Flat Pack Container House for Kenya — Classrooms and Clinics Built Without Heavy Plant

Kenya's housing demand runs at roughly 250,000 units a year against supply of about 50,000, leaving a deficit of around two million units — and urbanisation is adding to it at about 4.4% a year. Schools carry the same strain, with many classrooms holding more than twice the recommended number of learners. Both problems ask for the same thing: volume, built quickly, on sites a crane cannot easily reach.

Specification — detachable flat pack container house

Item	Detail
Module size	6,000 * 3,000 * 2,840 mm (18 m²)
Ceiling	2,840 mm
Roof	Internal drainage — the top beam carries a drainage channel, water leaves through a pipe
Delivery	Knocked down, bolted on site, no welding
Loading	16–17 sets per 40HQ
Frame	Top / bottom beams 160 * 60 mm; columns 210 * 150 * 60 mm; 4.0 mm galvanised corner blocks
Panels	Sandwich panel, 1150 profile, 50–200 mm — rock wool, glass wool, EPS, PU/PIR, phenolic
Window	Huijue insulated casement window 1,120 * 1,100 mm — a Global Container custom model
Door	840 * 2,035 mm, 0.4 mm skin, 3 stainless hinges
Unit weight	1.25–1.3 t

Rain is the design brief

The long rains decide how a classroom block performs. On this model the top beam itself carries the drainage channel, so rainwater leaves through a pipe instead of running down the wall face or finding a joint. For a room that holds forty children at a time, that is a maintenance decision rather than a detail.

No crane, no welding, no site power

Rural school and clinic sites are often reached on roads a low-loader cannot take. Modules are bolted together by hand with a small crew — no welding plant and no site power required. The structure contains no timber, so there is nothing to treat against termites or to replace after a wet season.

One frame, every room

Wards, consultation rooms, stores and ablution blocks all run on the same frame and the same bolt kit. Door and window counts, internal partitions and panel thickness are specified per room, so a clinic is configured rather than improvised. Two linked modules give a 36 m² classroom; single modules suit offices, stores and consultation rooms — and the block can be extended later because the next module bolts onto the one already standing.

Freight

One 40HQ carries 16–17 sets — 288–306 m² of floor area in a single container. The same rooms shipped assembled would need 16–17 containers.

FAQ

What ceiling height do classrooms get?

2,840 mm — against a market norm of 2,600 mm. Higher ceilings matter for airflow in a hot room with forty children in it.

Can modules be joined into bigger rooms?

Yes. Linked modules make 36 m² and upwards, using the same bolt kit and 60 * 120 mm interconnecting bottom tubes.

How does the roof drain?

Through an internal channel in the top beam and a pipe — not by sheeting water over the frame.

Request a layout and loading plan

Send pupil or patient numbers, room schedule, site location and destination port. You will usually have a layout drawing and a 40HQ loading plan within 24 working hours.

Global Container (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.

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Flat Pack Container House for Kenya — Classrooms and Clinics, Built Without Heavy Plant