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**DanceChillGroove**

Strong, durable, inexpensive...ugly?
The US military has been using these for temporary billeting for years. They call them CLUs, Containerized Living Units. In recent years private sector architects have put a whole new spin on the humble CLU.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKrk4HjAM...re=related

**Geogal**

yeah... they're about the size of a studio. That would be a good use for older ones and homeless.

**DanceChillGroove**

Geogal Wrote:

yeah... they're about the size of a studio. That would be a good use for older ones and homeless.

Yeah, I was thinking homeless too but some of the models displayed in the vid appear to be on the higher end of the socio-economic scale. In either case, they seem to be a versatile alternative to conventional construction methods!

**Spread**

They're really cool. One of the local bbq joints was built with 2 of them.

**Pope Frank**

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7zvEVdEg9A

**Full Circle**

Ayup! Living little. I'm up for that.

**Geogal**

DanceChillGroove Wrote:

Geogal Wrote:
yeah... they're about the size of a studio. That would be a good use for older ones and homeless.

Yeah, I was thinking homeless too but some of the models displayed in the vid appear to be on the higher end of the socio-economic scale. In either case, they seem to be a versatile alternative to conventional construction methods!

it's gonna be trendy to live in a shipping container... chuckle

ok...

**ASA**

Great, now I have housing envy over shipping containers. chuckle

Some of those were really nice. I'm a fan of the not-too-big house.

**♣♠♦♥** lop guest User ID: 69723 08-08-2012 05:05 AM

1* due to the most annoying music ever on a youtube video.

That voice makes me want to burn my ears off.

There was no need for that song.

**Pope Frank**

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFAonWqVn...re=related

**The Martini Maven**

what ever happened to the prestige of living in a van down by the river?

**Spread**

The Martini Maven Wrote:

what ever happened to the prestige of living in a van down by the river?

Or living in a Cadillac at McD's ? chuckle

**Pope Frank**

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hou5_w60L...re=related

**♣♠♦♥** lop guest User ID: 69723 08-08-2012 05:08 AM

The Martini Maven Wrote:

what ever happened to the prestige of living in a van down by the river?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nhgfjrKi0o

**Pope Frank**

I've always wondered why theses containers weren't used to rebuild Haiti. They are earthquake proof and hurricane proof, but the majority of container housing are being built in Australia and the UK.