It is called Claude Dubreil, is a Canadian interior designer and has created her dream home using abandoned shipping containers. The Quebec-born builder, founder of the Les Collections Dubreuil studio, specialises in building construction through the use of material sustainable.
Le Dubreuil Collections seals its work in the renovation and construction of new homes in the Montreal area. Based in Mirabel, the company offers a diverse range of materials that reflect their ecological values 
The dwelling
Claude made use of her technical skills, acquired after years of experience, to create a truly beautiful and unusual house from a very original material: abandoned containers that the designer had noticed at the port of her city.
Cosy, modern, spacious, and made entirely of recyclable materials.
To construct the two-storey building, he superimposed the two aluminium structures and then secured them with pine beams. Thus, in only six weeks Claudie was able to complete the construction of the exterior of her house by covering the outside of the house.
The house, measuring 2.4 metres by 12, cost a total of 335,000 euro. After removing all rust, Claude moved on to the interior of his new home, creating panoramic windows, a spiral staircase and a bathtub in the centre of the bedroom. For the colour of the interior, the choice was to leave the original colour of the containers intact, to honour the choice of the building's constituent material. By managing to optimise all the spaces as much as possible, the Canadian designer also managed to create a small service bathroom for guests.
An idea that is perhaps not too economical but certainly environmentally friendly, respecting the environment and the logic of recycling. An avant-garde building model in the sector as well as an example of originality and dedication to the reuse of materials that would surely have been lost.
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