy and sit lightly on the landscape.
The three-bedroom, two-bath home has a ground-floor kitchen and living area and a loft on the third floor.
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