A concept for a small shipping container micro-dwelling making use of many materials salvaged from, and inspired by the shipping industry.  The pallet shade structures rolls back and forth on salvaged steel rails to adjust shading of the shipping container for passive climate control as well as providing privacy for the large outdoor room of the deck area.  The shade structures are reminiscent of the Learning cube completed by the other half of my urban farm studio in 2010:  http://www.archdaily.com/73709/learning-cube-dairy-house-university-of-colorado-denver/ .  The vertical shipping container contains storage/closet below and a sleeping loft above with access to a roof deck.  The vertical orientation along with the windows above the shade structure should create a chimney effect for passive ventilation and with further tweaking could serve as both passive heating and passive cooling.  The shade structures could include solar panels for electricity production and water-saving techniques include a composting toilet and rainwater harvesting allowing the top of the vertical container to serve as a water tower for pumped cistern water.  In general this was just a fun exercise to see how many references to the shipping industry I could get into one small building:  railroad rails, railroad tie foundation, shipping containers, shipping pallets, plywood finishes (cheap ply is often used for shipping crates)... now if only I can get one of those huge cranes they use to load containers on ships to do the site install.