It’s estimated that each year around 500,000 shipping containers are abandoned . In addition there are several million shipping containers which have already been abandoned. That’s a lot of construction material wasted when there are so many sustainable uses possible!
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Reinventing student housing: Urban Rigger and Bjarke Ingels created a student housing unit out of shipping containers in Copenhagen - one of the most expensive places to live in the world - for an affordably low cost! Way to go! 🎉🙌 (also, did we mention how COOL it looks?)
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Giant Ideas is an initiative that helps educate our future scholars and explore numerous areas of future sustainability through the concept of IDEAS: Innovation, Design, Engineering, Architecture and Science.
Giant Ideas works with students on several levels of programming:
One of the many successes coming from our workshop with the Marc Garneau students. Asked to build container models for indigenous communities comes "The Algonquin Communal Dental Centre." Keep up the great work!
Mirza Nahiyan was named one of @TDSB's top high school students with a 99% overall average & this fall she'll be attending #UofT to study Computer Engineering. 🙌 via @CityNews
Projects in Process: Meet Future Living Lab, a student run innovation lab that focuses on bridging together affordable housing and sustainable design. Currently, Giant Ideas is aiding… https://t.co/YgsMHz9t5N