The project I always come back to

I never really set out to spend years building Hogwarts. It started more simply: I loved the castle, I loved Minecraft, and I wanted to see if I could recreate a place that had felt so vivid to me on screen. What began as a fun build quickly turned into something much deeper. The more I worked on it, the more I found myself researching tiny architectural details and rebuilding sections I thought I’d finished after new reference material became available.

Over time, the project became part creative outlet, part technical challenge, and part long-running companion through different stages of my life.

I documented this journey on YouTube, where my channel has grown to over 40,000 subscribers and 8 million views. I have also produced a 34-episode tutorial series guiding viewers through the castle’s construction.

The Interior

The interiors are probably the most difficult and most rewarding part of the project. Unlike the exterior, there often isn’t much reference material to rely on, especially for how different parts of the castle are supposed to connect (clearly the movies were filmed in a non-Euclidean space). That means a lot of the work becomes about problem-solving: trying to stitch together rooms, corridors, and staircases in a way that feels believable and atmospheric, but also actually functions as a coherent space rather than a maze.

I use a custom resource pack with 50+ custom models and textures to bring the castle to life.