Further to the idea of re-purposing existing structures previously discussed (airplane houses), peak oil is likely to decimate the shipping industry as well, leaving vast quantities of shipping containers available for re-use.
Hence, container cities. These make an enormous amount of sense for "housing." While modest in size, these are still a major improvement over the makeshift lean-to, primarily because they can be stacked vertically, allowing for greater population density around shared point-based resources like water sources. This is reminiscent of the Kowloon Walled City, but more structurally sound since they were purpose-built to be stacked.
Interestingly, these are quite trendy. As you can see from the Container City website, quite a number of these projects have already been built and in a relatively comfortable style.
I can see these becoming a major solution in the interim period as the growing house is prefect and cultivated. Obviously, they will eventually wind down as they rust away. In the event that Global shipping comes to an end, it is unlikely that more shipping containers will be constructed.
Still, one can eke out a relatively urbane existence in these.
Posted by Paul Rivers 11:10, December 8th, 2010
Sources:
"Cargo Container House Plans Continue to Expand « Dornob." Dornob. http://dornob.com/cargo-container-house-plans-continue-to-expand/ (accessed December 8, 2010).
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"Container City™ | Home." Container City™ | Home. http://www.containercity.com/home.html (accessed December 8, 2010).
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