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Innovation · Project Spain

Project Spain. A living lab on 3 hectares.

On our land in Spain, we build and test new ways of living and working. With our own hands, step by step.

3 ha

of land in Spain

4

themes to test

0

investors or loans

Why a living lab

Not a vision of the future. An investment in practice.

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In Spain we’re building a living lab where new creative ideas for living, food, energy and making aren’t just dreamed up, but tested.

With sustainable building, regenerative farming, local energy and circular applications, we explore what works. And what doesn’t.

No investors. No loans. No outside agenda.

Funded by Eco-dreamer. That way every product and every assignment contributes not only to change for our clients, but also to a bigger experiment for the future.

Step by step

The story of our casita.

A little house on the land and an awful lot of work. This is what building looks like in practice: with our own hands, step by step.

The beginning

How we found it.

A little white house among the trees, half hidden in the greenery. Lots of work. Even more potential.

De casita zoals we hem vonden
De casita aan het begin van de verbouwing

Getting to work

Sleeves rolled up.

Ladder against the wall, insulation cut to size and a new frame on top. We build together, with our own hands, and learn what works along the way.

Op de ladder aan het dak
Isoleren van de casita

The new roof

Panel by panel.

First membrane and battens, then sandwich panels for a well-insulated roof. That calls for a victory moment!

Dakpannen leggen op de casita

And now

From pergola to living space.

We’ve brought the pergola section into the house: it’s now a bedroom and living room. Step by step, a place to test what works is growing here.

De casita met nieuwe pergola
Binnenkant van de casita in opbouw

The land

What the soil already gives.

Olive trees in the red earth, figs, blackberries and pomegranates. And now and then a gecko on the wall. This is where tomorrow’s products literally start in the soil.

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Our village

Cervera del Maestre.

Our Spanish village. A hilltop village with towers, little stone streets and art in unexpected places. And that view, everywhere.

Torens van Cervera del Maestre
Cervera del Maestre van bovenaf
Het dorp op de heuvel
Straatje met ARTE-bord in het dorp

The future comes from building it. Step by step.

Denise & Pepijn

Pepijn en Denise tussen het groen

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Watch along as it grows.

Want to see how this place grows and what we discover here? Follow the dream on Instagram. And every product from our shop helps build the living lab.