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Incredible home built out of containers out in the Mojave Desert

Tibi Puiu by Tibi Puiu
October 27, 2017
in Environment, Environmental Issues, Green Living

Mojave Desert container home

It’s incredible what some people manage to build simply by turning something that’s overpassed its use into something useful again. A perfect example of this is this incredible studio built entirely out of former cargo containers located deep in the Mojave Desert.

The home designed by architect Walter Scott Perry of ecotechdesign out of was built to explicitly meet the needs of his client-requested photography studio and separate storage building. Constructed out of six re-purposed steel shipping containers, the home not only shines through its ingenuity and aesthetics, but also thanks to its efficient – energy conservation features are implemented through out the home such as a solar home shading system, a movable living green roof, and a 10,000 gallon water storage tank plus a separate 3,000 gallon tank for rainwater harvesting capability. It actually exceeds California efficiency code requirements by 50%!

Mojave Desert container home

If you think dwellers will get cooked inside the metal containers middle-of-the-desert home, think again. The 2,300 square foot studio features a extensive protection against the desert heat and winds, like a perforated metal shade which wraps the roof, south-facing walls and the solar breezeway, and serves to direct a natural flow of air into the home.

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Mojave Desert container home

On its 160 square roof, a decently sized desert garden can be found, filled desert plants desert plants and sedums irrigated by greywater to absorb heat, dust, and CO2.

According to ecotechdesign, the total building cost was $150 per square foot, with more hybrid building projects in the works, the company announced.

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Tibi Puiu

Tibi Puiu

Tibi is a science journalist and co-founder of ZME Science. He writes mainly about emerging tech, physics, climate, and space. In his spare time, Tibi likes to make weird music on his computer and groom felines.

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