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From dwellings to retail parks, we’ve showcased a number of recycled shipping container buildings over the years, noting when it may make sense to build with shipping containers, and when it doesn’t. In any case, the debate hasn’t taken the shine off this versatile genre, and Tbilisi, Georgia-based architect Dachi Papuashvili adds yet another to the mix with his crucifix-shaped, off-grid shipping container home concept that would also serve (not surprisingly) as a spiritual retreat, either for “churchmen [or] laymen.”

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Papuashvili’s aim is to efficiently create a one-person residence that could be easily built on difficult terrain using waste construction materials, saying on Dezeen that:

In Georgia the construction of monasteries and ‘skits’ with stones and concrete is very popular. My task was to plan a skit for one person, using waste construction materials and spending less labour.

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