Recycled Shipping Container Homes
By S. Kim Henson
Can you imagine a crane rolling down your street to deliver your neighbor’s house? Or a helicopter dropping off the domicile on a vacant lot next door? Stepping outside the four walls of traditional housing, IC Green has designed voguish, sustainable residences, studios and cabanas from recycled shipping containers. And it makes sense. These corrugated steel box frames were built to handle heavy loads and harsh weather. As structures, they offer long lifecycles, low maintenance, and they sturdily stack and join together. Worldwide delivery is easy since the units were, after all, once used for transporting.
Great for an office, studio, guest house, addition or primary residence, the container homes range from 320 to 2,400 square feet. The simplest box is a studio with a bath and kitchen. At the other end, the 2,400 square-foot home has three bedrooms, two full baths, a galley kitchen, laundry room and closets designed around a courtyard in the center. Customization is offered for any size unit, including specialty paint colors and roofing, environmentally conscious upgrades and revised floor plans. Add-ons like a carport and multi-story units are also available.
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