Talk:Shipping container

Uses

It seems that shipping containers can also be used for building shelters/structures (it does requires allot of insulation though). In NGC's Planet Mechanics episode Heavy Metal House this was allready done. Perhaps that this building structure may also be mentioned. It seems to me that large structures such as this could easily be built with shipping containers

91.182.173.66 (talk) 17:20, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

Cardboard boxes?

Who uses "shipping container" to mean cardboard boxes (or "packaging in general")? I've only ever heard it used to mean the big metal containers used for transporting stuff on container ships. Which - as far as I can tell - is what all the references in this artical are referring to as well (not to mention the most obvious "plain English" meaning of the phrase. Iapetus (talk) 09:24, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

• There are four books listed that reference the broad subject of shipping containers, including several types of packaging. Pkgx (talk) 13:50, 17 September 2013 (UTC)

Shipping containers for living in

Perhaps Clemson Univeristy's SEED project can be mentioned ? See

• http://buildipedia.com/aec-pros/design-news/the-seed-project-at-clemson-university-safe-housing-for-haitians
• and http://10to10.org/projects/

also perhaps useful to mention http://www.whatifnyc.net/

Xovady (talk) 13:23, 14 August 2015 (UTC)