Breaking a bit from beer, hydroponics, and food, I have been reading a lot about sustainability and new uses for materials. One of those interests is housing from old shipping containers.
Tired Garden Blog writes:
I recently heard about architects turning used shipping containers into new housing. Shipping containers are used for a while, then they sit on our docks collecting dust. The US imports more than we export, so the containers often do not go anywhere. There is a place up the road from me that has them stacked up like firewood. Making use of these hunks of useless metal would be a very good thing.
Basically, the architect takes a container, or two, or 50, or 500 and alters them in some way to make them homes. They have been made into single family homes, apartments, schools, and more. If you had the expertise with a torch, you could even do the work yourself.
To see a list of some architects that design these, see the list here.
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Cool! I love it. Recycling, housing, and it looks pretty damn cool.
It’s like the high tech version of living in a refrigerator box!
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