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A Container House (15 pics)

Posted in Arts » Design 12 Jul 2011 / 9152 views

This marvelous and ultra modern looking house was built inside a shipping container. It’s an absolutely beautiful house, complete with all of the amenities, including a skylight.

Here’s another example of using containers as a place to live. It is in France and they are used as student dorm rooms.

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Tags: container, house, modern

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Alkhoren 10 month s ago

There is also a lot of dormitory like that in blegium i think, or around there.

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Enter your name 10 month s ago

Ohh what a great idea : a home for the poor !!

Mainly after this post (http://izismile.com/2011/07/11/luxury_pet_hotel_15_pics.html )...
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sdfdsfsdfsdf 10 month s ago

home for the poor?

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Enter your name 10 month s ago

where is wheatley?

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lolipop 10 month s ago

portable home...

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Smokey 10 month s ago

I wonder if is indeed cheaper to build this way? I know that it is not here in the US of A...I bid a job with containers and the amount of welding and reinforcement required completely eliminates any cost savings.

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gigantes 10 month s ago

re: too expensive,
i can't help but wonder how ambitious your people were trying to be. an ordinary container should be able to hold a substantial amount of weight as is. so if your amenities are modest i would think that should work, in the same spirit of a low-cost container home.

re: noise pollution,
not that i'm an expert or anything, but sound-proofing is not difficult or expensive. a thin layer of foam and cardboard works wonders in the insulation layer. perhaps some form of shock-absorption in the base. *shrug*

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Piloto loco 10 month s ago

The problem is the dorms in northern France were already sound proofed, yet they seem to be an issue with regards to resonance.

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Piloto loco 10 month s ago

It does seem to be a viable option in terms of economics; however that student dorm in the north of France seems to have problems with noise pollution, I remember hearing that the tenants could hear and feel any vibration coming from the busy streets. So in a urban setting it might not be the best option.

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lolzz 10 month s ago

A container costs between 10.000 and 100.000 (new or old) And they are not isolated at all!

In Holland we have them in busy student cities to build big student buildings in a short while! Pretty big for a student (13.4m by 2.6m)

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