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>Is there a huge stock of abandonded shipping containers just sitting around? There is indeed. For quite a few years, imports into the US have been much less
by nationcrafting 12y ago
>Is there a huge stock of abandonded shipping containers just sitting around?
There is indeed. For quite a few years, imports into the US have been much less than exports from the US, so there are more containers coming to the US with stuff than there are containers leaving with stuff. It's quite expensive to send empty containers back, so they've been piling up and recycled into other things...
- mc32 12y agoyes, and there is a market for used containers. You can get a new one for like 10 grand or so, but can find used ones for about 3 thousand --but of course you'd have to recondition them for living like strip the plywood and anti fungus chemicals, etc... The house designs can be pretty avant guarde and while they retain the constraints of the geometry, the configuration can make you forget that the building blocks are shipping containers. See http://www.dwell.com/great-idea/slideshow/10-examples-shipping-container-architecture http://www.dwell.com/great-idea/slideshow/10-examples-shippi...