The increasing vulnerability of Villanueva, Cortés, to extreme weather events such as Hurricanes ETA and IOTA has revealed the inadequacy of existing emergency shelters. This study proposes a modular architectural solution using repurposed ISO shipping containers to provide rapid, safe, and adaptable shelter infrastructure. A 453-square-meter modular shelter was designed using 20-foot and 40-foot ISO standard containers. Structural and architectural modeling was conducted in ETABS, AutoCAD and Sketchup. The analysis was verified using CHOC-08 and AISC 360-16 codes. The design incorporated C3x3.5, C4x4.5, and C8x11.5 beams, 3/8-inch steel plates, and ½-inch A325 bolts, with reinforced footings of 1.4 × 1.4 m and 2.6 × 1.4 m using #4 rebar. Results show that the containers required no additional reinforcement to withstand wind and seismic forces. Overall, this proposal enables faster deployment than traditional construction and supports replicability across other vulnerable regions, contributing to the development of resilient and sustainable emergency housing systems under climate-induced displacement.
Kattum et al. (Sun,) studied this question.