The last few years have seen experimental ‘cargotecture’ experiments worldwide. The base of this affordable housing is the widely available shipping container, retired from seagoing duties but still full of useful life. Clever ‘one-off’ constructions have linked containers both horizontally and vertically to produce a smorgasbord of possibilities.1
Increasingly now, housing factories are springing up to take advantage of this form of housing to produce units for multiple unit housing projects.
For some of the advantages and disadvantages of shipping container based housing, as well as a look at actual production designs currently or soon-to-be available in the UK, read more in Big Think: The U.K.’s Solution For Affordable Housing? Shipping Containers.
In North America, manufacturers intent on providing innovative support for affordable housing construction are taking similar strides. Given the federal government’s interest in private, rather than public funding to support affordable housing initiatives, it’s hardly surprising to note that ‘heavy metal’ is music to HUD’s ears.2 Read more in East Idaho News: This Caldwell Factory Holds A Key To Affordable Housing. HUD’S Ben Carson Came To See
Footnotes
- Here are two recent stories: The ‘Double-Wide’ Concept Comes To Affordable Shipping Container Homes and Bronx Attracts A Shipping Container Affordable Housing Project
- HUD — United States Department of Housing And Urban Development
