The Sinister Brutalism of Shipping Container Architecture

Re:The Sinister Brutalism of Shipping Container Architecture by babesh on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @07:32PM (#20701093)

I have been following a youtube couple building a shipping container home. It isn't as simple or cheap as you think. You need to deal with rust, sealing floors that have chemicals, cutting out windows, etc... I wonder if they can do that only because they live somewhere with no building regulations.

In contrast to that, our local school additions were a snap. They were prefabs that just needed to be dropped onto slabs.

I think there is a definite hipster trendiness to some uses of containers. It's the typical hype, trough cycle where it's being used in novel ways but also not so good effective ways in other cases.

https://youtu.be/i8qtI15Ntws

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Re:The Sinister Brutalism of Shipping Container Architecture by dsfyu404ed on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @08:00PM (#20701264)

>It isn't as simple or cheap as you think. You need to deal with rust, sealing floors that have chemicals, cutting out windows, etc...

And once you're done with that you run into humidity and ventilation issues. There's a reason people generally only use them for storage containers. If you want a building you can occupy there's cheaper and easier ways to do it.

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Re:The Sinister Brutalism of Shipping Container Architecture by im3w1l on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @08:51PM (#20701577)

What would be cheaper and easier?

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Re:The Sinister Brutalism of Shipping Container Architecture by saalweachter on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @09:39PM (#20701868)

Prefab, modular housing.

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Re:The Sinister Brutalism of Shipping Container Architecture by WalterBright on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @08:49PM (#20701567)

AS I recall the paint used on a shipping container is toxic and difficult to remove to make it habitable.

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Re:The Sinister Brutalism of Shipping Container Architecture by rhinoceraptor on Thursday August 15, 2019 @02:22PM (#20708095)

Also, shipping containers are like a soda can, they're built to be very strong, with as little material as possible. If you cut a hole in the side, it dramatically weakens it, so you need a lot of structural reinforcement.

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Re:The Sinister Brutalism of Shipping Container Architecture by gleapsite on Thursday August 15, 2019 @11:11PM (#20711845)

I believe most of the structural strength of a container is in the box frame rather than the skin.

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