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What should we build a house: a fragile girl became the author of a beautiful mansion from ordinary containers

The girl built her dream house herself.

The girl built her dream house herself.

«Do you want something to be done well, do it yourself», – it was this thought that guided a fragile girl from Quebec (Canada), who decided to build herself a house. Having calculated everything «behind» and «against», She took sea containers as the basis of her dwelling, did all the calculations, supervised the process of building the building and … got the house of her dreams.

Claudie Dubreuil is the girl who designed the house herself.



Claudie Dubreuil – The Girl Who Designed The House By Herself.

Claudie Dubreuil is a general contractor for a Quebec company. By the nature of her profession, she has to deal with serious and long-term projects. But when it came to building his own home, Claudie wanted to get creative.

House of 4 containers.

House of 4 containers.

Interior in a house made of containers.

Interior in a container house.

To carry out her plan, the girl took 4 sea containers as a basis for the house and placed them on top of each other, thus receiving 2 floors. On the outside, the resulting structure was sheathed with natural pine, and on the inside, the containers were covered with white paint. All wires were brought out and hidden under the casing. From this, the inner space is only a winner.

Modern mansion made of 4 containers.

Modern mansion made of 4 containers.

Modern mansion made of 4 containers.

Modern mansion made of 4 containers.

To get her dream home, the girl had to spend $ 350,000 on it..
The architects of the Danish office Arcgency have designed another house, the basis of which is three sea containers. The construction technology is so simple and effective that it takes very little time to build it..

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