One of the studio units in the Australian National University's new shipping container apartment building is
open for inspection by staff, students and members of the ANU community on weekdays between 12-1.30pm. It is at the
corner of Dickson and Daley Roads, Acton. This
will be known as the
Laurus Wing of Ursula Hall and is made from
ISO standard forty foot shipping container modules fitted out in China and
stacked to form a building. The modules are from
Quicksmart Homes 
The building is in some ways a realisation of the concept of
Le Corbusier, with his
Unité d'Habitation. This was intended to be a modular steel frame building, with each apartment a slotted in module, but post-war material restrictions resulted in it being constructed on-site from concrete. With the provision of communal facilities in the building, the Laurus Wing also has some of the social aspects of the
Unite d'habitation.
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