Container Housing

The use of shipping containers as housing has long been something which fascinates me. I have fantasised about designing building my very own home as a way of building with limited funds. There are three things which fascinate me about shipping containers.

1. modular design - containers come in a range of sizes, all of which can be placed together in any number of imaginative ways (think Lego blocks).
2. availability - there is a roaring trade in used shipping containers and you can pick up one moderate sized used container for about £1000. 
3. Infrastructure - This is the kicker for me... you can get containers to almost anywhere on Earth, the infrastructure is there already. Lorries, trains and ships are designed around the standard sizes on an international level.

Having not heard much about the use of shipping containers lately, I was pleased to notice the following on NOTCOT.

Six container cabin design by InterModal Design - part 1 | architecture 4 us
Six container cabin design by InterModal Design – part 2 | architecture 4 us

The company who designed these great dwellings are InterModalDesign and their website is well worth a look around... Enjoy!