Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: What does affordable mean?

[Cher Stuewe-Portnoff (cherworks01]

If you plug in "shipping container architecture" to Google, you will get
more than you ever dreamed of. I did. :-) Here's the one I saw on a
homebuilding show a few months ago, that got me daydreaming, to get you
started...

http://www.inhabitat.com/entry_755.php

Cher
Columbia, MO

-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Netherton [mailto:andrewnetherton [at] gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 7:53 AM
To: Cohousing-L
Subject: Re: [C-L]_ What does affordable mean?

As someone keenly interested in all sorts of alternative building
materials, would you care to share the plans/links/info you've found
on building with containers?  A container construction digest, if you
will?  I've only seen one design, using both 20' and 40' containers,
but it was far too ultramodern to actually be useful for my family.
I'd love to see some designs using containers as columns
(stairwells?)!

Regards,
Andrew Netherton

On 9/13/06, Brian Bartholomew <bb [at] stat.ufl.edu> wrote:
> Many thanks for all encouragement for containers.  They are stacking
> up in our big ports because they aren't worth shipping back to the
> Pacific rim.  The steel has a recycling value of several hundred
> dollars, but given their bulkiness they're almost trash.  I would be
> doubly glad to help turn a disposal problem into cheap, sturdy housing.
>
> I haven't seen any of the recent TV features, but I do have a file
> collection of designs.  For single containers I like the floorplans of
> the best of the aluminum road trailers.  For more than one container
> I'm almost at a loss to decide arrangement -- I could build anything.
>
> > Lowe's (the home improvement chain) recently announced that they will
> > start offering a kit house called the Katrina Cottage in about 30
> > stores in the states around the Gulf of Mexico starting in November.
> > The small homes are based on a design by Marianne Cusato and will be
> > energy efficient, hurricane resistant, code compliant, and designed
> > for future expansion.  Perfect for cohousing, in other words.
>
> Shades of the Sears kit bungalows!
>
>                                                         Brian
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