May you always have work for your hands to do. May your pocket hold always a coin or two. May the sun shine bright on your windowpane. May the rainbow be certain to follow each rain. May the hand of a friend always be near you. And may God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you. I hope you find contentment. Maybe not swiftly, but surely.

Monday, September 17, 2012

17-9-12

Posted by kaiqing at 12:25 AM

Holidays. And it's raining. Did some house blue print on sketch-up. York's idea of a container house spurred my interest intensely.

 
 My initial idea was to stack containers up to form a livable house. However people believed that it would be a really hot place to live in, but I found out with proper insulation, the heat can be kept away and cold air kept in. 

This house is built on a 60' x 50' land, using one 40' shipping container and five 20' shipping containers. The front view is as above, with an extended roof for vehicles. Two rooms, a balcony and a 15 sqft toilet upstairs, living room, dining room, utility room, green house and toilet downstairs.

 
Side view: Using rain water catchment and upcycled materials, the toilet and crop garden is sustained. 

The back view of the house: Utility space and kitchen at an extended outside porch, also using the frame of a shipping container.

There are plenty of shipping containers out there waiting to be fabricated and used as a living space. Hopefully one day I could make this work. (With proper planning).

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