20ft Self Contained Home with pv power and water catchment click here for more information on the 120BHU plan

Design Competition Details!

ISO Low-Cost Container Housing and Community System - an open community building design project
20' or 40' Shipping containers, Slight modification to become a weather-tight, earthquake/hurricane proof building unit.

Advantages:
Readily availible in most parts of the world, including developing countries.
Easily transported by land, sea, air, massive transportation infrastruture already set-up to move containers
Shop or field modification as necessary
Simple installation at location, minumum required: roll-off truck, small track lifting machine
Many foundation options
Long life-span with simple maintainence

Many configuration options:
self-contained units
grouped units
- bunk houses
- common food/wash/meeting units

TODO:
Floorplan Design
Construction Systems & techniques
Sourcing & Logistics

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