Los Angeles is looking for innovative ways to create a lot of new affordable housing, and fast. Trailers, converted motels, and tiny backyard houses are already being touted by public officials as ways to temporarily or permanently shelter the homeless. Another solution is "Cargotecture", or architecture built from repurposed shipping containers. Cheap, durable, and often quite charming, the corrugated steel structures have already found fans in a number of L.A. retailers and restaurateurs.
Local architecture firm KTGY Architecture + Planning is the first in L.A. to transform shipping containers into homeless housing on Westlake's Hope on Alvarado project. Comprised of 84 units of transitional housing, the four-story complex is centered around a central courtyard, and includes supportive services and bike parking for each tenant.
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