Comments on: PREFAB FRIDAY: Linx Shipping Container Shelter

By: Johnevans7

Johnevans7 — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 10:09:34 +0000

The idea of a 20 year old container being converted into living accommodation, is disgusting both aesthetically and health wise (toxic substances are used in the manufacture of most ISO containers).

Look at some the beautiful settings where these crates have been dumped. If they seem incongruous now, imagine 10 years on, in a \’tired\’ condition and covered in scabby rust and leaking!

How long before the sobriquet \’Container Trash\’ replaces \’Trailer Trash\’..

Container factories are prefabricating complete, reasonable looking Hotel structures, but most people don\’t want to live in a Hotel.

I have yet to see a container \’house\’ I would choose to live in, unlike the prefab I grew up in as a child.

The Linx Shelter is a neat design, which would be great for housing students, prisoners and project workers, but I wouldn\’t want one as my next door neighbor.

By: Guy

Guy — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 04:14:03 +0000

Doobie, the secret ingredient in Coca Cola is raisin syrup. I taste it every time.

By: Dustin

Dustin — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 19:14:58 +0000

You realize that this is just his presentation board from his last year in school, right? A great project, but not a reality I don’t think.

By: Doobie

Doobie — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 15:47:27 +0000

While you are at it, send Embry the recipe for Coca Cola, your bank account statement and your social security number. Ooy-vey!

By: Gavin Embry

Gavin Embry — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 17:03:35 +0000

We wouild like to get involved. Please send as much information as you can: Prices, and technical details.

By: Kim

Kim — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 15:38:02 +0000

Great to see a practical solution to using all of these leftover containers that are incredibly strong and underused once their shipping life is passed. I see this being used for far more than construction trailers – a simple and elegant solution to the double story access –the old bi-level residential access trick. These would be far better than those FEMA trailers – as these could easily stand up to hurricane force winds while the trailers would get ripped apart.

By: Jones

Jones — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 06:56:22 +0000

Rob: I agree. Every architect under the sun has a “container” house design… “if only I could get it built” seems to be the motto of all these dreamers. I did see a project in Redondo Beach, California that was trick. That is the only architecture firm that seems to get anything built from containers and they have more on the way!

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 15:05:13 +0000

Seriously, these shipping container buildings are getting extremely boring. They’ve been bodged around on building sites for years. Perhaps architects could learn from some other form of mass production now.