NYC Plans On Designer Shipping Containers for Next Disaster

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Shipping container architecture has gained a lot of ground over the past few years for its simplicity, affordability and flexibility. Yes the very same containers that make transatlantic voyages and are carted around hitched to trucks have become a tool for architects to design restaurants, to serve as retail or pavilions and even homes. According to an article by Matt Chaban on the New York Observer, NYC plans to prepare for the next disaster with apartments built out of shipping containers to be used as disaster relief shelters.

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Cite: Irina Vinnitskaya. "NYC Plans On Designer Shipping Containers for Next Disaster" 06 Dec 2012. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/299357/nyc-plans-on-designer-shipping-containers-for-next-disaster> ISSN 0719-8884

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