Push Button House 1_Adam Kalkin

This repurposed shipping container, though not viable as a home, utilizes hydraulic power to open up space.

http://swipelife.com/2009/05/13/push-button-house-by-adam-kalkin/

SEED relief in Haiti

SEED_Haiti is an environmental and humanitarian solution for providing relief housing with the adaptive reuse of surplus ISO shipping containers which in time turn into permanent homes. This solution uses the many shipping containers that are already in Haiti and the large number of shipping containers that are being sent to Haiti with relief supplies. In the coming months, there will be thousands of containers arriving to Haiti. SEED_Haiti is working on a strong incentive package to get this surplus of containers donated from the shipping industry for homes in Haiti rather than storing them or transporting them empty.

Collaborative team: Clemson University Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Tri-County Technical College Department of Welding, Container-It, Intermodal Steel Building Units Association, Sargent Metals

About SEED: http://www.cusa-dds.net/seed/?page_id=2

About SEEDHaiti: http://www.seed-haiti.net/

GREAT research: http://issuu.com/seed_housing_clemson/docs/seed_research_book

Container Cities_Urban Space Management (USM)

Excerpt from History Channel's Modern Marvels: 

By recycling multiple shipping containers, USM creates large living spaces that are large and comfortable.

Also reference: http://www.containercity.com/home.html