i love this! the quick house is made from recycled shipping containers, and is essentially a prefabricated kit that is dropped on the location, and custom (but simply) built. by assembling the shell you have a fully enclosed building by the end of the week, and from start to finish, you can have a three bedroom, two and one-half bath 2,000 square foot house in three months.
the cost for the basic house is only $76,000. a premium house, which includes a stainless steel kitchen, appliances, hvac, fireplace, insulation, electrical, carpets, light fixtures, stairs, beds and dining nook, costs $160,000. if you even have them do installation, estimated costs end up being under $200,000.
hmc and i want to sneak in to her parents house, knock that sucker down, and drop one of these on the lot. hell, i’d love to live in one of these. i’ve seen talks of these in those shelterporn magazines (dwell?), but this is the first offering that i’ve seen where you can buy something. now i keep looking around for empty lots…
Posted at March 24, 2004 11:00 AMyeah i like this - can i stack them up to make my own highrise? can i bury them to make my own secret underground lair? can i arrange them like a habitrail for me and all my friends to live in?
Posted by: kurtis at March 24, 2004 1:59 PMfunny that you should mention that: in this month’s issue of wired, there’s an article about a new london office complex, desgined by nicholas lacey, which is essentially 26 shipping containers stacked on top of one another…
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.04/start.html?pg=11
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