I welcome you guys to this topic on how we built the wonderful coffee shop. i was in my office corner working on a design when i received a call from this wonderful client, he had seen MY CONTAINER HOUSING DESIGN and asked if i could use a shipping container to build a coffee shop for his fiancee.

i had built houses with cement blocks and MY CONTAINER HOUSING DESIGN had only been on paper, so this was a challenge for me to make it plausible and at the same time aesthetically pleasing.

PROJECT: The Coffee Shop
CLIENT: A Young Man
DESIGN TEAM: D'Headstone
CONTRACTOR: D'Headstone
DURATION: 2 Months

A brief Summary

Total Area: 45 sqm
Buildable Area: 15 sqm

i started taking pictures a bit late so i don't have pictures of how we started from the foundation.

At this stage, we had already finished the foundation, we brought the 20ft shipping container to site, a day after, it was carefully placed on the foundation wall with precision. The next day the welders started work on the container by cutting doorways and windows in it.

Did you remove the container floor?

EgunMogaji:
Did you remove the container floor?

Yes we did. The container was old and the wooden floor was in bad shape. We also took out the floor beams because they weren't in good shape. But they will be replaced.

5p1naz:


Yes we did. The container was old and the wooden floor was in bad shape. We also took out the floor beams because they weren't in good shape. But they will be replaced.

Okay I'm watching this as I have high interest on container housing.

If this does not make front page then my suspicions would get confirmed that this forum is anti-intellectual.

Will also be nice to know the cost, if your Client gives permission. Thanks.

Hajji M.

mufutau55:
Will also be nice to know the cost, if your Client gives permission. Thanks.

Hajji M.

Yes, please. So would I!

5p1naz:
i started taking pictures a bit late so i don't have pictures of how we started from the foundation.

At this stage, we had already finished the foundation, we brought the 20ft shipping container to site, a day after, it was carefully placed on the foundation wall with precision. The next day the welders started work on the container by cutting doorways and windows in it.

The foundation walls are made of blocks, or did you cast it with concrete? I am also following this one keenly.

Thank you guys for you interest in this project. i have been quite busy as the deadline for completion of this project is near. but update will come in anytime i get the time.

5p1naz:
Thank you guys for you interest in this project. i have been quite busy as the deadline for completion of this project is near. but update will come in anytime i get the time.

Excellent.

I especially want to see how you combat the heat issue.

I'm in the market to buy an affordable 40 footer for my own project.

we installed the floor beams.

more pictures

EgunMogaji:


Excellent.

I especially want to see how you combat the heat issue.

I'm in the market to buy an affordable 40 footer for my own project.

hi mogaji, the heat issue will be solved by using polyurethane foam that will be sprayed on the corrugated metal walls. Plywood will then be attached to a wood frame made up of 2" x 2" wood to create a smooth wall finish for the interior.

5p1naz:


hi mogaji, the heat issue will be solved by using polyurethane foam that will be sprayed on the corrugated metal walls. Plywood will then be attached to a wood frame made up of 2" x 2" wood to create a smooth wall finish for the interior.

So basically you're going to insulate the wall.

Very nice.

In a previous discussion some mouth breathers were in a hullabaloo that we don't need insulation in Nigeria.

Excellent.

EgunMogaji:


So basically you're going to insulate the wall.

Very nice.

In a previous discussion some mouth breathers were in a hullabaloo that we don't need insulation in Nigeria.

Excellent.

yes the walls will be insulated, the heat a metal container will generate internally can cook rice and stew so yes, the interior walls will be insulated.

EgunMogaji:

So basically you're going to insulate the wall.
Very nice.
In a previous discussion some mouth breathers were in a hullabaloo that we don't need insulation in Nigeria.
Excellent.

This time you are talking about iron/steel, not house built with blocks...

Hajji M.

Can this same concept be used to build a single room for sleeping?

mufutau55:


This time you are talking about iron/steel, not house built with blocks...

Hajji M.

Actually we were talking about container homes.

I'll see if I can drag up the old thread.

This is the thread.

https://www.nairaland.com/1376075/alternative-building-technology-application-nigerian

EgunMogaji:

Actually we were talking about container homes.
I'll see if I can drag up the old thread.

Yes I know. I have followed that thread ever since.
Is that not what the container is, iron/steel? The shipping container butchered cut into homes.

Hajji M.

mufutau55:


Yes I know. I have followed that thread ever since.
Is that not what the container is, iron/steel? The shipping container butchered cut into homes.

Hajji M.

I have an idea for a 40 footer. The beauty of it is that I can actually do it here to an extent leisurely and ship it with the items to complete it inside.

EgunMogaji:

I have an idea for a 40 footer. The beauty of it is that I can actually do it here to an extent leisurely and ship it with the items to complete it inside.

I know you can do whatever you put your heart into, no doubt.
I will like to see how that goes. Will you have a place to store it?
The container is really not expensive to buy here.. Pls keep me posted.

Hajji M.

OP, how far?

hi, guys. . . sorry for the delay i've been working hard to meet the deadline and we have gone quite far with the projec. i will post here soon picture updates

***following****

wood to be used for internal walls and roof members going through some treatment

preparing for the roof. even though the roof will be hidden from view, this was just one of the many measures taken to reduce heat gain in the steel structure

preparing for insulation and internal walls. i will be using a lot of shipping pallets for the internal and external finishes.


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walls and ceiling coming together

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Thanks for continuing to share this project.

I know it's not a N50million project in Lekki but just know that this Americana is following you attentively.