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TAKING THE CONTAINER’S GREATEST ASSET, ITS INFRASTRUCTUREWE HAVE REDESIGNED IT FOR MULTI USE.

Shipping a container back to Asia is 5 times more expensive than making a new one. This effectively makes shipping containers a single use product which ends its life in a landfill only a year after being manufactured.

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VALUEThe eight x 8 module could easily be transformed into housing. The frame of the module would give the home strength while the walls provide infinite opportunity for customization.

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PROCESSThrough the models we learned about the proportions needed to make the modules living spaces.

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COMPLIANCEA modular floor utility system was designed to connect utilities from module to the next while maintaining a universal orientation for connecting and powering appliances and electronics.

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OPPORTUNITYThe walls of the module could be outfitted with medical equipment,transforming the unit into a medical station ready to be transportedanywhere in the world.

RESOLUTIONWhen the home is ready to be reconfigured, take the walls and

roof off and start over, move to a new lot or sell the parts.in any case the landfill is averted.

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