Tuesday, April 10, 2007

(more on shipping containers)

by visaeril @ 17:32 [edit] [link]

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Because Charlie wanted to know, and because I always get a little uncomfortable when the most recent post is about porn, because you can never tell when everyone will stop posting and leave the post about porn as the most-recent for the next two years.

So, a lot of Serious Architects have been using shipping containers to build houses or apartment buildings. They are generally larger multi-container structures, which is not how I'd do things, as I am poor and containers, while cheap, are still not that cheap. I've seen them range from $75 (for one made from wood) to $260~ (for a 20' metal container) to $1500~ (for a used refrigerated container) to $2000~ (for a new metal container), and seeing as I am poor I'd likely aim for a larger, decent-condition container and see where I can go from there.

I think what I'd be trying would be more like the tiny houses trend more than a big architectureal challenge. Less 'containers as lego blocks' and more 'this holds 2261 cubic feet of space; how do I get the most usable area out of that?', I suppose.

But really I am tired of paying the majority of my paycheck towards pointless housing, with only the promise of further rent hikes in the future.

(and as Charlie pointed out, the biggest issue would be finding a location to put the thing. 20' or 40' shipping containers can't just be thrown around all willy-nilly. whatever, I'm sure I'll either work out location or try a solution unrelated to shipping containers)

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At 11:00 AM, Synystrad said...

I am still of the mind that you should just ship yourself back and forth across the country. Maybe that's just me though.

At 9:52 AM, visaeril said...

Yeahh, and I can't believe I didn't link to the two LOT-EK projects I'd be interesting in seeing if I could pull off. Basically, a big 'structural' construct, to which a bunch of modified containers can be attached. And you could just unplug your unit and take off, if you want to.

BUT UM YEAH, PART OF THE SHIPPING CONTAINER DEAL IS, IN FACT, IN CASE I WANT TO MOVE CROSS-COUNTRY AND BRING MY APARTMENT WITH ME. ...did that really need to be in allcaps? sure it did.