Keetwonen: container living.

• Position: TALKING PICTURES - Dutch student housing project - Brief article

A lack of affordable housing for students in Amsterdam spurred a Dutch company to create a solution: converted shipping containers. In 2007, Tempo Housing stacked up over 1,000 converted containers to make the world's largest container village.

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The units are a great improvement on standard student housing: no roommates, private bath and kitchen, separate sleep and study areas, and amenities including high-speed internet connections, individually controlled heat and ventilation, and a secure courtyard...