This document contains diagrams and drawings of shipping container designs and structural elements. It includes exterior and interior views of standard 6.1m shipping containers, showing dimensions of walls, doors, and framing supports. Additional drawings showcase container housing project examples from around the world, modifying and combining containers for residential, educational, and commercial uses. Labels include places like Denmark, Dallas, Tarragona, New Zealand, London, Berlin, Indonesia, Chile, Rhode Island, Brighton, Argentina, and Cantabria.

1. SHIPPING
CONTAINER
HOUSING
SYSTEM
Martínez Rodríguez, Miguel Ángel

2. Tilbury Docks(Reino Unido)

3. Binhai(China)

4. Port Botany(Australia)

5. Barcelona(España)

6. Yibuti(Yibuti)

7. Rotterdam(Holanda)

8. Hamburgo(Alemania)

12. TEU :acrónimo del término en inglés Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit
FEU :acrónimo del término en inglés Forty-foot Equivalent Unit

20. 6,1 m de largo por 2,4 m de ancho
por 2,6 m de altura. Su volumen
exterior es 38,51 metros cúbicos.

22. Dwg Nr. Title:
Scale:
1:25
ShippingContainer TopView
0.8"3.3"
Door end
of shipping
container.
0.86" 0.081"
0.135"
2.5"
2.5"
12.75"
A A
Section A-A
0.081" 0.135"
2.5"
2.5"
3.3" 0.8"
1"
1.8"
Section B-B
B
B
14"
7.5" 15"
SC-12

23. DwgNr. Title:
Scale: Date: Signed:
1:20
ShippingContainer - DoorsEndExterior View
C
C
8' 9"
9' 6"
7' 0"
8' 0"
0.25"
2"
6.25"7"
3.25"
0.75"7"
Section D-D
Exterior of shipping container Interior of shipping Container
3"
3"0.25"
1"
1.75"
3"
6.25"
D
D
7.25"
0.19"
0.87"
4.37"
4.37"
1"0.08"Shipping Container Roof
Section C-C
Section A-A
0.25"
Shows only corner postin
a non-hinge area.
1.25"
2"
2.5"
4.37"
2"
AA
2.5"
2.5"
Exterior of
shipping container
Interior of
shipping Container
Section B-B
0.175"
4"
0.5"
0.25"
1.25"
2"
BB
Notes:
1. Standard shipping container securing bars, latches and related mounting hardware
are not shown as these are removed and/or not relevant to the strength or structural
integrity of the unit.
2. Weld beads are placed at the top of each hinge as part of securing the doors closed.
1/4 in. plate welded
to right side door.
(Note 3)
1" long steel 'pin' 1/4" thick steel latch plate welded
to right door. (Note 4)
3. Steel plate of right door welded to left door to ensure securely closed doors
4. Steel plate of right door welded to pin on left door.
5. Rubber sealing gaskets around doors not shown.
0.75"
0.75" 0.75"
0.75"
0.75"
SC-9

24. 1"
DwgNr. Title:
Scale: Date: Signed:
1:40
UndersideFramingofShippingContainer-Sheet1of2
Door End
A
A
Section A-A
5.875 "
2.0 "1.125"
0.21"
B B
Section B-B
4.875"
0.18"
1.8"
Lateral C-beam (Narrow)
Longitudinal C-beam
12.67"
Lateral C-beams
12.67" on center &
welded to longitudinal
C-beams
8' 0"
End view - see
drawing #
B B
3' 7"
1' 7.5"
4.75"
4.75"
1' 7.5"
2"
2"
2.25"
2.25"
Lateral C-beams
12.67" on center &
welded to longitudinal
beams at either end.
12.67"
10' 11"
7"
7"
6"
3"
C C
Underside
of Container
Floor side of
container
undercarriage
Open portion of C-beam
faces toward doors
Section C-C
0.18 "
Wall
thickness
6"
4.75"
1"
0.18"
Underside of
container
floorcarriage
Upper (floor) side
of container
undercarriage
Door end
of shipping
container
Inner & outer channels
welded together along
upper edge of outter channel
D
D
E E
Per Section C-C
3.5"2.5"
0.18"6" 4" 6" 4"
U-beam welded to
upper plate along
entire length both edges.
Section E-E
4.75"
3.75"1"
2"
3.75"
4.75"
0.18 "
Wall
thickness
Section D-D
Container
center-line
direction.
Inner & outer channels
welded together along
upper edge of outter channel
Underside of
container
floorcarriage
Lateral C-beam (Wide)
Section F-F
4.875"
0.18"
3.6"
Open portion of C-beam
faces toward doors
1.8"
0.375"
0.375"
F F
G
G
Section G-G
4.5" 0.18"
Under side of
container
undercarriage
Under side of
container
undercarriage
19.25"
36.5"
36.5"
19.25"
40' 0" For more detail
see drawing
#
H
H
J
J
K
K
Section K-K
1.25 "1.25"
1.25 "
1.25 "
0.125"
(Longitudinal centerline
floor support.)
0.8"
SC-4a

25. DwgNr. Title:
Scale: Date: Signed:
1:25
ShippingContainer Exterior SideView
Door end
of shipping
container.
7.25"
9"
5"
7.25"
9"
5"
A A
7.25"
5"
5"
7.25"
B
B
2.75" 2.75" 2.75"2.75"2.75"2.75"
0.08"
1.4"
Section A-A 0.081" 0.135"
2.5"
2.5"
1"
1.8"
Section B-B
Section C-C
0.175"
4"
0.5"
0.25"
1.25"
2"
Range of corrugated wall per SectionA-A
Corrugated
Wall
Pair ofDoors (cont'd)
Corrugated
Wall
C C
D D
Section D-D
0.081"
2.5"
0.5"
0.25" 1.75"
1.5" 1.5"
2.5"2.5"
0.25"
6.8"
2.25"
2.25"
1.25"
6.125"
1.25"
3"
3"
0.5"
Corrugated s ide wall welded
along length to v ertic al end pos t
Vertic al s upport pos t welded
along periphery to top & bottom
bloc k s
SC-10
Section D-D
0.081"
2.5"
0.5"
0.25" 1.75"
1.5" 1.5"
2.5"2.5"
0.25"
6.8"
2.25"
2.25"
1.25"
6.125"
1.25"
3"
3"
0.5"
Corrugated side wall welded
along length to vertical end post
Vertical support post welded
along periphery to top & bottom
blocks

26. DIAMONDPIER

29. MoDULAR

31. World Flex Home
Dinamarca

34. FITING

36. Mooney House
Peavy Road-Dallas

37. COLLAPSIBLE
SHIPPING
CONTAINER

38. FINISHING
Barneveld Noord
Holanda
Casa en Tarragona

39. Península de Coromandel
Nueva Zelanda

40. roundup-container-homes
container-city - Londres

41. PLATOON KunsTHALLE
Berlín

42. CONTERTAINER
biblioteca en Batu - Indonesia

43. CASAORUGA
Lo Barnechea, Santiago de Chile

44. BOX
OFFICE
SHIPPING
CONTAINER
PROJECT
providence - Rhode Island

45. CASAENLA RESERVA
Santiago de Chile

46. Chicureo - Chile

47. EDUCATIONCENTERPROJECT
los ángeles - California

48. SOCIALHOUSING
the tenancy centre -Brighton

49. GREEN
habitat container - Argentina

50. loredo - Cantabria

51. urban farmer box - Berlín

52. FUTURE

53. Port-a-Bach holiday home
Nueva zelanda

56. lo-tek

57. Mazorros
santiado de compostela

58. fi n