![]() ![]() One of their biggest challenges was insulating the containers and connecting them to another structure, as well as finding a way to drop them between two buildings and from a narrow alley way. The containers were modified off-site, including all cut-outs as well as the spray foam insulation underneath the containers, and then delivered and craned into place. From the design phase to securing approvals, the final build and eventually moving in. The 3 bedroom, 320 sqm home took a total of 9 years to actualize. Most of the intriguing home was designed, built and finished by Carl himself, including a large portion of the welding as well as a number of DIY features. It’s a hybrid structure with three used shipping containers forming one half of the house, and the other half built using conventional methods, but floating above the couple’s restaurant, using pillars as support. ![]() ![]() The ‘Black Star’ is Toronto’s first shipping container home, designed and built by Carl Cassell and Ana Silva. ![]()
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