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Monday Modular: Cargotecture

by Adam on March 5th, 2007

It’s more than just a good idea. To take a container that was built to carry goods and re-use it to provide shelter. It’s a solution.

Cargo containers are structural and water tight. That means the container could be used in any climate and even be stacked on top of each other. Leaving the exterior as is, leaves you to modifying the interior to make it comfortable. Having a shell already built, and self contained, minimizes the affects to the site. There is no need to alter the building site to create access for equipment or room for storage of materials. All of this minimizes the total expense of creating a home.

If you can provide a one bedroom home for $50,000 or less, and you are recycling a box, who could benefit? Couldn’t this be a solution for the homeless in America? New Orleans post Katrina? Let’s not just think humanitarian, how about for fun. Maybe a vacation home next to a lake, in the middle of the forest. What about an office in your backyard?

All of this information and additional ideas for use or Cargotecture is available at Hybrid Seattle. I would live in a container home…would you?

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