A clip from History Channel’s “Modern Marvels” about London’s Container City – a project which utilises end of life shipping containers into habitable accomodation.
leaving it raw on … leaving it raw on the outside and not masking it is fine with me because i could care less what my neighbors think, but the polka dots, neon paint, ugly hippy furniture and camper toilet is what turns average people away.
I would love to have 4 containers and solar but when I do decide to build, its not going to look like some hippy yoga retreat inside with stick furniture and rock gardens and when I flush its going into a septic tank, NOT my veggie garden…ya dig?
I know. I’m sure … I know. I’m sure they could make them look nicer, i.e disguise the container so it doesn’t look like its come off the back of a truck and fit the interior out with more higher quality, luxurious materials.
@USERCRITIC You … @USERCRITIC You took the words out of my mouth!
These would provide a perfect solution for rebuilding Port Au Prince into a safe, modern and perhaps even thriving city.
They would provide protection from hurricanes, earthquakes, they are low cost and could be built quickly……now, how do we get the powers that be to do just this…..
Cool idea for quick … Cool idea for quick built efficient homes that can be added on to but for some reason they always paint them multicolored with polka dots and round windows making them look like crap. or fold down counters and fruity looking contemporary furniture like a “pier 1″ discount isle.
most of the container homes i see dont look very inviting on the inside, they look like a model home or an eccentric treehugger house.
It’s all about the … It’s all about the margin. If building four $500,000 houses yields $200,000 in net profit, and building twenty $100,000 houses yields $150,000 in net profit, then the developer is going to build the more expensive houses (assuming demand is the same).
and there is … and there is housing crisis why? Affordable housing is all people want, and normal people don’t want that much space, just somewhere they can feel safe, warm, them and their things secure. That’s all. Developers and city planners, politicians don’t seem to get it. All they want is huge homes built at inflated prices, (owned by private bank cartels) fancy yet ugly, a few ppl living in them, lotsa pollution, condo towers for middle rich class.
build these, treat them like real homes=solution
I live in Russia … I live in Russia and I only saw temporary container houses (no sanitation). They’re common at construction sites. Making full-scale houses of containers is a great idea. Also, round windows ate cute.
Novartis and … Novartis and Proteus Biomedical are not the only companies hoping to implant microchips into patients so that their pill-popping habits can be monitored. VeriChip of Delray Beach, Fl.,: an implanted chip links to an online database containing all your medical records, credit history social security ID.
new national identity database Social Security and NationalCreditReportcom. The VeriMed Health
( microchip cleared by the U.S. Food & Drug ) , private online database personal health record.
A clip from History Channel’s “Modern Marvels” about London’s Container City – a project which utilises end of life shipping containers into habitable accomodation.
March 6th, 2010 at 4:27 am
Why didn’t the …
Why didn’t the narrator just say “You can build a 16 foot wall around the equator”?
March 6th, 2010 at 4:27 am
excellent.
excellent.
March 6th, 2010 at 4:27 am
Wow, a recycled …
Wow, a recycled container house… I want one! But first, I agree, how about getting these onto Haiti in volume?
March 6th, 2010 at 4:27 am
Do you think it is …
Do you think it is harmfull for you to live in a metal box?
March 6th, 2010 at 4:27 am
i could build a …
i could build a better house
March 6th, 2010 at 4:27 am
@garey17, what you …
@garey17, what you think the governments are interested in helping people?
March 6th, 2010 at 4:27 am
leaving it raw on …
leaving it raw on the outside and not masking it is fine with me because i could care less what my neighbors think, but the polka dots, neon paint, ugly hippy furniture and camper toilet is what turns average people away.
I would love to have 4 containers and solar but when I do decide to build, its not going to look like some hippy yoga retreat inside with stick furniture and rock gardens and when I flush its going into a septic tank, NOT my veggie garden…ya dig?
March 6th, 2010 at 4:27 am
I know. I’m sure …
I know. I’m sure they could make them look nicer, i.e disguise the container so it doesn’t look like its come off the back of a truck and fit the interior out with more higher quality, luxurious materials.
March 6th, 2010 at 4:27 am
Design one to be ” …
Design one to be “perfect” o_O?
March 6th, 2010 at 4:27 am
@USERCRITIC You …
@USERCRITIC You took the words out of my mouth!
These would provide a perfect solution for rebuilding Port Au Prince into a safe, modern and perhaps even thriving city.
They would provide protection from hurricanes, earthquakes, they are low cost and could be built quickly……now, how do we get the powers that be to do just this…..
March 6th, 2010 at 4:27 am
perfect – now build …
perfect – now build it in Haiti
and help those people.
March 6th, 2010 at 4:27 am
Cool idea for quick …
Cool idea for quick built efficient homes that can be added on to but for some reason they always paint them multicolored with polka dots and round windows making them look like crap. or fold down counters and fruity looking contemporary furniture like a “pier 1″ discount isle.
most of the container homes i see dont look very inviting on the inside, they look like a model home or an eccentric treehugger house.
March 6th, 2010 at 4:27 am
wow he said “300 sq …
wow he said “300 sq ft for 80-140 a month”?!! im sold man, wheres the lease sheet??
March 6th, 2010 at 4:27 am
thanks for posting …
thanks for posting this
March 6th, 2010 at 4:27 am
true 2x.
true 2x.
March 6th, 2010 at 4:27 am
I want to build …
I want to build this for LIFE SCHOOL in Panajachel, Lake Atitlan, Guatemala. What a marvelous idea!
March 6th, 2010 at 4:27 am
It’s all about the …
It’s all about the margin. If building four $500,000 houses yields $200,000 in net profit, and building twenty $100,000 houses yields $150,000 in net profit, then the developer is going to build the more expensive houses (assuming demand is the same).
March 6th, 2010 at 4:27 am
what does this have …
what does this have to do with containers?
March 6th, 2010 at 4:27 am
and there is …
and there is housing crisis why? Affordable housing is all people want, and normal people don’t want that much space, just somewhere they can feel safe, warm, them and their things secure. That’s all. Developers and city planners, politicians don’t seem to get it. All they want is huge homes built at inflated prices, (owned by private bank cartels) fancy yet ugly, a few ppl living in them, lotsa pollution, condo towers for middle rich class.
build these, treat them like real homes=solution
March 6th, 2010 at 4:27 am
I live in Russia …
I live in Russia and I only saw temporary container houses (no sanitation). They’re common at construction sites. Making full-scale houses of containers is a great idea. Also, round windows ate cute.
March 6th, 2010 at 4:27 am
the problem is land …
the problem is land value and service connection, building the house is cheap this is no solution to anything
March 6th, 2010 at 4:27 am
Novartis and …
Novartis and Proteus Biomedical are not the only companies hoping to implant microchips into patients so that their pill-popping habits can be monitored. VeriChip of Delray Beach, Fl.,: an implanted chip links to an online database containing all your medical records, credit history social security ID.
new national identity database Social Security and NationalCreditReportcom. The VeriMed Health
( microchip cleared by the U.S. Food & Drug ) , private online database personal health record.
March 6th, 2010 at 4:27 am
This is an …
This is an incredibly ingenious idea. And the recycling aspect is even better! I hope that more architects will consider the medium soon!
March 6th, 2010 at 4:27 am
the milllenium dome …
the milllenium dome cost 10 million times more and will last 10 million times less, the irony…….oh we paid for it
March 6th, 2010 at 4:27 am
I have manufactured …
I have manufactured these kind of units and am also thinking of getting a buisness plan to start in Western Canada. Great Idea!!