Architecture Out Of The Box

When trucking company owner Malcolm McLean invented the shipping container in the 1930’s, he probably had no idea that he had also provided the world with a source of inexpensive, rugged, and easily adapted housing.

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March 11, 2005, 2:00 PM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

Most shipping container architecture has coalesced into two ghettoes: refined houses and gallery pieces, or jerry-rigged shelters. The Seattle-based Team HyBrid is working with two NGOs in Sri Lanka on a third option: transforming the containers into well-designed, long-term-use health clinics.

Thanks to Julie Taraska

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Friday, March 11, 2005 in MetropolisMag.com

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