Using seven recycled shipping containers, architect Bernard
Morin and wife Joyce Labelle built this modern residence in St. Adele, Quebec.
The home is the first of many to come for their new company, Maison Idekit,
which will help homeowners turn containers into architecturally unique, and
inexpensive, homes.
This home is 3,000 square feet with four-bedrooms and cost
about $175,000 to build. Rather than feature the exposed containers on
the exterior, the containers are exposed on the inside — you can even see
serial numbers, dents, and corrugated detail in several places throughout the
home. On the outside, the home has five inches of insulation that is
topped by brown wood siding.
This is a brilliant idea. It helps the environment too. Rather than dumping those containers where it will be harmful to the environment, putting it to productive use is not only good for the environment, but is cost effective too. If more homes like these could be built, we would be doing a lot to save the earth, the only place we call home.
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