Shipping containers, that’s what they are; they are structurally built boxes that can carry tons of weight, travel the salty seas, and have a lifespan of approximately fifty years on the water.

Now let’s take that box and start again, but without the heavy load and the salt water, how long will it last if it was used to be part of a home?

The advantages outweigh the disadvantages when using steel boxes to build a home; they don’t crack or drop at the ends when the foundation is moved. If maintained correctly, they will outlive conventional homes using bricks and mortar. But don’t forget they only take a few days to deploy on a site compared to months and months of traditional buildings.

I bet you any money if you run a car into a container home, you can still sleep the night in that home after that incident, which I doubt you could do with all the rubble and brick everywhere.

Advantages include a sealed environment with much better climate control than traditional homes; they are much quieter as sounds bounce off the steel exterior.

Architects love the idea of space in a box that can be joined, sides taken off, just like Lego blocks creating fantastic developments.

This is just an example of what these boxes can turn into!
-Samuel Halsa at Container Homes

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