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Ex-Container Project Provides Shipping Container Housing for Victims of Japan Earthquake

04/14/2011
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  • Ex-Container Project Provides Housing for Victims of the Earthquake in Japan
    A group led by Yasutaka Yoshimura Architects -- who designed the Bayside Marina Hotel we featured not long ago -- has formed the Ex-Container Project with the intention of using shipping containers as disaster relief housing for people displaced by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. With shipping containers being used around the world as permanent buildings, these temporary residences are low cost and can eventually be turned into long term residences if needed....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/ex-container-project-provides-shipping-container-housing-for-victims-of-japan-earthquake/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • Ex-Container Project Provides Housing for Victims of the Earthquake in Japan
    A group led by Yasutaka Yoshimura Architects -- who designed the Bayside Marina Hotel we featured not long ago -- has formed the Ex-Container Project with the intention of using shipping containers as disaster relief housing for people displaced by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. With shipping containers being used around the world as permanent buildings, these temporary residences are low cost and can eventually be turned into long term residences if needed....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/ex-container-project-provides-shipping-container-housing-for-victims-of-japan-earthquake/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • Ex-Container Project Provides Housing for Victims of the Earthquake in Japan
    A group led by Yasutaka Yoshimura Architects -- who designed the Bayside Marina Hotel we featured not long ago -- has formed the Ex-Container Project with the intention of using shipping containers as disaster relief housing for people displaced by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. With shipping containers being used around the world as permanent buildings, these temporary residences are low cost and can eventually be turned into long term residences if needed....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/ex-container-project-provides-shipping-container-housing-for-victims-of-japan-earthquake/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • Ex-Container Project Provides Housing for Victims of the Earthquake in Japan
    A group led by Yasutaka Yoshimura Architects -- who designed the Bayside Marina Hotel we featured not long ago -- has formed the Ex-Container Project with the intention of using shipping containers as disaster relief housing for people displaced by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. With shipping containers being used around the world as permanent buildings, these temporary residences are low cost and can eventually be turned into long term residences if needed....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/ex-container-project-provides-shipping-container-housing-for-victims-of-japan-earthquake/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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Ex-Container Project Provides Housing for Victims of the Earthquake in Japan

A group led by Yasutaka Yoshimura Architects -- who designed the Bayside Marina Hotel we featured not long ago -- has formed the Ex-Container Project with the intention of using shipping containers as disaster relief housing for people displaced by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. With shipping containers being used around the world as permanent buildings, these temporary residences are low cost and can eventually be turned into long term residences if needed....

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