All work

01 / 03

Real World Build

The Citadel · Patagonia · off-grid · two years

The Citadel

As a kid in Patagonia, I dreamed of a secret family citadel on the far side of this very river.

I learned Spanish and walked the river, talking with locals, until I found a piece of land in the perfect location. Then my wife and I spent two years building it from nothing.

The land was untouched, with no roads, no power, and no buildings, and the only way across is by boat, through rapids. We built a full off-grid home base for family and friends: a shed, four geodesic domes, several septic systems, a bathroom for each dome, a kitchen, offices, a TV room, and a sauna. Everything runs on solar and connects to the world through Starlink.

Access
Boat only, through rapids
Structures
4 geodesic domes, shed, kitchen, offices, TV room, sauna
Water & waste
Multiple septic systems, a bathroom for every dome
Power & comms
Solar, connected over Starlink

Related: I built TerraScale to size solar, water, and septic systems like these.