Old shipping containers are plentiful in the U.S., and architect Brian Stark knows exactly what to do with them.

He began by designing buildings out of old shipping containers, which are scattered across the streetscape of Phoenix. His projects are as much about cost-saving as they are about being environmentally friendly, with the long-term goal of helping tackle America's affordable housing crisis.

"We're not consuming or producing that steel, it already exists," Stark said. "There's a huge ability to save. And that's how I think we have to start thinking that way, is using what we have versus just keep on consuming."

How the design process works

Stark took his concept a step further and began designing homes for Phoenix's unhoused people out of the steel containers. The project

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