The China daily, June 25 (Ou Ye)-Australia media reported on 24th, with Australia who pay attention to environmental protection, practical, low cost, currently Australia's construction industry is emerging a new fashion trend, and that is with abandoned shipping containers converted into residential housing.
Statistics show that, worldwide, there are about 300duowanzhi empty containers. Therefore, European and American architects in these containers, spending most of their ideas, to turn it into a green building, and making it affordable housing for low-income groups. This is United States Texas architect designed container houses, wooden floors, air-conditioning, sofa bed, bathroom, bedroom and other living facilities, roof also has a small garden.
In the age of dwelling, not nobody saw the opportunities offered by cheap waste container. Shanghai suburb in China , local villagers use waste containers, after processing and transformation to build Council housing, rented to migrant workers. The stacked containers, and lived with various families, "landlord" can collect 500 Yuan a month from each container.
Zhu Jianfei, an Associate Professor also pointed out that, in addition to the architectural value of using containers to build homes, even in Western countries has become fashionable in the Office. Container houses will lead the new fashion.