(April 14, 2012 at 8:21 pm)padraic Wrote:(April 14, 2012 at 5:32 am)Zen Badger Wrote: The house we've just built is 168 square meters, (1808sqft) and just enough.
168 sq ft (16 sqmt) isn't a house, it's a packing crate with windows.
I think shipping containers are bigger.
Indeed, twice as big. Standard containers have foot print of 40'X8', giving floor area of 320 square feet.
There is actually a thriving industry in making residences out of several new or retired shipping containers. Shipping containers are designed to be stacked and structurally very strong. They make ideal earthquake, fire and tornado proof residences.
