The first thought that popped into my mind from such a title was oh no! it’ll look horrific, time wasted but was pleasantly surprised by this ingenious form of housing and the space felt all along. It looks more like modern housing than anything else.
I took the liberty and pleasure to entertain you for a whole 9.33 mn… let me know if it was worth it 🙂
Published on Jul 7, 2013
Kam Kasravi and Connie Dewitt wanted a modern cabin that wouldn’t disrupt the Redwoods on their property. First they considered prefabs, but quickly realized they wouldn’t fit up the narrow road to their land in the Santa Cruz mountains. So they convinced their friend, architect David Fenster, to design them a home made from shipping containers.
Built from recycled cargo containers hand-picked from the Port of Oakland, Six Oaks was built around the footprint of the land. The containers were building blocks that were cut and stacked to fit between Redwoods along a steep grade.
While the home was assembled in 6 hours, it took nearly a year to finish the interior since so much of it was custom. The unique materials meant some unique requirements: instead of carpenters, they used welders; a commercial roofer had to be hired, etc.
Acoording to Connie, it wasn’t “the cheapest way to build”, but It cost about $50 per square foot less than a more conventional custom home.
They didn’t aim to build an extreme home, but the couple feel confident their home will hold up well under extreme conditions- i.e. falling trees, forest fires. Connie jokes that if a tree does fall on the home, “it will get a little dent and we’ll call the auto body shop to fix the house”.
David Fenster, MODULUS architects http://www.modulus.com/modulus.html
*Thanks to Connie and NorCal Construction for the construction time lapse: http://www.norcalconstruction.com/
Original story: http://faircompanies.com/videos/view/…
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Wow, I am all for innovative ideas and this one looks to be an inspiration… Thank you for sharing 🙂 xxxx
Your comments usually come by the truckload, it’s like opening a pile of presents on my birthday with surprises all over the place 🙂
Thanks for this set, I’m glad you liked this video as much as I did and letting me know too!
Sorry about the Truck Load LOL but I happen to try catching up all at once with those I have neglected for a time… And try to leave my Drumbeats here and there 🙂 Glad they were like little presents.. Big Smiles 😀 xx
Always do enjoy them, no worries there!
In Holland students are very happy to live like that, they have their own room and itiis cheaper.
Yes, I have seen a video about that too, it’s fascinating how we can transform what might appear firsthand as ugly, into a very pleasant place to live in.
Thanks for sharing your point of view!
I found this absolutely fascinating… and then watched the others that came up… especially the glorious Woodsmans cottage…they are the stuff of dreams !!!
I’m going to check the Woodman’s cottage but I’ve surely seen it, it fascinates me too!
Thanks for giving feedback it makes it all worthwhile 🙂