Homes made from storage and shipping containers have been around for over five decades. Containers that were previously used to import toys from China, textiles from India, cars from Germany are used as the base material in these buildings. The containers have been used as makeshift shelters for homeless people but architects and green designers have turned the strong, cheap boxes into a major building block. They can be connected or stacked to create efficient spaces at the fraction of the cost, labor, and resources used than other conventional materials.
The green theme is growing across the map and more people are choosing this green alternative. There are countless numbers of empty, unused containers around the world that are just taking up space. This is because it is very expensive to ship the empty containers back to their country of origin. The result of this is the surplus of shipping containers that are waiting to become someone’s home.
There are many benefits to using the shipping container architectural model. A few advantages include: they are in abundance; they can be easily transported, they’re stackable, and relatively inexpensive. A used container can cost as little as 900 dollars. Applying the containers in residential design has become a topic of discussion among supporters of green design.
In other parts of the world like Odessa, Ukraine, the biggest shopping mall in all of Europe has been built by stacking shipping container. The award-winning office design by Clive Wilkinson is made out of stacked shipping containers is the home office of Palotta TeamWorks. The 47000 square foot warehouse is filled with shipping containers that have been transformed into modern office spaces. The design layout saved the company a ton of money on construction costs, and it allowed the entire space to be more open and airy. The use of these containers has saved firms and designers a lot of money and I think they will continue to be used and be introduced into more places in the world.
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