Container Homes

Container Homes

Approximately 30 million steel shipping containers are in existence, filled and floating, or standing about empty in a port. Eight feet wide by 8.5 feet high, and either 20 or 40 feet long, the steel shipping container has been the globally standardized transportation module since 1956. Costs of shipping empty containers back to their origin are high, so oft times the containers sit unused in ports. If one lives near a port with abundant containers, then the energy required to transport the steel container to a local building site will be lower than an inland location, far from the port. But buyer beware, as that used container might have been sprayed with insecticides or fungicides inside, and coated with lead or heavy metal paints on the outside.

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Poteet Architects’s client lives in a small warehouse on a former industrial site just outside of San Antonio, Texas. The newly installed shipping container guesthouse is fitted with a bathroom and one side is used as a garden shed. poteetarchitects.com

Container house with green roof by Poteet Architects. poteetarchitects.com

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Two shipping containers surround a taller common space. The containers house sleeping and work areas while the center space hosts dining, living and a loft above. The Studio H:T project in Nederland, Colorado is off-the-grid using solar orientation, passive cooling, green roofs, pellet stove heating and photovoltaics to create electricity. www.studioht.com

Three shipping containers with a common area between (see below). Note the green roof. Architects: Arcgency. Manufacter: worldFLEXhome. Area: 180.0 sqm. Year: 2012. arcgency.com

Shipping container home, as above. Lots more great photos here (modern, open interior!): arcgency.com

Rustic Minnesota Container Home
Two twenty foot shipping containers were purchases at $800 each to create a cabin complete with kitchen, dining room, living room with a wood burning stove, laundry room and two queen beds. The two cabins are connected by a middle section loft and roof made out of "(3) 4 1/2" X 11 1/4" fir beams made up of (3) 2X12's thru bolted and glued" and a glass door entrance. The cabin is partially powered by solar power arrays and connected to a rainwater cistern making this building an ecologically sustainable vacation home. Hive Modular, hivemodular.com.

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A wooden sided container sits atop an existing stone foundation in Portugal. www.archdaily.com

Sauna with built-in wood storage by WRB, Sweden. www.wrb.se

The Cross Box, France, comprised of 4 x 40' shipping containers, accommodation totals 1280 sq ft. cgarchitectes.fr

Containers of Hope, Costa Rica. The roof between the two salvaged containers, is made from the scrap pieces of metal cut out to make the windows. The central roof creates a feeling of openness and provides cross ventilation which is surprisingly sufficient enough to never have to turn the air conditioning on. By Benjamin Garcia Saxe. Lots more images: benjamingarciasaxe.com

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Mobile Dwelling Unit incorporates pop-out elements that extend from the 40-foot long, 8-foot wide core of the home, accordion-style. If and when the home is in transit, the elements — kitchen, bathroom, reading nook, bed, desk, sofa and storage space — fold back into their slots. See picture below. www.lot-ek.com

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The Mobile Dwelling Unit by LOT-EK. The MDU was originally conceived for individuals constantly moving around the globe. The MDU travels with its dweller to the next long term destination, fitted with all live/work equipment and filled with the dweller’s belongings. www.lot-ek.com

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The Manifesto House. Constructed from 85 percent recycled, reused and nonpolluting materials for $118,000, in fewer than 90 days. Two 40-foot shipping containers and two 20-foot shipping containers sided with wooden pallets.

The Manifesto House was designed by architects James & Mau in Curacavi, Chile.

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The NRW-Forum Düsseldorf invited renowned architects, designers, and artists from around the world to submit existing and new designs for container architecture. www.nrw-forum.de

The NRW-Forum Düsseldorf invited renowned architects, designers, and artists from around the world to submit existing and new designs for container architecture. www.nrw-forum.de

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The NRW-Forum Düsseldorf invited renowned architects, designers, and artists from around the world to submit existing and new designs for container architecture. www.nrw-forum.de

Container City, Trinity Buoy Wharf, London. www.containercity.com

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Container City, London. Short-life sites can have Container Cities that simply unbolt and can be relocated or stored when land is required for alternative uses. To date this alternative method of construction has successfully created youth centres, classrooms, office space, artists studios, live / work space and retail space. www.containercity.com

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Container City, London. www.containercity.com

Sugoroku Office in Gifu, Japan. Daiken-Met Architects. www.archisearch.gr

Keetwonen is the largest container city in the world (1000 units) and is the second most popular student dormitory offered by the student housing corporation "De Key" in Amsterdam. each unit is soundproof and has its own bathroom, kitchen and balcony. See more container projects at: tempohousing.com

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Renault's movable welcoming pavilion in France, provides visitors with information about the automotive manufacturer's history. The structure is made of 15 colorful shipping containers of two different lengths, 12-meter long and 6-meter long units. www.aucoeurdelileseguin.fr

Container Building. Tony's Farm is an organic farm packing station, visitor center, hotel and office building in one. www.playze.com

Tony's Organic Farm is in Shanghai. www.playze.com

Repurposed shipping container drive-thru for StarBucks in Tukwila, Washington. Although drive-thrus are not green, Anthony P., global store design senior manager for Starbucks says the 'reclamation drive-thru was inspired by a desire to help keep items used throughout our supply chain, like old shipping containers, out of the waste stream.' Lots more great pics: www.businessinsider.com

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XbO, habitat for young people on the move by 70ºN Arkitektur, Norway. www.70n.no

The NRW-Forum Düsseldorf invited renowned architects, designers, and artists from around the world to submit existing and new designs for container architecture. www.nrw-forum.de

Buy One:

Ecopods, Canada: ecopods.ca

Meka World Toronto, Canada. Commissions brand new containers fitted to your desires and then shipped to your doorstep. Some of their container homes are made in China. www.mekaworld.com

Projects:

Travelodge, the budget hotel chain, imported shipping containers from China - complete with bathrooms, plastering and air conditioning units - then stacked them into a 300-room hotel near Heathrow in just three weeks. Uxbridge, England. By Verbus Systems: www.verbussystems.com

The new Marco Polo can carry 16,000 shipping containers. It does not look like containers are going away anytime soon.

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Diego Romero Gómez
Posts: 7

casa contenedor
Reply #7 on : Thu May 30, 2013, 20:25:08

Excelente Información

martha cecilia
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casa contenedor
Reply #6 on : Tue May 28, 2013, 12:28:24

que buena idea, lo unico que me falta a mi es el terreno y ha tener mi casa

Containere
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Container for houses
Reply #5 on : Mon April 15, 2013, 03:44:43

we also have a house from containers, is in romania, you can find it at http://www.containere.org/

it turn very nice, and at a low price :)

Nick
Posts: 7

Containers
Reply #4 on : Wed March 27, 2013, 15:30:36

A lot of containers are being used in Australia as accommodation and kitchen facilities for mining at various sites the country. The company I work for supplies macerate and grey water pumps to transfer waste to on site holding tanks

ectrucker
Posts: 7

Re: Container Homes and Buildings
Reply #3 on : Sat March 16, 2013, 16:55:31

you can build underground but need reinforcement and waterproofing etc etc just like all underground structures plus the further underground brings up more stresses I would go hill top and earth bermed to get rid of drainage problems into ormid hill would constantly hold water longer

Keiren
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answer for Ginger
Reply #2 on : Thu February 28, 2013, 21:19:17

Funny, not half an hour ago, I read a post that said you should not bury containers as the pressure they are designed to take is only from vertical load. All those containers get stacked one on top the other, but they were not designed to withstand any pressure from the sides. And the earth would press at their sides. So it is not recommended. I do not have the link, but I know the advice was given by Owen Geiger, so I would trust it.

Ginger
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underground
Reply #1 on : Thu February 28, 2013, 18:24:19

I wonder if these can be used to build an underground house.

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