To combat an upsurge in homelessness, the county of Los Angeles converted a jail site in the city's downtown into a 232-unit housing project.
The Hilda L Solis Care First Village, showcased in a recent Dezeen article, is unique in that it's created using repurposed cargo containers that are converted into private apartments for homeless people.
Because of the irregular shape of the site, NAC Architecture and builder Bernards teamed up to create a series of single-level structures as well as two multilevel buildings created by stacking steel shipping or cargo containers on top of each other.
To make the cargo containers livable, the team cut large windows and insulated the walls and ceilings. Each brightly painted cargo container has two living units of 135 square feet (12.5 square meters) each.
Images: Dan Ursitti