Design a modular house made from four (4) stacked shipping containers to provide a home of about 1200 square feet. Two containers on the bottom and two on the top. Top two are shifted to provide a balcony at one end and an overhang at the other. The house is completely self sufficient with solar panels on the top, water tank, and composting toilets. The roof garden is irrigated with recycled water.
Find a piece of abandoned land. An area of about 20 feet by 60 feet would suffice. (If narrower, rearange the containers to a vertical stack). Remove any debris level an area and provide a gravel foundation (approximate cost of foundation $1000). Fill the water tank (illegally) from a local hydrant.
The containers for the bottom floor are left as is to invite graffiti. They are mainly used for a garage (veg oil car), workshop, and storage. The top containers are ultra modern with glass windows covering the entire end of each. There is a roof garden for food, and a large balcony/deck.
When busted by the authorities or land owner, call some truckers and move the house to another location. The house functions as a TAZ or Pirate Utopia outside of the normal conditions of house ownership and the inevitable exploitaion of others that goes along with the earning of money to fund it. Ideally the inhabitants will be totally self-sufficient and able to operate totally outside of the modern conditions of production. Their lives will be a continual derive from block to block, and city to city, and even country to country using standard container ships. Living like global gypsies or poetic pirates.
Comments (1)
I love the idea of living inside these storage buildings. Perhaps they would be more hidden if you could bury them in some quiet hillside.
Posted by Jason Patten | September 26, 2007 10:58 PM
Posted on September 26, 2007 22:58