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Costing up to 40% less than regular houses and with faster building time, would you live in a house made of shipping containers?
Shipping containers where first introduced in 1937 as an efficient solution for storing cargo on freight ships and reinvented the way goods where transported across the whole world. Although these containers can be used over and over again for many different types of cargo, they have a lifespan of 10 years only, and after that, they are discarded and abandoned on shipping yards.
In the search of a sustainable and economic way of building houses, architects saw on shipping containers the potential to create innovative and outstanding houses while helping reduce the waste by utilizing such material. All that with the great advantage of costs reduction bearing 40% and faster building time when compared to a regular house.
All containers are modular and stackable by design, which comes out as an advantage since it can be combined in many different ways, simplifying the design and construction of a house. Many different finishings can be applied inside and outside such as: paint, green walls and roofs, wood, solar panels, drywall, concrete, masonry and many other solutions.
Reusing containers quickly became a trend all over the world and many projects offer wide spaces inner spaces with a modern and unique design from the outside. Japan, Holand and United Kingdom are some of the countries that are encouraging the construction of many buildings, from houses to shopping centers, hotels and office buildings.
We have gathered a few projects using shipping containers to show you how versatile and magnificent a project can be, while sparkling your creativity for your next dream house.
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