3 reasons why containers are a housing solution. Not even five years ago, students from Amsterdam got the opportunity to live in containers. The city of Amsterdam had a major housing problem for students. They had to live in old attics and pay high rent for areas that often lacked basic needs. Amsterdam had to find a solution and fast.The municipality was looking for housing that could be built fast for a relatively low price. The number of individual dwellings had to be high as well because there were many students looking for housing.
The solution they found was shipping containers, developed by the company Tempo Housing. A shipping container has a standard dimension (width 2.4m and long 12m). At the moment millions of shipping containers are not being used in ports, so the company wouldn’t have a problem there. Every unit/container has a surface of 28.8m2, which isn't big but is a good living standard for students. Tempo Housing has various designs for different needs but every container comes with a kitchen, bathroom and living room. Large windows provide sufficient daylight and every container has good insulation to protect it from heat/cold, noise and fire. The ducts and pipes for ventilation, sewage, water and heating/cooling and the wiring for power and data all come together in a central service shaft in the middle of the unit, next to the bathroom. Every few containers, there is one container that connects all these services and leads it to the main network of the city. The containers are very strong and very suitable for stacking.
According to one municipality (Noordwijk), in the Netherlands the price is around €1000 per m2. That is € 28,800 per house. This is including the installation of the containers and the connection to electricity and the sewer system. The housing company requires that the containers be purchased in groups of 50, after which the buyer can rent out the individual units. Maybe the most amazing thing is that they can deliver the final product in 11 weeks. Of course those prices are developed for a Dutch market, so this will vary in other countries.
According to one municipality (Noordwijk), in the Netherlands the price is around €1000 per m2. That is € 28,800 per house. This is including the installation of the containers and the connection to electricity and the sewer system. The housing company requires that the containers be purchased in groups of 50, after which the buyer can rent out the individual units. Maybe the most amazing thing is that they can deliver the final product in 11 weeks. Of course those prices are developed for a Dutch market, so this will vary in other countries.
More information can be found on:http://www.tempohousing.com/
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