Turning shipping containers into tiny hotels

A SHIPPING container nestled in a car park may seem an unlikely choice for an overnight stay. But not to entrepreneur Seah Liang Chiang, who is building “tiny” pop-up hotels in unused spots around Singapore.

He was inspired to do so by Tiny House Nation, a US reality television show about the “tiny house” movement where people build and live in houses no bigger than 500 square feet (sq ft).

Seah’s Tiny Pod hotels are repurposed from standard 40-foot metal shipping containers. Each container can be dismantled and moved to new locations within a day, as long as the sites are connected to existing services such as water, electricity and sewage.