Shanghai Putuo Container House

Container houses in Putuo District, Shanghai, are mainly used for rental housing, community services, and commercial and cultural innovation scenarios, with specific uses and characteristics as follows:

Rental Housing Uses

Some areas in Putuo District have container houses available for rent, primarily targeting construction workers and individual tenants. These houses are mainly standard containers, with a daily rent of about 6 yuan. They are equipped with basic living facilities such as water and electricity, air conditioning, and bed boards, and some even have televisions. For example, they can be found under the Inner Ring Elevated Road at the intersection of Zhongshan North Road and Jiaotong Road, and south of the Lanhu Road Bridge. The container area is about 20 square meters and can accommodate multiple people. Rentals must meet the requirements for legal placement locations. There are relatively few individual tenants, with the main customers being construction contractors who use them as alternatives to temporary prefabricated houses.

Community Service Uses

Container houses have been innovatively applied in community service scenarios. For example, the Wanli Street Gravitational New Business and New Employment Group Party and Mass Service Center is built in the form of containers, covering an area of 3,890 square meters. It includes more than 20 functional carriers such as a community canteen, basketball court, and battery swap station, providing one-stop services for dining, rest, and cultural and sports life. In addition, some sub-districts and towns in Putuo District also use containers to build affordable recycling service points, solving the problem of limited space in downtown areas. The containers can be customized in size and function and are equipped with standardized facilities, making them easy to install in residential communities or on streets.

Commercial and Cultural Innovation Uses

Container houses are also used in the commercial and cultural innovation sector. For example, the Art Container Block in the Pinzun International project was transformed from a former industrial site. Through regular avant-garde exhibitions, it achieves a collision and fusion of commerce and cultural innovation. Such container houses are usually artistically designed and have become urban cultural landmarks.

Special Scenario Uses

In the field of waste classification, Putuo District has piloted container-style affordable recycling service points, integrating recyclable bins and standardized facilities to solve space constraints. In addition, the area north of Jinsheng Haolaifu Home Furnishings Market once used containers as temporary buildings, but such uses fall within the scope of illegal structures and have been cleared following the market's closure.