Comments on: The Shipping Container Building

By: RayL

RayL — Sat, 10 May 2008 23:42:35 +0000

There’s a movie from Finland about a community of people living in shipping containers — Man Without a Past.

By: nixonmatt

nixonmatt — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:17:18 +0000

Stairs?? Elevator? hmmmmmmmmm.

By: Shay

Shay — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:54:33 +0000

I can understand the initial appeal of wanting to live in some hobo-opolis but once the novelty wears thin and the romance is all but gone you’ll be pining for a 3500 sq ft beige box with central heating in a subdivision .

By: K!P

K!P — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:07:27 +0000

@sofar:

in the Netherlands we don’t “do” earthquakes. :), but as each house would be an metal stack 5 high shipping container i think it’s a step up from drywall.

By: Alannah

Alannah — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:48:58 +0000

I wish we could have had some pictures of the inside. The idea of a dorm with a balcony is awesome.

By: Katsoulis

Katsoulis — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 02:49:45 +0000

I’ll bet it’s echoey inside and bit chilly.

By: E

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:13:14 +0000

Looks cool to me. They’re reusing material so it’s environmentally friendly. Pretty hip. Wonder what it’s like inside them though.

By: CheeseDuck

CheeseDuck — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:40:59 +0000

Reminds me of Tetris.

By: Sofar

Sofar — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:22:58 +0000

Doesn’t look very earthquake resistant. Also, where’s the architecture?

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:19:56 +0000

Also check out the Freitag store in Zurich, Switzerland. made completely out of shipping containers

http://www.freitag.ch/shop/FREITAG/storelocator.jsf