Container housing
housing created by adapting new or used intermodal shipping containers, or possibly units/modules built similarly to shipping containers and/or transportable as a special type of.
A related approach is kit housing designed to be shipped entirely via shipping containers.
See also
- Shipping container architecture
References
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- Belogolovsky, Vladimir. 3 January 2018. "LOT-EK: “The Shipping Container Is a Vehicle to Invent New Architecture.” https://www.archdaily.com/886447/lot-ek-the-shipping-container-is-a-vehicle-to-invent-new-architecture.
- Hogan, Mark. "Opinion: What’s Wrong With Shipping Container Housing? Everything." Archdaily, 13 September, 2015. https://www.archdaily.com/773491/opinion-whats-wrong-with-shipping-container-housing-everything.
- Hunter, Peter. The Magic Box: A History of Containerization, 1993.
- Klose, Alexander. The Container Principle: How A Box Changes the Way We Think. 2015.
- Robertson, Derek. "https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/07/20/shipping-containers-affordable-housing-215400." Politico. July 20, 2017.
- Rosen, Kenneth R. "Coming Home to a Shipping Container: Eco-friendly and affordable, shipping containers are gaining popularity as an alternative to traditional houses." 22 Sept 2017. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/22/realestate/home-in-shipping-container.html.
- Williams, Richard J. "The Sinister Brutality of Shipping Container Architecture."https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/14/opinion/shipping-container-homes.html.