http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-north-east-wales-43225512
Nice!
And there's lots of room to upgrade to a more luxurious container home
https://www.curbed.com/2017/6/21/15839730/shipping-container-house-for-sale-buy
Whoa! Even more room to upgrade than I thought
https://www.ebay.com/i/321989747559?chn=ps
I wonder about insulation value and how those would be to heat in our climate.
Shippiong being a huge part of the Danish economy (Maersk) we like to use containers as well. A new project using containers for student housing has taken off:
http://cphpost.dk/news/copenhagen-to-get-250-container-houses-for-students.html
https://www.cphvillage.com/progress
>insulation value
I've owned a couple for about 20 years, which I use for materials storage. I believe container construction has been modified very slightly since I purchased mine but they are still corrugated metal (usually sheet steel) boxes. Insulation wouldn't be a problem if the exterior were clad in insulating foam. The biggest problem I have is humidity and condensation but that would be easy to rectify when converting.
I've mentally toyed with using containers for modular residential construction for some years now. It definitely intrigues me, as does the 'tiny homes' movement. The biggest problem is their narrow width --a real design constraint. That said, students and homeless can't be picky.
Watched this one recently.
Nice way to do cantilevers
https://vimeo.com/147232218
Nice job. Looks like 2 8x40s welded together lengthwise as a module for each level. That's pretty much what you have to do to get past the 8' narrowness problem.
'Course, some people just want to show off....
http://www.brianzeller.com/id-live-there-an-incredible-starburst-container-home/
Did you look at the gallery?
Whilst visually appealing it's badly thought out. Check out the bed in the one start shard thing. Leaves no room either side.
No, I just watched spots of the video. Except for the occasional brilliant idea, interior layouts don't interest me too much. My attention is usually drawn to exterior profiles, windows, entrances, and stairwells --pretty much in that order.
Floorplan of this 8x20 guest house in slideshow.
Towable shipping container-based tiny house runs on or off-the-grid
https://newatlas.com/city-alternative-living-spaces/53704/
That is seriously cool. $36k isn't bad.
Next up: concrete pipes
http://www.jameslawcybertecture.com/?section=projects&id=1087
That site locked up my browser.
>pipes
Check this out instead
https://www.curbed.com/2018/1/3/16844382/hong-kong-pipe-apartment-opod-james-law
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QuoteThe R-value of an uninsulated, 8-inch-thick basement wall built using normal-weight concrete is 1.35, based on data from the 1993 American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air-Conditioning Engineers' Handbook. By doubling the thickness of the wall to 16 inches, the R-value only increases by 0.50.
Lots of buzz from SXSW on this one
https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/12/17101856/3d-printed-housing-icon-shelter-housing-crisis
One of the smallest tiny homes I've seen with the most (semi-)reasonable features.
https://newatlas.com/baluchon-utopia/53993/#gallery
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One of the smallest tiny homes I've seen with the most (semi-)reasonable features.
https://newatlas.com/baluchon-utopia/53993/#gallery
I was with you until I saw the hipster stairs to the sleeping loft. I'd break my neck climbing down those in the middle of the night.
>sleeping loft
Very popular. In pictures. In reality, not so much.
This one is only 20 ft long. Buy a 40 and have a large master bedroom.
Nice remote office/guesthouse design. You **need** this, Dras.
https://newatlas.com/new-frontier-cornelia-tiny-house-rustic/54447/#gallery
$120K!! Base model
I could dupe it for 40-50k.
>dupe it
Like so:
https://i.imgur.com/Pbf8yWR.jpg
hehe, 120 is crazy.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/40ft-x-32ft-Shipping-Container-Conversion-inc-VAT/
Quite big space. Not sure on building regs in UK though.
>big space
Lacks style, but the frame is interesting.
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Stayed here earlier this year https://www.ivivu.com/blog/2016/03/du-lich-moc-chau-ngu-bungalow-container-ngam-nhung-doi-che-xanh-mat/
Never been as cold.
You are a little soft now though?
Insulation :-)
The local Wrexham wildlife would love a stay in one of those containers no doubt https://twitter.com/welshphotoguy/status/982673037794390016
Unusual place Wrexham...
Briliant idea using them to make homes with, i'm so excited i can't contain myself!
We own one of those containers, use it for storage.
Nice job on this tinyhome.
https://newatlas.com/buster-tiny-house/55160/#gallery
My oldest kid is really into sketching up the layout of tiny homes. She wants to build one and live in it. That one you linked to is pretty well thought out.
With just a cursory run-through, I think that one is the best I've seen for 2 people, though the low ceiling is the bedroom is a nuisance. I like the staircase. I'm not keen on lofts with ladder access.
Tell her to bookmark that newatlas site (and clear cookies), they feature a good number of tiny homes.
>I'm not keen on lofts with ladder access.
Yeah, I think that would not be fun unless you were under 25. I already sent her the link :-).
Shipping container houses: 5 for sale right now
https://www.curbed.com/2017/6/21/15839730/shipping-container-house-for-sale-buy
$150 to $350 per square foot... that's pretty pricey compared to the costs of building from scratch. I realize that as size decreases, cost per sf goes up, but still, that doesn't seem like a bargain
That said, I really like the look of some of those.