Crowdfunder

Anyone worldwide can build their own eco-dwelling

Open-Source DIY guides for home-builders

Affordable housing crisis?

Our dream is to enable anyone to build their own small-scale eco-dwelling by providing complete detailed planning and building instructions and video guides for yurts and modular tiny houses. This will kick off a growing database of design and building manuals. Free of charge under a Creative Commons license.

In 2026, we are kicking off a crowdfunder to realise this dream.

The concept is simple: None of us can afford to get this snowball rolling on our own. But if 150 people chip in €200,- we can provide a complete offering for all future eco-builders looking to take construction into their own hands.

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Tinier Dream

Detailed written plans and guides. Free to use. For anyone. Forever.

Funds needed: €5.000,-

What we want to achieve:

Basic webhosting & webdesign.
Written plans and guides for creating and setting up yurts with a 5, 6 or 7m diameter.
Written plans and guides for yurt platforms with a 5, 6 or 7m diameter.
Written plans and guides for building and placing an ecological & scalable modular tiny house.
Calculations and guides for making personalised adjustments to all aforementioned plans.
All available for free, in both English and Dutch, under a creative commons license.

What we need to fund:

A lifetime of webhosting.
Basic web design.
Design work and calculations (structural, insulation etc.)
Writing of plans and guides.
Basic graphic design for the written work.

Tiny Dream

Our Tinier Dream, and more: complete visual guide for yurt creation.

Funds needed: €15.000,-

What we want to achieve:

Everything mentioned under our Tinier Dream.
Video guides for creating and setting up yurts.
Video guides for creating and placing yurt platforms.
All available for free, in both English and Dutch, under a creative commons license.

What we need to fund:

Basic recording equipment.
Basic video editing.
Building materials for a yurt and platform.
Several months of building and recording the process.

Dream

Our Tiny Dream, and more: visual guide for modular tiny house construction.

Funds needed: €30.000,-

What we want to achieve:

Everything mentioned under our Tiny Dream.
Video guides for how to create a single 10m2 module for a modular tiny house.
All available for free, in both English and Dutch, under a creative commons license.

What we need to fund:

Basic video editing.
Building materials for a single tiny house module.
Several months of building and recording the process.

Dream Big

If we're going to dream, we might as well dream a bit bigger.

Funds needed: €60.000,-

What we'd love to achieve:

Everything mentioned under our Dream.
Video guides for how to create a multi-module 30m2 tiny house.
Video guides for how to place and install a modular tiny house.
Yes, still all available for free, in both English and Dutch, under a creative commons license.

What we need to fund:

Basic video editing.
Building materials for a 30m2 modular tiny house.
Equipment for transportation and placement of the modules.
Several months of building and recording the process.

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Gratitude and stretching even further

To show our gratitude to those chipping in, we will be offering 1-on-1 advice and guidance to self-builders who contribute to our crowdfunder, on-site workshops or requested translations to other languages. We are also able to help you navigate building code and legislation.

Any excess or leftover funds will be invested in aforementioned translations, working out localised guides for building codes and regulations or donated to the development of eco-communities.

Questions? Can't wait to jump in? Feel free to contact us!

Email: EncomiumEU@proton.me

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