This was first posted on Jan 3, 2011 on a different, now discontinued blog.
It appears that Hollywood has picked up on the small living movement in the form of a shipping container home lived in by Sam Flynn in Tron Legacy. The common area opens from both sides, one to the street and one to the harbor. (His father, Kevin Flynn, also lives in a simple and small home that have modules).
Many sci-fi type movies have lead to trends in technology and everyday objects. Perhaps the idea of using recycled materials will take off as much as developing new gadgets. After all, the re-purpose shipping containers is not only good for the environment (it’s cheaper to leave them in stacks on empty land then to send them back to the country of origin), but they are structurally very strong and can support a wide variety of needs.
Interior of the house (looked for an exterior view, but had some trouble).
Authors Note: Found an image! – Feb 3, 2011
As an update, I also saw on “pitbulls and Parolees” (from the Animal Planet) that the Villalobos Pitbull Rescue Ranch has used shipping containers to offer the dogs shelter in their new location in the mountains. In general they are trying to create a self-sustaining and green ranch. For more information about the organization, please see: http://www.vrcpitbull.com/home.htm
