The idea that shipping containers can be used as the main building material for house builders is still gaining in popularity. Shipping container buildings are used for a wide variety of purposes, spanning the range between modular homes, prefab truck to a site and crane down on some supports homes, tiny homes, temporary shelters, emergency dwellings, and then all the way up into larger buildings, like apartment complexes and mansions, which each take a number of shipping containers put together to make. Oh, and houseboats as well sometimes use these, despite the weight. From the wide and continued use of shipping containers, what I gather is that people are finding benefits in them, and it doesn’t seem to be just a fad. The main benefits I see are the cost when people buy these as used shipping containers and the durability and strength.
Recently I came across this interesting company that is compiling lots of shipping container house designs into a pdf downloadable book, called, you might have guessed it, “Container Home.”
This is one of the shipping container houses they chronicled. It’s one that was built in Costa Rica as a tiny home by Cubica.
“The builders cite lower cost, short delivery times, earthquake resistance and low maintenance as a few of the advantages of their Shipping Container Tiny Home Design.
“Intended as a single person Tiny Home Casa Cubica was built using 1 x 20′ Type 1A Shipping Container creating a 160 ft2 (14.9 m2) space but the builders have stretched it out with a short extension at one end.
“The Tiny Home features a kitchenette, full bath and even laundry facilities. The back wall of the living space is lined with cabinetry containing the kitchenette, closets and a Murphy bed.”
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