Ottawa, Canada – Joseph Dupuis
Floor Area: 355 sq. ft.
Photography: Japhet Alvarez
It may look like it’s simply a storage unit from the outside, but these three shipping containers enclose an impressive interior that might just suit your taste!
Due to his desire to escape the city for a more peaceful and simpler environment, 29-year old engineer and renewable energy researcher Joseph Dupuis decided to purchase shipping containers and turn them into a cabin in the woods. He built it on land his family already owned about 35 miles away from the city.
The container home runs purely on solar panels installed on its rooftop, which also serves as the power source of a neighbouring workshop. Its water source, on the other hand, comes from their neighbour. But where is the toilet, you say? An outhouse is available at the back of the cabin. :)
To keep the home warm during the winter season, he installed a wood-fired stove and heated floors.
All in all, the project reportedly cost him $20,000, where $3,400 CAD ($2,600 USD) is attributed to the three shipping containers.
Though Dupuis does not use this container home as his primary residence anymore, he still considers the house a work in progress. His next idea is to add a fourth shipping container on top for a second floor, which would have a glass ceiling for star-gazing.
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