Vivienda residencial juntando varios contenedores en Canadá. Precio medio de una casa unifamiliar 500.000 dólares. Esta vivienda de 3 habitaciones ha costado 180 dolares/square foot, mientras que una casa promedio cuesta 2000 dollars/pie cuadrado.

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Rociado de papercrete sobre un contenedor. En lugar de la mezcla 1:1 de cemento/pasta de papel, ha añadido un porcentaje de latex para aumentar la adherencia.

Aplicando varias capas, en 3 horas ha cubierto todo el exterior con la mezcla.

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Construcción de un estudio a partir de un contenedor, a partir de la compra de un contenedor usado, por 1.700 dólares.

As part of the construction of my house, I will be using a shipping container (mobile mini storage) for material storage. I looked into the rental cost of these units and found that It will cost between $1,200 - $2,000 per year. I continued researching and discovered there are thousands of surplus containers sitting in the port cities all over the county due to the export deficit with China.
Essentially all of our goods are coming from overseas in these standard shipping containers, and once they reach our shores and are unloaded most of them aren't reused. So I found a source of used ones locally and for $1,700 I can own an 8'6" x 9'6" x 24' shipping container.

Then I realized, that once construction was complete, I could utilize the watertight structure as the basis of an a building. More research followed and I hit the boards. I came up with a system that removes one size (and optionally the doors) and adds 50% more floor area. I was planning on using this for a music room / play area for the kids. The roof will protect the walls and windows (all glazing is north facing) and an inside layer of Icynene will insulate the metal skin & roof. I will also be planting some form of vertical planting (bamboo shown) to create shade and possibly a microclimate to protect the south side (I'm in the Phoenix, desert).

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Propuesta de diseño para una casa residencial construída con contenedores

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Otra propuesta, esta vez con 4 contenedores. Eliminando las paredes interiores de los dos contenedores centrales se puede conseguir un gran espacio central, mientras que los de los extremos solo precisan abrir puertas, ya que sus paredes constituyen los tabiques de separación.

Superponiendo más contenedores sobre la planta baja podemos tener una casa de 2 ó 3 alturas.

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Interesante propuesta de una residencia de estudiantes en Holanda , levantada enteramente con contenedores

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