Holyoke Cabin, Two Container Green Getaway

There's something so rustic, so American about this project.  Two brothers.  A long history living on the land of your youth.  Paul Stankey, co-founder of Hive Modular, with his wife, his brother, and his brother's wife, have set about an interesting journey to build a cabin on the family land in the hills north of Twin Cities.  They purchased two, twenty foot, used containers for $800 each and labored to transport them to the property.  After getting the containers in place, progress has continued, piece-by-piece.  In the end, the cabin home will have a kitchen, dining room, living room, wash and clothes area, and two queen beds. 

The home will be powered, at least in partial, by a small solar array.  Also, the downspout will be will be hooked up to a cistern to collect rainwater.  We'll keep watching as the final details fall into place.  Via Hive Blog + rolu | dsgn. 

Comments

[kerry]

Look at this house, it uses containers too!

[Tom Konrad]

Did they send you any more pictures of the inside? I'm trying to figure out what they did with the fireplace in the red container.

[Preston]

@Tom
Rolu had another post with more pictures, and as you can see from one of them, the chimney juts out of the red container.

[Paul Stankey]

The wood stove is simply set in the middle of the wall in red, we will insulate and when we do we will have to put some non-combustible behind, I think it will be steel to keep with the aesthetic.