Shipping container housing has become a very practical (even trendy) form of sustainable building in the United States. Parts of Europe, such as Holland, have gone as far to create temporary housing out of containers for students and travelers.
With all that is happening around the world in terms of natural disasters, we at Miranda believed it was important to contribute and design for those in need. We created a relief housing shelter to be quickly assembled and used wherever needed.
When Japan endured the catastrophic 9.0 earthquake in March, and suffered critical damage beyond repair, Rob Boydstun (President of Miranda Homes) received a call from Business Oregon which put him in contact with a Japanese building official. It was then that Miranda Homes decided to fully develop a temporary housing solution. Designer, Kelly Geiger and Miranda Boydstun developed the patent-pending design including crucial details of the plan such as cost, functionality, energy efficiency, & durability. The product is essentially a stack-able duplex unit that will arrive in a standard 40'x8' shipping container and can be assembled anywhere in the world. In the original design, the shelter was intended for relief efforts in Japan and was in compliance with Japanese building code. Since then, it has now become a universal design.
There is an over abundance of shipping containers in the U.S. because it is not cost effective to ship back an empty container and because the U.S. does not provide enough of an export market to make up the difference. At Miranda, the answer was obvious; why not re-purpose these containers into something useful? Two birds with one stone- we recycle the abundance of shipping containers (which are essentially just taking up space) and create housing for those in need at the same time.
Our product is called S.L.I.C. (Sustainable Living In Containers) and it is just that. All of the materials have been selected to provide high durability, easy assembly, energy efficiency, and above all sustainability.
Click here for continued information on S.L.I.C. housing.
With all that is happening around the world in terms of natural disasters, we at Miranda believed it was important to contribute and design for those in need. We created a relief housing shelter to be quickly assembled and used wherever needed.
When Japan endured the catastrophic 9.0 earthquake in March, and suffered critical damage beyond repair, Rob Boydstun (President of Miranda Homes) received a call from Business Oregon which put him in contact with a Japanese building official. It was then that Miranda Homes decided to fully develop a temporary housing solution. Designer, Kelly Geiger and Miranda Boydstun developed the patent-pending design including crucial details of the plan such as cost, functionality, energy efficiency, & durability. The product is essentially a stack-able duplex unit that will arrive in a standard 40'x8' shipping container and can be assembled anywhere in the world. In the original design, the shelter was intended for relief efforts in Japan and was in compliance with Japanese building code. Since then, it has now become a universal design.
There is an over abundance of shipping containers in the U.S. because it is not cost effective to ship back an empty container and because the U.S. does not provide enough of an export market to make up the difference. At Miranda, the answer was obvious; why not re-purpose these containers into something useful? Two birds with one stone- we recycle the abundance of shipping containers (which are essentially just taking up space) and create housing for those in need at the same time.
Our product is called S.L.I.C. (Sustainable Living In Containers) and it is just that. All of the materials have been selected to provide high durability, easy assembly, energy efficiency, and above all sustainability.
Click here for continued information on S.L.I.C. housing.
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