Container House with Bed

Container houses with beds are temporary living units transformed from containers, equipped with basic living facilities such as beds. They have been used to accommodate people in scenarios like the Nagoya Asian Games, but they suffer from issues such as cramped space and poor living experience. Here are the details:

Basic Structure and Purpose

Container houses with beds are essentially containers that have been modified to have living functions. Taking the container houses used in the Nagoya Asian Games as an example, they were mostly temporary panel houses for emergency living after earthquakes. Each unit was 12 meters long and 2.4 meters wide, divided into two households, with each household accommodating three athletes. Inside, there was a single bed measuring 195 centimeters in length and 90 centimeters in width, along with a toilet, bathroom, and changing room. Small spaces were equipped with a refrigerator and a sink, and one washing machine and one air conditioner were also provided to meet the basic living needs of the occupants. These houses are suitable for temporarily accommodating people, such as providing accommodation for athletes and officials of participating delegations during sports events.

Living Experience Issues

• Unreasonable bed size: The length of the beds is limited. For athletes over 2 meters tall, lying on the bed makes it impossible to straighten their legs, with their ankles hanging outside the bed end. Turning over is also difficult, which seriously affects sleep quality and is not conducive to athletes' post-competition recovery.
• Cramped and oppressive space: The height of container houses is not high. The internal height of a standard container is generally about 2.4 meters, and the net height after ceiling and floor installation may be only about 2.1 meters. Tall athletes dare not raise their heads when entering the door, and they can touch the ceiling directly by raising their hands. In a double-bed room, there is only a walkway between the two beds that is just wide enough for one person to stand. One has to walk sideways from the head of the bed to the foot of the bed, and there is not even enough space to squat down and open a suitcase. The overall space feels crowded and oppressive.
• Incomplete living facilities: Some container houses have water leakage problems, with the floor getting wet, which affects the living environment. Moreover, there is only one air conditioner in the whole house. The organizing committee even suggested that athletes open the door to cool down the whole room before going to bed at night and then close the door to sleep, indicating that the house has poor heat dissipation and low living comfort.

Cost and Accommodation Mode

Due to a soaring budget, the Nagoya Asian Games increased from 85 billion yen to nearly 240 billion yen. To cut costs, the construction of a traditional centralized Asian Games village was abandoned, and a mixed accommodation mode of "cruise ships + containers + scattered hotels" was adopted, allowing about 2,400 athletes to stay in temporary container housing.