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It reminds me of Canada's Habitat 67, which is also made up of prefabricated concrete rooms and sealed bathroom units. Designed as cheap housing for the future,

It reminds me of Canada's Habitat 67, which is also made up of prefabricated concrete rooms and sealed bathroom units. Designed as cheap housing for the future, it is now luxery housing but residents have to put up with similar problems such as a pipe burst in one apartment causes major problems. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habitat_67 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habitat_67

GekkePrutser 5y ago
In the Netherlands they use converted shipping containers as student housing. Also stacked fairly randomly and in different colours. Looked really cool. There was one such complex nearby where I lived. But it didn't turn out well, because of the cheap and fairly indestructible accomodations, the rental agencies filled these up with 'problematic' tenants rather than students and it turned into a slum pretty quickly. The best place in town to get drugs or get stabbed. Eventually it was dismantled obviously. It was a good idea, but stupid management.
- fhbfjgdjbc 5y ago
  It's been tried in a lot of places. There are many problems with the idea. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shipping_container_architecture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shipping_container_architectur...
- Aeolun 5y ago
  I used to live in something similar to a converted container [1], but designed as housing (also in the Netherlands), we didn’t have any such problems, and the containers were still going strong when they were removed to make space for new developments. I’m still nostalgic for that space. It was my first experience living alone, and a great one at that. [1]: http://www.tombrands.nl/Spaceboxen_gemeente_Apeldoorn/mini-47.jpg http://www.tombrands.nl/Spaceboxen_gemeente_Apeldoorn/mini-4...
gimmeThaBeet 5y ago
I always really loved how Habitat 67 looked, whatever practicality issues aside hah. I also really love The Interlace in Singapore, but I have no idea how you could be expected to navigate it if you are unfamiliar. I wonder how it is for service providers etc to find units. The layout when you see it from above makes more sense, but only slightly. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Interlace https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Interlace
baybal2 5y ago
Sealed bathrooms are quite common in luxury developments in China, and the Gulf today. It allows to make up something fancy very, very quick, and no risk that $10 per hour worker messes up somebody's gold plated loo.

GekkePrutser 5y ago

In the Netherlands they use converted shipping containers as student housing. Also stacked fairly randomly and in different colours. Looked really cool. There was one such complex nearby where I lived. But it didn't turn out well, because of the cheap and fairly indestructible accomodations, the rental agencies filled these up with 'problematic' tenants rather than students and it turned into a slum pretty quickly. The best place in town to get drugs or get stabbed. Eventually it was dismantled obviously. It was a good idea, but stupid management.

fhbfjgdjbc 5y ago
It's been tried in a lot of places. There are many problems with the idea. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shipping_container_architecture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shipping_container_architectur...
Aeolun 5y ago
I used to live in something similar to a converted container [1], but designed as housing (also in the Netherlands), we didn’t have any such problems, and the containers were still going strong when they were removed to make space for new developments. I’m still nostalgic for that space. It was my first experience living alone, and a great one at that. [1]: http://www.tombrands.nl/Spaceboxen_gemeente_Apeldoorn/mini-47.jpg http://www.tombrands.nl/Spaceboxen_gemeente_Apeldoorn/mini-4...

gimmeThaBeet 5y ago

I always really loved how Habitat 67 looked, whatever practicality issues aside hah. I also really love The Interlace in Singapore, but I have no idea how you could be expected to navigate it if you are unfamiliar. I wonder how it is for service providers etc to find units. The layout when you see it from above makes more sense, but only slightly. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Interlace https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Interlace

baybal2 5y ago

Sealed bathrooms are quite common in luxury developments in China, and the Gulf today. It allows to make up something fancy very, very quick, and no risk that $10 per hour worker messes up somebody's gold plated loo.