UAE Architects Design Shipping Container Housing for Cairo to Address Housing Problems in Egypt

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Image by: Mouaz Abouzaid/ArchDaily

UAE based architects Mouaz Abouzaid, Bassel Omara and Ahmed Hammad have designed a shipping container housing project for Cairo in Egypt, dubbed ‘Sheltainer’.

Sheltainer use a standard 20ft container, as well as a smaller 10ft variety and larger 40ft crates for its structures to address a need for low-income, student and refugee housing.

Sheltainer aims to offer a flexible solution with new open spaces, activities and homes. Individual house units are combined into a cluster that serves as a small neighborhood of 8 homes surrounding a green courtyard. Units can be adapted to different environments due to the container's ability to provide excellent insulation and flexibility.

“Home is not a place, it’s a feeling. People are connected to their homeland. Growing up in an environment with family and friends fuels people’s souls with a promising future. But being forced out [of homes] due to starvation, the economy, or even politics creates insecurity," the architects said. "Twenty people are newly displaced every minute, and that becomes a challenge to provide a stable community that can cope with these rapid changes.” Sheltainer looks at the informal market Souk Al Jumaa as it serves the daily needs of the residential community there.

Source: archdaily.com

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