Reminds me of some of the work by Sambo Mockbee and his Rural Studio team. I had the fortune to visit his Lucy's House (made from surplus carpet tiles) at Mason's Bend, AL - amazing stuff

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rur...ki/ Rural_Studio
Rob Cowell | 10.23.08 - 8:18 am | #

Love these joints. I'm seriously trying to figure out wether I should build one.
KissMyBlackAds | Homepage | 10.22.08 - 9:32 pm | #

Hey RedStar,
I think you're possibly just restating the entrepreneur's code: The greatest profit-making strategies are those that supply significantly greater value to consumers than current solutions, often by harnessing heretofore unexploited technology or resources. Edison and the light bulb: Ford and the production line: Gates and the PC: etc. All of these in their way advanced the society, and made piles of cash for their exploiter.

I'd like to think that www.zoosse.com will soon be in that category. (IMHO)

One thing all of these have in common (strangely excluding our literal "Little Boxes" home developers!) is that their founders went through extreme personal sacrifice in order to bring their advances to the society.

I wonder, how many of the great advancers of the societal bar pictured the world post their advances? I see the world post Zoosse very clearly.

Greg
greg | Homepage | 10.22.08 - 12:53 am | #

nice article.. The shipping containers are built on an international standard, eliminating the hassle of building measurements.
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The Social Reformer | Homepage | 10.18.08 - 2:36 am | #

Brilliant. I didn't know any of this. I always learn at this blog.
Enemy of the Repubic | Homepage | 10.16.08 - 6:45 pm | #

Wonderful Poverty is a state of mind first. Look what getting around that can create!
Maia Berens | Homepage | 10.16.08 - 4:03 pm | #

Did you see this cool article about container houses on treehugger? http://bit.ly/2n0iEH
eric | 10.16.08 - 10:12 am | #

This is really awesome. Thanks so much for highlighting this. I especially appreciate the video that talks about containers used for "temporary" emergency purposes - very insightful!
katrina | Homepage | 10.16.08 - 7:49 am | #

I have seen a few articles about using shipping containers as the base for buildings. Seems like a great idea, working well where it has been implemented, too.

It is so important to move from concept to implementation, like that quote from the Buddha you put on your twitter page.

Thank you for this post
stidmama | Homepage | 10.16.08 - 1:13 am | #

PRETTY neat.. now why couldnt they think of that before.. all the money they could have saved us all..
lalale | 10.15.08 - 11:55 pm | #

Given that only 1 in 5 shipping containers arriving at our ports are returned to the shipping industry it is absolutely wonderful what can be done to recycle them.

These days with accommodation of any kind at such a premium, the fact that shipping containers can be adapted at such reasonable cost and slotted into the infrastructure with little disturbance makes them a sure fire winner.
rosie cubbin | Homepage | 10.15.08 - 5:02 pm | #

Totally innovative.
Jenny,Bloggess | Homepage | 10.15.08 - 1:43 pm | #

Great idea- repurposing the fundamental unit of global consumerism.
Kerblotto | Homepage | 10.15.08 - 1:14 pm | #

Hey Social Reformer!

This seems to be a great idea (and it is not new for me, I have been reading about it and watching documentaries), but I confess that I prefer glass houses, concrete houses.

But there's one thing I agree with you though: one can make profit and still do good to/for society.
I am totally a capitalist that believes in philanthropy.

Cheers
Max Coutinho | Homepage | 10.15.08 - 10:45 am | #

I've read about this - it's a great concept and could provide truly affordable housing to those in need. I hope this idea has legs and the folks responsible keep on it. Great post. I did one on my blog at http://www.orange-blog.com. Good to be following you on Twitter, too!
Garret Ohm | Homepage | 10.15.08 - 8:27 am | #

That's a really cool idea!
Ross Hill | Homepage | 10.15.08 - 1:37 am | #

This is awesome! I've been in a couple of these houses, they are very cool. Love how you wrote it as a case study - very interesting stuff.
Michelle Riggen-Ransom | Homepage | 10.15.08 - 1:34 am | #

Definitely a cool project in progress. This type of innovation is truly great. Thanks for highlighting.
James S. Walker | Homepage | 10.15.08 - 1:26 am | #

That is what you call innovative thinking. The possibilities are endless. Very low income housing for those in need.
Eric S. | Homepage | 10.15.08 - 1:25 am | #