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In the Netherlands they use converted shipping containers as student housing. Also stacked fairly randomly and in different colours. Looked really cool. There
by 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 agoIt'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 agoI 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...