Shipping container homes are now becoming the new standard for green housing around the world because it is recyclable and durable at the same time. We at Canada have a design for Park Models. Check our youtube channel to watch the video of how it looks.
@OpticalFascism yeah actually they can, each box is designed to hold something like 40,000 lbs each so with all of these welded together and reinforced with girders the building will stay up, and most likely through heavy storms and earthquakes
@dlpnrmp1212 dude you pick your fate in life. You decided not to go to college and that's what you get.
Don't hear me bitchin I worked on aircraft carriers for 20 years and didn't get payed shit. Oh by the way I own a 20 foot container and I'm not going to thank you.
Try hand unloading one of these almost every work day for 15 years!!! Believe me, i lived my working life in these!! Don't wanna come "home" and live in one!!! So for anyone who has one or more than these as a house--YOUR WELCOME!!!!=== MY BLUE COLLAR HANDS JUST CLEANED YOUR HOUSE AND GOT PAID JACK SHIT FROM IT!!!! AND IF YOU DON'T APPERICATE IT ---G.F.Y.S.!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sincerly A MOTHER FUCKING HARD WORKING AMERICAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
electrical and water are easy to get in, the problem is sewage. i'm surprised i was able to make a comment. when you don't ban comments, you get to real solutions, no salesman.
I can understand the concept...BUT...when I see STEPHEN HARPER.....BARAK OBAMA...ect...living IN CONTAINERS AS WELL...then...AND ONLY THEN.....will I GIVE IT A THOUGH!!!
This is a great concept overall. Eco Friendly and saves people the cost of a regular house construction. We have one in Canada for Park Model RVs. Check our videos on our channel to find out more. We agree that this is the way to build houses now.
I plan to do this in the near future when I buy some land and stack 2 containers on the ground and 1 container on top and I can tell everyone I built my own 1 million dollar house for less than 20 grand.
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@80spopQueen These container units are $100 a month to rent so they must cheaper than an earthship to buy. Of course it is hard to compare because of utilities and aesthetics. Also planning laws are unfortunatey probably easier to workaround with containers than earthships.
@julianjbae spraying Ceramic paint in a container home will insulate it very well from becoming an oven. But then I live in the South so I have the a/c on night and day in the summer anyway.
This is amazing. The only thing I would change is the colours. LOL! Not that this is the point of this project. But I think it would look amazing all one colour.
@80spopQueen They said $100/month rent. Imagine how many fewer hours you would need to work to pay the rent? That's about an hour each week day that you can spend walking around outside.
@sqgl you can make a Earth-ship pay about 100,000 for the down payment and never have to pay a utility bill, a water bill or a electric bill, a heating/air conditioning bill, ever again, you can make this home as big as you would like and it isn't a box or a squar it's round and full of windows.
@80spopQueen I've seen Garbage Warrior and would prefer to live in an EarthShip but it is not gonna happen in the city, especially not high-rise, and it wouldn't be as cheap. For a potential high-rise earthship (learning from termites) google sandkings.
@sqgl closed corners make your thinking different, it's been studied. It makes you feel trapped and it's not good for you mind to process in a small tin box. Stand in a bigger spaced, round corner home who's edges smooth and walls slightly bend outward, then stand in a house that has rigid ends and corners, small, and walls do not slightly bend outward <~ I've been in both and felt the difference. Cities can adopt a new tecnique to save space without living in a small conered tin-can.
@sqgl Also i slightly agree, the material it self (sheets of tin or metal) can be recycled and serve other energy saving purposed, but to live in a box-car is just eh...
@80spopQueen Re-using materials is better than recycyling, and reducing is better than re-using. I agree about organic forms being psychologically healthier but it is a matter of tradeoffs. I would rather see many Earthship villages dotted across the countryside than cities especially with communications technology being where it is today. In the meantime this shipping container village is more organic than the one in Amsterdam (see my uploaded videos).
@julianjbae My ac Runs 24/7 anyways and I live in a brick building. A Roof garden growing onions, tomatoes, Cucumbers or some sod could provide some well needed insulation from the heat.
It really looks cool. I am wondering why those buildings aren't more common these days. About that theme my friend have written blog post shippingcontainerhomes.us.
@scotty71981 The container's 8 foot high. So it makes sense to describe how many times these containers would encircle the earth. Say a countrys population, standing side by side, would circle the earth twice. It wouldn't make more sense to say if these people stand on anothers shoulders, they will circle the earth once.
Anda tinggal di daerah RAWAN TSUNAMI ? Tahukah anda Perahu Nabi Nuh bebentuk yang nyaris kotak seperti Container ? Ini mungkin Solusi Rumah MASA DEPAN KITA ????
collapsable containers are a really good idea, but if they are collapsable then you comprimise stability, sturdiness, reliability, long shelf life, and im sure the list continues. but it would be really nice though!
@My1968Impala - I'm told it's purely economic. It's cheaper to make new containers in China since they ship more goods to the US than we ship back. So why not collapsable container designs that don't take up room on the ship so they can be sent back to the Far East for reusage? Seems like a lot of green environment initiatives have a catch 22. Off topic: electric cars need electricity and here in VA, electricity comes from the rain forest trees and nuclear. So is electric better than gas?
Ask any insurance company..."what are the most expensive components in a house?" And they will tell you: Fixtures, Finishes, Doors and Windows. That is, every part that does not come with a ISO container. Then consider, the labor to cut very heavy gauge steel, insulate it for sound and temperatures, and the reality is, you pay MORE per square foot than building from scratch. However if you put a bed, chairs and your TV in a basic container, without making too much fuss it will work great. Uck!
So what causes a container to be 'out of commission' for it's intended purpose? What's causes such a surplus and are they mechanically damaged or compromised? I can't find the answer to that simple question anywhere...
If you are considering modular or prefab home, building with recycled shipping containers is worth taking a look at.
Good resource is the Residential Shipping Container Primer website. A SHOWCASE OF SHIPPING CONTAINER HOMES AND BUILDINGDS, AND A DO IT YOURSELF (DIY) REFERENCE FOR CONVERTING RECYCLED INTERMODAL CARGO SHIPPING CONTAINERS INTO BUILDINGS AND ARCHITECTURE.
Lots of great example buildings, details, facts, and links to other articles...
Amazing so simple yet we continue to destroy woodland and forests to make way for huge greenhouse gas dumping homes big enough for 6 full family's to live in. we need to re think things like these people did, less is more and let go of a lot of your meaningless items live a simpler life you will live longer and happier. GO GREEN lol
@SWMoneyMaker beats termites! Besides, the steel used on those things is thick. It would take a lifetime for rust to ruin even a poorly cared for container.
It's nice to see that so many people are positive about this. I'd have thought that more people would be sticking their noses in the air on "shipping container" despite the advantages.
@georgiacienfuegos Insulation does wonders, they are quite efficient units. There's also a special spray you can get to coat the outside that helps with that sort of thing in hot climates.
@scottyd71981 understand what you're saying...it's just douchebag wordplay that they use on tv, hence if you were to just say 16 foot wall it doesn't sound as big as 8 foot wall..TWICE, ya know
if you expand the diameter of the earth by 16 feet (8ft on each radius) it would take WAAY more shipping containers to make the 2nd loop on top of the first loop around the equater.
@blakenumber21 By my calculations, the circumference at 8 feet up only increases by approx. 50 feet. You could not cram in 1 additional container into that space if you left a gap of 0.00000752 inches between each container on the second row. This is true unless C is not equal to 2 x Pi x Radius.
if you expand the diameter of the earth by 16 feet (8ft on each radius) it would take WAAY more shipping containers to make the 2nd loop on top of the first loop around the equator.
@scottyd71981 because that would imply that the second layer of shipping containers was further away from the surface than the first, thus the circumference of the second layer is longer, and thus he would be lying if he said "you can build a 16 foot wall around the equator."
@ianmahan Sure, but I could hardly see "you can build an eight foot wall around the equator, twice" to be such a precise measurement that the circumference of the earth would come into play in a mere manner of speech. Yes, he'd be lying if he said that, but he's probably lying anyway.
WOW! you read my mind... i wanna be a developer and architect when i grow up and container houses are gonna be something i do alot... mainly for people needing relief :)
These would provide a perfect solution for rebuilding Port Au Prince into a safe, modern and perhaps even thriving city.
They would provide protection from hurricanes, earthquakes, they are low cost and could be built quickly......now, how do we get the powers that be to do just this.....
Cool idea for quick built efficient homes that can be added on to but for some reason they always paint them multicolored with polka dots and round windows making them look like crap. or fold down counters and fruity looking contemporary furniture like a "pier 1" discount isle.
most of the container homes i see dont look very inviting on the inside, they look like a model home or an eccentric treehugger house.
I know. I'm sure they could make them look nicer, i.e disguise the container so it doesn't look like its come off the back of a truck and fit the interior out with more higher quality, luxurious materials.
leaving it raw on the outside and not masking it is fine with me because i could care less what my neighbors think, but the polka dots, neon paint, ugly hippy furniture and camper toilet is what turns average people away.
I would love to have 4 containers and solar but when I do decide to build, its not going to look like some hippy yoga retreat inside with stick furniture and rock gardens and when I flush its going into a septic tank, NOT my veggie garden...ya dig?
and there is housing crisis why? Affordable housing is all people want, and normal people don't want that much space, just somewhere they can feel safe, warm, them and their things secure. That's all. Developers and city planners, politicians don't seem to get it. All they want is huge homes built at inflated prices, (owned by private bank cartels) fancy yet ugly, a few ppl living in them, lotsa pollution, condo towers for middle rich class.
It's all about the margin. If building four $500,000 houses yields $200,000 in net profit, and building twenty $100,000 houses yields $150,000 in net profit, then the developer is going to build the more expensive houses (assuming demand is the same).
I live in Russia and I only saw temporary container houses (no sanitation). They're common at construction sites. Making full-scale houses of containers is a great idea. Also, round windows ate cute.
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recycling glass saves energy? is this tv show retarded? it takes more heat and energy to melt, clean, and reshape used glass then it does to make new glass.
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And people thought I was nuts when I designed my future home using ocean containers. If you can show me a steel eating termite, then you've beaten my idea ;).
If any one is interested in doing this, the final cost will be about $5-8000 for one, including inside design and plumming, small kitchen shower and bathroom.
You can buy shipping containers on ebay for $1500-3000 Shipping may cost around $100-500 depending on the distance.
Putting the insides is cheap and easy to do. Now compare that to same size room where you live for $500-1500 for an apartment where you live. this would pay of in a year, plus you get to keep it, or sell it when your done.
we do. as metal balls after they are scrapped. it may cost $900 to send one empty container, but it also only costs $900 to ship one open-top container full of metal balls (that used to be containers) back to china.
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VitalElectrocomp 2 days ago
Shipping container homes are now becoming the new standard for green housing around the world because it is recyclable and durable at the same time. We at Canada have a design for Park Models. Check our youtube channel to watch the video of how it looks.
kottagervparkmodelrv 1 week ago
Poop!
monkeyspak 1 week ago
The Jenga neighborhood.
ChazZeromus 1 month ago
Does the construction hold up if a truck crashes against the steel girders?
OpticalFascism 1 month ago
@OpticalFascism yeah actually they can, each box is designed to hold something like 40,000 lbs each so with all of these welded together and reinforced with girders the building will stay up, and most likely through heavy storms and earthquakes
TOASTgunner169 5 days ago
@dlpnrmp1212 dude you pick your fate in life. You decided not to go to college and that's what you get.
Don't hear me bitchin I worked on aircraft carriers for 20 years and didn't get payed shit. Oh by the way I own a 20 foot container and I'm not going to thank you.
Mrstrongisland01 1 month ago
Dude what's your problem? It's just a shipping container. Nothing more.
gmodrules123456789 2 months ago
Try hand unloading one of these almost every work day for 15 years!!! Believe me, i lived my working life in these!! Don't wanna come "home" and live in one!!! So for anyone who has one or more than these as a house--YOUR WELCOME!!!!=== MY BLUE COLLAR HANDS JUST CLEANED YOUR HOUSE AND GOT PAID JACK SHIT FROM IT!!!! AND IF YOU DON'T APPERICATE IT ---G.F.Y.S.!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sincerly A MOTHER FUCKING HARD WORKING AMERICAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
dlpnrmp1212 2 months ago
a visionary group does not apply, this is simple.
TheTheratfarmer 2 months ago
why is this any different from a hotel room in america? a splinker system?
TheTheratfarmer 2 months ago
noise and vibration would be the next step, as well as fire protection and security alarms and fire escapes.
TheTheratfarmer 2 months ago
electrical and water are easy to get in, the problem is sewage. i'm surprised i was able to make a comment. when you don't ban comments, you get to real solutions, no salesman.
TheTheratfarmer 2 months ago
when ever i se comments apending approval and all that BS, why in the hell post it on youtube in the first place? don't waste yor time.
TheTheratfarmer 2 months ago
I can understand the concept...BUT...when I see STEPHEN HARPER.....BARAK OBAMA...ect...living IN CONTAINERS AS WELL...then...AND ONLY THEN.....will I GIVE IT A THOUGH!!!
purrogative 2 months ago
This is a great concept overall. Eco Friendly and saves people the cost of a regular house construction. We have one in Canada for Park Model RVs. Check our videos on our channel to find out more. We agree that this is the way to build houses now.
kottagervparkmodelrv 2 months ago
I plan to do this in the near future when I buy some land and stack 2 containers on the ground and 1 container on top and I can tell everyone I built my own 1 million dollar house for less than 20 grand.
BeRealActReal 3 months ago
whats name of this documentary ?
thicoimbramma 3 months ago
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very urban... haha. Have you tried HomesWOW.com it has Yahoo Real Estate, zillow, trulia, zip realty and all other main real estate sites on it. I found my realtor through them. Awesome! Completely free for everyone.
HomesWOWrealestate 4 months ago
I would climb the FUCK out of that place.
WeaponSamurai 5 months ago
@80spopQueen These container units are $100 a month to rent so they must cheaper than an earthship to buy. Of course it is hard to compare because of utilities and aesthetics. Also planning laws are unfortunatey probably easier to workaround with containers than earthships.
sqgl 5 months ago
@julianjbae What about if you have a top layer of containers dedicated to insulation?
sqgl 5 months ago
@julianjbae spraying Ceramic paint in a container home will insulate it very well from becoming an oven. But then I live in the South so I have the a/c on night and day in the summer anyway.
1UPwrangler 5 months ago
This is amazing. The only thing I would change is the colours. LOL! Not that this is the point of this project. But I think it would look amazing all one colour.
Maandolin 5 months ago
why would you want to live in a box? your so closed in...
80spopQueen 6 months ago
@80spopQueen They said $100/month rent. Imagine how many fewer hours you would need to work to pay the rent? That's about an hour each week day that you can spend walking around outside.
sqgl 5 months ago
@sqgl you can make a Earth-ship pay about 100,000 for the down payment and never have to pay a utility bill, a water bill or a electric bill, a heating/air conditioning bill, ever again, you can make this home as big as you would like and it isn't a box or a squar it's round and full of windows.
80spopQueen 5 months ago
@80spopQueen I've seen Garbage Warrior and would prefer to live in an EarthShip but it is not gonna happen in the city, especially not high-rise, and it wouldn't be as cheap. For a potential high-rise earthship (learning from termites) google sandkings.
sqgl 5 months ago
@sqgl closed corners make your thinking different, it's been studied. It makes you feel trapped and it's not good for you mind to process in a small tin box. Stand in a bigger spaced, round corner home who's edges smooth and walls slightly bend outward, then stand in a house that has rigid ends and corners, small, and walls do not slightly bend outward <~ I've been in both and felt the difference. Cities can adopt a new tecnique to save space without living in a small conered tin-can.
80spopQueen 5 months ago
@sqgl Also i slightly agree, the material it self (sheets of tin or metal) can be recycled and serve other energy saving purposed, but to live in a box-car is just eh...
80spopQueen 5 months ago
@80spopQueen Re-using materials is better than recycyling, and reducing is better than re-using. I agree about organic forms being psychologically healthier but it is a matter of tradeoffs. I would rather see many Earthship villages dotted across the countryside than cities especially with communications technology being where it is today. In the meantime this shipping container village is more organic than the one in Amsterdam (see my uploaded videos).
sqgl 5 months ago
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sqgl 5 months ago
@80spopQueen I think its called an apartment..
armst012 5 months ago
@armst012 what comment are you reffering to?
80spopQueen 5 months ago
@armst012 Thats why i don't live in one ;)
80spopQueen 5 months ago
@julianjbae My ac Runs 24/7 anyways and I live in a brick building. A Roof garden growing onions, tomatoes, Cucumbers or some sod could provide some well needed insulation from the heat.
dinamo4889 6 months ago
It really looks cool. I am wondering why those buildings aren't more common these days. About that theme my friend have written blog post shippingcontainerhomes.us.
kuko3230 6 months ago
Some dumb ideas need to stay, and die, in England.
order9066 7 months ago
wow 80 bucks for rent, now that's what we need!
Aphex217Twin 7 months ago
Container city = amazing idea
future shack = stupid idea
ItalMafioso 7 months ago
If we had this in the US I'd live in one.
rmcowdery 8 months ago
@scotty71981 The container's 8 foot high. So it makes sense to describe how many times these containers would encircle the earth. Say a countrys population, standing side by side, would circle the earth twice. It wouldn't make more sense to say if these people stand on anothers shoulders, they will circle the earth once.
TechArcturian 8 months ago
are you alowed to build a container house in the anywhere in the UK ,, what are the laws and implications, any restrictions?
deezacharo 8 months ago
would only be suitable for England's climate because its lukewarm, only sometimes the weather gets a little extreme
555gypsie 8 months ago
Anda tinggal di daerah RAWAN TSUNAMI ? Tahukah anda Perahu Nabi Nuh bebentuk yang nyaris kotak seperti Container ? Ini mungkin Solusi Rumah MASA DEPAN KITA ????
judicrisna 8 months ago
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BlueStrikeP 8 months ago
i want to cry! i pay 600 dollars a month for my apartment that i can hear the neighbors hump and argue in!
MsKia0302 8 months ago
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NamChampskee 9 months ago
I wonder if these are used in Haiti?
tejida815 10 months ago
It is a really good idea. Containers are perfect for homes good size
juanito1035 11 months ago
Amazing idea! There is a very good design in shipping containers home in Malaysia too, you may find out "Smart Green Home 2010"@ youtube.
landasanrakan 11 months ago
One word - JAPAN!
wilderfoto1 11 months ago 7
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what Japan has anything to do with this you dumbass??
KatiushaVN5 3 months ago
this is going to be my home one day (=
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dezainaa 11 months ago
I a northern country with long winters, would it be able to warm up? What warming system works best for a container?
SonOfTheSystem 11 months ago
Cool
mckeeclyde 11 months ago
This is so amazing! I would love to live in a house made of containers! :)
Xlolita89X 11 months ago
Container City was one of the brave beginners. The container home (ISBU) trend is even bigger this year.
ContainerDealersAssn 11 months ago
We just published a post on conhouses (in Spanish). They are funky, sustainable and cheap!
monapartbcn 11 months ago
I like it.
SuperTINTING 1 year ago
i came to america in a container...bad thing is now i owe these chinese guy 20k but i work it off slowly doing massages.
khmerog1 1 year ago
Container itself costs about 2500 USD on ebay. You pobably could get one cheaper, but it depends where you are.
varer 1 year ago
@varer exactly..........I just paid $350 for one container in Callao City, the main peruvian seaport.
CantolaoTV 1 year ago
Do you need a sales rep for USA? :-)
hydrobot2003 1 year ago
Wow I can hardly contain myself over this new type of dwelling.
kacplaymyst 1 year ago
seriously 300sq ft for about a hundred a month i need one of em!!!
mitchell6489 1 year ago
HOW MUCH DOES A CONTAINER HOUSE COST?????
babane09 1 year ago
collapsable containers are a really good idea, but if they are collapsable then you comprimise stability, sturdiness, reliability, long shelf life, and im sure the list continues. but it would be really nice though!
vetoTHEvito 1 year ago
@My1968Impala - I'm told it's purely economic. It's cheaper to make new containers in China since they ship more goods to the US than we ship back. So why not collapsable container designs that don't take up room on the ship so they can be sent back to the Far East for reusage? Seems like a lot of green environment initiatives have a catch 22. Off topic: electric cars need electricity and here in VA, electricity comes from the rain forest trees and nuclear. So is electric better than gas?
ebasss 1 year ago
Ask any insurance company..."what are the most expensive components in a house?" And they will tell you: Fixtures, Finishes, Doors and Windows. That is, every part that does not come with a ISO container. Then consider, the labor to cut very heavy gauge steel, insulate it for sound and temperatures, and the reality is, you pay MORE per square foot than building from scratch. However if you put a bed, chairs and your TV in a basic container, without making too much fuss it will work great. Uck!
pjamesbda 1 year ago
My spouse here in France turned me on to this a few years ago. Way to go!
slobomotion 1 year ago
i like cans...
animalsnacks 1 year ago
@scottyd71981 because the Earth is round, 8 ft higher and you're dealing with a larger circle with a larger circumference.
hannahmobrien 1 year ago
Pretty cool, but with the rainbow of colors on the outside, maybe it's a gay colony??? I'll PASS.
My1968Impala 1 year ago
So what causes a container to be 'out of commission' for it's intended purpose? What's causes such a surplus and are they mechanically damaged or compromised? I can't find the answer to that simple question anywhere...
ebasss 1 year ago
@ebasss I agree, if they are so strong, why can't they be used many more times?
My1968Impala 1 year ago
I want one!
Alishaikh94 1 year ago
Wow, I want one of those!!
pgm98387 1 year ago
I love this new and brilliant idea!!!
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If you are considering modular or prefab home, building with recycled shipping containers is worth taking a look at.
Good resource is the Residential Shipping Container Primer website. A SHOWCASE OF SHIPPING CONTAINER HOMES AND BUILDINGDS, AND A DO IT YOURSELF (DIY) REFERENCE FOR CONVERTING RECYCLED INTERMODAL CARGO SHIPPING CONTAINERS INTO BUILDINGS AND ARCHITECTURE.
Lots of great example buildings, details, facts, and links to other articles...
storefrnt 1 year ago
Fantastic for containing People,... :-)'
To a somewhat sublime existence,
thetruebrit85 1 year ago
Amazing so simple yet we continue to destroy woodland and forests to make way for huge greenhouse gas dumping homes big enough for 6 full family's to live in. we need to re think things like these people did, less is more and let go of a lot of your meaningless items live a simpler life you will live longer and happier. GO GREEN lol
Minus42Zero 1 year ago
this is fucking brilliant. id rather live in one of these than an apartment.
muzikman182 1 year ago 2
interesting concept
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Giuelith 1 year ago
What About Rust?
SWMoneyMaker 1 year ago
@SWMoneyMaker beats termites! Besides, the steel used on those things is thick. It would take a lifetime for rust to ruin even a poorly cared for container.
xpsyclonex2002 1 year ago
It's nice to see that so many people are positive about this. I'd have thought that more people would be sticking their noses in the air on "shipping container" despite the advantages.
qwAirGear 1 year ago
welcome to the future! the future is metal!
elghazoli 1 year ago
I'm really amazed with what can be done out of an old pile of steel. I even bought this great e-book Containers 4 Homes (steelhouseplan . com)
dameer29 1 year ago
Is it the container have a year limited? 70 years will destroy or 60 years?
SaveAgent 1 year ago
Very Interesting, do you think Malaysia can do like that?
MYECOWORLD 1 year ago
@MYECOWORLD I found one interesting vid from Malaysia. Check it out at "Smart Green Home 2010". Great presentation.
ncc501lily 1 year ago
This is how the Governments want you to live..In a shipping crate.
LottsaLasagna 1 year ago 2
Leave it to the domesticated brits to want to live like slaves.
NBaimf 1 year ago
i dont think a home like this one would acomadate. here in az. it would like being in a oven.
georgiacienfuegos 1 year ago
@georgiacienfuegos Insulation does wonders, they are quite efficient units. There's also a special spray you can get to coat the outside that helps with that sort of thing in hot climates.
Xalatan84 1 year ago
Ooooo Thanks For The Idea!!! :D I'll Try Making One in the Sims!!! :D
wildmanoman 2 years ago
Why didn't the narrator just say "You can build a 16 foot wall around the equator"?
scottyd71981 2 years ago 65
cuase sayin twice makes it seem like more
MIZZOUbeCHILL 1 year ago
@scottyd71981 because as you build higher from the ground, you are building a larger circle. Technically it would take more.
choubabble 1 year ago
@scottyd71981 I know right!
multigunlover 1 year ago
@scottyd71981 Because they are 8 ft high, that's my only conclusion.
jerrybast 1 year ago
@scottyd71981 understand what you're saying...it's just douchebag wordplay that they use on tv, hence if you were to just say 16 foot wall it doesn't sound as big as 8 foot wall..TWICE, ya know
low72 1 year ago
@scottyd71981 Everything's better in 2's.
TheDrunkNews 1 year ago
@scottyd71981 It sounds more impressive to those of lesser minds.
colombo05gmail 1 year ago
@scottyd71981 late, but containers are 8 feet tall.
MadnessHeroX 1 year ago
@scottyd71981 because the containors they used are 8 ft tall
AmeriCIA 11 months ago
@scottyd71981 because they're 8ft tall :)
jthehumanbeing 11 months ago
@scottyd71981
if you expand the diameter of the earth by 16 feet (8ft on each radius) it would take WAAY more shipping containers to make the 2nd loop on top of the first loop around the equater.
blakenumber21 11 months ago
@blakenumber21 By my calculations, the circumference at 8 feet up only increases by approx. 50 feet. You could not cram in 1 additional container into that space if you left a gap of 0.00000752 inches between each container on the second row. This is true unless C is not equal to 2 x Pi x Radius.
mandm1976 9 months ago
@scottyd71981
if you expand the diameter of the earth by 16 feet (8ft on each radius) it would take WAAY more shipping containers to make the 2nd loop on top of the first loop around the equator.
blakenumber21 11 months ago 2
@scottyd71981 because twice just makes the point so much better. because twice makes the point so much better.
BZEnodata 9 months ago
@scottyd71981 because that would imply that the second layer of shipping containers was further away from the surface than the first, thus the circumference of the second layer is longer, and thus he would be lying if he said "you can build a 16 foot wall around the equator."
ianmahan 8 months ago 17
@ianmahan now we probebly could
themabdaguy 8 months ago
@ianmahan Sure, but I could hardly see "you can build an eight foot wall around the equator, twice" to be such a precise measurement that the circumference of the earth would come into play in a mere manner of speech. Yes, he'd be lying if he said that, but he's probably lying anyway.
TheSummerService 8 months ago
@scottyd71981 take a geometry class and you'll get it :)
ianmahan 8 months ago
@scottyd71981 Because shipping containers are 8 foot high.
capicudeane 8 months ago
@scottyd71981
"It goes around the equator twice" is implying how much there is if you stack them side by side.
josefopeda 7 months ago
excellent.
nuffzed202 2 years ago 2
Wow, a recycled container house... I want one! But first, I agree, how about getting these onto Haiti in volume?
argon805 2 years ago 2
WOW! you read my mind... i wanna be a developer and architect when i grow up and container houses are gonna be something i do alot... mainly for people needing relief :)
jocanonxs 2 years ago
Do you think it is harmfull for you to live in a metal box?
TruthSmack 2 years ago
@TruthSmack no. they ship food in those.
yarneyboy24 2 years ago
i could build a better house
JUKIO01 2 years ago
perfect - now build it in Haiti
and help those people.
USERCRITIC 2 years ago 5
@USERCRITIC You took the words out of my mouth!
These would provide a perfect solution for rebuilding Port Au Prince into a safe, modern and perhaps even thriving city.
They would provide protection from hurricanes, earthquakes, they are low cost and could be built quickly......now, how do we get the powers that be to do just this.....
gareyt17 2 years ago
@garey17, what you think the governments are interested in helping people?
captaincompost123 2 years ago
Cool idea for quick built efficient homes that can be added on to but for some reason they always paint them multicolored with polka dots and round windows making them look like crap. or fold down counters and fruity looking contemporary furniture like a "pier 1" discount isle.
most of the container homes i see dont look very inviting on the inside, they look like a model home or an eccentric treehugger house.
unclesonnyonutube 2 years ago
I know. I'm sure they could make them look nicer, i.e disguise the container so it doesn't look like its come off the back of a truck and fit the interior out with more higher quality, luxurious materials.
vissi87 2 years ago
leaving it raw on the outside and not masking it is fine with me because i could care less what my neighbors think, but the polka dots, neon paint, ugly hippy furniture and camper toilet is what turns average people away.
I would love to have 4 containers and solar but when I do decide to build, its not going to look like some hippy yoga retreat inside with stick furniture and rock gardens and when I flush its going into a septic tank, NOT my veggie garden...ya dig?
unclesonnyonutube 2 years ago
wow he said "300 sq ft for 80-140 a month"?!! im sold man, wheres the lease sheet??
2HornDogs 2 years ago 25
@2HornDogs right! me too!
frexprsn 1 year ago
thanks for posting this
carveawoodeneye 2 years ago
I want to build this for LIFE SCHOOL in Panajachel, Lake Atitlan, Guatemala. What a marvelous idea!
catherinetodd 2 years ago
and there is housing crisis why? Affordable housing is all people want, and normal people don't want that much space, just somewhere they can feel safe, warm, them and their things secure. That's all. Developers and city planners, politicians don't seem to get it. All they want is huge homes built at inflated prices, (owned by private bank cartels) fancy yet ugly, a few ppl living in them, lotsa pollution, condo towers for middle rich class.
build these, treat them like real homes=solution
101101101777 2 years ago 4
It's all about the margin. If building four $500,000 houses yields $200,000 in net profit, and building twenty $100,000 houses yields $150,000 in net profit, then the developer is going to build the more expensive houses (assuming demand is the same).
uuuu9999 2 years ago
I live in Russia and I only saw temporary container houses (no sanitation). They're common at construction sites. Making full-scale houses of containers is a great idea. Also, round windows ate cute.
nina92411 2 years ago 4
the problem is land value and service connection, building the house is cheap this is no solution to anything
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louis12346 2 years ago
what does this have to do with containers?
usaearthling 2 years ago
This is an incredibly ingenious idea. And the recycling aspect is even better! I hope that more architects will consider the medium soon!
mikeforester85 2 years ago
the milllenium dome cost 10 million times more and will last 10 million times less, the irony.......oh shit we paid for it
TH3NM3WITHIN1984 2 years ago
Don't let FEMA find out about these............
familybc146 2 years ago
Nice I gonna buy one and put it in my mom's front lawn and live in it.
MMATSdreadnautLOVER 2 years ago
i live in a sand castle....top dat
juniordelbc 2 years ago 2
xD can't top :P
P1ZZ4B0X 2 years ago
recycling glass saves energy? is this tv show retarded? it takes more heat and energy to melt, clean, and reshape used glass then it does to make new glass.
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\using lies to promote recycling is why most people dont bother recycling, tell us just one lie and you become a liar
johnmonk66 2 years ago
We Love This Idea For A Student Project!
PerfectCareer4uCom 2 years ago 2
Perfect for homeless people.
Chrijz 2 years ago 4
true 2x.
bitterkayne 2 years ago
And people thought I was nuts when I designed my future home using ocean containers. If you can show me a steel eating termite, then you've beaten my idea ;).
spencnaz 2 years ago 2
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SAKURATHEMC 2 years ago
Makes me wanna try this out.
ShawnPangle 2 years ago 4
If any one is interested in doing this, the final cost will be about $5-8000 for one, including inside design and plumming, small kitchen shower and bathroom.
You can buy shipping containers on ebay for $1500-3000 Shipping may cost around $100-500 depending on the distance.
Putting the insides is cheap and easy to do. Now compare that to same size room where you live for $500-1500 for an apartment where you live. this would pay of in a year, plus you get to keep it, or sell it when your done.
outacontrolpimp 2 years ago 2
@outacontrolpimp sounds great to me..i just wantan art studio with a kitchen and true bathroom
frexprsn 1 year ago
i am starting the pole shift survival group.
let me know if u r interested.
sexypoetry 2 years ago 4
Wow it actually looks really modern on the interior. Why don't shipping companies just reuse the containers instead of throwing thing away?
aq1sw2de3fr 2 years ago
They stack up in destination Countries like The US. We ship much less to China than they ship to us.
DanishM1Garand 2 years ago
I guess that makes sense. But couldn't they put the empty containers on the same boat that's going to China?
aq1sw2de3fr 2 years ago
costs about $900 to send one back empty
fewinhibitions 2 years ago
The more weight the ship has to carry, the more fuel it has to burn to make the journey. Why bring dead weight back to China?
Avantime 2 years ago
Well it wouldn't be dead weight if China reuses to containers right? Maybe the US can sell those containers back to whoever manufactures them.
aq1sw2de3fr 2 years ago 2
we do. as metal balls after they are scrapped. it may cost $900 to send one empty container, but it also only costs $900 to ship one open-top container full of metal balls (that used to be containers) back to china.
caddy59 2 years ago
OK that sounds a little better. I thought they were all just left there to be scrapped.
aq1sw2de3fr 2 years ago
Like everything else, they're made in China.
darealdjnutz 2 years ago
This is awesome, super great idea. I'm going to build my own. Thanks for the inspiration.
J2Pes 3 years ago