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Shipping containers: “From the windows of our old studio in Galata, I could always see red cranes lifting and stacking containers in the harbor. We’ve always wanted to make a portable house using shipping containers — like so many architects.” Özdemir laughs. “You can create such a well-defined life in them and you can carry them anywhere, even to the top of the Bosphorus where you aren’t allowed to build permanent structures.”