# Shipping Container Developments LA is Developing 84 Units of Affordable Housing By Ell Smith | Published 2017-10-03 | Art & Design Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/shipping-container-development References: [la.curbed](https://la.curbed.com/2017/9/27/16375428/shipping-container-housing-for-homeless) & [ktgy](http://ktgy.com/) In attempt to combat Los Angeles' homeless epidemic, 'KTGY Architecture + Planning' is transforming one of the city's neighborhoods into a shipping container development. This inventive urban design model will be both cost-effective and easy to assemble, serving as a creative solution to the city's housing crisis. Multiple shipping containers will be stacked together, creating the base of a four-storey building, which faces onto a shared courtyard. The design was thoughtfully put together, aiming to provide "new residents with privacy and security, as well as fostering a [strong sense of community](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/barrington1503)." This new shipping container development is set to take over LA's Westlake Neighborhood, providing an expected 84 units, while serving as a solution to the housing crisis, that can be applied on a global scale. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 6.2/10 - Popularity: 95% | Activity: 82% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Gen X - Top markets: North America ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Art & Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/artdesign) > [Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/design) ## Key Themes ### Why This Trend Is Growing - **Shipping Container Housing:** The trend of developing affordable housing from shipping containers provides a cost-effective and easy-to-assemble solution to the housing crisis. - **Urban Design Innovation:** Using shipping containers for urban development provides a disruptive innovation opportunity for architects and designers to create affordable and sustainable housing solutions. - **Community-focused Architecture:** Designing affordable housing out of shipping containers offers a disruptive opportunity for architects to build communities through thoughtful urban design. ### Industries Being Reshaped - **Architecture:** The use of shipping containers for affordable housing creates a disruptive innovation opportunity for architects to design and build sustainable communities. - **Real Estate:** The trend of using shipping containers for affordable housing provides a disruptive innovation opportunity within the real estate industry to create accessible housing solutions. - **Urban Planning:** The use of shipping containers for urban development offers a disruptive opportunity within urban planning to create sustainable and community-focused solutions for the housing crisis. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Art Deco Affordable Housing](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/la-brea-affordable-housing.md) - [Cost-Effective Shipping Container Homes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/custom-container-living-nook.md) - [Shipping Container-Built Homes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/kennedy-model.md) - [Shipping Container Tiny Homes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/rising-sun.md) - [Triple Shipping Container Homes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/modhouse-tiny-home.md) - [Miniature Insulated Home Solutions](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ark-tiny-homes.md) - [Versatile Compact Modern Residences](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/augustine-tiny-home.md) - [Accelerated Modular Housing Construction](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/dabid-baker-architects.md) - [Housing Collective Projects](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/la-comunidad-habitacional.md)