Shipping Container HousingBY: ZACK HICKSUMD RDEV688Y

About Shipping Containers

Typical size:8’ 6” or 9’ 6” wide20’ or 40’ long

20 million worldwide Average life span: 5 years Older containers sell for $2,000

Ross Stevens House in Wellington, New Zealand

Atira Women’s Resource Society in Vancouver, BC

Shipping Container Housing

170 – 380 square feet per unit“Micro unit” – affordable, sustainable

housingVancouver project hard costs

Shipping containers: CAD$82,500/unitConventional concrete:

CAD$220,000/unit

Brookland Container Housing Project

¼ mile SW of Brookland-CUA Metro Station

Replaced aging rental house

18 containers total3 story project

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