Curie dared to say that everyone wants to have their own dream house.
In Sweden, a couple takes 12 years, three generations, just to realize one dream.
In the northern suburbs of Sweden, at first glance, you will find a strange building.
From a distance it looks like a glass box, up close it looks like a vegetable greenhouse.
Friends in the north take a look, well, isn't this the thing that grows white radish in the winter in my hometown?
Not really, Mr. Anders' family of five lives here.
It also has a very tall-sounding name, Naturhus.
Over the years, Curie has seen too many so-called "concept rooms" that are not used in the middle of the eye, saying that the sky is falling and the blood pressure is soaring.
But I have to say that this natural house really amazed me.
In a huge glass greenhouse, Anders built a wooden house surrounded by vegetables and fruits plants, creating a "Mediterranean climate" in Northern Europe in a "room-in-room" manner.
In late autumn, when everything is withering, open the window and you can pick a bunch of fresh grapes.
In the ice and snow of Sweden, without heating, you can work out at home bare-chested.
When spring comes, flowers surround the vestibule, butterflies dance in the garden, and Anders will lead his wife to sit in the doorway and stay quietly for a day, looking like a fairy tale.
When everyone marveled at the fairy mansion, Anders said, "It was this natural house that saved my family." ”
The story begins 20 years ago.
Rosemary and Anders were neighbors, and her first impression of the boy was: "So handsome." ”
Even if it is an old husband and wife, Rosemary can talk about the past and the corners of her mouth can go to heaven: "He is a football team, with a good body and unstoppable charm." ”
Soon, the two met, fell in love, and got married.
Like all newlyweds, their first wish is to build their own nest before giving birth.
But how easy is it?
They saved for 7 years to make up enough for the "down payment". But surprisingly, instead of buying a big house, they bought a rotten piece of land in the suburbs.
Even more bizarrely, Anders wanted to build a house on this rotten land. But he never studied architecture.
He mapped out a blueprint and thought about using local materials, cutting down trees, and building a handmade wooden house.
Men's dreams are always innocent and straight: "Others can make it, I can make it." ”
But building a house wasn't lego, so Anders hired his dad.
It is said that the father and son soldiers, the old man is skilled, the younger son is young and strong, and he will do it when he says.
The whole wooden house does not use a single nail, but borrows from the traditional Chinese "mortise and mortise" technique, but they are relatively simple and rough, punching holes in the logs and then connecting them with dark mortise.
Working during the day and building a house at night, the two fathers and sons have been busy for more than a year, but they can't even see the appearance of a house.
In the eyes of others, this is a thankless and stupid thing, but Anders is stubborn.
"Sometimes, you need this stupidity and then you have to do it with persistence and courage."
However, man is not as good as heaven.
Rouss Marie gave birth to a baby, or a dragon and phoenix fetus.
This is good, the two couples are busy with children, where do you have the energy to build what love log cabin? A delay is a year and a half.
Raising a family, getting up early and being greedy, life is an unreasonable hooligan, slapping his dreams.
Dad Andre wanted to give up: "Before giving birth, there is a goal to chase, after giving birth to a child, everything is like lost in the stormy ocean." ”
But the reality is even more fatal.
Son Jonathan, diagnosed with autism.
In an instant, Anders understood that he had to build a home for his children.
In Sweden after the autumn, the storm is fierce, and the more difficult it is to start construction. It seems that heaven is also testing him.
Coincidentally, Anders did not know where to find an old book, which said that an old man named Bentworth had built a "house in a greenhouse" in the freezing cold of Stockholm.
The design of the house creates a "Mediterranean climate" in a cold region, extending the warm season and coinciding with the Swedish winter.
Anders looked at the heartbeat, and his wife encouraged him: "I have been to this kind of house when I was a child, why don't we build one?" ”
Everyone thought it was a dream, but the couple understood that the dream was made for Jonathan.
For an autistic child, a house with a view is a shelter for him to grow up.
For Anders, these 7 years were torture.
He always wanted his son to be as smart and lively as he was, to play football and take risks together, just like he and his father.
But Jonathan, who has autism, can't do it.
Whenever he experienced this kind of heartache, Anders went to the construction site to distract himself, and the two fathers and sons gradually drifted apart.
"Parents of children with autism will realize that some dreams are dreams that can never be realized." he said.
In 2006, the completion of the natural house gave the family a turnaround.
In order to give Jonathan more room to be alone, his bedroom was a large room converted from a TV room.
His parents were afraid that the outside world would disturb him, so they opened a solid wooden door. He can stay in his own world with peace of mind and not be disturbed.
In order to adjust the family's eating habits, the mother used the climate of the greenhouse to plant melons, fruits and vegetables around the house, all year round, that is, to pick and eat.
And this circle of green plants has formed a climate protection belt, warm in winter and cool in summer, and even the harvest of vegetables and fruits has doubled.
Anders said: "When others build houses, they drive nature out, and we invite nature in." ”
In order to better integrate the house and nature, Anders has a new move.
He built a complete sewage treatment system in the basement, and after the domestic sewage is purified, it can be directly used for irrigation of plants.
After 4 years of hard work, this natural house has its own sustainable agriculture, minimizing pollution and waste.
The change of a house is also the growth of a generation.
The children grew up in the natural house and each changed.
The dyed pink-haired daughter loves makeup and, under the influence of her parents, begins to look for organic alternatives.
Of course, the biggest change is jonathan.
He was sensitive, the house of nature gave him shelter, he was lonely, and the glass window opened the world.
Even the mustard between father and son disappeared in the sun.
All along, Anders has been full of expectations for his son, hoping that one day he will "heal" and become the son he wants.
After repeated disappointments, Anders finally broke out and became angry with his son.
But his son's words made him almost cry: Dad, I have worked very hard, do you still not feel my love?
Anders suddenly woke up: "In the face of an autistic child, I have always regarded him as a problem. A problem that can be solved. ”
It's not that he doesn't want to do it, he can't do it. He can only express love in his own way.
"Now, I just want to give him more respect and love, not expectations." Anders said.
A child with autism, it is his greatest blessing to meet parents who never give up and listen patiently to him.
This natural house, to outsiders, is dreamy and bright, but behind it, there are three generations of stories.
The inheritance of skills, the responsibility of the family, the mutual redemption of father and son.
This year marks the 15th year that the Anders family has lived in a natural house, and Jonathan is 19 years old.
When he read his greeting card for the first time at his birthday party, the old father Anders laughed and burst into tears.
All these years of hard work have paid off.
A family with a sick child is unfortunate, but it is fortunate to have parents who love him.
The construction of the natural house is not to amaze the world, but to let the loved ones have a way back without fear of wind and snow.
Perhaps, this is the meaning of home.
Image 丨Apple TV+ documentary "Home"
Responsible editor 丨ruhua
Edit 丨 Happy Little Fairy
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