Shipping Container house

Constructed using 21shipping containers, Carroll House by New York-based studio LOT-EX is a single-family house located in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg. Carroll House was designed for a couple in the restaurant business with two young children. They wanted a unique home to fill a plot they found at the end of a street in Williamsburg, so they asked shipping container specialists LOT-EK to take on the challenge.

The diagonal cut modifies the conventional ground-floor rear yard and allocates outdoor space at each level. At the same time, the container walls along the diagonal cut shield the outdoor space from passers-by. Large sliding glass walls create continuity between indoor space and outdoor private enclosed decks.

At ground level, the diagonal cut provides entry to the cellar and garage. Kitchen, dining and living room occupy the first floor above ground, while the area right above the garage ramp forms a media room with inbuilt seating and projector.

The kids’ level is right above, with the intimate space of single containers providing privacy to the bedrooms and a large open area dedicated to playing. At the top, the master bedroom is split into an open space with a bed and a large bathtub and a large dressing area with powder rooms. What I love about this project is that it works with its urban context and at first glance does not look like a stack of shipping containers!