Quote Originally Posted by Horsepower View Post
It would be better if you just weld together I-beams and C-channels. If you are worried about Earthquake too much, consider that people in Japan (where it quakes every hour or so, everyday) DO NOT live in container vans.

Honestly, the only reason I can think of, of staying inside something like this is that it can be made as a mobile office or transient house. But as a permanent residence? Definitely, no.

Initially, it would be cute. But overtime, it would be suffocating as it's too small. When you break it open to provide space, it trashes the whole point of using it. Ergo, it's so much better to live in a real house.
Agree here. It's also not so good for our tropical conditions where you ideally need high ceilings, large windows and long overhangs for good ventilation and protection against elements. We have one container van as a temporary site office in one project site but that has been scrapped for pre-cast buildings which can be broken down and re-assembled. Easier to handle, transport, and more flexible in the long run it seems as against a container van.

The ERAP City in Taytay uses container vans stacked up... panget.