Integrated House, Folding House, Container House

There are significant differences in structural design, application scenarios, and performance characteristics between folding houses and container houses within integrated housing.

Structural Design

• Folding House: It adopts a folding structural design, compressing its volume during transportation and quickly unfolding upon arrival at the site. The unfolding time for a single unit can be controlled within 30 minutes, such as folding office buildings. This design facilitates transportation and frequent relocation.
• Container House: Using standard containers as carriers, it is transformed into an independent unit after modification. Common sizes are 20-foot and 40-foot, which can be used as a single unit or combined by multiple units. The structure is relatively fixed, mostly transported and hoisted as a whole.

Application Scenarios

• Folding House: It is suitable for office needs that require frequent relocation, such as exploration teams and temporary command centers. It is also applicable to overseas infrastructure camps, oil sites, large-scale EPC projects, emergency rescue and relocation, as well as high-quality travel and accommodation scenarios, quickly meeting the needs of short cycles and large spaces.
• Container House: It has a wider range of applications, including engineering camp scenarios such as project departments and construction site command centers; commercial temporary spaces like pop-up stores, which can be customized with special structures according to brand needs; and scenarios such as government and enterprise temporary buildings and emergency support, where different scenarios can be met through combination and assembly.

Performance Characteristics

• Folding House: It has the advantages of small transportation volume and high on-site installation efficiency. Some products have undergone rigorous environmental testing and possess ultra-wide-range weather resistance, capable of adapting to various extreme climate conditions, such as environments ranging from -25℃ to 45℃.
• Container House: It has a sturdy structure, with some products adopting a full steel structural frame, offering excellent wind and earthquake resistance. For example, products from Suzhou Zhongnan Steel Structure Co., Ltd. have a wind resistance rating of up to Level 12 and an earthquake resistance rating of Level 8. They can be disassembled and reassembled multiple times, with low single-use costs. For instance, the quick-assembly container products from Suzhou Zhongnan can be disassembled and reassembled more than 15 times.