Building design incorporates 65 shipping containers

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The eCORRE Complex would also serve as a community center, hosting public events (Image: APHIDoIDEA)

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A Los Angeles design firm has proposed using 65 shipping containers to build an environmen...

The proposed construction process for the eCORRE Complex (Image: APHIDoIDEA)

A rooftop garden would be one of the features of the eCORRE Complex (Image: APHIDoIDEA)

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Because they are sturdy, waterproof, transportable, and perhaps only a little bit smaller than some low-rent apartments, disused shipping containers have become very popular for conversion into low-impact buildings. Past efforts have included using them as emergency housing, trendy relocatable bachelor pads, and portable restaurants. Now, Los Angeles design group APHIDoIDEA has proposed putting 65 of the things together, to create an environmental education center for the city of Long Beach.

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