![]() ![]() ![]() The showroom for a luxury housing project in Taipei, the Taiwanese capital, was built from 35 containers. ![]() Owners of farmland on the coastal plain of Yilan County south of Taipei use containers as weekend homes. A restroom and a cafe have also been fashioned out of containers. Sixty colorful roadside stands and small offices are scattered along a highway in the southern city of Tainan. There’s air conditioning and decorations, so it’s now comfortable.”Īlthough no statistics are kept on the number of Taiwanese buildings fashioned from containers, new cases crop up frequently across the island. “In truth containers are stuffy and don’t ventilate,” said customer Tsai Jung-qiao, a local newspaper reporter. Beer and pasta had moved fast on a weekday afternoon days before. The eatery’s 120 seats were fully booked for the recent Christmas weekend. “Some people think it’s a private club and won’t come in.” He opened the restaurant as a hobby, picking containers to blend Kaohsiung with his previous hometown of Vancouver - both port cities. “Customers will be surprised and ask ‘what are you doing with containers?’” Wu, 35, said. ![]()
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