The Future is Now! Terrain Inspiration, Container Hab Block.

[racm32]

So at my deployed location we are very fortunate to live in these Shipping Container Hab-Blocks, Called CLUs for Container Living Units. Since my ability to do too much in the hobby is quite limited I thought I'd share these as I think they make some great terrain inspiration.

Each CLU is divided in half with a wall creating two separate, and identical, living spaces. They have a single door on either end with a window in the door. Most of us cover this up for privacy and to block out the light if day sleepers. Each living space contains two sleeping nooks, a nook with a built in desk, two dressers, 1 AC unit, and 1 de-humidifier. The sleeping nooks have a bed with built in storage underneath. They also have shelf that runs the length of the nook and a single florescent light at 1 end.
The CLUs are arranged in blocks of 1 to 3 levels and 10-20 units long. Most levels have a single container that is a bathroom facility with showers, stalls, sinks, and urinals. Their are some CLUs set up for 1 occupant and have their own bathroom or a shared bathroom between the two living spaces. They are reserved for Officers and Senior Enlisted only. Each Block of CLUs is given a letter identifier, A Block to Z Block.

The base also uses a large number of Container Work Units or CWUs but we don't call them that since it does not roll off the tongue as well.
The ones on the right hand side of the picture are for contractors and seem to be set up differently. The access doors are on the sides and they have a window on either side. Not sure about heir internal layout/division.




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[Ultravanillasmurf]

Interesting post.

Are they are 40 foot containers?

I assume the first floor container is a bathroom unit (from the plumbing), I hope the ground floor one is not accomodation - noting the rust/damp running down it and the collection of Aircon units.

[racm32]

Yes the first one in the bottom and middle row are the bathroom units and the only bathroom units in the whole block. So if you are like me and live on the 3rd floor at the other end you have a bit of a walk every time.

[Ultravanillasmurf]

Thanks, now I know, I can see the plumbing on the ground floor one (should have looked more closely at the second photograph ^__^).

[racm32]

Some additional shot of the inside:

From the back wall looking towards the door. The curtains close off each sleeping nook. We put them up ourselves.


The back wall with built in desk. My roommate has kindly given me full use of it for painting when work permits.


My sleeping area.

[fred]

Very interesting, thanks for sharing. I'd never really thought about how the military live when deployed - I guess I just thought of the barrack room shown in B&W films.

So do 4 people live in each container? And you go out one end, to one set of balcony and stairs. And the other pair go out the other side?

Are these mainly sleeping spaces, so the lack of windows isn't to much of a thing?

Seems very little in the way of bathroom provision - or are you on shifts so that not everyone is trying to have a shower at 8am?

[racm32]

So this is a fairly built up deployed base. The smaller posts closer to the "front lines" will have only tents.

There are 4 people per container, 2 per side with doors at either end and a wall dividing the whole thing in half. And yes, each half is accessed by the balcony down the side.

They are mainly sleeping spaces and quite a few of us, myself included, work nights. There is a window in the door but we tape over it to make the room darker for day sleeping and reduce the heat coming in. We work lots of different shifts. Some of our units brake the day up into 3 8hr shifts if their is enough manning. Other units work 12 on and 12 off. I have never had to wait in line to use a sink, toilet, or shower.

[fred]

I have never had to wait in line to use a sink, toilet, or shower.

That's good to hear - in halls of residence at uni, with about 5 or 6 people sharing a shower, you often had to wait.

[LouieN]

So ready player one habs are here!