With 57,794 people and counting sleeping in the streets of Los Angeles each night, the city is looking for innovative ways to create a lot of new affordable housing, and fast. Trailers, converted motels, and tiny backyard houses are already being touted by public officials as ways to temporarily or permanently shelter the homeless. Another solution they might consider? “Cargotecture,” or architecture built from repurposed shipping containers. Cheap, durable, and often quite charming, the corrugated steel structures have already found fans in a number of L.A. retailers and restaurateurs. In July, local architecture firm KTGY Architecture + Planning will be the first in L.A. to transform shipping containers into homeless housing when they break ground on Westlake’s Hope on Alvarado project. Comprised of 84 units…View Original PostThe post Here’s How You Turn Shipping Containers Into Housing for the Homeless appeared first on Los Angeles Magazine.