Editing Containerization (section)

== Other uses for containers ==
[[File:Container wendy house.JPG|thumb|upright|A converted container used as an office at a building site]]

[[Shipping container architecture]] is the use of containers as the basis for housing and other functional buildings for people, either as temporary or a permanent housing, and either as a main building or as a cabin or as a workshop. Containers can also be used as sheds or storage areas in industry and commerce.

Tempo Housing in Amsterdam stacks containers for individual housing units.

Containers are also beginning to be used to house computer data centers, although these are normally specialized containers.

There is now a high demand for containers to be converted in the domestic market to serve specific purposes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.containexperts.ie/container-conversions/ |title=Container Conversions Containexperts |first=Container Conversions|last=Containexperts|website=containexperts.ie|date=9 January 2018 |access-date=25 March 2019}}</ref> As a result, a number of container-specific accessories have become available for a variety of applications, such as racking for archiving, lining, heating, lighting, powerpoints to create purpose-built secure offices, canteens and drying rooms, condensation control for furniture storage, and ramps for storage of heavier objects. Containers are also converted to provide equipment enclosures, pop-up cafes, exhibition stands, security huts and more.

Public containerised transport<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eubase.net/reports/PCT.html |title=Public Containerised Transport, ways to improve the efficiency and convenience of travel by intermodalizing automobiles |publisher=Nordic Communications Corporation |date=4 January 2013 |access-date=12 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130314083116/http://www.eubase.net/reports/PCT.html |archive-date=14 March 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> is the concept, not yet implemented, of modifying motor vehicles to serve as personal containers in non-road passenger transport.

The ACTS roller container standards have become the basis of [[roller container#Containerized firefighting equipment|containerized firefighting equipment]] throughout Europe.

Containers have also been used for weapon systems, such as the Russian [[3M-54 Kalibr#Launch platforms|Club-K]], which allow the conversion of an ordinary container system into a missile boat, capable of attacking surface and ground targets, and the CWS (Containerized Weapon System)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.avmc.army.mil/Success-Stories/CWS/ |title=Containerized Weapon Systems|website=avmc.army.mil|access-date=10 Feb 2021}}</ref> developed for the US Army that allow for the rapid deployment of a remote controlled machine gun post from a container.